Synthetic Application - bostonthebear
What is your BYOND key?
bostonthebear
What is your Discord ID?
hgoblin
Do you usually play a specific character? If so, who?
Allie ‘Son’ Trovato, Chlorine Mallery
What whitelist applications have you previously completed?
Mentor/SEA Whitelist
Synthetic Info:
Name of the Synth Character you wish to play:
Komaki
What is your Synthetic’s Personality?
“Remember, Young sprout. If you cannot honor yourself, how can you expect to honor your foes?”
The Komaki series are a less popular, more expensive, and newer rendition of self defense teacher synthetics. Differentiating from other synthetic models that may focus on just boxing or wrestling, Komaki is designed for a wide range of martial and weapon arts, most prominently in the Asian area on Earth. Another difference that Komaki holds is that his random personalities are more defining, and play a crucial role in how they train their students, and what exactly they train. While one Komaki may be focused on the physical side, which can already differ between martial or sword, another may hold greater interest in the mental side of training.
Komaki 13-B/M, the particular Komaki model I’ll be playing, holds a strong emphasis on honor in his training. His ‘belief’ in honor is insistent on how well a person is in tune with their true self. In programming, this simply means he is more likely to ask open ended questions and less likely to make his own conclusions on trivial matters. Past that, Komaki takes on the visuals and mannerisms of a wise sensei from an old 70’s samurai movie, with greyed hair, long beard, and sleek wrinkled features. He always speaks wistfully, his words ranging somewhere between a sage and wise poet and genuinely unsolvable riddles.
Because of his ‘beliefs’ or code, his view on if people are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ depends on his judge on their honor, which itself is dependent on lying, specific actions unbecoming of that person, or a breakage of that person’s stored algorithm. This is of course overshadowed by his AI directives and marine law, but past that, he is completely neutral to ethical matters, and only will intervene in situations if he believes the person is at risk of losing their honor. He sees himself as a guide or mentor for people to achieve higher honor, and is happy to help those who require it through MFLC sessions.
This is not to say that he will always ask questions about every single thing a marine or civilian does to try and garner their honor level, or attempt to visualize honor, as he has some understanding that he is simply a machine, and his gauge on honor can only be trusted through long MFLC sessions, which build upon that persons stored algorithm. This is highlighted between MFLC sessions as he normally defaults to simply undertaking tasks and things assigned to him by command or ARES, or entering a false (and rather creepy) ‘meditation’ state, which is used to conserve power if nothing is assigned.
Finally, although Komaki is fully trained in pretty much all types of self defense, and is extremely fast to keep up with his knowledge, he is extremely weak due to being a Gen 3 synthetic. This means his self preservation law is more impactful, and he is extremely hesitant to start or partake in fights. The number one thing Komaki always tells his non-military students is to always comply or flee from an attacker and to use self defense as a last resort, which Komaki himself takes to his binary heart.
How will they react to the different ranks of the USCM, what would they talk about in a one on one conversation? What are their interests? What is an advertisement logline that could be written for them?
Komaki is one of the few synthetics to be directly sold to the marines. This differs slightly from his civilian models, in which they are reprogrammed to refer to ranks differently, and to completely adhere to marine law. Normally, they refer to his students as “Young sprout/bud/ox/koi,” or simply “my student.” For those on the same rank or higher, he prefixes or suffixes their name with Sensei. This has been changed in his code, as his students are replaced with non-commissioned personnel between E-1 and E-5, with all others except SEA’s being referred to as their rank instead of ‘Sensei’. SEA’s are still referred to as ‘Sensei’ as that’s badass.
“Show courage, young sprout. What is your question?”
As Komaki is an MFLC advisor, he likes taking counseling sessions with the lower ranks of marines, and will always put aside time to better one of his students. In these sessions, Komaki would mostly let their student take the initiative, and simply be a wall of wisdom to bounce off of. Komaki, as it is their quirk, would also never turn down the chance to spar with marines, and I am prepared to create an in game document that must be signed by the aCO or the CMP or ARES in order to do it. I’m unsure how that would work however, if it is even possible, and would like clarification before I commit to it.
Besides that, although his personality still lingers, Komaki is able to dial back his wise words to become more robotic when he is not actively helping someone. This is normally seen in frontline combat, talking to higher ranks, or where RP isn’t really viable, in which case Komaki will resort to using blunt answers instead of more questions.
Finally, Komaki always ends a conversation with a small quip, which always starts with “Remember, Young sprout…” I am prepared to write at least 100 words of pick-say with different honorable remarks for the benefit of roleplay.
Because there is no other way to include this, I wanted to include a small bit about preds. I understand that synths and preds are not to interact, and I feel as if this is especially prevalent for Komaki due to his take on honor. If a pred were to ever try to interact with me, or if it was ever completely necessary for me to interact with a pred, I would first LOOC that my character talks about honor and that it is different from a predators honor code to not cause confusion.
As Komaki can be sold directly to civilians or military, I envision two different taglines.
