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May. 21st, 2018 01:34 pmPLAYER PROFILE
Player name: Stefan
Age: 29
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Characters currently in-game: N/A
Squicks/Triggers/Fears: The only thing that springs to mind is very detailed/extensive gore or gratuitous torture, but hopefully that won't come up.
VOLUNTEER PROFILE
Name: Pilot, aka Nour. Prefers to be called Pilot by most people.
Age: 24 Earth years
Physical Appearance: Pilot is a bit short; only 5'7". He has three fingers, one thumb, and similar number of toes. Toes are larger and include blunt claws. He generally wears boots, regardless, along with a practical jumpsuit (or spacesuit with helmet, when necessary). See image here. Additional image here.
Point in Timeline: Please insert last significant occurrence in your world that you recall for our reference. (This is canon point!)
World Description: Pilot's world is a relatively small one. At least to him. The science and space travel from his home 'verse (or world) are enable travel between the stars, but it's not nearly as speedy as some others. Journeys from star system to star system take weeks or month or even years. There are space-faring peoples and civilizations, but they move slowly. Communication is as fast as the fastest ship. But humanity (and other species) look outwards and strive to find space for themselves in the wider universe. There is trade. Pilot's people, however, refuse to settle down. Not yet.
His people left their home planet centuries ago in order to escape what they thought of as a decadent world and religious prosecution (those they left behind would call them religious fanatics). They're combing the universe for somewhere to call home again and spreading the word of their religion while they're at it. They keep the ship running through jury-rigging and on-board production of necessary materials, often harvested from asteroids or gas giants and trading with other civilizations as they pass threw. They've been wondering for five hundred years and look to be wandering for a long time yet. Pilot grew up on this ship and all he's ever known are the cramped corridors and living conditions of a massive generation ship.
His people regard the universe (also known as the Universe or Yuni to the faithful) as a living, breathing entity, a massive, all encompassing being that brings with it enlightenment and understanding if one can get close enough to it. Material wealth and possessions merely distract one from the intended message of Yuni, as do individualistic ideals. As such, members of his sect tend to identify themselves by their role in society rather then by an individual name, as to set oneself above the rest of the community (or universe as it were) is considered an act of hubris. It is, however, tolerated in nonbelievers, since they don't know any better. Children are raised communally.
Individuals are given names at birth, but they generally reserve using it for those they are deeply intimate with.
History/Background: Pilot was born years ago on a massive generation ship that was home to a large religious community. His early life was filled with an education - religious and practical. He was taught to make do without, to fix and repair and reuse, to never waste, and to properly respect the ship and void that surrounded them. To be without, to make do, to reject material wants and needs was to step toward enlightenment. To share with the community, to revere the wider universe and to live in harmony within the community - those were the values he was taught. Excess was to be frowned upon - even scorned. Property was and is mostly communal and virtually everyone aboard lives a spartan lifestyle out of choice (the cynics would say necessity and peer pressure). His people - their ship, their community - were pioneers on the edge of space, a single, solitary speck in the vast darkness of an eternal void.
His concept of his community as being the sole point of light, the only little speck in existence, changed as he aged and he was taught more of the history of his people. He began to understand that there were others out there, somewhere, lost forever in the void behind their ship, but that they existed and that they had been given to excess and greed and wasteful fighting and that he was one of the chosen few who might live to reach enlightenment and see planetfall again on a world clean and new and free of the wickedness and greed of the old world. Those they traded with might be saved, but only if they listened to the Word of the Universe and embraced their own austere lifestyle. This is all that Pilot has been taught and to him, the idea of others who didn't realize that there was this powerful, glorious Truth was distressing - if the Universe desired harmony, how could It leave out the vast majority of people from Its message?
However, the universe had not seen fit to grant his people that - not just yet. But perhaps his generation might be the ones. He grew used to the close living conditions, to the routine (almost ritual) that kept him and his family and the community alive. He learned how the ship sounded, how it operated, how it breathed. He almost started to think of it as some living, breathing creature that merely allowed them to travel within it (he wasn't the only one; a small sub-sect of the community maintained that the ship was an extension of Yuni's will and ought to be worshiped as such, although he never officially joined them).
