[Accepted] NoahKirchner's Skrell Application

[NoahKirchner]

BYOND Key: NoahKirchner

Character Names:

 

Thomas McGillan - Not played too much anymore

Jackson Wells - Sec Officer

Eric Kimple - Virologist

Victor Andreev - Scientist

Holden Richards - Head of Personnel

Adam Harding - Head of Security

Seven - Forensic Technician

Calamus - Journalist with a private eye impersonation problem

HRD-JI-2032 - Janitor with a broken voice modulator

Stitches - Curious bookworm surgeon who likes playing around in guts a bit too much

HRD-EU-4932 - Industrial Shell with a flower pin, engineer

Christopher Turner - Chief engineer, former sailor

Alex Davis - Stereotypical playa, paramedic

Network and Salvation - strong believer in synthetic sovereignty

Laura Stafford - generic RD, unfortunately, hoping to replace them with a Skrell though

Species you are applying to play: Skrell

What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): A pale blue

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: I have, a few times prior just to learn more about the lore, but I've just read through it again and I forgot how gosh darned neat it was.

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question

Why do you wish to play this specific race: Skrell have an incredibly interesting history. From their astrology based religions to their ritualistic wars (Which I think are the hecking coolest), to their mixing of humor, emotion and information for entertainment. This species has culture oozing out of it and there are an incredible amount of characters and quirks that you could come up with.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Mechanically, jack diddly squat, but mechanics aren't the reason I think the race is neat. Their potential for interesting, memorable and unique characters is pretty difficult to beat.

 

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Character Name: Wer'losh Nash'toylin-Balak

Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs

Hatching on Jargon IV to a pair of loving parents, Wer'losh spent their early childhood engrossed in the mannerisms and anatomy of many amphibious creatures native to Qerrbalak. His parents were supportive of this habit, urging him to begin investing more and more of his time into studying anatomy, different foreign organisms and the scientific method. As his interests developed and his love of learning continued, he began to take interest in gaining admittance to The Gliutip’lyaz University, the most prestigious school in Skrellian space.

Unfortunately, despite diligent effort, Wer'losh was simply not able enough to gain admittance. After looking, dejectedly, for further schooling opportunities, he finally decided to apply for the Aloise University of Medical Sciences. After being accepted, he flourished, learning excitedly about anatomy all throughout known space. He began to take an interest in augmentation, be it biological or mechanical, and spent every waking hour studying all that he could about it's effects, shortcomings, advantages and requirements. During his rigorous study, he met who would become his lifelong companion- a female Skrell by the name of Yosh'nay. The two worked side by side on a nearly daily basis and formed a deep connection that transcended the workplace.

As years passed and as Wer'losh finally finished his studies, earning a Doctorate in bio-mechanical engineering and a master's degree in xeno-biology, he began looking for places of work. He traveled to Jargon V with Yosh'nay, where they both found work in a local research facility developing prosthesis and sub-dermal implants. As the two grew closer, they finally decided to become lifelong partners, and it was at this moment that Wer'losh realized his need for a more sustainable, better providing job. Once again looking for a place of work in hopes of being able to support his future family to the best of his ability, he turned his search to Human space. Unexpectedly, he found job opportunities in Human space far surpassing the positions available to him in Skrellian space, and so he began looking for one which best suited his interests and new requirements.

What do you like about this character?

I enjoy creating drives for characters to exist beyond "They must make money", and I think the need to support a family is a nice way to accomplish this.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? I find this question difficult to answer, truthfully. I would like to think that I am acceptable, but I am aware that I have shortcomings and areas that I am able to improve on.

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Notes: Will be played as an RD, for reference. Thank you for reading if you've gotten to the bottom of this, and apologies for the potentially poor story-telling.

[MattAtlas]

Let's take a look at your application.

I don't actually have much to say. It's a pretty good application, and touches on all the points I like to hear from applications. But, I have a few questions about your character specifically.

What kind of personality does Wer'losh have? What are his attitudes towards other species? And is there anything else you would like to say about this characters' personality?

