Byond ID: Luftkommando
Marine Name (so we know who you are; if you play alien mostly, state that here): I've jumped names a lot, so I'll just put Alexis 'Luckless' Newton.
Name/Designation of the Synth Character you’re requesting to use (Follows common naming rules, and requires a first name with no last name): Hannibal
Are you familiar with the Synthetic Programming and Guidelines (
viewtopic.php?f=57&t=18978)?
- I am familiar with the rules regarding Synthetics and their operations. The new rules are mostly common sense. A synth is meant to play a support role to the Marine's offense. They aren't there to be a tank or go ham with a telebaton, they're there to make sure the marines get what they need when they need it for the coming battle. In addition, a synthetic should listen to all commissioned officers and heads of staff without question, unless said order can be deemed less critically important in the current situation. (I.E. being asked to clean the blood streaks off medbay when you're currently operating on a marine. The marine's surgery comes first due to the life at stake and the time-sensitive nature of it.)
Synthetic Character Story (An ADEQUATE description and story of your Synthetics actions and involvement in a previous mission onboard the Almayer):
- The story below points out the major role-play points I want to make with Hannibal. If you want more reading after the main story on-thread this is a link to the, mostly abandoned since I ran out of creative steam, collection of short stories I made regarding Hannibal and operations aboard the U.S.S. Wichita during a U.S.C.M. operation against the C.L.F. Since the creation of that thread I added Hannibal's 'physical' quirk, so the thread is not one-hundred percent accurate in terms of that portion of his Role-play but is still representative of the bulk of the RP he would be doing.
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Unit [Hannibal] charging: 72% battery power.
13:22
07/21/2127
All systems nominal.
Error - Error - Error
Error Code: EA-001
Error Type: Emergency activation.
Error Origin: External - Charging Bay - Charging Station Interaction Console - Access Code MA127416D
Action: Emergency Activation Procedure initiated.
Error Resolved
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"God-damnit work faster you piece of Wey-Yu garbage." Mark DeWitte, Chief Engineer aboard the U.S.S. Iowa slapped the console as if that would make the Synthetic charging pod open faster. Things were falling apart faster than anticipated after the skirmish with 'unidentified armed hostiles' that he damn well knew were UPP infiltrators and the Synthetic was needed up and at 'em after most of the command staff had been executed.
"Good day Lieutenant Commander DeWitte. In accordance with chapter four section eight of Weyland-Yutani Hannibal Model operational code I hope you are aware that interr-"
"That interrupting a unit's charging may result in long term damage to the unit's power stores yadda yadda yadda." DeWitte wasn't exactly Hannibal's most ardent supporter. In fact DeWitte somewhat hated the synthetic both because he was Weylan-Yutani property and a pain in the ass with his spouting of conduct. "We're under a-"
"Lieutenant Commander DeWitte, have you asked the Commander or Captain for author-"
"I can't ask them because they're dead Hannibal. All the C.I.C. staff are deceased."
"Oh dear. Then keeping with the current Marine Chain of Command you are the acting commander. Do you require my assistance in the decision making processes required while in Command Lieutenant Commander DeWitte?"
"If you had let me finish in the first place that's what I would have asked Hannibal. Now stop cutting me off to spout your regulations."
"I can point out that you have interrupted me as we-"
"Oh shut up." With that, DeWitte left the charging station. Leaving Hannibal by himself to collect the minor items he couldn't keep while within the charging station.
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Waiting, Hannibal sat at a table within engineering. The memory of why he was called here was foggy, which concerned the synthetic greatly, and he made an internal note to ask the Chief Engineer to check his memory core when the meeting was finished. After all, it was the Commander who wished to speak with him on a situation which had occured. Idly, Hannibal checked his internal clock.
14:56
02/01/2096
The sound of an automatic door opening made the synthetic's eyes turn slightly to look at it. Commander Artyom of the U.S.S. Iowa entered and then proceeded to pace slowly across the meeting table from Hannibal. A hand gently stroking the holster to the 6 Unica on his right hip. "Multiple armed unknown combatants capable of cloaking have boarded the Iowa Hannibal. I need your expertise."
"Most certainly Commander. An incident similar to this one can be found in the logs of the U.S.S. Oklahoma's travels. Perhaps the Guerilla Warfare section of U.S.C.M. doctrine may assist as well."
Commander Artyom gave a slightly confused look Hannibal's way before shaking his head. "In any case." He pulls the mateba from its holster and pops open the cylinder. Inspecting the backs of the exposed brass for a moment before snapping the weapon shut. "We're low on direct manpower and the enemy could be anywhere. My current course is to rally the surviving men and attempt a large push on the CIC itself and overpower their presumably smaller numbers with overwhelming firepower."
