Commanding Officer Application - Sparkiii
What is your BYOND key?
Sparkiii
What is your Discord ID?
sparky...
What is your timezone in UTC?
CEST
Player Name You Use Most?
Kiyomi Niyomi
Ban Appeals, Whitelist and Staff Applications:
Sparkii - Commanding Officer Application | CO, denied
Have you been banned in the last 3 months?
No
If so, why?
None
Command Knowledge:
How familiar are you with command positions?
I can confidently say I am very familiar with primary command positions; those being XO, SO, and SL. While I have some hours as SO, I have gathered a more decent amount of hours in the XO and SL roles.
Hours in XO:
111.9hr
Hours in SL:
96.1hr
Character Information:
Why did your character decide to become the CO of a ship?
Kiyomi fares from Japan. She finished her education and graduated from college top of her class.
She was destined to follow in her mother’s steps and join Weyland Yutani; however, she has opted to join the TWE EXCOM force and explore the stars.
Kiyomi took pride in her work, often visiting the planets directly with the research staff; however, during one of those expeditions, they discovered a planet infested with xenomorphs. Her team was cut off from their ship by the xenomorphs and forced to hunker down with what little supplies they had. They’ve sent a distress signal and contacted Weyland-Yutani for support. The company, however, opted to ignore their cries for help, leaving Kiyomi and her staff to die so they could later conduct research on the planet and the xenomorph inhabitants.
This betrayal led her to hating the company and the TWE for allowing them this much power in the empire. She opted to desert the TWE and travel to UA under a green card, serving in the USCM as a commissioned officer
How did your character attain the position of CO?
After being rescued from LV-543, she decided to remain with the UA and obtained a green card. After some time, she joined and completed the USCM’s officer training program and got commissioned becoming a Second Lieutenant and was assigned to the intelligence department of a ship. Over time, due to good conduct and competence in her field, she was promoted to First Lieutenant and assigned to an Arikara-class ship.
It was only until Operation Nightfall that Kiyomi’s true test would come.
At the start of the operation Kiyomi’s captain was killed in an IED explosion. To prevent the collapse of command structure Kiyomi decided to step in and take the responsibility of seeing the operation to its success, even though a pyrrhic victory. For her actions and display of leadership that day, she was promoted to Captain and assigned as the Executive Officer of the same vessel.
This operation was the beginning of many more counterinsurgency and rescue operations to come.
Over time, Kiyomi proved herself as a capable leader in these operations, which made her a candidate for a newly christened USCM vessel.
As the offer for the position came from high command, Kiyomi eventually accepted and was shortly promoted to Major and given command of her own ship.
Provide a short story of your CO.
Command Actions:
When do you believe it’s appropriate to pardon a prisoner?
Pardons are an essential tool allowing a CO to forgive any marine for their violation of marine law. They should be used carefully and sparingly, as they can come back and haunt you if the marine you pardoned proves themselves to be an issue. With that being said, I’d first ask myself why I want to pardon someone. “Are they useful?” “Can we succeed without their expertise?” “Will they break ML again when they get out?” “Why did they commit the crime in the first place?” Based on the answers to these questions, I would or would not pardon, specifically looking at the context of any given situation. If they did it to help because we were in a really tough spot, I would seriously consider pardoning them.
For example, A Marine has been arrested for ignoring a direct order from their overwatch officer.
While the order was, by all means, legal, it was a poor order that would more than likely result in unnecessary loss of life or take away assets from key areas with a very poor potential reward. I WOULD pardon the marine after a thorough investigation into why he disobeyed it and redeploy them ASAP.
Give some examples of when you would or would not use pardon.
A doctor has deployed without authorization to assist groundside with surgery. After an investigation, it has come to my attention that we already had a fobdoc, and he simply had too many patients. After a nurse has been deployed to assist, the doctor has returned and been arrested. I would NOT pardon him.
The Corporate Liaison’s bodyguard detains a marine for trespassing in the CL’s office and doesn’t hand them over to the MPs. The bodyguard is arrested for kidnapping. After an investigation, it turns out the bodyguard simply wasn’t aware he was required to hand them over. Due to the fact that it’s an incredibly poor defense, I would not pardon the bodyguard.
When do you believe it’s appropriate to use a Battlefield Execution?
BEs are an essential tool of a CO. They can be applied to anyone in self-defense, to maintain control over the operation, and to punish LRP or sexual behavior. With that being said, executions should be handed out extremely carefully, as they simply ruin rounds for others. Being permanently removed from a round by YOUR OWN commander sucks; there’s no other way around it. Thus, I’d always ask myself, “Are there MPs that can just throw them in the brig as punishment?” and “Does this deserve round removal?”
For example, it’s hijack; everyone has been called to the hangar for a hold and attempt to eliminate the xenos, but a few marines choose to rebel and threaten to kill me if I don’t call evacuation. I WOULD BE the marines as it’s hijack, things are moving fast, and it is key that marines maintain cohesion, and the death of a CO would greatly inhibit any chances for victory.
Give some examples of when you would or would not use Battlefield Execution.
The round is going poorly for the Marines, and they have to evacuate the FOB.
Our DP launches early due to cowardice or other reasons, disregarding orders from command to wait for the rest of the force to board. There are MPs on board the Almayer, so I instead opt to place them under arrest.
During combat I get shot in the back and killed by a private. Upon being revived, I would not execute the private as it is entirely plausible that he is simply new and did it on accident. Getting BE’d during your initial few hours of the game can have a huge impact on how you see the game as a whole, and command.
If a marine makes explicit sexual or gross out-of-character comments, I would BE said marine with no hesitation.
There are no MPs, and a marine plants a C4 inside the CIC, and attempts to destroy the consoles. I WOULD BE the marine for sabotaging the operation directly by threatening the safety of the command team and potentially disabling vital equipment.