Commanding Officer Whitelist Application
Personal InformationByond ID? Razor39
Player Name You Use Most? Jonathan Fox
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.
Have you received any bans in the last month? No
What is your timezone in UTC? UTC+02
What is your discord username and handle? Dont have discord
Basic Questions & StoryWhat do you think is the job of a Commander? In my opinion the Commander is a idol for the marines. He has to be capable of filling in any role on the ship and leading marines to victory. This position requires a lot of skill in leadership and thus the Commander is the most difficult person on marine side but the most important also. His actions can decide about victory or defeat.
To be precise about the job, the Commander has to ensure marines have everything at hand to fulfill their operation. Be it trough Req or trough overwatch functions.
Why do you want to be a Commanding Officer? Playing for a long time now and experiencing many different rounds, I started to get into leadership and loved it from the beginning. Recently I played alot of XO for the marines.
I got attached to setting up different tactics for marines and how you can impact a round by your decisions. After gaining so much experience it is time for me to extend my vision and apply for the Commander position.
When becoming Commander I plan to add more Roleplay stuff to the rounds, starting with writing operation papers, or better Briefings.
What do you think you could contribute by being whitelisted? As already stated before I bring in more roleplay for the players. Also developing new tactics to make new funny rounds cause the Commander decides how a round flows.
Moreover I would encourage the shipside people to have more fun too. Mostly its marines deploying and then metarushing leaving little to no fun for the rest of the marine side.
How will your Commanding Officer behave? Describe their character. Jonathan is a calm and friendly Commander. He prefers to keep under the marines instead of sealing off from the lower ranked. He acts very brotherly but he is also abiding strictly to the guidelines and can be serious in situations that require it.
He is not afraid of taking front position and risking his life for the greater good. After he accompanied several Commanders in other missions, he got influenced by them and learned to use superior tactics instead of blind raging hostiles.
Name and briefly describe your Commanding Officer's own ship. The USS Valor is a destroyer class ship, with only 189 meters beeing smaller then the USS Almayer but equipped with stronger weaponary. It has loaded eight 0.75cm/140 Mark 74 General Atomics railguns, 35 Mark 33 ASAT-LS systems with mark nine nuclear warheads. But has only one AUD-25 Dropship with no armament and only a very small bataillon with no mechanized troops on board.
The USS Valor was created 2136, two years after The Arikara-class patrol transport vessel was intodruced. The USS Valor's main goal is to track and hunt hostile ships down. It was assigned to the third fleet and joined 2165 the Operation Canton.
Your story (potential topics listed below) Jonathan Fox was born in 08/22/2141 and joined the Military once he reached legal age. He was admitted to the officer cadet program and took several lessons in the college under the retired Commodore Evan Hill. After finishing college in year 2163, he had a irrepressible hatred and anger against UPP. Freshly out of military academy, he got assigned to serve in the USS Valor, under the Commander Riaz Phelps, as a lieutenant in his crew. They were patroling between Sol and Eridani Sector.
When 2165 the Operation Canton started, the USS Valor was comissioned to patrol around the close sectors near Canton Operation Site. The USS Valor destroyed three hostile frigates with not recieving major damage. After a short period of time without incidents, they got into trouble. They crossed a Battleship of the UPP, which was led by mayjor Dmitriy Petrov. During combat the USS Valor got boarded by a 1st Kommando. The 1st Kommando consists of elite troops fitted with specialised weaponary.
Once the boarding party got spotted by the AN/LIDAR-7 system, the Commander Phelps himself left Combat Information Center and moved together with a small bataillon to repel the boarders. During the fight, the Commander got hit by a stray bullet and was loosing many blood. At the brink of dead he called that Jonathan Fox will take over command over the ship and ordered him to not leave the ship in hands of the UPP. He reacted quickly and sent a distress beacon. In the meantime he rallied together all troops in the CIC for a last stand. The 1st Kommando was already breaching into the CIC and about to kill the remaining troops, however the distress beacon got luckily picked up by a nearby USCM frigate. They sent in further troops and together they killed all 1st Kommando troops. After the boarding party had been repelled, the USS Valor and the USS Saxon destroyed the UPP Battleship. USCM High Command recieved a report of the incident.
High Command held a memorial for Commander Phelps at Chinook 91 GSO station and promoted Fox into the rank of a Commander to fill in his position. The USS Valor got sent back together with Commander Fox into the outer rim to put down Herculis Colonial Insurrection after Operation Canton was over.
ExperienceHow experienced are you with the position of a Squad Leader (SL)? Very Experienced.
I play SL in Alpha or Delta most of the time and got a good insight of how leading on the groundside or using AUX support effectivly.
How experienced are you with the position of a Staff Officer (SO)? Experienced.
Actually I prefer playing XO so this role has a bit of a shortage on me but the times I played it, I enjoyed it very much and it was less stressful concentrating on Overwatching one squad only.
How experienced are you with the position of a Department Head? CE - Low Experienced
Played as CE two times so far but I learned everything about engineering trough other roles and can fill in this roles also if necessary.
RO - Experienced
Love supplying marines and filled this role for a good number of rounds already. Sometimes I had to take this role as XO.
CMP - Low Experienced
Had many rounds as MP but not many as CMP. I plan to play more of this Head role in the next days to get better in this point.
CMO - Very Experienced
I loved the round playing as doctor and took over some times as CMO. It is great to heal marines and then hear a "thanks doctor". Also beeing responsible for medbay and chems is something good.
How experienced are you with the position of the Executive Officer (XO)? Very Experienced.
This is my personal favourite. I served under some solid captains and had good chances of leading Operations myself when either none was there or they left me leading. Gained very much experience and this role brought me here. The XO is the Captains secret weapon.
How familiar are you with Marine Law and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)? Very Experienced.