"It is certainly one course of action we could take Commander, although I would suggest a more passive approach. The enemy is capable of invisibility so while our scattered troops regroup they may pick off the lone men and women who have emerged from their hiding spots."
Nodding thoughtfully, Artyom holstered the Mateba but kept his hand nearby the holster. "I keep an emergency transmitter in my office. If we get some parts from the local area communications array I might be able to set up a jury-rig a long-range array."
"Commander your office is in the Combat Information Center is it not?"
Arytom shot a mildly surprised look Hannibal's way. "Sorry, what?"
"The Commander's quarters are located within the Combat Information Center Commander Artyom. Certainly you would know this." The Commander cocked his head to the left as Hannibal spoke.
"The Commander is dead Hannibal, and I've never heard him called Artyom before."
It took a second but Hannibal snapped, mentally, back into place. He checked his internal clock 07/21/2127. Commander Artyom retired on September eighteenth, 2101 after a grievous injury fighting CLF above LV-175. The current, presumably deceased, Commander was Commander Archibald. The individual across the table from Hannibal was neither man. It was Lieutenant Commander DeWitte. Chief engineer aboard the Iowa. The mateba was instead just the standard issue M44 revolver given to the Corps.
"Are you fully functional Hannibal?" DeWitte almost looked concerned for the Synthetic.
"All internal operations are nominal Lieutenant Commander DeWitte. Perhaps instead of looking ..."
How do you intend to play your Synth (as in, describe HOW you will act/play your Synth and what support roles you’ll mainly focus on, what is your synthetics quirk)?
- Hannibal's quirk will be 'by the book'. Always taking first into consideration the standard procedure for a given task and very rarely if ever making adjustments on his own. I intend to focus on assisting command over medical or ship-side engineering even though I can fulfill those roles should they need to be filled. Hannibal being most 'at home', as much as a Synth can be 'at home', providing tactical knowledge in operations ground-side or giving an unbiased and calm voice of reason to the command staff aboard the Almayer. In practice this 'by the book' attitude will result in Hannibal citing U.S.C.M.C. doctrine and procedures. I eventually hope to make an actual fluff piece for 'U.S.C.M.C. Doctrine' so people who feel the urge to look it up can understand what the blazes Hannibal is on about when he cites "Article Three, Section Two dash C of U.S.C.M. command doctrine".
The more major quirk I wanted to employ is the following paragraph. I just didn't feel the specific way I wanted to role-play it fit into the main category quirks come from.
Hannibal's sheer age means that he's often broken down and been repaired quite a lot in that time. The only part of his original creation that hasn't been replaced or repaired being his 'consciousness' which has minor overflow problems. This 'overflow' results in past tangentially correlated memories to be brought up every so often as Hannibal speaks with individuals. Practically this will be role-played as Hannibal occasionally mis-naming some of those he speaks to and when this is pointed out remarking with some variation of "How rude of me, Your voice/appearance/mannerisms are very similar to that of (insert fake name here). I apologize for my confusion." or speaking with someone who isn't there for a moment before inevitably being interrupted by someone asking who he was speaking to. Some echo of a past conversation creeping back up as Hannibal gets to a location that is just close enough to a previous memory to trigger it. For the mis-naming, I'll try and focus that on only a handful of people per round and have a set 'echo' for each of them. Since just constantly spouting off random names can and will just get completely confusing after that point. With a smaller number it can very clearly be defined who Hannibal's 'echo' versions refer to.
How familiar are you with support roles? (ie; Medical, MT, Science, SO)
- I'm familiar enough with support roles to know all basic operations. All major engineering functions I know, I'm conversable with the medical procedures, and while I'm not a wiz with the experimental stuff that a Researcher will play with I'm fine enough with it.
Why should we whitelist you?
- I enjoy the prospect of playing a synthetic and have, most, of the skills regarding role-playing them. I enjoy learning and being a team-player, with a Synthetic being a good all around character who can assist in all parts of the operation aboard the Almayer.
Have you been banned from CM in the last month for any reason (we will check, and lies may result in immediate denial)?
- I have not, to my knowledge, been banned from CM in the past month.
Are you currently banned from any other servers and if so, why?
- I am not currently banned from any other SS13 servers to my knowledge. Although I very rarely play other servers so if I was silently banned while offline I wouldn't know.
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?
- I fully understand this and accept the punishments if I were to break them.
