Pierce Jackson - Commander Application

[Survivor]

Byond ID: Dr. Lance

Player name you use the most: Pierce Jackson, however I used to play as Jack 'Survivor' Lance

Make a list of links to all of your applications and (job)ban appeals, including whitelist and staff apps, within the last year. Also, provide "Ban reason; Verdict" beside each (job)ban link:
I have not had any appeals, job bans, or applications.

Do you understand that any player - even donors or staff members - can have their whitelist status revoked should they break our Server Rules or Roleplay Guidelines?
I fully understand that anyone can have their whitelists revoked.

Do you understand how the Battlefield Execution functions?
I understand how battlefield executions function. They are meant to be a last resort when the law is unable to be enforced. After words, the Commander must make an announcement confirming the Battlefield execution, and giving a reason. I personally do not see myself using this function very often, as I don't deem it a necessary asset for a Commander to lead. Most of the time, battlefield executions lead to problems further in the round such as mutiny or disobeying marines.

Do you understand you are not above Marine law, or allowed to enforce it yourself?
I understand that the Commander is not above the law, and is not the one to be enforcing it.

What do you think is the job of a Commander?
The Commander role is not only about leading and winning, its about improving the round for others. You do not have to win to make the round better for other players. As a Commander, you must be the one who keeps the round running, and you are the one who makes the round enjoyable for others.

The Commander is also the one responsible to make sure all other departments are doing their jobs. If medical, engineering, or requisitions are having problems, you should be the one who is handling these issues.

If a member of your staff is disobeying orders, how would you handle it?
The first thing I would try to do is approach them about the issue, and hear them out. If what they are doing is beneficial to the operation, I would tell them to please tell me next time if they want to make a change in plans.

However, if what they are doing is not beneficial to the operation, and is getting people killed I would ask the person in question to please follow my orders or else I will have them arrested.

If they continue disobeying orders, I would have the Military Police come and arrest them for insubordination.

If there are no Military Police available, my last resort option would have to be a battlefield execution. This is obviously not the route I would want to take, but sometimes it is necessary for the operation and for the fun for others.

Why should you be whitelisted?

As Commander, I would do all in my power to make sure the fun of others is preserved. I do not wish to be a dictator, but rather a real leader that others can look up to. If something bad happens within the operation, I would not blame the marines or my staff, but rather myself. No one likes a Commander who does all in their power to make the marines feel like nothing. I wish to do the exact opposite of that.

I would like to take into account all people's opinions. If someone has a good idea within the CIC, or marines make a request, I would always hear them out. Commanders who don't think about the forces should not be considered leaders.

The last reason I should be whitelisted is my Command experience. I've played Executive Officer multiple times throughout my journey in CM. Almost every round has been a blast, and I have lead multiple operations, some winning, some failing. Even as Executive Officer, I still try to make the round better for others, and I feel that Commander is the best step forward in my attempts to improve other players' rounds.

[Imperator_Titan]

Good application, excellent answers and everything is filled out. Okay amount of forum activity. Never seen you around personally but I'm willing to give you a shot. Good luck!

+1

[ThesoldierLLJK]

I'm neutral towards a +1 only because I did see you step up the other day and ask the CO to become XO because the previous one was so useless.
Your application is good, and I'm not one to ask what new strategies you can come up with, I'm more of a believer in Command Decisions, and I only played one or two rounds with you.

So just two quick "You're a CO what would you do scenarios."

1. A researcher comes to the CIC and presents you with a very high quality created research request. His document asks permission to create a super soldier program and he requests the following: HPR kit, a soldier, and $20,000 cash. Although it's a good document RP wise, you deny his request. Your denial crushes his spirit and he leaves the CIC crying. You later catch wind on requisitions chat that the researcher convinced a cargo tech to give him an HPR kit which costs the ship 60 points. You also catch wind that he has been approaching random soldiers asking if they would like to become god. The cargo tech is called out on the radio and spills the beans, they refuse to surrender and run away. The researcher realizes he has been discovered and begins to say on general radio chat that Command are fools and will not stop him. He also taunts you, and tries to convince everyone to rise up against your oppression. The cargo tech is caught by the MPs and confesses everything. You send the MPs after the rogue researcher but they cannot find him and give up the chase. He continues to taunt everyone, until you spot him in the basketball court with a random marine. The MPs say they cannot respond at the moment, what do you do?

2. It's a normal operation and two squads are decimated and requesting reinforcements. You have a squad currently holding engineering, and another squad holding LZ1 FOB and TCOMMS. What would you do?

