[Accepted] Eab549 Head of Staff Whitelist - Ayden Pennington

[eab549]

BYOND key:eab549

Character names:Ayden Pennington

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?: from 2/2/2018

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?:So that i may work as a CE.

Why did you come to Aurora?:To play on a rp server with fun and interesting mechanics, also rigs.

Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?:Yes

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each.

Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about:

Roleplay is about placing yourself inside a universe that your character is in and acting accordingly. I personally beleave that roleplay is also about developing a character to the best of your ability's and making everything more interesting, for yourself and all party's involved in said roleplay, no matter what your role is.

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?:

I beleave that the purpose of heads of staff are to provide direction as well as guidance to their departments. The heads of staff are also present to prevent their employees from ruining the round for other players, such as engineering accidentally messing up the engine and irradiating the entire station due to not knowing how the job is done. As a head of staff i think that my purpose is to guide those under me to do better, at the game and in roleplay.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?:

I think that as a white listed player our job is simply to ensure that as a knowledgeable persons in your area your able to provide a direct response to any issues that arise, from new and older players alike, as well as being able to fill in the spots that are left empty due to under staffing. In some cases such as an RD i beleave that they are there to be a sort of "check valve" to stop, say toxins, from vaporizing half a station due to making a much to strong bomb for the range.

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Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions.

Character name:Ayden Pennington

Character age:36

Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs):

Ayden Pennington was born on a largely unknown asteroid colony by the name of Percival 59, deep in the frontier. At the age of 16 he began work mining the asteroid he lived on for a relatively shadey mining corporation. By the age of 18 Ayden happened across a Sol Navy recruiter, thinking he could better his living situation, he signed up without a second thought.

After six years in the Sol Navy working as an engineer, Ayden had reached the rank of Petty Officer First Class. After reaching his contracted service time he chose to leave the navy and go to Ceres University, upon enrollment he proceeded to try as hard as he could to be the top of his class. After using up all of his savings for schooling and getting his masters in electrical engineering and power management, Ayden was contacted by Nanotrasen and offered a upwardly mobile position in the engineering department.

What do you like about this character?:I like the Ayden as a character as it allows me to express myself the way i always have on ss13 on the servers before under the same namesake.

What do you dislike about this character?:I personally dislike Aydens moderate dislike of sec officials as an extension of my own personal dislike of normally abusive authority figures.

What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?:Ayden has a extensive background in all forms of EVA and engineering and also has prior experience working on other stations as head roles normally as a CE.

 

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions.

How would you rate your own roleplaying?:I would rate myself at a minimum a 6/10 to a 9/10 depending on interest

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Extra notes:

[sebkillerDK]

Right so, i have played with Ayden quite a few times over the past two weeks, they are fun to play with inround. they are capable of making good RP with their characters, and they are gennerally fun to interact with.

OOC'cly they seem like a chill person, i've talked to them quite a bit, and it's allways been fun and entertaining.

I think Ayden would do great as a CE, and i truly believe that eab can fill the role with a good result.

A plus 1 from me, hpe to see you as CE soon.

[Faris]

I think this is a bit too soon, as your cited date is less than a month.

There's a lot of expectation for people with a command whitelist to help manage the flow of the round and I don't think you've been around long enough to grasp that fully.

[tbear13]

-1 from me, the application is extremely lackluster, the answers are all short, the backstory has no conflict, nothing interesting about it. If the application gets fixed up, I'd reconsider that, but until then.. yeah.

[eab549]

I think this is a bit too soon, as your cited date is less than a month.

There's a lot of expectation for people with a command whitelist to help manage the flow of the round and I don't think you've been around long enough to grasp that fully.

 

I have more time on SS13 servers then the date ive placed in the App that is simply the date i started being fully active on Aurora, i have been playing Engineering and CE roles for over 5 years on multiple servers including heavy roleplay servers, including but not limited to TG station, Paradise station and Hypathia station when it was active. If the concern is flow management i am often taking that role within my department already, i also feel ive done well in the role and have been told that by multiple players within the department aswell as being put in the role of acting CE about 6 times in the last 2-3 weeks.

[eab549]

-1 from me, the application is extremely lackluster, the answers are all short, the backstory has no conflict, nothing interesting about it. If the application gets fixed up, I'd reconsider that, but until then.. yeah.

