Commanding Officer Application - joooks
What is your BYOND key?
joooks
What is your Discord ID?
joooks
What is your timezone in UTC?
UTC +1
Player Name You Use Most?
Timothy Dean as XO, Johanna J. Jaakari as SL
Ban Appeals, Whitelist and Staff Applications:
Have you been banned in the last 3 months?
No
If so, why?
Command Knowledge:
How familiar are you with command positions?
I’m confident I can handle commanding. Thanks to my long career on CM as well as XO grinds, SO gameplay and playing rifleman and squad leader, I am aware of the intricacies of maps, the mail goals of command jobs and the difficulties of leading both marines. I understand the tactics required both on low, mid and high pop to win rounds.
I consider my biggest weakness to be the overestimation of how swiftly marines can execute a fast-moving plan.
Hours in XO:
91.2 hrs
Hours in SL:
86.6 hrs
Character Information:
Why did your character decide to become the CO of a ship?
Timothy comes from an American family, born and raised on planet Earth. He always felt like leading men was his calling. After he grew up, the path he picked were the footsteps of his ancestors. And thus he joined a military college, and decided to join the Colonial Marines as they were currently expanding their numbers and looking for technical brains like him in the heyday of the Marine 70 program.
Timothy started his career commanding a platoon of Marines engaged mostly with counterinsurgencies. While serving under and incompetent captain, he lost a significant portion of his platoon in a flamethrower ambush, and promised himself to climb as high as he can to limit incompetency.
How did your character attain the position of CO?
Even as a lieutenant it became awfully clear that Timothy had a clear knack for planning and he loved it. After a streak of giving a lot of working plans to his superiors, he got himself knocked into a Intelligence section of his combat unit, then fucked up bad. After another streak of successful operations with recovering UPP intel from the Frontier through SIGINT, he got an offer to conduct a new combat operation from his Lieutenant Colonel who trusted him to do a hush job.
While he failed his personal objective, thanks to his planning the operation still went well and he was pushed up to Major
Provide a short story of your CO.
Command Actions:
When do you believe it’s appropriate to pardon a prisoner?
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I believe the most important thing to consider during this is the general behaviour and the tendency of the person to get themselves into some bullshittery.
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I believe it’s appropriate to pardon someone when they are seriously remorseful after committing a crime. Accicents happen, some people fuck up and only then realize that they did an oopsie.
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Pardons should also be used in the best interest of the operation. Of course you shouldn’t pardon a Demo specialist who got himself into trouble just so he can go and frag the queen, but something like the Marine’s only medic on lowpop is a thing to consider.
Give some examples of when you would or would not use pardon.
#1
I would for example, and as the easiest answer, pardon someone who is a legitimate new player. We’ve all been new, shot someone, missclicked on our screen with our gun out. When a new player shoots someone in briefing accidentally and is sorry, there is no reason to brig him - making him sit in a cell won’t make him learn, and it’s better to get a SEA to teach him.
#2
Another situation. A PFC decides to take the mortar kit. He deploys, walks to the frontline, shoots an OT shell and kills several marines. A spec starts calling for his death on comms while shipside, right after getting surgery, and the MP’s arrest him due to a credible threat of him actually harming the Mortar Operator when he deploys. I would not apply a pardon here, since the threat is credible, and the only thing achieved from that would be someone who hasn’t calmed down from something bad happening most likely rushing to attack the MO.
#3
Another situation: A Doctor is being arrested right after roundstart by a MP for distributing untagged chemicals to riflemen. There are no other doctors, researchers, synth or CMO. I would consider a pardon here, since letting Corpsmen deploy without very precious things like IA is a very bad idea and will eventually lead to high attrition.
#4
Another situation: After a squad lead is arrested for FTFP after discharging his gun repeatedly in the Alamo. An SO calls the CMP a total dickfaced twat on command comms and is subsequently arrested for DASO. I would not apply a pardon here, the sentence is not very long, and he honestly deserves it.
When do you believe it’s appropriate to use a Battlefield Execution?
I believe BE’s are a tool to show everyone who’s boss when someone is trying to stir shit and sabotage an operation. For example, a mutiny leader trying to rile people up against command after a mistake. Of course this does not mean you can go around nilly willy shooting everyone in the head who disagrees with you.
I prefer using MP’s and deputization as tools of solving things ICly.
I personally do not like BE’s from a OOC and IC perspective when I play. I do not want to report bait and I think there are better ways to solve problems than shooting someone in the face. I would rather create some RP, be that through an arrest or just talking the situation out.
Give some examples of when you would or would not use Battlefield Execution.
#1
I am deployed and trying to lead a risky flank from Solaris LZ2 to Eta. It’s one hour in. Xenos are in Engineering, they pushed out from filtration and Eta is a clear flanking path that can lead to total shock and awe. I am trying to rally marines from Bravo as well as other squads to join me. A Delta aSL starts to undermine my ability to lead, starts calling me a stupid dipshit and says I’m just going to get everyone killed, then they start shoving me at the exit from FOB. I would BE this person, as they are pretty much actively trying to sabotage me doing anything and they’re a risk.
#2
I am deployed and leading a push from sand temple to containers with ASS squads while other squads are pushing the main beach on LV.
A new player assigned to the squad gets scared of an MD ping and the server starts lagging for him - his clicks queue up and he ends up killing four people in total while shooting into one direction. I would not BE this new marine, because it i would here consider it to be against the spirit of the whitelist. Someone had a clear problem out of their control or caused by inexperience and I do not think that constitutes a round removal.
#3
After a lengthy battle, the FOB is not yet breached, and a veteran dropship pilot panicks after getting lots of pings on his MD. I was just with him on the phone telling him to wait one minute for others to get in. I would not use a Battlefield Execution here. I would instead choose to have MP’s or a deputized officer arrest him here, since he committed manslaughter and abandoned troops due to his cowardice. There is no reason to BE when I have peaceful options available.
#4
It is hijack. I am ordering a hold in the hangar/tank bay. We are going to stand and fight. I do not call evac. I believe the xenos can be defeated and fueling and sending out escape pods could endanger new places like another ship that could pick up a pod, or a lifeboat that will be sent to Chinook station. A charlie marine holds me at gunpoint and demands I call evac so that he may escape. I refuse and he opens fire on me. I would BE this person, because in my state of mind here I need to be available to lead a marine counterpush to take back the Almayer, and the Brig is not available to hold someone trying to kill me.
