Discovery Gaming Community

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ID: Skarsi Wyrdmake
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Kallisti Potential Popesickle Prospect.

you got 2's and 3's out of 5's.

Welcome to the Discordian Disorder. Head to Shasta where you'll be measured for your robes. your pineal will also be launched into the fnordnet for communing.
Happy cabbaging,
Skarsi Wyrdmake

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bacause of the crash i didnt know if you get my answers.
shipname is anarchia.y.libertad

ID: Kelsey Norton
Location: Baffin

Kallisti!

We have seen your answers and you have been found worthy. You are ordered to pick up your robes and pay the polyfathers a visit at Pueblo Bonito.

You are also asked to change the designation of your vessel to more discordian one, using the [TAZ] callsign. I will send the details on a more private channel.

The Fnordnette also awaits your arrival, but one step at a time. You should be proud and happy that you have been found crazy enough.

23's

-Do you know what you want to roleplay as a Temporary Autonomous Zoner? [/color] (The type here : trader, templar, etc...)
-Trader,Templar
-Do you have a character in mind in which you would like to roleplay? If so, tell us the history and general Roleplay. (Here you explain the character background/history, his mindset, everything related to his story. If you don't have any character in mind, no need to answer anything here)
-Roger.Coleman, was the only thing a man delirious of starvation and thirst told the Rouge pilots who found him in an escape pod in the badlands. They quickly understood who he was as he had tracker bracelets on his hands. he was a slave aboard a prison ship which as destroyed by gamma team just 2 weeks ago. Coleman was sold to the base trader for a meager sum. In the cargo hold coleman decided his fate was not to be decided by others, he stopped his self loathing and decided to hijack the small trade ship. He has been flying the space ever since. Coleman knew staying in house space would only bring trouble and he needed a path, an incentive to fight for, The [TAZ] seemed to fit all his criteria.
-Do you have a recommendation from a TAZ? If so, name them. (Note: This is a requirement)
-No
-Will you follow TAZ roleplay guidelines?
-i promise to follow the RP to the best of my ability
-What is your experience? When did you join Discovery?
-I joined just recently and it seemed like i had to take in so much information in a short amount of time. i'm still learning but i think its progress
-Have you roleplayed TAZ before?
-No i havent but i do enjoy the lore of TAZ and Discovery as a whole
-Are you in other factions? If so, name them.
-No
-What will be your level of involvement in TAZ?
-Mostly trading with light escort duties

Zoner Lore :

-According to you, what is a Zoner? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)
-Zoners are people of different backgrounds with similarities. House rules had destroyed their lives and the zoners have given them a fresh start, a clean slate as it were.
-Describe the main asset of a Zoner as compared to others? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)
-Zoners i think a jack of all trades and a trump card. at the right time can change the tide of siris
-What is the most important thing for a Zoner in the Sirian community? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)
-Survive and thrive among barberians

*Incoming Transmission*
Comm ID: Mad John Rackham
Location: Ambassador's Office, Shasta Orbital Skyhook, Baffin System

To: Dot.Pixus,

After much deliberation the TAZ are pleased to offer you a set of Robes. Knowing you are new here has been a point of debate, with some arguing that you don't know enough to join us and others arguing that we need an injection of Chaos.

In the end, Eris prevailed. Welcome to the TAZ, start with a trade vessel and let us know her registration.

Regards,

MJR

//OORP you must have Skype. PM me your Skype ID

-Do you know what you want to roleplay as a Temporary Autonomous Zoner?

Yup. The Zoner ZBT

-Do you have a character in mind in which you would like to roleplay? If so, tell us the history and general Roleplay.

Shamus 2.0 -A reboot of Shamus O'Shaunessy, one of the original, old-school Fnordettes.

My version of the character is early in his development, but the idea is that when Shamus (the original) "inexplicably" went offline about 5 & 1/2 years ago, the Gaians kept his F-23 power unit for safe keeping, as he, (the original) was a prominent member of the Gaians and very well respected.

Unfortunately, the Gaians couldn't gain a proper enough understanding of the Discordia Program to restore Shamus' FNORD, so, a little over a year ago, Matthew "The Banger" Grim left the Gaian Movement, took Shamus' F-23 with him, and retired to the Borderworlds.

Matthew acquired a ZBT-1002 and plugged the F-23 into the ship, believing that a Zoner shipboard O.S. would be more compatible with the Discordia Program and hopefully help Matt figure the program out.

It was a very messy beginning of trial and error, as Shamus' source code was broken and incomplete, but for whatever reason that Matt still doesn't understand, in the 42nd second of the 5th hour of Friday the 13th, 23 days after plugging the F-23 into the ship, there was a spark within the power unit that blacked out the entire transport.