 

I respect you thoughts on my app and thank you for your input, i personally think that answers do not require multiple paragraphs to relay what is important. i also disagree that conflict must be involved in every back story you read, conflict happens in RP not in backstory where there is no interaction. If everyone had a "conflict" how would they survive on a station in space its not feasible that every single persons backstory must have bad things in it.

[Faris]

I think this is a bit too soon, as your cited date is less than a month.

There's a lot of expectation for people with a command whitelist to help manage the flow of the round and I don't think you've been around long enough to grasp that fully.

 

I have more time on SS13 servers then the date ive placed in the App that is simply the date i started being fully active on Aurora, i have been playing Engineering and CE roles for over 5 years on multiple servers including heavy roleplay servers, including but not limited to TG station, Paradise station and Hypathia station when it was active. If the concern is flow management i am often taking that role within my department already, i also feel ive done well in the role and have been told that by multiple players within the department aswell as being put in the role of acting CE about 6 times in the last 2-3 weeks.

 

I appreciate your confidence honestly. Get the players to post feedback for you, I'm interested on what they have to say.

[tbear13]

-1 from me, the application is extremely lackluster, the answers are all short, the backstory has no conflict, nothing interesting about it. If the application gets fixed up, I'd reconsider that, but until then.. yeah.

 

I respect you thoughts on my app and thank you for your input, i personally think that answers do not require multiple paragraphs to relay what is important. i also disagree that conflict must be involved in every back story you read, conflict happens in RP not in backstory where there is no interaction. If everyone had a "conflict" how would they survive on a station in space its not feasible that every single persons backstory must have bad things in it.

 

Uh, I think you missed my point. It doesn't have to make your character go insane, or make him an anti-social edge-lord, but I don't want to RP with a person who's backstory is "I have a perfect life, I've never had a single problem, I have plenty of money, my family is all great, I've never had issues at a previous job, and I've never had any problems outside of that either!" See what I'm saying? A problem could be as simple as going broke off a bad investment, a divorce, or something like that, but you've gotta have something to keep him interesting.

[Bygonehero]

An all-around good player, I am not worried about their roleplay capabilities, or their ability to actually do engineering work. I think that people get hung up on your time playing, despite that many of the engineering and atmospheric mechanics are pretty cut and dry once you get them down. Furthermore, I don't believe its fair to judge someone's application on whether or not they have mastered all esoteric systems in a department, that just promotes power gaming. Your story is short and believable, its ok to have normal stories and normal people, its something the station is in dire need of. +1

[AllyBearsley]

I don't share any sentiments similar to that of Bygone or Seb, I have not seen anything spectacular or even that good about your roleplay or character. I have seen an average character that is quirky enough to just almost be memorable. Furthermore you've shown an old Engineering attitude I had to put up with of over two months "extreme tunnel vision". Where you only properly communicate with certain members of engineering and basically treat others as if they don't exist. That is not to say you intended to do that or even really did. Things happen in round and since communication is purely through typing at fast speeds to keep up with multiple people at once. Just letting you know a potential issue I see if you get the CE role and something to keep an eye out for.

My experience with you and your character have been rather limited. I am not going to -1/+1 your app yet. I hope to see you more on server to get a better judgement of your character and potential leadership abilities.

[Eve]

So here's my two cents:

First of all, you should've made this app when you are known further by the community, as people's feedback will be severely limited at the moment. I feel like if you waited for a week or two more, and hit the one and a half months mark, you'd be receiving much more positive credit.

Your knowledge of engineering is fair. I don't know how much you know about Atmospherics, but you know enough to teach me few things, which is impressive. You've handled situations with success before, and you've been promoted to Interim but-

Even though being a CE is as much RP as it is jumping around with the CE RIG, fixing breaches and all. And I don't really think that you could comfortably carry your burden of the Command RP, and the responsibilities of other engineers. Communication is always essential when it comes to engineering, and as a rule of thumbs, you're expected to coordinate with your teammates as soon as the immediate danger passes.

And again, I really wish you made this app in two weeks, I'd get to make sure that you're capable, and you'd give other people to get to know you better, and perhaps develop your character further.

Until then, I'll stand neutral.

