How to Apply: Species Apps

The setting of Baystation12 has several playable non-human species. To play as one of these species, you'll need to apply for a species whitelist – this can be done from the #applications channel on the server Discord.

To apply for a whitelist, make a thread in the applications channel titled with your Byond key and tagged with the list you are applying for. Copy the following questions in and answer below each.

• How long have you played on Bay?
• Why do you want to play the species?
• What do you know about the species?
• How do you feel this species differs from humanity?
• Provide a character concept

If you hit post character limits, save your application as a .txt file and embed it.

Species Information

For any species-specific information when writing your app or making up a character, see below.

As a reminder, for job restrictions:

• Line Officers include: Commanding Officer (CO), Executive Officer (XO), Chief of Security (CoS), Chief Engineer (CE), Chief Science Officer (CSO), Chief Medical Officer (CMO), and Bridge Officer.
• Staff Officers include: Pathfinder, Physician and Medical Resident, Senior Researcher, Scientist, and Chaplain. Note that these roles only count as officers if they are in the EC or Fleet; a civilian Physician is not a Staff Officer.

Species and Wiki Links	Maintainer	Role Restrictions
Skrell Roleplay Guide ∙ Biology ∙ Castes ∙ Crime ∙ Culture ∙ Family and Education ∙ Language ∙ Military ∙ Politics and Economics Planets (Qerr'Balak)	Eckles_Fire	Can only use Civilian and EC branches. Can hold EC ranks of XPL, SXPL, CXPL, and Ensign. Cannot be Line Officers (except for Bridge Officer), Pathfinder, SEA, or SolGov Representative.
Unathi Agriculture ∙ Clans ∙ Cults ∙ Industry ∙ Life Cycle ∙ Military ∙ Timeline ∙ Yeosa'Unathi Planets (Moghes ∙ Regions of Moghes ∙ Ouere)	Nol4	Can only use Civilian and EC branches. Can only hold ranks of XPL or SXPL in the EC. Cannot be Line Officers, Pathfinder, SEA, SolGov Representative, Corporate Liason, Senior Researcher, Brig Chief, Deck Chief, or Senior Engineer. Must use Civilian branch as Physician, Shuttle Pilot, Counselor, Chaplain, and Scientist (since these positions would be Ensign or CXPL in the EC).
Adherent	Gentlefood	Can only use the Civilian branch. Can only be Shuttle Pilot, Engineer, Roboticist, Pharmacist, Deck Technician, Prospector, Sanitation Technician, Steward, Scientist, Research Assistant, or Passenger. Cannot play off-ship roles. Cannot be roundstart Antagonist. Can be converted to Antagonist (such as in Cult or Mutiny) after roundstart.
Giant Armoured Serpentid (GAS) Roleplay Guide Planets (Tau-Wilo)	Gentlefood Deputy: Alex6511	Can only use the Civilian branch. Allowed jobs depend on Letter Grade. A-Level Jobs: Roboticist, Chemist, Damage Control Technician, and Paramedic B-Level Jobs: Steward, Deck Technician C-Level Jobs: Sanitation Technician Cannot play off-ship roles. Cannot be roundstart Antagonist, except for Changeling. Can be converted to Antagonist (such as in Cult or Mutiny) after roundstart.
Diona	Purplemontart	Can only use the Civilian branch. Cannot be SolGov Representative, Corporate Liason, or Medical Technician. Can play all other Civilian roles. Cannot be roundstart Antagonist. Can be converted to Antagonist (such as in Cult or Mutiny) after roundstart.
Positronic (IPC)	Tomdroid	Allowed roles and branches depend on Generation: Gen1: Can only use the Civilian branch. Can only play Service roles (Janitor, Steward) or Passenger (such as the Entertainer alt-title). Gen2: Can use the Civilian and EC branches, but not Fleet. Within the EC, cannot play any Officers, SNCOs (enlisted positions of E-7 or higher), or Security roles. As Civilians, cannot be SolGov Representative, Corporate Liason, Forensic Technician, or Counselor. Can play all other Civilian roles. Gen3: Can use any branch. Within the Fleet and EC, cannot play Line Officers or SNCOs, but can play Staff Officers (except those listed below). Cannot be Line Officers, Pathfinder, SEA, SolGov Representative, Corporate Liason, Senior Researcher, Brig Chief, Deck Chief, Senior Engineer, Chief Steward, or Counselor.
Vox Roleplay Guide	Eonoc	Can only play Shoal Scavenger Vessel roles and off-ship antagonists.

Tips for Applying

• Generally speaking, you should be active on the server for at least a month or so before applying for a whitelist. Maintainers usually want to see that you've stuck around for a while before giving out a whitelist.
• Read the wiki pages on the species you're applying for (see: above links). These are the best places to get basic background info on Baystation species.
  • Maintainers are generally looking to see that you understood the general themes and concepts on the wiki, and that there's no big misconceptions – they don't want you to paraphrase the whole page (or pages).
• Read old species applications applications to see what Maintainers are (and aren't) looking for.
  • The #applications channel on Discord keeps track of old approved and denied applications.
  • The Baystation Forums are deprecated and no longer in use – do not post new applications here, as staff will not see them. However, you can still view additional archived Species Applications here.
• Ask the Species Maintainer clarifying questions over Discord. They don't bite!