Spawny Reed's Civil Authority ApplicationOOC Name: Swoots
IC Character Name: Spawny Reed
1) Please write a minimum of 3 paragraphs OOC'ly detailing why your character wishes to join the Combine Civil Authority and what lead your character to do so.My character wishes to join the Combine Civil Authority because he feels that he owes the Universal Union and the CCA a great amount of gratitude simply due to the fact that they rescued him and his family from the collapsed shopping mall where they were hiding when the 7 Hour War began.
Spawny's father, Liam was a great influence to him. As a young boy Liam would always send Spawny on small errands, but they got bigger as he grew up. He learnt most of what he knows from his now-possibly-dead father, and he wishes to carry on his work by assisting the CCA since he is good at receiving and executing orders from higher authority. He is also good at giving out orders without hesitation, which may be useful if Spawny becomes a higher rank unit.
Currently, Spawny Reed is a loyalist. He is proud of wearing the loyalist armband that was given to him by the union, but still - he believes that it is not enough to wear the armband on its on as they have done him a great deed, this is one of the main reasons as to why he truly believes that he has to join the CCA. He is highly respectful and proud of the units that he sees everyday, he is thankful to them for taking care and looking after the city.
Ever since the Combine came to Earth, Spawny has seen them as the saviors of man-kind, seeing as how they are helping it develop, thanks to their guidelines and rules but also their advanced technology and high knowledge. He believes that by joining the CCA he will make a difference on how the UU runs, he wants to help the Union develop just as they helped man-kind grow.
It almost feels like a legacy for him, like he was bound to join them some-day.
As a child he was always taught about loyalty, respect and responsibility. He's had it with him every day of his life and now wants to put it to use.
He is prepared and dedicated enough to give up his own life for the city and its citizens, but to also punish those who do not obey the guidelines, rules and commands of the UU and higher authorities of the CCA.
2) Please detail your characters traits. (Eg, Pure, Lawful, Trustworthy)Spawny is stern, loyal, responsible, reliable, stoic and he likes to feel involved.
3) Please provide 2 paragraphs about what you are expecting the Combine Civil Authority to be like for you and your character.For my character:
Spawny is hoping that by joining the Combine Civil Authority he will feel like his life is not going to waste, seeing as how he wants to help those who rescued him from the shopping center when the 7 Hour War stuck on Earth. He seems to believe that the Universal Union are very sophisticated and loyal with/to each other. Loyalty and respect is something he has always looked up to, even as a child.
He knows that there will be risks in joining up with the Union, but he thinks that they have done good to man-kind and so he wishes to pay them back with his own life. He is dedicated and prepared to give up his own life in order to further develop, improve and ameliorate the CCA.
For me:
I have been part of the Combine Civil Authority on other servers (such as RoleNation, kuromeku's, Aperture Roleplay, TnB) and have had a really great experience and many memorable moments. It has been slightly over half a year since I decided to join up CG and I am eager to apply for a different role for the HL2RP server because mainly I feel like it's time to play a more in-depth character.
I am hoping to have a pleasant, fun roleplay experience, and to get to know a lot more people in the community.
4) Please provide a detailed back-story from an out-of-character perspective on your applying character. This section must be detailed and consist of a minimum of 300 words.Spawny Reed was born within a middle-class family in Canada, his father worked for the government in the environmental section and his mother helped with the raising of the house. Spawny's life proceeded as normal, he finished primary school and high school with average grades, and decided to study Computer Science in college. At the beggining of college he started playing paintball and also met Laura, who would then become his girlfriend. Life was going good for him, he had somewhat good grades in college, he played paintball every weekend with his friends and had a great relationship with Laura.