As he grew older, he was given his education: mathematics, reading, writing, how to fix and repair broken systems, the tenets of Yuni, and (most importantly) how to fly. Flying his tiny little capsule to find new planets or peoples for the home ship was something he loved. It also meant that he was one of the first people to make contact with other species and peoples and he had to learn how to talk with others. And he did. Most of his people did - after all, Yuni asked that all peoples live in harmony with one another. Attacking another race would be in violation of that command.
Yuni also asked that they tell people of Its benevolence to all peoples, so as he entered young adulthood, Pilot was often proselytizing to the non-believers.
The idea of helping others realize the universal truth and to allow people to find solace and comfort from the suffering of their lives, the cycle of waste and needless use, is one that appealed very strongly to Pilot and was a way for him to channel his own doubts about his religion and upbringing (why were they the only people to know about the Universe's word) into something more productive and approved by his community. It let him make a difference in the world beyond the ship - Pilot genuinely cared about the well-being of most people he met, even if only briefly. He liked to think that he was making a difference. Saving people from unhappiness and the cycle of misery, need, want, and excess that (as his elders told him) gripped the world beyond the relative safety of their commune. The people out there might be outsiders, but getting people to accept their own role in the universe, having them accept that they don't need material possessions, that meditation and listening to the cosmic background and hum - that was success.
He got laughed at a lot, but he didn't mind. Much.
Noteworthy Positive Characteristics:
-Intelligent: Pilot is extremely intelligent, at least when it comes to technical matters, physics, and piloting. He's got a head for mathematics and calculations and a very sharp memory. This intelligence also means he can pick up on certain cues and on the world around him very quickly. However, he doesn't always draw the correct conclusions.
-Empathy/Compassion: His life within his community revolved almost entirely around the group and around helping one another. Communication and picking up on what other people may have meant or figuring out when others were in distress and needed assistance was a key part of his life and he believes strongly in assisting others with their emotional (or physical) woes. He will help carry those burdens, even at personal cost. He's also used to people blowing off some of his philosophy; he's learned to accept that, although he's not always pleased by it.
-Driven: Pilot is (well, aside from some personal doubts) dedicated to the idea of harmony, one-ness, and community that he believes the Universe has asked all beings to embrace. He's dedicated to this idea and this cause and embraces it, which means he is highly unlikely to get into an out-and-out argument or attempt to hurt others. Patience, consensus, and communication are key tenets of his philosophy and he sticks to that ideal, even at personal cost. Greed, desire for material possessions, etc, are all things that he believes need to and ought to be put aside for the greater good.
-Helpful/Communal: Pilot is extremely willing to pitch-in and help with whatever tasks need doing, regardless of whether or not he's required to do so. Growing up in an extremely communal environment and being taught from a young age that he's little more than a simple piece in some great cosmic machinery means he's self--sacrificing, almost to a fault. This can turn this trait into something more negative, if he decides to just keep going or someone doesn't remind him to slow down. It also means that he has very little concept of personal property or even of personal space, considering how almost everything on his home-ship was shared.
Noteworthy Negative Characteristics:
-Rigid Fanaticism: Despite his sense of compassion and open-mindedness, Pilot is wedded to his philosophy and this, combined with his upbringing, can have a negative impact on how he deals with things. He has a tendency to stick to his ideas, even in the face of evidence to the contrary (he takes many things on faith) and further, he tends to lack a certain amount of initiative. Pilot still tends to fall back on instructions from his superiors rather then come up with new plans on the fly. He'll be relatively calm in a crisis, but his creativity can be lacking. It's also worth noting that he is a religious fanatic and that it will take a while to shake him out of that mindset. This may also impact his interpersonal relationships, if people get tired of hearing about it from him.
-Passive-Aggressive: While Pilot tends to avoid outright confrontation out of a sense of compassion and duty to the group as a whole, he will still express disagreement and dissent - he just does it in one of the most annoying ways possible. This ties back into his communal upbringing. One does not go against the group consensus, so he doesn't - but he expresses his displeasure all the same, usually in innocuous comments that can be read as backhanded compliments or little snipes that aren't quite "deliberate" sounding enough to be called out. He doesn't always intend to be mean about it, but it creeps into his communication anyway. A habit that he might have to learn how to break.
