Commanding Officer Whitelist Application
Personal Information
Byond ID? C4xmaniac
Player Name You Use Most? George Franks/Nigel Godfrey II
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-5
What is your discord username and handle? c4xmaniac#7108
Basic Questions & Story
What do you think is the job of a Commander? I think the job of commander is to lead. You’re tasked with ensuring the operation goes as well as possible, against all the odds you’ll face. A good commander coordinates the various departments on the ship, and hears the needs of the men and relays them to the necessary departments or people diligently and without unnecessary delay. A commander doesn’t need to do everything himself, in fact he shouldn’t. A commander should be the head, the organ that delegates tasks to the various limbs and other organs of the metaphorical body.
Why do you want to be a Commanding Officer? I want to be a CO for the same reasons I wanted to be a synth, I want to make unique rounds that people will remember and enjoy. I feel that the CO position has the authority and tools at their disposal (SOP modifications, pardons, etc) to make rounds fully unique, you have a significant presence in a round as a commanding officer and that allows you t
Provide a short story of your Commanding Officer.
Experience
How familiar are you with command positions? Very, I have 86.2 Almayer synthetic hours, 50.2 SO hours, and 49.8 XO hours.
Approximately how many hours do you have as Executive Officer (XO) at the time of writing this application? 49.8 hours.
How familiar are you with Department Head positions? Very, I have 156.8 synth combined synth hours. I know how each department operates and how to do basically everything.
How familiar are you with Marine Law and Standard Operating Procedure? Well familiar, I have 12.6 MP hours, 7.2 warden hours, and 1.8 CMP hours along with the 31.6 SEA hours I’ve had to help out MPs quite a bit in.
Scenarios
When do you believe a Battlefield Execution should be used? A BE should be used in a situation where your life, your command, or your operation is in imminent danger.
An example I would give is I was attempting to give a hangar briefing and a marine keeps shoving me down and tabling me. After ordering him to stop multiple times, and my flash being shoved out of my hand, I BE him. The authority rested in me as the CO of the operation is being eroded, and this is unbecoming conduct that could be seen as okay by the other marines in attendance should it be allowed to continue.
During hijack, the MPs let a prisoner go who informs the ship that he wants to take vengeance on me for denying his appeal and causing him to be perma brigged all operation. Upon encountering him, I BE him to ensure a smoother post hijack operation and remove a credible threat.
Under what circumstances do you believe it is legal to pardon a prisoner? I think prisoner pardons are best used rarely as an act of good grace to improve people’s rounds, especially to uphold the spirit of the law clause of ML.
My only SO is brigged after a bad OB kills 7-8 marines, fired without either my or my XO’s permission, and the XO orders his arrest for NoD. Its unlikely he does something silly again, and I’d speak to him about OBs and the need to be careful with them and get his assurances that he’ll be careful. After convincing me there’s no hard feelings against the XO for ordering his arrest, and he wouldn’t repeat, I’d pardon him.
The Alpha squad SL is brigged for beating an MP with a chair before briefing. I delay briefing for a few minutes to speak with the SL, and get his assurances he won’t cause any more issues, and pardon him because I need him to lead alpha in a bold flanking maneuver through the northern caves on BR.
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