When the portal storms begun, Spawny was at home, getting ready to go out to the cinema. No one really knew what was going on, but a gut feeling made his father grab the car and try to get out of the city. Unfortunately, he wasn't the only one who came up with that idea and as they approached the highway at full speed they were forced to pull-up since there was a huge car bottleneck. With no chance of reaching the outskirts of the city now, the whole family went to a shopping centre a few blocks away and decided to stay there until the "fake thunderstorm" finished. A few minutes after they entered the centre several gunshots and explosions were heard along with the thunderstorm; not a single person inside knew what was going on, but they decided to stay inside until they believed the streets were clear for them to go out. A few hours passed until the gunshots ceased, but they were forced to stay longer since Spawny's mother was having a nervous breakdown, later that day Spawny stayed taking care of his mother while his father went out of the shopping centre to see what was going on. What he saw on the streets desolated him, though Spawny never knew what it was, he didn't say a single word about what he saw, but he became paranoid, he wouldn't let anyone in the family leave until someone came to rescue them. Spawny could have left whenever he left liked, but the paranoia his father had and his mother's susceptibility to another nervous breakdown kept him inside for a month and a half. They didn't have to worry about food or drink since they had everything they needed to survive inside the shopping centre.
After about 15 hours of being isolated from the outside world along with his family, the sound of a vehicle convoy in the distance was heard, and it stopped just a few metres away from the collapsed shopping centre. As the doors were blasted down with explosives, a group of masked figures with black suits rushed inside and claimed themselves to be part of their new benefactors. Spawny looked them upside down, not trusting their identity, but as he looked outside he noticed that the vehicles of the convoy looked like military equipment; his father noticed this aswell and seemed to come out of his paranoia, greeting them as if they were some kind of messiah. His mother also looked a bit more relaxed because of these so called benefactor's presence, and so did most of the people that were living along with them all this time. They were all told that they'd be relocated to different safe havens around the world, and due to the lack of any real authority but them, they all decided to follow them. They were loaded inside drop-ships which were powered by some sort of dark matter unknown to man, which already had people from other zones inside and then transported to a nearby trainstation. All the "citizens" as they were all called were assigned the number of the "city" (the real name of those safe-havens were not known at the time). Spawny was to be relocated to City 45, while his parents were going to City 32.
Before loading the trains he was able to catch a glimpse of Laura, his so-called girlfriend, but he couldn't talk to her; he was shocked. She looked different, as if she was psychologically traumatized. Shivers ran down her body constantly, her skin was as pale as a dead body. That's the last he saw of her.
Spawny's train arrived at some docks, in which a huge boat was about to sail. He was told to board the ship, and he spent roughly 17 hours oversea until he arrived to a place which he believed to be northern Europe for what he'd been told. He boarded another train and travelled for about another 4 hours, during which he experimented a deep depression, since he finally understood that he was probably never going to see his family nor his girlfriend. During his journey to his new home he considered several times opening the cart window and throwing himself out in an attempt to end his now miserable life, but a part of his consciousness prevented him from commiting suicide. When he reached the City, he left the train and was given an apartment number inside a complex known as "Civil Housing Apartments". He spent a week isolated in his apartment, only leaving to retrieve the rations that were given out daily. He couldn't sleep for the whole week, and believed this new life to be worthless, to be an illusion, a lie. He classified himself as a prisoner. The thought of committing suicide once again crossed his mind as some kind of solution to what he called a horrid dream, he went on with these suicidal tendencies for the whole week, but could never end his life. He finally fainted due to the lack of sleep and was blacked for a bunch of hours. Spawny woke up and felt a consuming hunger, so he went out and sat in front of the ration distribution center, waiting for it to open. As the hours passed, he saw several masked figures which looked exactly like the ones that rescued him and his family from the shopping centre, they were called "Civil Protection". Spawny listened for once to one of the Civil Administrator's speeches, encouraging the citizens to join the Civil Protection Team. He saw this proposal as an opportunity to start anew, to finally have something worth living for; to forget everything about his depression, to leave his old life and finally become part of the society that he was now part of, he finally found an escape of those thoughts that haunted him for so many weeks.
5) Have you ever had a CCA character here at Catalyst Gaming? If so, explain why it was removed.I've never had a CCA character here at CG.
OOC Details1. How long have you played on role-playing servers in general?I've been playing on roleplaying servers for around 7 years altogether. Garry's Mod is not the only game I have roleplayed on, before I bought this game I used to play on roleplaying WoW servers and also some CS (1.6 and Source) Jailbreak servers.
2. How long have you played on serious servers?I've been playing on serious roleplaying servers for around 4 years.
3. How long have you played on Catalyst Gaming? Six months, nearly 7 (in which I have put at least 585 hours of Roleplay on the server).