-Fatalistic: Tying back into his religious philosophy, Pilot tends to believe that everything happens for a reason. Bad things, good things, neutral things - it's all a part of the cycle and the rhythm of the universe, so there's very little point in worrying about the future or even necessarily struggling too hard. Accept things and move on. While this is great for his mental health, it also means that there's a certain tendency to just accept things "as they are" rather than advocate for some greater change or struggle too hard against the dominant opinion. He needs to get a bit more of a spine - or at least learn how to fight back against "fate".
Character Fears: One of Pilot's greatest fears is being truly and utterly alone; social isolation is anathema to him (although he can deal with physical isolation, considering he's spent time driving a little one-person space capsule around).
Powers/Abilities:
Species
Pilot's species have six eyes and see in color. He has a greater sense of peripheral vision and depth perception, as well as better night vision then humans, along with sharper vision at greater distances (i.e. he can pick out fine details at farther distances). Strength and agility are roughly on par with humans of a similar size. Pilot's species has cobalt-based oxygenation system and thus does not suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Iotians have two hearts and have a lower overall blood pressure and body temperature than human beings, in order to get the most efficiency out of their cobalt-based blood oxygenation.
Iotians are also a technically exoskeletal species, with several months of a softer, hide-like exoskeleton that, over multiple months, hardens into a full exoskeleton. This exoskeleton typically lasts for a year or more before the Iotian molts and returns to a softer version. The periods of hard-shelled exoskeleton typically increase in length the older the Iotian gets.
The exoskeleton provides some minor resistance to minor cuts and bruises, but does nothing against violent trauma, such as being stabbed, shot, or otherwise injured.
Learned Skills
Pilot is, as his name implies, a rather skilled spacecraft and atmospheric pilot. He's used to more analog controls (switches, toggles, dials, a trusty old-fashioned control stick) than anything digital or holographic, but he knows the principles of space flights and has a very good understanding of Newtonian physics and how to make most atmospheric or spacecraft go without crashing. He also has a good head for electronic and mechanical repairs, although new machines will likely require a lot of tinkering before he fully understands them.
Personal Item: Please let us know what single personal item from home you are bringing so that it may be cataloged for our reference. (This item can be no larger than a guitar!)
VOLUNTEER SAMPLES
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Player name: Stefan
Age: 29
Contact: Via PM (this journal), Plurk (
Characters currently in-game: N/A
Squicks/Triggers/Fears: The only thing that springs to mind is very detailed/extensive gore or gratuitous torture, but hopefully that won't come up.
VOLUNTEER PROFILE
Name: Pilot, aka Nour. Prefers to be called Pilot by most people.
Age: 24 Earth years
Physical Appearance: Pilot is a bit short; only 5'7". He has three fingers, one thumb, and similar number of toes. Toes are larger and include blunt claws. He generally wears boots, regardless, along with a practical jumpsuit (or spacesuit with helmet, when necessary). See image here. Additional image here.
Point in Timeline: Please insert last significant occurrence in your world that you recall for our reference. (This is canon point!)
World Description: Pilot's world is a relatively small one. At least to him. The science and space travel from his home 'verse (or world) are enable travel between the stars, but it's not nearly as speedy as some others. Journeys from star system to star system take weeks or month or even years. There are space-faring peoples and civilizations, but they move slowly. Communication is as fast as the fastest ship. But humanity (and other species) look outwards and strive to find space for themselves in the wider universe. There is trade. Pilot's people, however, refuse to settle down. Not yet.
His people left their home planet centuries ago in order to escape what they thought of as a decadent world and religious prosecution (those they left behind would call them religious fanatics). They're combing the universe for somewhere to call home again and spreading the word of their religion while they're at it. They keep the ship running through jury-rigging and on-board production of necessary materials, often harvested from asteroids or gas giants and trading with other civilizations as they pass threw. They've been wondering for five hundred years and look to be wandering for a long time yet. Pilot grew up on this ship and all he's ever known are the cramped corridors and living conditions of a massive generation ship.
His people regard the universe (also known as the Universe or Yuni to the faithful) as a living, breathing entity, a massive, all encompassing being that brings with it enlightenment and understanding if one can get close enough to it. Material wealth and possessions merely distract one from the intended message of Yuni, as do individualistic ideals. As such, members of his sect tend to identify themselves by their role in society rather then by an individual name, as to set oneself above the rest of the community (or universe as it were) is considered an act of hubris. It is, however, tolerated in nonbelievers, since they don't know any better. Children are raised communally.
