Commanding Officer Whitelist Application
Personal Information
Byond ID? Jarektheraptor
What is your discord username and handle? Jarek#0256
What is your timezone in UTC? UTC+0
Player Name You Use Most? Jordan 'Raptor' Cross
Make a list of links to all of your ban appeals as well as whitelist and staff applications (both accepted and denied) submitted within the past year. For appeals, provide an additional ban reason and the appeal’s verdict next to the link. N/A - All Applications made have been made well over 2 years ago now at this point.
Have you been banned in the last 3 months? No.
Experience
How familiar are you with command positions? Familiar.
I know my way around the tools of CIC as well as Squad Leader. I've handled rounds as a solo CIC member and I've handled rounds with a team of CIC staff helping me out without issues.
The overwatch consoles and their functions are all well intergrated into my mind at this point having to use them every other round to fire OB's manage squad leaders yada yada.
I know marine law well enough to pass off as knowledgeable on it and I understand as the CO that ML comes up from time to time.
Approximately how many hours do you have as Executive Officer (XO) at the time of writing this application? Executive Officer 31.2 HOURS
Approximately how many hours do you have as Squad Leader at the time of writing this application? Squad Leader 9.8 HOURS
Basic Questions & Story
Why did your character decide to become the CO of a ship? Jordan saught to become a CO due to the fact that even with all the manpower at his disposal, his position as an executive officer felt stifling in some way or another. He felt like he could do more, and be more for the USCM and it's people.
Not only that, but He had countless operations under his belt, served under several Majors. Learned quite a lot from his time serving in the USCM. Every Major he served under he grew to respect. Most of the lessons he learned as he grew into his role over the years as an Executive officer, he had learned from those very same Majors he respected so much. He aims not only to serve the USCM and be more, but also to mentor and teach those in his command the very same way the Majors he served did for him.
How did your character attain the position of CO? His actions as an Executive Officer eventually caught the eye of the higher-ups of the USCM. Many successful operations against CLF incursions amongst other things with commendations coming in from officers that worked with him made him a prime target for a promotion.
Provide a short story of your Commanding Officer.
Scenarios
When do you believe it’s appropriate to pardon a prisoner? Give an example. I'll pre-face this by saying it doesn't matter how critical someone is to the operation - if they're going to repeat offend (and get me, the CO, in trouble to for pardoning them) and I believe they will repeat offend for any reason, the pardon is never going to happen no matter if they are the last marine alive on the server or the SADAR specialist. Everything said after this assumes that the person will not repeat offend or commit any further crimes for any reason.
If the crime they've commited is minor (Vandalism or something along those lines of petty crime), a pardon is likely to happen. Minor and petty crimes are not something I want to see marines kept in a cell for when they could be out there shooting CLF/Xenos whatever and enjoying their rounds. Of course, this goes out the window if they are for whatever reason not trustworthy - and some scenarios like multiple people offending means that nobody is getting a pardon because I'm not a fan of encouraging behaviour that ends up with half a squad in the brig by pardoning everyone and allowing them to get away scot-free afterwards.
It's hard to see any crime in marine law involving a major law-break that I personally would pardon. I know I have authority to do so as a CO, but for someone to be arrested for a major crime is context-sensitive.
Assault and disordedly conduct and perhaps NOD are the three I could see being pardoned in this scenario - because these are crimes that could concievably be commited by someone as a major crime who isn't just out to cause trouble and may genuinely improve post-pardon.
Others like illegal confinement does include MP's holding people for too longa and thus breaking the Vicarious Prosecution rule (which I may pardon for if it was just an MP being a bit...silly and NOT malicious.) but could also include someone being held hostage just in general; which I'm not pardoning for because if someones taking hostages; they're likely just out to cause trouble.
You get the idea, I hope!
When do you believe it’s appropriate to use a Battlefield Execution? Give an example. Only as a last resort in most cases as a BE is a sure-fire round removal, and therefore should not be abused.
I'd use it when under active threat or if my subordinates are under active threat. Someone trying their damndest to kill me or someone else on the ship is getting a bullet.
If someone is sabotaging the operation by, say, deconstructing vital fob cades and will not listen to warnings to cease immediately, they'll get a BE as well. Only after a fair amount of warnings as I have said the BE is a tool to be used and not abused and is a round removal in most cases.
In any case I can care to make, if the player is obviously new and/or has no idea what they're actually doing, a BE is off the table for me. Even if I have the authority to. It's not that I couldn't but there's a clear difference between someone who knows their behaviour is bad and is continuing to do it anyway and who knows what a BE actually *is* and someone who joined the server a day ago and is just doing what they're doing because they don't know any better. Of course if what they're doing absolutely cannot continue and there's no time to explain anything then they'll have to deal with the BE like everyone else.
Just to be clear; an active threat means an active danger in my opinion. Someone punching me in the face isn't a threat and I can utilize the MP's instead of blowing them away in that situation. I also understand that if someone is in custody with the MP's then running up to them in cuffs and shooting them dead isn't going to fly either no matter who they are or what they did.
Confirmations
Have you read the Code of Conduct? Yes
Have you read the application process page? Yes
Do you understand that any player - even donors or staff members - can have their whitelist status revoked should they break our Server Rules or Roleplay Guidelines? Yes
Do you understand you cannot advertise or promote this application on any platform, including Discord? Yes
Do you also understand that you may not edit this application 1 hour after it has been posted? Yes
Do you understand that you represent the CO whitelist and that while playing CO as any character, you must adhere to the CO Code of Conduct, Server Rules, and Roleplay Standards? Yes