Synthetic Whitelist Application
Byond ID? NewSkies
Marine Name Sky 'Mantra' Weber
Other Whitelist Applications N/A
Name of the Synth Character you wish to play Sky
Are you familiar with the Synthetic Programming and Guidelines? Yes
What are some scenarios that you can perform combat in? Give us a brief example. Synthetics are not permitted to do combat through ranged means, however a machete or knife could be used to defend a hurt marine or other fellow human aboard the USS Almayer. Alternatively, I could see a situation where there could be a survivor that is in danger. I would most likely try to save that survivor, if not strictly for their well being, more so that they could have valuable information that my handlers would want to know. Should I see a human be dragged off by a xeno or predator, I would immediately notify nearby marines and, if there is no other choice, I would try to save the human myself.
As far as boarding situations go, evacuation of the civilians would be my number one priority, and I would engage in combat only as an absolute last resort or to save a human life.
Synthetic Character Story Sky is a second generation synthetic that has been in service for over twenty one years. He has been assigned to multiple ships in the USCM, as well as stationed on colonies to help assist medical staff and engineering.
The USS Simpila, a Bougainville class troop transport assigned to the USCM 2nd Fleet, was in orbit over LV-229 for SOP refueling and rearming. Most of the command staff were sent ground side for brief meetings as well as a 36 hour rnr for approved marines that wanted to stretch their legs on the colony. LV-229 was complete with enough food, drink, and entertainment to drain the marines "fortune" of a salary in that short time. Other than maintenance staff, the XO, Sky, and a handful of marines that elected to stay behind or were not granted their ground side rnr pass due to "behavioral misconduct," the Simpila was empty.
However, the combination of putting all the rowdy marines and a small amount of command staff on one ship was not a great mix. The marines forced to stay on the ship decided to make their own rnr, and threw a party that even the MP's attended. The XO, too good to mingle with the enlisted men, decided to turn in early, and left Sky and the CMP- who was at the party- to watch over the ship while he got in a solid seven hours of rest.
The XO grumpily told Sky, "Synth I'm tired."
Sky replied with a warm smile, "I'm sure sir. Have you finished your paperwork the CO assigned to you?"
Rolling his eyes but smirking a bit, "Yeah I mean its done. Ill check I dotted my i's and crossed my t's later. I need sleep. Can you, please, make sure the ship doesn't blow up so I can get some rest?"
Nodding, Sky replied, "I doubt very highly the ship will explode sir, but I will do my best to ensure your sleep is not interrupted by all of our deaths."
"Thank you Sky.. and do me a favor? Make sure those marines don't get too s*** faced. PT in the morning, and I don't want to have to smell marine puke while doing pushups again." The XO stood up and rubbed his eyes, looking tired as ever.
"I'll do my best sir, though as far as keeping marines from drinking goes.." Sky looked at him a bit wary.
"Yeah its like herding cats. Welcome to my world. Good night Sky."
"Good night sir." Sky took the XO's seat and began diligently looking over the logs, and monitoring the life support systems.
During the party, the ship did explode. The Westingland A-59 reactor was given a faulty batch of fuel rods by the colony, and the engineers of the ship decided to take a shortcut and did not test them properly. This lead to failure of the ships power, and eventually a large explosion that decimated nearly a 6th of the ship. Though most of the pressure from the explosion was vented into space by the reactors emergency protocols, a portion still blew a hole in the reactors armor.
The staff of the ship were disoriented and confused, the explosion caused considerable damage to the crew quarters, but mostly was just heavy shock waves and lighting failure, as well as a loss of artificial gravity. Most of the marines were knocked unconscious from the blast, or already were from the drinks at the party. The few that weren't tried to get marines out but could not see, as secondary power failed as well.
Sky, knowing that his crew was in danger, ripped open door after door fighting his way to the marines across half the ship. When he arrived, he could only grab two marines at a time, and there were over twenty five marines and staff at the party, and scattered throughout the ship. Over the course of three hours, Sky managed to get every marine loaded onto the second UD4L Cheyenne dropship, as well as all civilian medical staff. He then piloted the ship through the hangar doors, and flew his men to safety on the planet.