[Jennalele]

Ayden is a pleasure to RP and work with, and his grasp over engineering is good enough to handle in a head position. He may be new, but he definitely knows what he's doing- Moreso than some command staff who have been around for years. I've never had an issue with him IC or OOC, and he's a treat to RP with. I had a particularly amazing Rev round with him a few days ago, too. I don't think he'd have any issues in command, honestly- I give this an enthusiastic +1.

[eab549]

-1 from me, the application is extremely lackluster, the answers are all short, the backstory has no conflict, nothing interesting about it. If the application gets fixed up, I'd reconsider that, but until then.. yeah.

 

I respect you thoughts on my app and thank you for your input, i personally think that answers do not require multiple paragraphs to relay what is important. i also disagree that conflict must be involved in every back story you read, conflict happens in RP not in backstory where there is no interaction. If everyone had a "conflict" how would they survive on a station in space its not feasible that every single persons backstory must have bad things in it.

 

Uh, I think you missed my point. It doesn't have to make your character go insane, or make him an anti-social edge-lord, but I don't want to RP with a person who's backstory is "I have a perfect life, I've never had a single problem, I have plenty of money, my family is all great, I've never had issues at a previous job, and I've never had any problems outside of that either!" See what I'm saying? A problem could be as simple as going broke off a bad investment, a divorce, or something like that, but you've gotta have something to keep him interesting.

 

With all due respect if you knew my character on server you would know that he has had alot of conflicts, i just don't think that my app for CE needs to make, Ayden out as someone who would seem even moderately unhirable. as someone who knows how it really feels to get denied a job due to full disclosure i will simply say i respect your stance but if you want to find out more i implore you to try talking IC to Ayden.

[eab549]

I don't share any sentiments similar to that of Bygone or Seb, I have not seen anything spectacular or even that good about your roleplay or character. I have seen an average character that is quirky enough to just almost be memorable. Furthermore you've shown an old Engineering attitude I had to put up with of over two months "extreme tunnel vision". Where you only properly communicate with certain members of engineering and basically treat others as if they don't exist. That is not to say you intended to do that or even really did. Things happen in round and since communication is purely through typing at fast speeds to keep up with multiple people at once. Just letting you know a potential issue I see if you get the CE role and something to keep an eye out for.

My experience with you and your character have been rather limited. I am not going to -1/+1 your app yet. I hope to see you more on server to get a better judgement of your character and potential leadership abilities.

 

First things first i hope you enjoy your haitus in thailand, as for the issues you raise with Ayden, i can ensure you that i attempt to i do not tunnel vision as a CE, having been an acting CE multiple times on station and never having a complaint from command to my knowledge i already act as a leader as much as possible, when emergency permit, it and often head out of my department to make small talk with the station. I wish you had more interaction with me incharacter and thank you for your input.

[eab549]

So here's my two cents:

First of all, you should've made this app when you are known further by the community, as people's feedback will be severely limited at the moment. I feel like if you waited for a week or two more, and hit the one and a half months mark, you'd be receiving much more positive credit.

Your knowledge of engineering is fair. I don't know how much you know about Atmospherics, but you know enough to teach me few things, which is impressive. You've handled situations with success before, and you've been promoted to Interim but-

Even though being a CE is as much RP as it is jumping around with the CE RIG, fixing breaches and all. And I don't really think that you could comfortably carry your burden of the Command RP, and the responsibilities of other engineers. Communication is always essential when it comes to engineering, and as a rule of thumbs, you're expected to coordinate with your teammates as soon as the immediate danger passes.

And again, I really wish you made this app in two weeks, I'd get to make sure that you're capable, and you'd give other people to get to know you better, and perhaps develop your character further.

Until then, I'll stand neutral.

 

As someone who knows you medical borg and Ce i know and understand your concerns, as an interim CE i take the job very seriously when i get it and even if im antag as i often seem to draw i do my best to make sure that the job is done and that im communicating with command at all times, and to my crew when i have one due to my dead hour time frames of play. Touching on atmos knowledge it was the first thing i learned in ss13 back in 2013 when i started, and have done CE jobs for years aswell and worked with a range of command ranging from a full team that runs like a well oiled machine to being the only head on line with 60 people screaming at me, i personally feel that im aware of what command needs and can do it, hopefully with grace.

[Flamingo]

I held off on making the first reply even though it was me who pushed them to make the application because I wanted to see what concerns other people raised. With that said, I can confidently say that I think Ayden would make a good chief engineer character. This isn't just coming from me because they are my friend, but because they have demonstrated their ability several times to understand what is required of a head of staff.

