Commanding Officer Application - szczypak
What is your BYOND key?
szczypak
What is your Discord ID?
tiredmedic
What is your timezone in UTC?
UTC+2
Player Name You Use Most?
Milo Myhall
Ban Appeals, Whitelist and Staff Applications:
szczypak - Yautja Application |PRED APP| Denied
tiredmedic - Discord Ban Appeal | Permanent ban appeal | Reason: Don’t use gg as a replacement for slurs. | result: successful
szczypak - Commanding Officer Application |CO APP| Denied
Have you been banned in the last 3 months?
no
If so, why?
Command Knowledge:
How familiar are you with command positions?
I have played multiple rounds in most of the command roles. I feel very comfortable with running CIC alone or with a crew. I have a deep understanding of how groundside gameplay and combat goes the same as I can act and help out pre-drop in departments that lack staff (for example med has no doctors on low pop and HMs need chems).
Hours in XO:
180.5
Hours in SL:
138.3
Character Information:
Why did your character decide to become the CO of a ship?
Milo after enlisting met his tutor Adam Adler that at the time was his Squad Leader. Myhall followed his tracks from his first day in the unit, to NCO training and ending at officer training, looking up to Adam as his role model. Adam after finally reaching his long awaited rank of Major slowly started to grow more deranged, caring less and less about his marines. He started to aim for medals and ranks instead of leading his unit to its best extent, taking unnecessary risks. Captain Milo disagreed with him on a multitude of occasions which led to souring of their relationship. Reading through the manifest and watching as replacement marines come and perish he could no longer stand the attitude of his commander towards leading his unit.
How did your character attain the position of CO?
After the failed operation of his former Commanding officer Adam Adler, the second battalion of the third regiment first marine division was left with a dysfunctional chain of command. Lacking any other officer candidates on standby in the immediate area due to it being designated an active warzone with CLF cells, the CO must have been picked from the ranks of the unit. Being highly respected amongst his men for the daring actions he has taken during the operation, high command noticed the potential that lay in captain Milo and promoted him to the commanding officer of U.S.S Muldraugh followed by his promotion to rank of a Major.
Provide a short story of your CO.
DECLASSIFIED AS OF : July 9, 2181 - Google Docs |the fate of delta squad was elaborated on in the pred story|
Command Actions:
When do you believe it’s appropriate to pardon a prisoner?
Pardons are a strong tool but placing an incorrect pardon is riddled with many repercussions against the CO so they should be used sparingly. Every pardon is an individual case and matter. It would be appropriate to pardon a prisoner only if you have investigated his testimony, MPs evidence and looked for any other people that could have witnessed the crime. It should be approached as a full on deep dive into not only the incident but the arrested individual himself, checking for any lies or if he is new.
Capital crimes of course cannot receive a pardon though if it was an honest accident as with some newer players opening fire on other marines cluelessly and getting arrested, there should be considered an ahelp or a fax to high command/provost about the situation.
Give some examples of when you would or would not use pardon.
SITUATION ONE: A Maintenance technician is running around the ship hacking vendors, doors and generally breaking into locations. The MPs get a warrant and start looking for him. Soon he gets caught and resist the arrest. We go into a fob siege and most comtechs are dead leaving us with just one alive. The maintenance technician notices that and starts begging over comms to get a pardon so he can drop and help. During a quick talk he rants about his engineering skills, how important he is considering most engineers are dead and about his high value to the groundside right now. He does not show interest in explaining his past crimes and focuses on the fact that groundside needs engineers.
I would not pardon the technician. The fact that he focuses most of the conversation around his importance to the round and marine situation does not negate the fact that he committed multiple crimes. Glancing over his record and not showing remorse, shows how unapologetic he is and that if given the chance he would most likely cause chaos again.
SITUATION TWO: Pre drop a fresh SO walks up to me and asks me how CIC works. I explain to him the functions of different consoles and what to do. We are already a few minutes in, coordinating the operation in CIC when req says over comms to drop bravo pad to FOB cords. The new SO sitting on bravo overwatch notices the request and punches in the cords dropping not the bravo pad but the orbital bombardment gibbing one marine, destroying some ammo, cades and injuring others. MPs quickly arrest them for manslaughter. The SO does not resist and complies. Knowing that the SO was new I would make an investigation inside the brig and look to pardon them. After a quick talk with the SO I noticed how down he is feeling, all of his energy that he had before lost, blaming himself for everything and generally being in a totally ruined mood. He shows remorse and knowing that he is new it’s normal for him to make mistakes.
I would pardon the SO GIVING HIM A VERY CLEAR WARNING TO TRIPLE CHECK IF HE IS SENDING A PAD OR A OB. He is understandably new to CIC and I do not want him to get pushed away from aspiring to learn command roles. He showed remorse and I believe his actions should be forgiven.
When do you believe it’s appropriate to use a Battlefield Execution?
I’m not a big fan of BEs but I understand their importance and value. It’s an ability to permanently and swiftly remove someone’s agency over the round via executing their character. THEY SHOULD BE USED SPARINGLY AND RESORTED TO WHEN NO OTHER TOOLS CAN BE USED AT THE TIME. If there are no MPs, the perpetrator is too far away to use a telescopic baton and is an active credible threat to others or your command a BE may be used but still should be followed by warnings if any warning can be given which should be excluded if the perpetrator is trying to abuse you opening the chat window. It should be kept in mind that BEs may be used when meeting with LRP though most sparingly.
Give some examples of when you would or would not use Battlefield Execution.
SITUATION ONE: We are in FOB siege with few breaches. I call marines to evacuate in two minutes or when everyone is on board. I walk up to the DP and DCC and directly order them to send it off only on my orders or under theirs if I am to die. DP seeing the cades north of his cockpit getting breached by a few xenos punches the button and lifts off leaving 12 marines stranded groundside that proceed to get wiped. The marines on alamo start grouping around the cockpit as the command chat starts to fill with banter. When confronted, DP tells me that north FOB was almost breached and that he would not let xenos get onboard the Alamo, criticizing my order to lift only when told to and telling me that I should not tell him how to do his job.
I would not BE the DP even though he has disobeyed my direct order and undermined my command because he is already inside the almayer. It’s easier for me to send MPs with a warrant to take him to brig for major insubordination. He no longer poses an active threat and will be rather easy to arrest without any collateral.
SITUATION TWO: I am directing a charge groundside into the caves. After I shoot the cluster OB and stand at the edge of ready to respond I see a delta marine try to push people into the blast zone of the cluster OB multiple times. After I gave him at least 2 warnings to stand down, addressing him by his name, he started trying to push and shove me into the OB.
I would BE the Delta marine for he is an active and credible threat to the command and the lives of other marines around me. He refused to listen to my orders and even started to shove me at the end. If he has successfully shoved someone into the blast radius of the cluster OB it could have ended with a failed charge or even worse a marine getting gibbed. There is no place for LRP actions like that, and for that I would have BEd him.