4. What Time zone are you in?GMT+1
5. In what country do you live?England
6. How old are you?18
7. WhatÂ’s your most memorable quality RP experience?This was not on a CG server, this happened on kuromeku's HL2RP server.
I was logged as my CCA unit; nothing seemed strange that day, I was patrolling - like usual, when suddenly I heard a loud alarm blast coming from the top of the city nexus. I had only ever heard that sound once before, back when I was a citizen. Diseased creatures were reported to be scattering around and inside the city walls. It brought back bad memories, many died so I knew this was as serious.
I heard distant explosions coming from behind the Civil Housing Apartments, I would've gone in myself to try and stop whatever trouble there was inside in order to avoid losing so many units in combat, but I was commanded to group up by higher authority so I compelled and did as ordered. We marched to the armory and supplies room inside the nexus and got ourselves geared up for whatever was causing trouble, as we shattered the locked doors of the housing apartments we found deep holes in the walls leading to outside the city walls - an escape plan by anti-citizens, perhaps? Never had I seen something as abysmal as those long tunnels that were perforated on the walls of the very own apartments of clueless innocent citizens.
Fast forward a few minutes, I find myself captured by the Lambda Movement rebels. My superiors, all dead. They were massacred in combat trying to keep peace in the city.
I was locked up in a room with nothing but rough concrete walls that were 20 meters thick, or at least they seemed to be. They hadn't tied me, stupid move on their part. One of the rebels turned on the lights of the room and starting walking towards where I was, I suppose he wanted information - he didn't get none.
I knew at the time that it was either my life, or possibly the life of the many innocent citizens and lots of potential recruits and higher rank units. I took out a knife which I had for cutting ties, it was a dull blade but it worked. The only option left for my was to stab myself to death or to harm the Union by giving out information.
(I actually drank bleach until I died but we all roleplayed it as me stabbing myself to death).
8. Do you consider yourself a good listener?Yes, I do.
IC SectionFull Name: Spawny Reed
CID: 38640
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Height: 5"8
Hair Colour Brown
Eye Colour: Blue
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Weight: 172 lbs
Mental Distinctions: Very obedient and respectful.
Mental Defects: Can be paranoid at times.
Mental Advantages: Quick concentration and reflexes.
Notable Qualities: Strong willpower and dedication.
1. Have you ever been detained or apprehended for a Sociostability Infringement before? If so, explain?I would never do anything that would harm the Universal Union, or that would classify me as an anti-citizen.
I abide tightly by the Union's guidelines and rules and never intend to stand against them, thus I have never been detained or been apprehend for a Sociostability Infringement.
2. Do you regularly eat Combine Civil Authority Issued Rations? Yes, I do.
3. Are you willing to give your life to the cause of the Universal Union?Yes, as the Universal Union has served a great deal to man-kind and its development.
4. Do you as a Citizen and future Civil Protection Member accept ALL actions performed by you and those under your command as your OWN responsibility?Certainly, I accept all actions performed by me and those under my command as my own responsibility only.
5. Will you remain loyal and faithful to the Universal Union as long as you live?Yes.
6. Why do you want to join the Combine Civil Authority?The reason as to why I want to join the Combine Civil Authority is because I do not want to feel like my life is going to waste, doing anything else other than assisting the CCA seems like a waste of my life, I want to help those who rescued me from the shattered shopping center when the 7 Hour War struck on Earth. I believe that the Universal Union are very sophisticated and loyal with each other, I see them as one big family.
As a child I was taught that loyalty was something I should always look up to, as it shows great amount of respect and responsibility.
I am certain that I am prepared and dedicated enough to give up my own life in order to further develop and improve the CCA and the UU.
Please sign the attached oath using only blue or black pen.
I, Spawny Reed hereby swear my mind, body and soul to the Universal Union forever so long as I draw breath. I do so knowing that my actions will be held accountable to me and solely myself. I also declare my knowledge that as a Member of The Universal Union that I will be required to perform tasks above and beyond as well as perform ANY task ordered to by ANY commanding person(s). I hereby acknowledge the fact that as a Civil Protection Task-force Unit that I will be losing most, if not all, communication and or past relationship with anyone outside of the Universal Union's operational bounds.
I read through the post right after I posted it and fixed some grammar and spelling
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