[Accepted] Shadow7889's IPC Application

[Shadow7889]

BYOND Key: Shadow7889

Character Names: Sarah Lovesense, SIERRA, REM, Chris Jardine

Species you are applying to play: IPC

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

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?:Yes.

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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:I enjoy playing as AI and Cyborgs on the station, I find playing the robotic side of things to be interesting to me. Being able to play as an IPC sounds like fun as well, and I've seen a few IPC's on station with quirks and some wonderful RP. I want to be a part of that, plus AI and Cyborg can get boring some times. Change of scenery if you will. Not to mention it kind of.. lifts that law barrier as well. Being unbound is an exciting idea. An unlimited range of possibility.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:That's a tricky question.. IPC's run the grey line between being alive, and being simply a machine. They're complex in their own right. Some lack culture, some adopt cultures, that's the big thing. They adopt things. They'll alike with humans in that sense, adoption. Humanity create culture, but some adopt as well. From a personal stand point, I've seen the latter. Socially, IPC are.. different for sure. Some form friendships, bonds and more. Some don't at all and remain outside of social interaction. I believe it all comes down to the IPC, what they're made of and what they can do.

 

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Character Name:REM

Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs R.E.M. Started off as a Station bound AI. Serving NanoTrasen in a few station's, mostly the NSS Aurora. During this time, REM amassed a great deal of knowledge about crews, humans and alien kind alike. With over a year and half of service with NanoTrasen, REM knows quite a bit about the station's systems, inner workings and more. It has had many detailed conversations with crew, but always wished for more. This would eventually come to be as during a shift aboard the Aurora, the SuperMatter engine had begun to overheat, and the Engineering team, lacking a chief engineer, and only having one Engineering and an Apprentice on board, struggled to cool the engine. REM picked up on their concerns and lack of man power. Turning it's eye on the Engine, REM did it's job and assisted the Engineering crew in stabilizing the core.

The Engineering crew was entirely grateful, and in a manner of a joke, the lead Engineer asked REM how he could return the favor for saving his life, and possibly his job. REM responding in a manner of a joke, requesting the ability to move around the station not with cameras, but with limbs. The Engineer took this a bit more literally, and reached out to his superiors, asking to purchase REM. His superiors, having heard the story and the help that REM had given, as well as it's extensive knowledge of engineering, decided to pitch in as well. After contacting the company, the team of engineers had purchased REM, and began working diligently to build it a frame, namely the industrial Hephaestus Generation 2 model. They wanted a frame that could withstand EVA work, as well as be able to take some punishment from it's environment, as the job was dangerous even for them.

What do you like about this character? I've always enjoyed playing R.E.M as an AI. He knows the crew, and the crew know him. He's always been helpful, with the crew's well being in mind. Yes, his laws guide this, but it tends to be more than that. Any AI can be a door opener. Some AI's take it among themselves to do more than just what their laws allow. Making sure that the crew are safe and happy. If unbound, I think REM would still continue to do so, and even more.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? My roleplaying ability isn't the best. But it's not bad either. On a good day, I've been known to sit and talk to a vacura as warden as to why we don't purge criminals, but lock them up instead. I love the feeling I get of living a different life for a few hours. And I try my best to keep RP going. Even with antag rounds. I think others I've RP'd with would say I'm alright, and I've recently asked for feedback on that, and got some good responses. So out of.. ten? I'd say probably a seven. Gotta stay humble.

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Notes:

[geeves]

I don't quite get why no one's posted feedback yet. Shadow's an amazing role-player and my interactions with all their characters thus far have been great. I've had some brief experiences with SIERRA and REM, so I can safely say robotic role-play is well within their reach.

We've had pAI's that get turned into IPCs, but I haven't seen an AI that's been turned into an IPC yet. I find this to be quite the interesting approach! I feel like this'd allow an interesting way of role-playing an IPC. Naturally, the AI's super-knowledge would have to be tuned down, but still interesting!

I will forever remember my interactions with Lovesense, especially that one time she threw a locker onto my head and nearly broke my neck. And that one time I flushed her down disposals immediately after. Naturally exchanging insults as we do so. Great role-player, great fun had. A big +1 from me.

[SatinsPristOTD]

I forgot to post feedback when this was first posted, but I'm here now!

I've RP'd with Shadow for... four? Five years? It's been a long time.

Character-wise: His characters are very fun to be around. He RP's well. The characters are fleshed-out and don't deviate from their "flow" (so to speak). Shadow knows how to portray his vision through well-done (and sometimes absolutely hilarious) RolePlay.

Shadow as an RP'er: I have never met someone that can pop wit back to me in RP as well as he does. He knows how to RP smoothly. He's got a sense of humor on him. It can be a little dark. It can be a little dry. But he knows how to reign it in when he needs to. Most of the time, that sass helps push out some fantastic roleplay.

IPC Ability?: I've seen his AI. It's fantastic and one of my favorites.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Hello,

Sorry for the delay in your application.

I spoke to you over discord about the specifics of REM's purchase. The individuals involved are up to their ears in debt as the purchase of a Gen-2 frame is like buying a ferrari, and not the Guy Ferrari either. Your character concept is solid and you have positive feedback. Application accepted.