Commanding Officer Application - NotLiquidus
What is your BYOND key?
NotLiquidus
What is your Discord ID?
liquidus.
What is your timezone in UTC?
UTC-03
Player Name You Use Most?
Kazemiro ‘Kaz’ Silva, Richard (Synthetic)
Ban Appeals, Whitelist and Staff Applications:
NotLiquidus - Synthetic Application - #10 | Synth, denied
NotLiquidus - Synthetic Application - #12 | Synth, approved
Have you been banned in the last 3 months?
No.
If so, why?
N/A.
Command Knowledge:
How familiar are you with command positions?
While i’m aware that my XO hours aren’t the most extensive out there, most of my early experience comes from over a year ago as SO. From there, I’ve filled just about every command position, from handling appeals, to acting as the acting commanding officer in really lowpop cases. This was before ASO was even introduced as a role, and back then, SO had senior command permissions, so they could freely utilize the central command terminals without problem, managing to accumulate well over 180 hours on SO alone, as at least the time I was playing it, command players weren’t that consistent or frequent, so it was mostly a case of taking initiative. I only didn’t pick up XO sooner due to an early lack of confidence in my abilities, although the same awareness skills I picked up from my SO days would extend to SL and XO, as often i’ve functionally ran entire operations alone as XO, from having to load the OB cannon myself, to setting up the squad terminals, while also making sure the front is going at a good pace, while applying my own prefered tactics of quick briefings to make sure survivors have at least a fighting chance of lasting long enough to not go perma, additionally performing pincer maneuvers by having two squads attack from two different entrances to create pressure. Overall, I’d say my greatest skills are my awareness and my capabilities to improvise as needed.
Hours in XO:
41.1
Hours in SL:
51.6
Character Information:
Why did your character decide to become the CO of a ship?
Kazemiro Silva was born to a family with a lineage spanning all the way back to a general that acted during Brazil’s battles in Italy. This ultimately inspired him to become a commissioned officer. During this period, he acted as a Staff Officer in a counter insurgency group against UPP operations in Northern Brazil. After in one attempted nightly air raid in Colombia, his aircraft was shot out of the sky, which resulted in the destruction of his left leg. This inspired him to take a more backseat approach in his career, not retiring altogether due to his pride in his family name, applying to become a captain. Due to the Sol campaign starting recently, his skills were put into practice as the captain for the USS Pauling.
How did your character attain the position of CO?
A few years after Operation Canton with a steady career composed of coordinating quick strike teams, Silva managed to be promoted to major due to a recommendation from one major Davi Fonseca that oversaw a good part of his history within the USCM and his early work with coordinating anti-insurgency teams.
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Command Actions:
When do you believe it’s appropriate to pardon a prisoner?
Pardons are an interesting thing, since I think they operate mostly in an unspoken agreement. Said agreement being primarily that both the one issuing the pardon and the one being pardoned agree that the kind of behavior that led to current circumstances won’t be repeated, and that the one being pardoned is remorseful for their actions. While generally the person being vital to an operation’s success tends to get more leeway as far as pardons are concerned, this is tied to their willingness to improve, just like anyone else. These rules wouldn’t apply to capital crimes, as they’re incapable of being pardoned by default.
Give some examples of when you would or would not use pardon.
In the middle of dealing with a massive amount of traffic, a doctor was disrespectful against his CMO and was arrested for it. After speaking with them, it becomes clear that it was a brief outburst caused to to stress, and nothing born out of malice. I would pardon them in the belief they’d be able to control their emotions in a more healthy manner.
While in the middle of pursuing a suspect, someone accidentally managed to get in the way of their pursuit, allowing the suspect to escape. In the circumstance they were arrested before I could intervene, I would issue a pardon, however, in the case where I did manage to contact the MPs to order them to not arrest them, and this would be classified as an arrest cancellation instead.
A suspect arrested for giving false testimony is discovered they only did so under the threat of blackmail. Assuming said blackmail was created from something that wasn’t an outright crime, I would pardon them on the principle that said testimony was coerced.
Someone who was filing their appeal has attempted to escape confinement. Even in the circumstance where I would potentially accept whatever appeal they were going for, the act of jailbreak is a capital crime, and thus, automatically invalid for pardons.
One of the specs has decided to beat someone half to death for little to no reason. Even in the circumstance where they would be apologetic, which frankly, would be unlikely if it was to be performed without a proper reason, I wouldn’t be issuing a pardon for three reasons: Doing those sorts of things is pretty LRP, nothing garantees it wouldn’t be done again, as usually with these cases, they just do it again, but this time, they make sure they aren’t going to be caught, and finally, their status as a spec or whatever other role of importance they are doesn’t make them exempt from marine law.
Someone managed to accumulate several minor infractions before being arrested. Even in the circumstance where they would be remorseful about it, i’m implicitly resonsible for the people I would be pardoning, and someone who manages to accumulate several infractions is very likely to just do them again. Therefore, I wouldn’t pardon them.
When do you believe it’s appropriate to use a Battlefield Execution?
Generally, the BE is applicable as meant to be the last line of defense in a situation you know is going to derail beyond your control otherwise. Personally, I’m inclined to only make use of it in the circumstance either the other players can’t control the individual in question, or the MPs aren’t going to be able to arrest them due to whatever circumstances, as i’m not much of a fan or outright removing someone from the round. At least in perma jail they can talk to the MPs.
Give some examples of when you would or would not use Battlefield Execution.
Someone is repeatedly attempting to steal my clothes despite me giving a verbal warning in the middle of briefing. In this case, I would perform an execution in the circumstance where MPs wouldn’t be able to respond in due time, as that would be directly undermining my authority. Otherwise, i’d just stall them for time while waiting for them to arrive.
Someone is threatning to attack me, or a mutiny is occuring. In this case, both this cases would fall under being appropriate for executions, as that would be a direct threat to my person.
While in the middle of briefing or any other circumstance, someone has decided to sexually assault another person. In this case, I would go for an execution, as it would not only be breaking server rules 1 to 3 and arguably 4, but it, frankly, comes down to a matter of principle, as I imagine no one plays this game to be in that kind of situation.
Cases where I wouldn’t apply a battlefield execution:
Someone accidentally threw a EMP grenade for whatever reason, causing my leg to get ripped clean off in the process. Assuming they didn’t do it intentionally, which in the one case where something like that happened personally, was very obvious that it wasn’t, I wouldn’t execute them. This would also apply to regular friendly fire where it’s clear it wasn’t an intentional act.
Someone who has commited multiple crimes, but has already been arrested. As they now pose a non-threat to the ship and it’s operations, an execution would be unnecessary.
In cases where I wouldn’t be able to safely fire around a potential threat, such as with other marines around or whatnot, I wouldn’t be attempting to perform a battlefield execution, due to the Mateba’s high firepower being able to easily seriously wound anyone caught in the line of fire.