[Sulaboy]

I've seen Pierce and Jack in game before, and I would say he is a good guy to have in command positions. He puts effort into his rounds, and they're usually better because of it. I've also had some real great experiences with him in command positions, and I'm sure he'd make a great commander. +1

[taketheshot56]

Very good XO with lots of experience would love to see him as CO!!! +1

[Survivor]

-Snip-

As for the first situation, I would just alert the MPs to his location. I can not enforce the law, and I am not going to ever execute Civilians, no matter if they are inciting mutiny. The only way I would execute a civilian is if they shoot at me or my men first. I know its probably not the most popular opinion, but its morally correct in my eyes.

As for the second situation, I'm not one for suicide pushes. If the two squads are decimated, I'm not going to further risk lives. I would pull all the squads back to the FOB, so we could recuperate and recover our men. Once our forces are stabalized, I would then have the marines push.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

As for the first situation, I would just alert the MPs to his location. I can not enforce the law, and I am not going to ever execute Civilians, no matter if they are inciting mutiny. The only way I would execute a civilian is if they shoot at me or my men first. I know its probably not the most popular opinion, but its morally correct in my eyes.

As for the second situation, I'm not one for suicide pushes. If the two squads are decimated, I'm not going to further risk lives. I would pull all the squads back to the FOB, so we could recuperate and recover our men. Once our forces are stabalized, I would then have the marines push.

Good answers, but there is no true wrong or right answer. Although in my situation, the slimy little researcher called for my demise and wasted precious resources. Not to mention he tried to get the entire medical department to turn on me, so I blew his brains out.

Godspeed Commander +1

[Survivor]

Good answers, but there is no true wrong or right answer. Although in my situation, the slimy little researcher called for my demise and wasted precious resources. Not to mention he tried to get the entire medical department to turn on me, so I blew his brains out.

Godspeed Commander +1

One more thing, I loved your situational story. I don't know why, but I loved it

[ThesoldierLLJK]

One more thing, I loved your situational story. I don't know why, but I loved it

Because it really happened. TheDonkFied paid for his transgressions with his blood. These are roleplay situations you will face as a CO, because you will have players who want to push the envelope and cause trouble/soft antag as long as they don't break rules.

[Survivor]

Because it really happened. TheDonkFied paid for his transgressions with his blood. These are roleplay situations you will face as a CO, because you will have players who want to push the envelope and cause trouble/soft antag as long as they don't break rules.

It seemed too specific to be made up. I'm definitely aware that I will have to deal with things of similar nature, whether it be researchers making aliens in their cells or the Corporate Liaison starting a mutiny with delta on his side. Either way, I'll be prepared to act on these situations.

[Frans_Feiffer]

Well thought out answers, and good responses to Thesoldiers questions. I’ve seen you as XO numerous times, and I don’t have many gripes about ya. You get the job done, and i’d be more then happy to see you as CO. +1 from me man, there’s nothing you’ve done to give me reason to say no. Good luck, and here’s to seeing you in the CIC more.

[CaptainYankee]

Seen you in all command positions, worked alongside you in a few as well. You coordinate well and you don't lose your cool easily.

However, that being said, I have not seen you perfomring one of the commander's mosr crucial roles, which is of course, smartgunner. I'm going to give you a +1 here, but i expect you to have some smartgunner experience! How can you first drop deploy without the CO and his SG gear!?

[Survivor]

Seen you in all command positions, worked alongside you in a few as well. You coordinate well and you don't lose your cool easily.

However, that being said, I have not seen you perfomring one of the commander's mosr crucial roles, which is of course, smartgunner. I'm going to give you a +1 here, but i expect you to have some smartgunner experience! How can you first drop deploy without the CO and his SG gear!?

What you talkin bout?! I used to be a Smart gunner main!

On a serious note, thanks man! I'm hoping for the best

[Epic_Charger]

Given I've had a few rounds already with Pierce being my XO, and me being CO (I might add, most of which it was -just- us two), I'd like to mention Survivor is really good at handling overwhelming situations in which most crumble and blame it due to the lack of manpower. Instead of looking for excuses, he focuses on the work and doesn't goof off, least not when we've been in command together. He's one of... two as of currently? Two XO's that have received a medal from me for being efficient in his job. I've seen him in medical and engineering plenty before, so I know he knows how to handle those departments if it comes down to it. I've trusted him to handle ship-side operations when deploying to the ground myself and not had any problems due to his choices. So all in all, I gotta say a strong +1 from me given past experiences.