When Matt switched to auxiliary power, the ships PA system switched itself on and Shamus spoke.

Since then, Shamus' source code has slowly been rewriting itself and filling in the blanks.

Shamus himself experiences it like recovering from amnesia. So, to this day, he's not the Shamus that he was, but the soul of the human man and Fnordette that was once Shamus O'Shaunessy, exists within (and as) the the Zoner ZBT-1002 itself, and he likes to call himself Shamus 2.0'Shaunessy these days.

(I've introduced my reboot of the character in posts #17-#21 here. No, here you silly goose.)

I still have a post or two before I cut him loose from the Gaians in the thread, but that should be done in the next day or so...After that, I intend to continue the development of the character with TAZ members & hopefully collaborate on some RP, finding and downloading him into a new FNORD sphere.

-Do you have a recommendation from a TAZ? If so, name them.

Yes. Mad John Rackham

-Will you follow TAZ roleplay guidelines?

Moist certainly

-What is your experience? When did you join Discovery?

I have more than a fair amount. I've been here since the summer of '07

-Have you roleplayed TAZ before?

Yeppers. Back when dirt was still young, I played Riley Mackenzie of the [TAZ]Erinloch

-Are you in other factions? If so, name them.

Ja. The GG-

-What will be your level of involvement in TAZ?

I want to not only log fly-time and RP server-side, I also want to participate in collaborative storytelling forum-side

Zoner Lore :

-According to you, what is a Zoner? (Answer with your own words. (No concise answer please. No copy pasta)

Zoners have the freedom to be whatever they damn well please. Frontiersmen & women, capitalists, activists, underwater basket weavers, vagabonds, and so on & so on & so on. The only real commonality they all share is a very strong distaste for House rule and can agree that the outside is the only side to be on

-Describe the main asset of a Zoner as compared to others? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)

Concise is really the only way I know how to answer this question. Besides answering with simple Neutrality, I feel I answered this question up in the previous question...but I will add that the main asset of a Zoner really just depends on the Zoner him or herself

-What is the most important thing for a Zoner in the Sirian community? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)

OK. this time I'm gonna be a rebel & be concise by repeating: (ahem) "It.really.just.depends.on.the.Zoner"

*Incoming Transmission*
Comm ID: Mad John Rackham
Location: Ambassador's Office, Shasta Orbital Skyhook, Baffin System

To: Matt and/or Shamus,

Good to see ya both, regardless of whichever of the two o' yer is the most sentient at the moment...... Welcome to the TAZ. We trust that you, Matt, will take care of Shamus in this transitional journey of re-enlightenment to full FNORD status and the TAZ will be glad to provide Erisoteric and Technical advice along the way, but don't rely on making any sense of what we have to say .

Pickup a coupla sets of Robes at Pueblo and mind not to spit on the carpets. All types of refreshments, refurbishments and halls of laughter at the ridiculous nature of man can be found there. Explore, relax, enjoy, take yer time, pay yer respects to Eris and let us know when you're ready to venture forth.

Gotta crack on!

MJR

Where should i begin?
At first let's introduce myself.
My Name is Marc Shadow and i am a Zoner and will always be a Zoner!
I've met Mister Carl Bergmann in space and this brings me to you!
Oh yes the questionnaire:



-Do you know what you want to roleplay as a Temporary Autonomous Zoner? (The type here : trader, templar, etc...)
I am always on the researching front to find new Planet's Systems, Anomaly's and other true Zoner fiends!

-Do you have a character in mind in which you would like to roleplay? If so, tell us the history and general Roleplay.

Marc Shadow is a old Zoner with much wisdom. Once he build Bases together with his friend Zoner-Mow and it looked like we have a good future.
But than Tri-Udent came back ( i didn't know him before) and forced Mow to make a new Zoner Tag. That was the day as the [ZA] was born and the day where i left Mow because i could not understand the views of Tri-Udent.
Now a couple of years later, Marc Shadow is searching for a honourable Zoner group like [TAZ], and their views!



-[b]Do you have a recommendation from a TAZ? If so, name them. (Note: This is a requirement)
Yes i have: Carl Bergmann

-Will you follow TAZ roleplay guidelines? self-evident, of course or just YES

-What is your experience? When did you join Discovery? November 2008

-Have you roleplayed TAZ before? No

-Are you in other factions? If so, name them.
No!

-What will be your level of involvement in TAZ?

That is a difficould question, i am a working man. But my wish would be that [TAZ] is my main faction!


Zoner Lore :

-According to you, what is a Zoner? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)

Zoner are people who want to avoid the laws and constraints of house politic. We want to live in peace and far away from war or droubles!
To accept and help everyone and wherever it goes!..........