What happened after was controlled chaos. After Sky landed on the colony, staff was fired, ranks were taken, and blame was thrown about. Sky was recognized as a hero by the crew and captain, and was issued a Legion of Merit, but was later taken back due to Sky being a synthetic and therefore considered equipment. In the end, W-Y was praised for its genius creation of the android model, and used the story of Sky as advertisement to promote and sell the second series of synthetic. After the Simpila was scuttled and all crew reorganized, Sky was assigned to the USS Almayer to continue his service for the USCM.
What is your Synth�s quirk and personality? Sky is both a fierce and gentle creation. He seems to value the lives and relationships of those around him, and would die for them without a moments notice. He tries to empathize and create bonds with humans, and can often be found talking to and trying to cheer up marines that are facing psychological stress, either from the stress of their profession, or issues back home.
His quirk however, is that music fascinates him. Once he was even found expertly playing a piano in a bar when sent down with a Lieutenant to assist him with his ground side tasks. Upon leaving the latrine, the Lieutenant saw that Sky had sat down at the piano and, after poking it a bit, played a melodic yet lonely song that he had never heard before. When Sky finished, he seemed to wake up from a trance and looked at the bar patrons that were all gazing at him, some seemed engrossed in the music, others were wondering if he was actually a synthetic or not.
Later the Lieutenant, who had a fondness for Sky, asked him how he learned to do that.
Sky replied after a bit of deliberation, "Music is like numbers and language combined. Infinite, and yet understandable to all. I am quite good at both numbers, and language, so it was second nature." He smiled at the Lieutenant and then said, "When I see humans listen to music, they will nod their heads or tap their feet, sometimes even cry or cheer. I find a strange... almost warm feeling in my chest, when I make those around me happy."
The Lieutenant, who watched the synthetic curiously while he spoke, asked, "Do you like music? Do you, feel the need to tap your foot or nod your head when you listen to it?"
Sky said, "Humans like music for a different reason than why I appreciate it. I appreciate the complexity and vastness, yet, the simplicity of it. Humans seem to like the tones, and I believe through my observations and questioning that humans are reminded of events in their past, and emotions." Sky looked at the Lieutenant, "Do you enjoy music?"
"Oh yeah! I mean, I like that one song thats like uhh.. its like bwoooOOWWW, bwoooOOOOowwww, bwoooowww.." The Lieutenant began to mimic playing a guitar, "Kickstart My Heart! That's what its called."
"I too find that song to be enjoyable," Sky said with a smile.
How familiar are you with Engineering? I understand building cades, setting up power, repairing and building APCs, and wiring. I would say im 7/10 for engineering.
How familiar are you with Command? I have lots of experience with SL and SO, not so much with XO and none as CO. I also have been RO and CMO quite often. I know that hesitation can end with failure. I would say 7/10.
How familiar are you with Medical? Very. Im sure I could improve, but I am strongest at medical. I would say im 9/10 on medical because there is always room for improvement.
How familiar are you with Requisitions? Very. I have spent quite a long time as both CT and RO. I was SL when the new squad req came out and got to be a baldie SL because I had no idea how to do req. Ever since then I learned all I could about req. I would say 8/10.
Why do you want to be a synthetic/why should we whitelist you? I love the support side of things, and think that I have a really neat character to RP as. I have played CM for a very long time and think that I would like to try something new.
Have you been banned from CM in the last month for any reason? Do you have any active jobbans? Nope and nope
Are you currently banned from our Discord, and if so, why? No
Do you have anything else you would like to include about your application? No, but thank you for reading and thank you for considering me. EDIT: I did edit this a handful of time's after posting it, but once anyone reads it I will cease. Just wanted to add and adjust a few spelling or grammatical errors, as well as add a bit more dialogue. Ive never done an application here before, so I wanted to be as through as possible.
Do you understand that any player - donor or otherwise - can have their whitelist status revoked should they break our rules or the Synthetic Programming Guideline? Yes