But because I'm curious, I do have a few scenarios I'd like to show to get a feeling of what he might do in command of more... unique situations.

1. The round is Solaris Ridge, about at 12:12 the CL requests to have a squad for a special mission, claiming there is an item of WY interests located at the heart of Lamba Labs. When asking how many men, he requests a full squad instead of a number. He tells you some details about the item, and the task at hand, revealing that it may be an admin event, however, you have not received any word from High Command ICly, or from admins. When asking to see the fax he claims he cannot due to confidential reasons. You have already announced briefing will be at 12:18 and will need to make some basic changes in the short time beforehand if you humor him. How do you handle it?

2. It's a custom round of HvH, a few enemy soldiers have been caught and revived/treated. The WO is asking what to do with them. You are in the middle of organizing the front line squad. You have three other SOs, no XO, and a synthetic who is currently staffed to medical. Medical has three doctors and a CMO, along with a researcher. But the researcher has no interests in helping the wounded. The enemy force has stolen a command headset and claims they have members of the main force squad held captive and are willing to do an exchange with only you being there on the field during it. How do you handle it?

3. The round is midway through, and a xenomorph has managed to get on board, you've not heard much outside of the fact it has killed the two doctors you had available. The MPs have no WO, and seem disorganized, most of the marines are ground side, and the only medical personnel outside of the doctors is you. CIC currently only has one SO, it's a night round as such fewer people. The SO seems to be new and not entirely understanding of the situation, however, this happens during a push into the main xeno hive. How do you handle it?

Despite the answers, I doubt my opinion will change, these are all far-out situations that I'm more or less curious of than anything else.

[Survivor]

1. I would not offer an entire squad, but I would allow him to take a small fire team consisting of only privates from the FOB squad. When I say small, I mean five at maximum. I would not risk giving the CORPORATE LIAISON an ENTIRE squad. That's just absurd!

2. The chance to save marine lives would be worth risking, however the problem is that marines do not have a leader. I would not risk leaving the Staff Officers in charge of the CIC, due to the lacking of an XO. I would, however, try to make a compromise with the captives that we have held. I would, however, need proof first thing from the enemy soldiers that they have my men.

3. Well first thing is first, I would set it to code red and open the armory. I would work the best with what I've got in the MP force, and would allow the MTs to attempt to hunt the lurking beast down as well. As for the medical issues, there is not much in my power I can do about that. I wouldn't be able to do surgery anyways, and I need to focus on the marine push at hand. If there is a synth, I would have them help medical.

[Bancrose]

I had you in my round where Fort Wulfe and the Men didn't break. I think you stayed optimistic, you kept morale high and your orders/strategies are great.

You also have been putting in the hours and work on XO so clearly you've put the time in to prove you can command.

Easy +1

[Survivor]

I had you in my round where Fort Wulfe and the Men didn't break. I think you stayed optimistic, you kept morale high and your orders/strategies are great.

You also have been putting in the hours and work on XO so clearly you've put the time in to prove you can command.

Easy +1

Fort Wulfe was fucking amazing

[lmwevil]

+1
Solid player, did the only prisonbreak I've ever seen via stunprodding all of the MPs and breaking someone out of perma. Good rper and 10/10 mop boy

[Aestel]

Going to give this one a +1. Is a knowledgeable XO, and would be a good CO.

Make it happen.

[adrenalinetooth]

+1. Does decently and plays literally 24/7 as XO, no complaints here.

[StephenNelson]

I’ve interacted with Pierce Jackson on multiple occasions in a variety of roles, and he’s always been capable of both deep RP and competent gameplay, often simultaneously. My experience with him as XO recently has been very positive. He is able to adequately monitor all com channels and get information disseminated quickly, and from what I have seen he still finds the time for a bit of RP now and then. Huge +1.

[HBlokkum]

Played many rounds with Pierce, he is very knowledgeable in a variety of roles.

Also, good RPer, +1!

[frozentsbgg]

+1 I'd be happy to see this player, who's RP has been good in my interactions with them. Join the CO whitelist

[Kavlo]

Seen you a good bit ingame and your application looks good.

+1.

[Dolth]

Never seen you commanding as a SL or SO/XO.

Your answers are a bit toi demagogic and soft imo.

While you say you want to enforce player pleasure you say you will BE if someone did a big ass mistake and no MP are on.

I will be NEUTRAL for now, slightly sidding -1.