[NoahKirchner]

Let's take a look at your application.

I don't actually have much to say. It's a pretty good application, and touches on all the points I like to hear from applications. But, I have a few questions about your character specifically.

What kind of personality does Wer'losh have? What are his attitudes towards other species? And is there anything else you would like to say about this characters' personality?

I'm really glad you asked this because it's something I wanted to go on about but felt like I'd be overdoing it in the background section.

Wer'losh is very much a family man and, to some degree a patriot. Not, per-say, nationalistic, but still with the same belief that Skrell society has surpassed the development of other species and he, as such, believes that most other species (Though not necessarily cultures) should gravitate away from the mistakes that Skrell society has made in the past and more towards what has made them successful. A tad patronising, if you will, to ideas involving artificial intelligence is what I'm trying to get at here, though a bit more broad.

As far as aggressiveness goes, seeing as how he is soon to have a family to look after, I plan on playing him to be very protective of both his job security and of his life in general, wanting to provide for his soon-to-be family. This doesn't mean I'm going to have him suit up and go fight antags at every available opportunity, but he's inclined to agree with nanotrasen and to attempt to stay alive.

[MattAtlas]

Let's take a look at your application.

I don't actually have much to say. It's a pretty good application, and touches on all the points I like to hear from applications. But, I have a few questions about your character specifically.

What kind of personality does Wer'losh have? What are his attitudes towards other species? And is there anything else you would like to say about this characters' personality?

I'm really glad you asked this because it's something I wanted to go on about but felt like I'd be overdoing it in the background section.

Wer'losh is very much a family man and, to some degree a patriot. Not, per-say, nationalistic, but still with the same belief that Skrell society has surpassed the development of other species and he, as such, believes that most other species (Though not necessarily cultures) should gravitate away from the mistakes that Skrell society has made in the past and more towards what has made them successful. A tad patronising, if you will, to ideas involving artificial intelligence is what I'm trying to get at here, though a bit more broad.

As far as aggressiveness goes, seeing as how he is soon to have a family to look after, I plan on playing him to be very protective of both his job security and of his life in general, wanting to provide for his soon-to-be family. This doesn't mean I'm going to have him suit up and go fight antags at every available opportunity, but he's inclined to agree with nanotrasen and to attempt to stay alive.

 

Those are good answers. I like the way you RP, your application and answers to my questions. I also like your character concept, which is important.

So, I see no reason to not +1 this app. Good luck.

[NoahKirchner]

Let's take a look at your application.

I don't actually have much to say. It's a pretty good application, and touches on all the points I like to hear from applications. But, I have a few questions about your character specifically.

What kind of personality does Wer'losh have? What are his attitudes towards other species? And is there anything else you would like to say about this characters' personality?

I'm really glad you asked this because it's something I wanted to go on about but felt like I'd be overdoing it in the background section.

Wer'losh is very much a family man and, to some degree a patriot. Not, per-say, nationalistic, but still with the same belief that Skrell society has surpassed the development of other species and he, as such, believes that most other species (Though not necessarily cultures) should gravitate away from the mistakes that Skrell society has made in the past and more towards what has made them successful. A tad patronising, if you will, to ideas involving artificial intelligence is what I'm trying to get at here, though a bit more broad.

As far as aggressiveness goes, seeing as how he is soon to have a family to look after, I plan on playing him to be very protective of both his job security and of his life in general, wanting to provide for his soon-to-be family. This doesn't mean I'm going to have him suit up and go fight antags at every available opportunity, but he's inclined to agree with nanotrasen and to attempt to stay alive.

 

Those are good answers. I like the way you RP, your application and answers to my questions. I also like your character concept, which is important.

So, I see no reason to not +1 this app. Good luck.

 

Thank you very much and I hope to see you around with a far squishier name than I have currently .

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Hello! Sorry for the delay. You have a good application and an interesting character concept - I like how he portrays the eagerness to learn that many Skrell have intrinsically. Application accepted!