Considering I played many rounds as Military Police, I had to deal with SOP very often and as XO I had to refer to it in common situations. Having it opened in the back, can be very helpful, which I often do.
ScenariosWhen do you believe a Battlefield Execution should be used? List some examples of scenarios in which a battlefield execution would be correctly used. Battlefield Execution is a right, that has been given to the Commander, to execute anyone under his command at any given time without a warning. Against the opinion of most persons, Battlefield Execution is not a last resort tool, it is something you can do any time BUT you will be held responsible for it and you always need a good reason to do so.
Situations where Battlefield Executions are permissible:
1: During Briefing a charlie marine activly and agressivly states that he wants to mutiny and undermines my command. After warnings he proceeds and tries to encourage further marines to go against Command and refuse to go groundside after the order has been given directly to him.
2: During req line a alpha marine states that he wants to kill a marine of delta because he took his spot. He draws his weapon and aims for another marine. In the role as commander I cannot allow harm to any fellow marines in my presence and that person would be subject to Execution.
3: A person is doing constantly damage to the Almayer and to the Operation by, as example, dismantling APCs near CIC and stealing Materials from Req that were about to be sent groundside. That Person would be subject to Execution to avoid further damage to the sucess of the Operation.
Situations where Battlefield Executions are not permissible:
1: A marine got arrested by Military Police for killing another marine in my presence. Once the Cuffs are on the suspect, the suspect goes over into Military Police custody and is under their protection now. Battlefield Executions cannot be done here from the moment the cuffs are on.
2: After operation goes forth and back a marine argues and tell me that he advises another tactic to break the stalemate. I consist on my tactic and then he tells me that I am not capable of understanding the situation and not a good leader. This situation would not warrant a Battlefield Exection since its just a criticism. If he has good reasons I should listen to his ideas instead of Executing him for his criticism.
3: On roundstart a bravo marine walks up to me and says "Hey Captain, you stink". Minor insults should not warrant a Battlefield Execution. This situation should be handled with Military Police help.
Under what circumstances do you believe it is legal to pardon a prisoner? What are some examples of crimes you would pardon, and those you would not? A prisoner should be pardoned if he poses a crucial role that would be necessary for the victory of the operation. For pardoning a prisoner I need to roughly know the time when the crime was commited and the crime that has been done. If the crime is a capital one, I have to fax HC about pardoning it.
Examples of crimes I would pardon:
1: The delta demolitionist specialist got arrested for breaking windows in cyro and resisting arrest. Considering his ability to support frontline with the RPG and taking out major targets I would pardon the person and send him to frontline to help our boys.
2: The req officer got arrested for refusing to serve line and now the FOB lacks materials to setup strongly. If I cannot replace the RO, I would pardon him and ensure he supplies the marines after beeing set free.
Examples of crimes I would not pardon:
1: The CMO killed several marines on purpose in their preps by drugging them with pills. I would not set that men free again risking that he kills more when set free. Even though he is the CMO and has a important part of keeping Medbay up.
2: The CE got declared not to be sound of mind by the CMO and represents a danger to everyone around him. I would not pardon that person and risk that he does something insane risking the operation.
What is your routine after starting the round as either a Staff Officer or Executive Officer? Assume you joined round-start and are inside your quarters. I can talk from my experience as XO.
Once I wake up I greet everyone at comms. Then I walk for the CIC and set everything up. First checking if the Captain has a plan, if one is awake. If not I go ahead and make up a plan and announce a briefing time and the location. Then I head down to medbay to pick up a medhud quick to see revivable marines over overwatch.
After that I set LZ and ask over engineer channel to load the OB and what OB ammunition. Then I check if all departments have what they need and if req needs my assitance. If not I go ahead and keep writing up a plan or operation papers.
Then I inform the Pilots over radio about take off time and move to the briefing. In the briefing I hand out the papers to the SLs and tell everyone their orders.
After briefing is over I run to the bird and wish the dropping marines luck. Then I head to CIC and take position to lead the operation.
If there is enough time before briefing I try to do some funny stuff with the marines like bball game or breakfast.
How would you handle insubordinate departments? State what you would do for each department if they were insubordinate. Insubordinate departments are a huge problem to the operation and need to be dealt harshly.
Requisitions:
If req would be insubordinate I would remind them of their importance for the operation and keep yelling at them to resume their duties. If they refuse I would take actions against them and set them for arrest. If they get arrested, I would replace them with CIC staff or synth.
Engineering:
This department is not as important as the Requisitions and I would just encourage them to keep up their duty. If they refuse I would do the same as with req and set them for arrest and then just replace them. This one wouldn't disturb me much.
Medical:
The Medical department is very important cause they mean constant flow of marines. The wounded get treated here. I would take it very serious and talk to them personally if necessary and threaten them with actions. I would send the Synth to fill in their roles if there is one to keep the medical support up.
Security:
This department can't be insubordinate since its definded in the rules and I would ahelp about it. They can however complain about me by faxing High Command and I cant deny them this. If necessary I would deputize and send replacements then.
CIC:
If my own leading troops would go against me I would be very strict and take quick actions against them.
How would you handle an understaffed CIC? What if you and the XO are the only available CIC crew? I have to deal with lowpop very often and thus I already have a procedere of dealing with it. I fill in every necessary position and communicate as double as much.
So when the XO and I am the only one in CIC I would leave him at the CIC in order and fill out the other positions till more crew wakes up. CO and XO can do alot of work together.
What would you do if you were deployed and a marine told you they were going to desert the operation? If a marine would directly tell me that hes deserting I would go ahead and encourage him. I would give him the direct order once again and if he refuses again I would treat this as treason against myself and use the Battlefield Execution right or call the Military Police to arrest him for a capital crime.
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