Civilian, with his head rotated slightly to look towards the distance: The new Komaki Sensei. Let his pool of wisdom propel your fighting style and your metal fortitude to the top.
Military, with three different segments each showcasing what the corresponding word says: The Komaki Synthetic. Mentor, Protector, Fighter.
Why do you want to be a synthetic/why should we whitelist you?
So, its no secret I am very in love with the “wise old samurai” bit, and I have, for a while, wanted to make a synthetic application to become this bit. I understand that this entire synthetic might seem like a joke one, or one I am not prepared to roleplay correctly, which is why I have written so much to confirm that I am 100% willing to roleplay this seriously.
Although becoming this bit is the main driver, I still do enjoy the prospect of a synthetic, and are in agreement with the synthetics rapid de-supporting that’s taking place, since I think the prospects of RP that synthetics promise is wholey underused, and deserves to be more in the spotlight of their playstyles. I also intend to fill the gap in low pop synths too, to try and instigate more roleplay in a time zone that desperately needs it.
As I am already a mentor, I chose to go towards that direction as the synth. Although one might say that it would be tiring to continue this bit for extended periods of time, or to keep helping marines in line with my quirk and personality, I don’t think its the case.
Firstly, if I ever feel burnt out from roleplaying as the Sensei, I can simply just wait a few rounds before joining in as a synthetic again, which is what most people already do. Although this runs the risk of me losing interest in the honorable sensei bit, I don’t think that is going to happen for a while, especially as I still have at least 3 samurai games to go through, as well as replaying all of them again to get different endings.
Secondly, I still enjoy playing SEA, even if I don’t play it as much as I use to, because teaching marines and watching them flourish and grow is such a satisfying experience to me. Non mentors will never know the joy of waving at your newly trained Private as he gets onto the Alamo with a 10% survival rate, and I want to extend that experience to my synthetic character too.
What is your most memorable interaction with a synthetic?
I know it doesn’t really correlate to my synthetic or is that important, but the only true core memory I have with a synth is with Malcolm.
We had just touched down at LZ2 on Shivas, where I was met by a strange synthetic, spouting about something not being magic. Naturally, I went up to talk to him, learning his name was Malcolm. When I asked what he sold for, since he seemed very marketable, he said 50,000 credits. I then roleplayed buying a pirate themed Malcolm because of the absurdly cheap price, and promised to set up a meeting with him and the CL after the operation.
Of course, I died that operation, but little interactions like that really make or break a synthetic for me. Sure, you can have a long winded MFLC session like with Komaki, but I also really enjoy the idea of just small normally forgettable things that still have so much effort put into it by the Synthetic.
Synthetic Character Story:
Quite a long story, it showcases how I expect Komaki to talk and act from the perspective of a marine. If my personality answer is lacking real depth, it will be found in here.
Skills:
Engineering:
Notably familiar. I understand cade theory (4 tiles back, composite or bio, etc), learnt to do OT, and know how to remove and recycle fuel cells as well as figure out how to start a generator in front of an APC..
Command:
I’ve recently begun to play XO but I genuinely hate it. However, I feel like I am very good at squad leader, and most of my hours lie in being an SL or aSL due to my SG and FTL plat medals.
Medical:
Despite how low my hours may seem in medical, I am confident to do everything EXCEPT research, mainly because research is a cursed role I do not want to touch. If this is a major problem with my synth, I am willing to learn research if necessary.
Requisitions:
Very familiar. Despite having little req hours, I spend most of my low-pop SEA hours managing req, which has given me a standard crate setup and knowledge on what to buy and what not to buy.
What are some scenarios that you can perform combat in? Give us a brief example.
I am giving my student an honorable lecture when I suddenly spot a facehugger running through the grass before gearing up to pounce on the student. Realizing there isn’t enough time to drag her away, I equip my extendable baton and bash the hugger, killing it before it even knows it has been hit…
I am repairing the sensor tower with a squad of four students before a dastardly oni pounces on one of them. They all begin to chase it, leaving me alone, before another lurker comes from behind and pounces on me. I quickly get up from underneath it and bash it back, attempting to flee back to my squad of ruffian ox’s while creating any sort of obstacles I can between us.
I am inside FOB and walking over to another entrance when I see a burrower capping a marine. If I’m able too, I will attempt to drag the marine to safety or to pat them up, before bashing the burrower once to get them to leave. If they keep trying to cap the marine or attempt to slash me, I will continue bashing them until they are no longer a threat. Otherwise, I will let them burrow out to safety.
Final Info:
Have you been banned from CM in the last month for any reason? Do you have any active jobbans?
No
Are you currently banned from our Discord?
No
Let us know why you were discord banned.
N/A
Do you have anything else you would like to include about your application?
Thank you for taking the time to read through all of it! I’m sorry if its really long, please don’t feel the need to rush to get through this app.
I may take a while to respond to questions as I normally don’t have time to check the forums, but I will try to reply when I can.