While eab may be inexperienced on Aurora, I think their knowledge of the game mechanics speaks for itself, and their activity coming into the server has, for lack of a better word, been explosive. The fact of the matter is that chief engineer is a job that is sorely lacking in regulars, unlike many of the other roles. I think, personally, that we need more motivated players, and eab is nothing if not motivated.

As for some of the concerns raised in this thread; I find myself agreeing with bygone. Not every character needs a conflict in their backstory, and furthermore, Ayden has (from what I've seen anyways) had conflict in his backstory. He just chooses not to share it OOCly because he doesn't want to plaster his backstory everywhere. Something I admire and believe we are sorely lacking in.

Overall, this app gets a nice shiny +1 from me. I think you'll do swell in the role, and I look forward to seeing you grow into it.

[tbear13]

I respect you thoughts on my app and thank you for your input, i personally think that answers do not require multiple paragraphs to relay what is important. i also disagree that conflict must be involved in every back story you read, conflict happens in RP not in backstory where there is no interaction. If everyone had a "conflict" how would they survive on a station in space its not feasible that every single persons backstory must have bad things in it.

 

Uh, I think you missed my point. It doesn't have to make your character go insane, or make him an anti-social edge-lord, but I don't want to RP with a person who's backstory is "I have a perfect life, I've never had a single problem, I have plenty of money, my family is all great, I've never had issues at a previous job, and I've never had any problems outside of that either!" See what I'm saying? A problem could be as simple as going broke off a bad investment, a divorce, or something like that, but you've gotta have something to keep him interesting.

 

With all due respect if you knew my character on server you would know that he has had alot of conflicts, i just don't think that my app for CE needs to make, Ayden out as someone who would seem even moderately unhirable. as someone who knows how it really feels to get denied a job due to full disclosure i will simply say i respect your stance but if you want to find out more i implore you to try talking IC to Ayden.

 

I mean.. the entire point of the backstory part of this is to write his, well.. backstory, not say "find out icly" about all the details.

[HunterRS]

Uh, I think you missed my point. It doesn't have to make your character go insane, or make him an anti-social edge-lord, but I don't want to RP with a person who's backstory is "I have a perfect life, I've never had a single problem, I have plenty of money, my family is all great, I've never had issues at a previous job, and I've never had any problems outside of that either!" See what I'm saying? A problem could be as simple as going broke off a bad investment, a divorce, or something like that, but you've gotta have something to keep him interesting.

 

With all due respect if you knew my character on server you would know that he has had alot of conflicts, i just don't think that my app for CE needs to make, Ayden out as someone who would seem even moderately unhirable. as someone who knows how it really feels to get denied a job due to full disclosure i will simply say i respect your stance but if you want to find out more i implore you to try talking IC to Ayden.

 

I mean.. the entire point of the backstory part of this is to write his, well.. backstory, not say "find out icly" about all the details.

 

I'm going to say this about you tbear, is that not every character has to have a conflict, it can be minor, it can be major, it could be non existent. Some devolp on station. Thats my 2 cents

On the app itself, I can't judge much due to only talking in discord, so I am going to stay neutral

[Hendricks]

I've known Ayden ic for a while now and I can say he is quite fun to rp with, he knows a lot about Engineering from what I can tell but I can't really gauge it since I don't know jack anything about it, but he's pretty knowledgeable, but I hope I can see and play more with him.

[Brutishcrab51]

I can't say either way how my opinion will turn on this application, but personally? Honestly?

Go for it, champ. Engineering mains are few and far between when it comes to whitelists. Work a bit on your grammar, stay with the community, and you'll do fine. I don't have much to say here, and I haven't seen much of you.

I'm neutral, but I am leaning towards a +1.

[Azande]

Ayden is easily noticeable as a character on the server (contrary to previous comments), as is always eager to help and offer his help to my variety of command characters. He helps keep fellow engineering personnel on track already, and he's always been a fun person to interact with.

Strong +1, gimme more CEs.

[GreenLightbulb]

While I haven't had many IC interactions with this lad, I can say that in speaking with him OOCly he really knows his shit. I don't really have much else to add; I don't play engineering. He has offered to be helping of learn though. Very nicely good yes yes.

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[MattAtlas]

Application accepted.