Commander Whitelist Application
Byond ID? VitorThauma
Player Name You Use Most? Sarah Powers
Make a list of links to all of your applications and (job)ban appeals, including whitelist and staff apps, within the last year. Also, provide "Ban reason; Verdict" beside each (job)ban link Apps are long gone in the app limbo
Have you received any ban within the last month? How long was it and what for? No
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
How do you view the tool of Battlefield Execution to be used? What circumstances do you think it would be necessary to BE a member of the crew? Where do you think the Battlefield Execution Mechanic Differs from regular Execution and why? The Battlefield Execution is a tool given to whitelisted captains that is used only when the situation can't be handled by usual means of law enforcement or used as a last resort tool against immediate threats to the crew or the ship itself.
The BE, unlike the usual execution, is done by the Captain himself, without prior warning. It doesn't follow the same structure as the formal execution under marine law. No MPs need to be present, and it isn't requested by the CMP.
How will your Commanding Officer run his/her ship? Provide a detailed explanation on how he would handle situations that might commonly occur such as, a insubordinate Req, Engineering, MP, or Command Staff Captain Powers is a focused and dedicated officer of the USCM. Often called way too lenient by her subordinates, she tries to be as just as possible while commanding her ship and battalion. She can usually be found fraternizing with both her enlisted and fellow officers.
Regarding incompetency, Powers strongly believes that everyone deserves a chance to learn, but if it turns out that the subject is also insubordination, she will have a strong behavior and put everyone in their place. Being a commander that enforces the law and justice, she will always allow insubordinate personnel to redeem themselves and submit to the chain of command and the military police, before taking last resort actions like battlefield execution itself.
What do you think is the job of a Commander? The job of a commander is to lead his subordinates to victory while attempting to make the game funnier for the players, making them enjoy the rounds.
As a player what do you think could be added for Commanding Officer to benefit the role? More overwatch tools. Currently, the tools available could get upgraded. Like adding a central overwatch console for the captain, like already suggested on gitlab.
What do you think you could contribute by being whitelisted? I believe I could contribute to the game in a way to give everyone a good experience while playing. I'm an old player, with a good grasp on how the server and the playerbase works, making it easier to play this role.
Your story (potential topics listed below) Commander Sarah Powers, 2nd battalion of the 4th brigade, Executive Officer aboard the USS Almayer
Awakened by the ship's hypersleep system, Powers stood up and looked around the bay, alarms were set off, the lighting was red and flickering. She realized nobody else was awake. She was alone. ARES promptly warned her about the state of the ship.'
"Good morning commander. The ship is currently in crash course. Intervention is recommended. Please proceed to the Astronav Deck."
It was at that moment Powers realized things were not as good as they were before she went to cryo. Without thinking twice, Sarah ran as fast as she could to the upper deck, where she found the Captain, laying uncounscious on the ground, next to a non uniformed man, with signs of a struggle. She attempted to wake him up, but there was not enough time to get him to medbay, as the ship was still about to collide.
Powers quickly moved to the helm and took control of the ship, noticing an asteroid in the way she pulled the controls as much as she could to take the ship out of collision course.
The Almayer nearly hit the asteroid. Powers halted the ship and shut down the engines. It was time to find out why she was the only member of the crew awake. ARES was not responding, Powers quickly moved to it's chambers and found out the computer had been tampered with, causing some sort of major malfunction and making ARES reckless, disabling some of it's functions, which made it enable an emergency protocol and awake the CO and XO, in that order.
Later that day, it became known that there was in fact a CLF saboteur aboard the Almayer, that boarded the ship when it was docked with a nearby ressuplying station.
If not for the captain, that managed to disarm and incapacitate the boarder, and XO Powers, that took control of the ship, the whole Battalion would have died that day, without even knowing what got them, as they were all in hypersleep.
Due to the severe injuries sustained by the captain, he was considered unfit to continue his duties, and was granted a honorable discharge and honoured.
Powers was rewarded as well, and marked for a future promotion due to distinguished conduct during the line of duty.
Do you understand that you cannot advertise your application on any public platform for votes. Do you also understand you may not edit this application 1 hour after it has been posted? Yes