Player Report
Your Byond ID? CallMeArty
Date of Incident February 1, 2020
Your Character Name? Declan 'Preacher' Caldwell
Accused Byond Key(if known): Griffith
Accused Character Name Donald Weinstein
Approximate time and date of the incident (Central US Time for fastest results) 1:00 AM, February 2, 2020
What rule(s) were broken: Rule 2, 3.
Description of the incident: Donald Weinstein was playing the role of Captain, I was playing XO, and there were a number of Staff Officers.
They deployed groundside around 12:40 with no announcement, no declaration of Acting Commanding Officer, and didn't respond over comms when we finally noticed them missing. The only indicator was a request for an MP to escort them, via the police channel which was - of course - drowned-out by chatter from the numerous Squads and departments.
They made sure to take all of their gear including the command tablet. We didn't notice they had left until the Liason came to give them a golden apple and the CIC staff realized "Wait, we haven't seen them for a while now." I checked the Crew Monitoring Console figuring they were asleep in their quarters or baking a cake, only to find them already near the front lines.
They continued to not announce their presence, not respond to hails, and limited their announcements to simple "Maintain the bar at all costs!" statements. We noticed them twice, only thanks to frequent checking of the Crew Monitoring Console; which means leaving the consoles that show my my squad's cameras, sends their supplies, and drops orbital bombardments. Essentially, I had to drop all my duties as Overwatch Staff to babysit the mute captain.
They died ordering the Solaris Bar to be held despite Squad comms stating that enemies were utterly surrounding it.
This behavior is an utter failure of Captaincy. Even "memey" COs known for not playing closer to a PFC++ such as Tom Dinkle and Windhealer are very clear about their deployments, announcing it to the whole of the battalion, declaring an Acting Commanding Officer, and utilizing the Command Tablet to make their status clear. Their issues are shutting up, whereas Donald Weinstein went to the complete other side of the spectrum and going mute.
Evidence (screenshots, logs, etc): No screenshots, however, Taketheshot56 did investigate.
How you would punish the accused: A harsh warning, or Whitelist strike.