I'll be a resident UNSC Marine 'main' when the server gets going so I wish you chaps all the best.

Is there anything different with it?

Could a skilled human be able to defeat an Elite in melee combat?

What would make the Covenant's bruisers better at it?

How will melee weapons work?

How will the Marines be organized? Will it be like CM where there are different squads or something else?

When does each round take place, IC?
Where is the system in which the rounds take place IC?

Been recently following a bit of the development of this project as I'm always up for new, creative ideas implemented into SS13. Personally excited when it goes into open alpha to try it myself. Keep up the good work.

What position are you applying for (Development or Staff)?
Development

How old are you?
20


Known IC Names Or Ckey:
Ckey: crazylemon

What timezone are you in?
PST

How long can you be active on the server everyday?
I can get on the server on request, but I will probably not hang out on the server - I have schoolwork and other obligations to contend with.

How long have you been playing Space Station 13?
1 year

Have you ever been banned in the past?
No

Do you have any past experience as a moderator?
No, only as an official Coder, for Paradise station, and briefly a maintainer.

*If you are applying for development, What skills do you have?( Mapping, coding or spriting etc.) 
Coding

*If you are applying for development, How long have you done Space Station 13 development?
9 months

*If you are applying for development, are you familiar with Git and GitHub?
Absolutely

*If you are applying as a coder, How long have you been coding and how well do you understand it?
6 years, and I understand many programming languages and methods. I am also capable of writing UIs using HTML, CSS and Javascript.

*If you are applying as a coder, What codebase are you familiar with?
Paradise mostly, though a little bit of tg from working with FTLstation

*If you are applying for development, have you made any major contributions to any code bases?
I have:

• Written Paradise's Space Manager https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/5254 https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/5268
  
• Fixed myriad bugs including surgery and icon generation
  
• Modified the server's map reader to be able to load an elaborate level (like the main station) mid-round, runtime free, using a delayed initialization system https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/4780
  
• Been giving advice to help other aspiring contributors make Paradise's codebase a better place, including on how to use git, and good first bugs to tackle
  
• Written a serialization system for NT-MO for the purpose of making a character persist between rounds https://github.com/NT-OS/NT-MO/pull/16
  

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I made a video to show off the procedural asteroid generation I was working on recently. It runs through the entire algorithm in slow(ish) motion showing off the process from start to finish. Contains Music for Programming Gods of the New Age.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QBZ_-JNdTU

IT'S HERE BOYS!   No Man's Sky, man I've waited years for this game to come out and now its here in a few hours. Is anyone else going to get this game or has already pre-ordered it?

Concept: Continuation of the Stranded gamemode, where the Marines successfully extracted, but a Flood Infection form managed to hide on the Dropship, this is set on a single large UNSC warship.


The Flood: A player controlled proto gravemind spawns in a maintenance room (randomly) on the ship, and must begin to spread, after picking a host. (From a selection of Marines lounging about, Engineers doing maintenance work, janitors, etcetera. This is chosen when they spawn) 

Upon this, the player Flood learns what the NPC knew, for example, if it was an Engineer, they'd learn the blueprints of the ship, and be able to send Flood attacks through unprotected areas, if a Marine, the ranks of all crew and their departments, and plan accordingly.  

When the Player becomes a Proto-Gravemind, Flood Growth Pods begin to form around them, due to the presence of Flood Spores. With a small alteration of the lore, the Proto-Gravemind has a timer for when a wave of infection forms are released from the pods, which it can direct. Upon infecting enemies, they will turn into Combat Forms. 


Players infected by the Flood retain their sentience, but NPCs are commanded by the Proto-Gravemind (If there is a lack of NPCs to infect, they can be spawned from biomass along with pure forms such as the Carrier). From there, the Flood must attempt to infect the Commander of the ship for their information, and as a secondary objective, the entire ship.



The UNSC: The UNSC is composed of the player crew among the ship, although there are no ODST or Spartans present, and are heading back to a naval station for resupply and repairs. Once they become aware of the Flood presence through cameras or reports, they must attempt to keep the threat away from the Bridge long enough to get reinforcements onboard to quell the threat. Players will have the option of any role on the ship. However, the Commander is able to call in an ODST Prowler hidden in the system. When the Flood are detected, the UNSC must attempt to eliminated the Proto-Gravemind which turns the Flood feral, meaning that they're not ordered to attack anywhere, and simply act on the whims of their AI, making them easier to handle. However, Player Flood retain their intelligence, and can make a new Gravemind with enough bodies, so be careful. Due to the small corridors, vehicles will not be able to be used, however if the Flood breach into the Hangar or wherever the ground vehicles are stored, they have the potential to take them, but you can bring those powerful weapons to bear if that's where the Flood attacks, and push them back.

Flood Victory Conditions: Take control of the Bridge, and add the Commander to the Proto-Gravemind (Commander need not be alive, just the body retrievable).

Minor Victory Condition: Fail to take control of the warship, but manage to take control of X ships in the Hangar and piloted them safely outside of the system to spread the Flood.


UNSC Victory Conditions: Eliminate all major Flood Forms, or reach the naval station in time for reinforcements.

Minor Victory Conditions: Cause the reactor to meltdown, resulting in complete destruction of the ship and the Flood, ensure that no Flood escape.