Byond ID: Nick123q23
Marine Name (so we know who you are, if you play alien mostly, state that here): Medea Laporte is my newest character for the USS Almayer. I play both marine and alien, as I believe that a good predator player should be acquainted with both major sides
Name of the character you want whitelisted (The name your predator will use. This must match your in-game predator name): Akl'iiya Quatza-Rij (aq-illa quatza ri)
Are you familiar with the Predator Code Of Honor? Yes, I should hope so! I've made atleast three other predator applications at this point, and maybe I'll have to do four or five if I'm not careful this time. If I'm not familiar with the Code of Honor by the sheer number of times I've read it and checked it for updates, no one is!
Character background (A very BRIEF description of your predators background):
Predator. Yautja. Hish. Hunter. Demon. These are all the names of one of the three remaining dominant species in the milky way galaxy, and perhaps the most intriguing of the three. Few have had contact with them and lived to spread the myths associated with them. Fewer still have collected an understanding of the enigmatic Predators.
For unlike humanity, the Yautja never settled. Their civilization has never progressed past the primitive hunter-gatherer stage. Yet in defiance to the hardships Humanity faced, the Yautja continue to thrive in this stage of civilization, with a level of technology far in advance to anything even the most well-equipped force in the galaxy can muster, even visiting humanity in their infancy to construct their massive pyramids.
Yet their technology is not the most fascinating aspect of their race, it is their culture. And this is where the heart of their civilization lies, and the entire race's purpose in life according to themselves.
The Hunt. When the Predators have a conflict among their race, wish to impress a mate, or even simply for fun and sport, they descend on worlds alone or in hunting packs, their sole goal is to seek out worthy beasts on the planet they are on, and fight them for their heads.
You see, the Yautja remain in a tribal state. They operate on a caste system, where one can only advance in social status by having more kills, honor and 'blood' than another.
They all live in massive clans, each with it's own fleet of hunters and hunting vessels.
The Predators' hunts have caused them to clash with the deadly Xenomorphs, or 'Serpents' to the yautja, Humanity, and even the long-dead Engineers whos mastery of life was so that they may have created Humanity, the Xenomorphs, and various other creatures to use as bio-weapons in great interstellar wars, one of which may have even been fought with the Yautja!
My character, Akl'iiya Quatza-Rij, is a proud member of the Yautja. A youngblood, fresh from her hunter trials. Her father had been a prestigious Elite and held her up to such high expectations she thought she would certainly fail. Yet she, like her stubborn kin, has kept fighting on in her trials and training, as she knows no other alternative.
Though her ambitions have been difficult to reach, she has every intention of bringing honor to her clan with the help of her faith to Paya, the Conquering Warrior and Yautja god of the Hunt.
Her quest to become blooded and finally join a proper hunt goes as follows.
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After her encounter with the Dutch's Dozen fireteam, she has come to doubt the perfection of the serpents, and wishes to observe and hunt the most dangerous game of which are challenging enough to turn the tables on the hunter. From her wounds and experience during her trials, she has learned to be more perceptive, more patient than her prey.
For if she overlooks the tiniest detail, it may be the last time she ever does.
How do you intend to play your predator (as in, describe HOW you will act/play your predator. This will weigh HEAVILY and frequently breaking from this MAY result in removal)?
Space Station 13 isn't a typical game where one side wins and the other loses. Rather, it is a roleplaying game, much like the D&D tabletop games of old. The goal is to create the best story you can by each player playing as one of the story's characters. This goes double for CM, as most people see it only as a pseudo-FPS where they must win at all costs.
Predators are not the main characters in the story of CM. They're a wildcard element that provide for special encounters for small numbers of marines and aliens. The game can be played without them, and indeed, they don't show up for most rounds.
But when they do show up, they make the round special.
Suddenly, you have a third force to deal with, slowly picking off your fellow marines or your hive-sisters indiscriminately.
In the chaos of battle, the hunters create their arenas, dueling the strongest they can find in their quest for the most dangerous game.
I've made comparisons from Predators to the Antagonists of traditional SS13 servers, especially the Baystation philosophy of, "The purpose of an Antagonist is to make the round more interesting for everyone, and avoid hogging all the roleplay interactions and enjoyment for themselves." This is how I view the Yautja Hunters, they break up the boring redundancy of the round by skulking in and creating new scenarios. To do this, they need to be flexible and adapt to each round they participate in.
It wouldn't make sense both ICly and OOCly for a Predator to especially target one side or another. They want to keep their sport alive so that they can keep hunting. Complete eradication of the Marines or the Xenomorphs wouldn't be in character for them. They don't want either side to be victorious. On the OOC side of things, it would be completely unfair for one side to have to deal with the predators while the other side is completely spared.
Why should we whitelist you? Since my last application, I've changed significantly in the SS13 community. I know I'm not perfect, nor is anyone else (the number of denied applications I have certainly attest to that), but I strive to help each community I participate in.
Each server I join, I want to make that server better not for just me, but for everyone of my fellow players. I brainstorm and actively participate in the Suggestion threads, discuss lore, the future of the servers as a whole, and devote a large amount of my time to playing my favorite servers. My new attitude has even lead to me becoming an admin and whitelist manager of the Warhammer 40k conversion, Archangel station.
I go out of my way to help new players as I see them, I'm not irritated by baldies, I want to introduce them to the game and help them, and anyone really, become a better player.
Especially I've been hanging around a lot on the official Discord channel. ElDefaultio, Bird in a Box, Fresh, and many others I've interacted with there have inspired me to try to become an exemplar player and contribute to the community of Colonial Marines.
I want to contribute here. I want to see how the predators work within the many stories our rounds create, and work with other predator players to forge a fantastic experience for anyone lucky or unlucky enough to come across a Hunter. As it is today, Predator players are either worshiped in hopes of gaining favor with them, or disliked and viewed as an elitist clique where only the most influential community leaders with special deals with staff have a chance of entering the "secret club"
Some Predator players even throw away their quality entirely after their application is accepted, dancing with xenos, 'memeing' around IC and generally being disliked by those seeing them. I aim to improve my roleplaying quality over time even after I'm accepted, and the years following that.
It's my hope that with time, perhaps through my efforts and the efforts of others, that view will change and people will appreciate predators for the work they give back to the community by the people playing them and their character's actions ingame. Rather than being a salt-mine, the community will savor each predator round as a unique experience every day, and that by the end of the rounds I play in, there are far more stories of brave prey escaping from the Hunter's clutches, or an honorable duel ending in mutual respect.
I'm also a massive lore and fluff geek and I pride myself on knowing every little bit about every fictional thing that interests me, like the Yautja.
Though I've only ever played the AVP games and haven't even seen the movies, so make of that what you will.
Have you been banned from CM in the last month for any reason (we will check, and lies may result in immediate denial)? Not to my knowledge, I recently requested my notes only to discover that I don't actually have any notes. I believe myself to be a clean player, though I often carry a 9mm pistol sidearm with me whenever I play military police.
Are you currently banned from any other servers and if so, why? I am not currently banned from any server to my knowledge. I make it a point to obey the rules of any and all places I visit to make life easier for everyone, even if I disagree with a rule, I bring up my concern in formal channels instead of disobeying.
Do you understand that any player - donor or otherwise - can have their whitelist status revoked should they break our rules or disobey the Predator Code of Honor? I understand that any player, donor or otherwise, could have their whitelist status revoked should they break Colonial Marine server rules or violate the Predator Code of Honor.
I really appreciate everyone taking the time out of their day to look at my application, I hope Akl'iiya's story entertained you, and I definitely hope to see you on the hunting grounds!