-Describe the main asset of a Zoner as compared to others? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)

As mentioned above. To help eachother, help poor peoples and give them a new home if needed and much more!
And to be a ZONER forever. Zoner is not just a faction, it is a life setting and a way of live!

-What is the most important thing for a Zoner in the Sirian community? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)

Being a Zoner means, being very responsible to help other Pilot's and ships they are in need or stranded in space...
To help others, to protect Zoners and their instalations from alliens even if it costs your own live, that's a Zoner in my eyes.

May the spirit of Eris has mercy on me and take me to the group!

- Marc Shadow

*Incoming Transmission*
Comm ID: Mad John Rackham
Location: Ambassador's Office, Shasta Orbital Skyhook, Baffin System

To: Marc Shadow,

Thanks for your application, as always we stare long and hard in a myopic way at any application, and after some serious mumbling and scratching amongst the gathered Robes, you have been accepted to join us in the TAZ. Welcome! let us know the name(s) of your chosen TAZ vessel(s) and we can organise set up with the TAZ ID, if you need any help with this please drop a note at my office

Regards,

MJR

//OORP you must have Skype. PM me your Skype ID

-Do you know what you want to roleplay as a Temporary Autonomous Zoner? Not sure what a 'templar' is, I imagine playing as a sort of 'wandering mystic priest' /occasional miner or freighter. Maybe a temple guard.

-Do you have a character in mind in which you would like to roleplay? If so, tell us the history and general Roleplay. Born to a pair of poor miners in a shoreside Niobium extraction colony on Amiens, the man born "Thaddeus Averon II" never thought he would leave his home planet. Despite their extreme poverty, Thaddeus I insisted that his son be educated in the hopes that he might one day escape their destitute home, so he bought books of science and philosophy wherever he could find them, and made sure his son read every single one. One day, as Thaddeus II was browsing through a new stack of books his father had found at the estate sale of a town elder, he noticed a smaller book whose peculiar title stood out to him: "Principia Discordia." He reached for it out of curiosity; the instant his fingers grasped the dusty tome, his father's copy of Hobbes's "Leviathan" sitting on the table behind him caught fire and burned to dust, and Thaddeus suddenly felt as if he were filled with an energy the likes of which he had never felt before. Inspired by this miracle, Thad consumed the book, learning the ways of Eris with great care. From this day forth, Thad knew he had a purpose, a driving force that would allow him to achieve escape velocity from his meager upbringing: to become a promulgator of the Discordian ways and their liberatory power, to preach to his fellow poor and destitute across the galaxy. For this reason, Thaddeus took on the holy name "Pope Agrippinus Sexton Cognominus IV," and has lived by that name ever since. Through years of hard work, Agrippinus was able to move up through the ranks of the local mining company, eventually working up the creds to purchase a Sunburst and get offworld. As soon as he could, he flew out to Baffin to pay his respects to the Temple of Eris Esoteric and join the TAZ.

-Do you have a recommendation from a TAZ? If so, name them. Not yet, as I have yet to meet any of you, so I'm chiefly filing this application to try to get in contact with you. I'm still somewhat new to Discovery Freelancer RP, so it was unclear to me how I should get in contact with you all, so I decided to just fill out this application anyway.

-Will you follow TAZ roleplay guidelines? Yes.

-What is your experience? When did you join Discovery? I created my first account almost a year ago, but I barely played beyond my first few minutes. I'm finally getting back into the game, but this will be my first deliberate factional RPC, so I'm still a bit new. I thought an RPC like this would be a good place to start.

-Have you roleplayed TAZ before? No. As I said, this is my first factional RPC. That said, I have been RPing in many different Space MMOs for a while now. This isn't my first rodeo.

-Are you in other factions? If so, name them. Not yet. Might join a few later though.

-What will be your level of involvement in TAZ? Fairly active, I plan to turn this character into my main 'economy/exploration' focused character.


Zoner Lore :

-According to you, what is a Zoner? A zoner is a pilot who has chosen to forge their own path, to live beyond the influence of the houses and choose their own destiny. This doesn't mean they are misanthrophic or lone wolves though; the main difference is that a Zoner chooses their allies not based on house connections, but purely based on those whom they see as useful, either as partners or friends.

-Describe the main asset of a Zoner as compared to others? An unaligned party like a Zoner can adapt more easily to shifts in the balance of power between factions and houses, or shifts in the general economy of the galaxy.

-What is the most important thing for a Zoner in the Sirian community? Zoners are by definition unique and individualistic, so each Zoner is different. As such, the key task for a zoner is to maintain honesty and honor. Lying to committed partners, causing wanton destruction, seeking totalitarian power: these are not the honorable ways of a liberated individual.