Individuals are given names at birth, but they generally reserve using it for those they are deeply intimate with.
History/Background: Pilot was born years ago on a massive generation ship that was home to a large religious community. His early life was filled with an education - religious and practical. He was taught to make do without, to fix and repair and reuse, to never waste, and to properly respect the ship and void that surrounded them. To be without, to make do, to reject material wants and needs was to step toward enlightenment. To share with the community, to revere the wider universe and to live in harmony within the community - those were the values he was taught. Excess was to be frowned upon - even scorned. Property was and is mostly communal and virtually everyone aboard lives a spartan lifestyle out of choice (the cynics would say necessity and peer pressure). His people - their ship, their community - were pioneers on the edge of space, a single, solitary speck in the vast darkness of an eternal void.
His concept of his community as being the sole point of light, the only little speck in existence, changed as he aged and he was taught more of the history of his people. He began to understand that there were others out there, somewhere, lost forever in the void behind their ship, but that they existed and that they had been given to excess and greed and wasteful fighting and that he was one of the chosen few who might live to reach enlightenment and see planetfall again on a world clean and new and free of the wickedness and greed of the old world. Those they traded with might be saved, but only if they listened to the Word of the Universe and embraced their own austere lifestyle. This is all that Pilot has been taught and to him, the idea of others who didn't realize that there was this powerful, glorious Truth was distressing - if the Universe desired harmony, how could It leave out the vast majority of people from Its message?
However, the universe had not seen fit to grant his people that - not just yet. But perhaps his generation might be the ones. He grew used to the close living conditions, to the routine (almost ritual) that kept him and his family and the community alive. He learned how the ship sounded, how it operated, how it breathed. He almost started to think of it as some living, breathing creature that merely allowed them to travel within it (he wasn't the only one; a small sub-sect of the community maintained that the ship was an extension of Yuni's will and ought to be worshiped as such, although he never officially joined them).
As he grew older, he was given his education: mathematics, reading, writing, how to fix and repair broken systems, the tenets of Yuni, and (most importantly) how to fly. Flying his tiny little capsule to find new planets or peoples for the home ship was something he loved. It also meant that he was one of the first people to make contact with other species and peoples and he had to learn how to talk with others. And he did. Most of his people did - after all, Yuni asked that all peoples live in harmony with one another. Attacking another race would be in violation of that command.
Yuni also asked that they tell people of Its benevolence to all peoples, so as he entered young adulthood, Pilot was often proselytizing to the non-believers.
The idea of helping others realize the universal truth and to allow people to find solace and comfort from the suffering of their lives, the cycle of waste and needless use, is one that appealed very strongly to Pilot and was a way for him to channel his own doubts about his religion and upbringing (why were they the only people to know about the Universe's word) into something more productive and approved by his community. It let him make a difference in the world beyond the ship - Pilot genuinely cared about the well-being of most people he met, even if only briefly. He liked to think that he was making a difference. Saving people from unhappiness and the cycle of misery, need, want, and excess that (as his elders told him) gripped the world beyond the relative safety of their commune. The people out there might be outsiders, but getting people to accept their own role in the universe, having them accept that they don't need material possessions, that meditation and listening to the cosmic background and hum - that was success.
He got laughed at a lot, but he didn't mind. Much.
Noteworthy Positive Characteristics:
-Intelligent: Pilot is extremely intelligent, at least when it comes to technical matters, physics, and piloting. He's got a head for mathematics and calculations and a very sharp memory. This intelligence also means he can pick up on certain cues and on the world around him very quickly. However, he doesn't always draw the correct conclusions.
-Empathy/Compassion: His life within his community revolved almost entirely around the group and around helping one another. Communication and picking up on what other people may have meant or figuring out when others were in distress and needed assistance was a key part of his life and he believes strongly in assisting others with their emotional (or physical) woes. He will help carry those burdens, even at personal cost. He's also used to people blowing off some of his philosophy; he's learned to accept that, although he's not always pleased by it.
-Driven: Pilot is (well, aside from some personal doubts) dedicated to the idea of harmony, one-ness, and community that he believes the Universe has asked all beings to embrace. He's dedicated to this idea and this cause and embraces it, which means he is highly unlikely to get into an out-and-out argument or attempt to hurt others. Patience, consensus, and communication are key tenets of his philosophy and he sticks to that ideal, even at personal cost. Greed, desire for material possessions, etc, are all things that he believes need to and ought to be put aside for the greater good.
-Helpful/Communal: Pilot is extremely willing to pitch-in and help with whatever tasks need doing, regardless of whether or not he's required to do so. Growing up in an extremely communal environment and being taught from a young age that he's little more than a simple piece in some great cosmic machinery means he's self--sacrificing, almost to a fault. This can turn this trait into something more negative, if he decides to just keep going or someone doesn't remind him to slow down. It also means that he has very little concept of personal property or even of personal space, considering how almost everything on his home-ship was shared.
Noteworthy Negative Characteristics:
-Rigid Fanaticism: Despite his sense of compassion and open-mindedness, Pilot is wedded to his philosophy and this, combined with his upbringing, can have a negative impact on how he deals with things. He has a tendency to stick to his ideas, even in the face of evidence to the contrary (he takes many things on faith) and further, he tends to lack a certain amount of initiative. Pilot still tends to fall back on instructions from his superiors rather then come up with new plans on the fly. He'll be relatively calm in a crisis, but his creativity can be lacking. It's also worth noting that he is a religious fanatic and that it will take a while to shake him out of that mindset. This may also impact his interpersonal relationships, if people get tired of hearing about it from him.
-Passive-Aggressive: While Pilot tends to avoid outright confrontation out of a sense of compassion and duty to the group as a whole, he will still express disagreement and dissent - he just does it in one of the most annoying ways possible. This ties back into his communal upbringing. One does not go against the group consensus, so he doesn't - but he expresses his displeasure all the same, usually in innocuous comments that can be read as backhanded compliments or little snipes that aren't quite "deliberate" sounding enough to be called out. He doesn't always intend to be mean about it, but it creeps into his communication anyway. A habit that he might have to learn how to break.
-Fatalistic: Tying back into his religious philosophy, Pilot tends to believe that everything happens for a reason. Bad things, good things, neutral things - it's all a part of the cycle and the rhythm of the universe, so there's very little point in worrying about the future or even necessarily struggling too hard. Accept things and move on. While this is great for his mental health, it also means that there's a certain tendency to just accept things "as they are" rather than advocate for some greater change or struggle too hard against the dominant opinion. He needs to get a bit more of a spine - or at least learn how to fight back against "fate".
Character Fears: One of Pilot's greatest fears is being truly and utterly alone; social isolation is anathema to him (although he can deal with physical isolation, considering he's spent time driving a little one-person space capsule around).
Powers/Abilities:
Species
Pilot's species have six eyes and see in color. He has a greater sense of peripheral vision and depth perception, as well as better night vision then humans, along with sharper vision at greater distances (i.e. he can pick out fine details at farther distances). Strength and agility are roughly on par with humans of a similar size. Pilot's species has cobalt-based oxygenation system and thus does not suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Iotians have two hearts and have a lower overall blood pressure and body temperature than human beings, in order to get the most efficiency out of their cobalt-based blood oxygenation.
Iotians are also a technically exoskeletal species, with several months of a softer, hide-like exoskeleton that, over multiple months, hardens into a full exoskeleton. This exoskeleton typically lasts for a year or more before the Iotian molts and returns to a softer version. The periods of hard-shelled exoskeleton typically increase in length the older the Iotian gets.
The exoskeleton provides some minor resistance to minor cuts and bruises, but does nothing against violent trauma, such as being stabbed, shot, or otherwise injured.
Learned Skills
Pilot is, as his name implies, a rather skilled spacecraft and atmospheric pilot. He's used to more analog controls (switches, toggles, dials, a trusty old-fashioned control stick) than anything digital or holographic, but he knows the principles of space flights and has a very good understanding of Newtonian physics and how to make most atmospheric or spacecraft go without crashing. He also has a good head for electronic and mechanical repairs, although new machines will likely require a lot of tinkering before he fully understands them.
Personal Item: Please let us know what single personal item from home you are bringing so that it may be cataloged for our reference. (This item can be no larger than a guitar!)
VOLUNTEER SAMPLES
Network Sample: Link
Action Log Sample: Link
