Hello all

I've been playing Rust lately and remember the times playing previously when CG had their own Rust server.
My box has been sat around for months not doing anything, so I thought I'd stick a Rust server on there.

You can connect by typing "client.connect 91.121.153.45:28015" into the Rust Console. (Start the game, press F1 to bring up the console).

The server is currently completely vanilla, however, if people start playing and call for modifications, they can be added.
We are on a freshly baked procedural map, so coming across people may be rare at first, due to the large size.

You can see the map here
It is 25km squared. I think this may be a tad too big, personally, and should probably be switched for a smaller one, at least until the player base increases. Let me know what you think.
Switched to a smaller map (Still relatively large)

Irina Spalko's Civil Authority Application

OOC Name: Vakarian

IC Character Name: Irina Spalko

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 is fascinated with the world and universe. She wishes to learn everything she can about it. Seeing all the technology of the combine and how they adapt their selves to different environments, she believes that the Universal Union can help her understand many, many things about the Universe and life.
This is mostly what inspired her to join the Union, however, there are other reasons.

She wants to be a part of something greater. Something strong, such as the Union. She wants to BE something greater. She sees the Union as something that will help her fill this want. She believes that the Union will help Humanity to reach the pinnacle of their evolution.

While in Ukraine, a small group calling themselves a resistance broke into her apartment, claiming to need it for their operations. They told her to leave the apartment and never come back. After they trashed what little she had, she began to see 'freedom fighters' as thugs. She began to think that the Civil Protection team there was lacking and decided to put her skills, such as fencing, to good use. (Will explain fencing in back story).

The technology and huge structures, such as the Citadels awe struck her. When she arrived at City45, the front of the Nexus showed her power in the Union. It made her proud to live in a city like this one, making her want to protect it.


2) Please detail your characters traits. (Eg, Pure, Lawful, Trustworthy)
My character is very strong willed. She will try and reach her goal, almost stopping for nothing, presuming her body will allow it.

She isn't the most trustworthy person, although she does very well to cover this up. She would likely 'forget' about certain rules and regulations to get her job done. She would try to cover this up, making her a sneaky individual.

Two-faced - She will tell other characters what they want to hear, hoping to gain their support and trust. You could say she is manipulative.

Forgetful - She seems to be forgetful a lot. She is sure her memory used to be better, but she just puts it down to ageing. Despite this, she is still a quick thinker.

Overall, the character isn't the nicest person in the world. She will be sympathetic in situations that remind her of her past. 


3) Please provide 2 paragraphs about what you are expecting the Combine Civil Authority to be like for you and your character.
I expect my character to be a suck up. I expect her to be slithering around from superior to superior. She will stay away from high-command, at first. Not knowing them, she will be intimidated by their augmentations. I expect the whole thing to intimidate her at first.

As she works up the ranks, she will show her determination to succeed more. I expect her to show the colder side of her personality as she reaches higher.

She expects it to give her the sense of exploration she used to have in her Expeditions; She expects a little thrill.

I expect it to be similar to before (When I had a unit in GRID), just a slightly different setting. I expect it to take up a lot of time from my personal life, but I expect it to be entertaining, as before.  I expect to need to relearn some of the RPing skills needed, as well as how to roleplay a unit correctly. I'm sure it'll be easily done, though.


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.
Irina Spalko was born and raised in a small secluded village in Ukraine by her mother, an ex-KGB agent. The village was mostly surrounded with forests and mountains were not that far away. Irina spent most of her young life in the forests, pretending to be an explorer. She loved wildlife and nature. She never thought it was cute, she was just curious about life and how it ‘worked’. She always believed there was more to it than we thought. She always wondered if there was anything else, other than what we know on earth.

Her curiosity often scared her mother somewhat; she would bring animals into the house and dissect them at a young age. Poking around the insides of a rat seemed to entertain her.

Despite her mother thinking she was strange, they still got along well and cared for each other. She would tell her daughter stories of her life during the Cold War and how things were. She taught Irina many skills that she had learnt from training, including something which Irina really took to – Fencing.

Irina became really good at it. She would practice any time she could as a young child and teenager. She competed in small competitions, winning the majority of them.

She also did well in School. At University, she aimed to eventually earn a Doctorate. However, she believed she could learn more on herself, out in the world and dropped out. She saw it as boring and pointless.

To learn, she decided to do what she always loved to do as a child: Explore. Her and her partner she met in her brief time at University at 20 travelled around the world, tracking through the jungles of South America. She made a few small discoveries, such as a small Maya settlement. It was something which really excited her. She always thought of ancient civilisations such as Preclassic Maya. Irina likes to know everything. If she doesn’t know, she will find out.  Finding this little gem gave her a thrill. From what she found, she could see into the lives of those who lived there, something which always inspired her to carry on exploring.

A few weeks later, Irina had been in the Amazon rainforest with her partner, studying some creature’s behaviour.  The ground began to shake, causing her to lose her feet and fall over. Blue energy could be seen above the trees, rising up from the earth, flying past her head. It seemed to rip entire tress from their routes, although all close to Irina were fine. Her partner lifted her up from the floor, they both quickly tried to work out what that was, until they realized, that the creature they were studying, had gone.

Its food was still there. There was no way it could have run away without the two noticing. They were both puzzled. They approached the bed it was sat in, to see a strange creature. It was about the size of a cat, with no hair.  It hissed at the two people, before jumping towards them, to show a large mouth under it, completely full of teeth. Irina quickly managed to pull a dagger from her side. She extended her arm, the hand and dagger going right through the middle of the creature’s mouth, eventually poking through the top of the creature. A squeal made by it could be heard echoing through the jungle.

Both Irina and her partner quickly decided they should end their trip, to return home. On their journey out of the jungle, they encountered more of the creatures they killed earlier that day, although, some of them seemed to be a different kind. Some were faster or more vicious.  They both managed to keep them at bay, though. They were equipped to keep any animal away, if needed. These were not any more trouble.

On their journey to the airport, they noticed entire lumps of houses and earth gone. Other houses had collapsed. They knew something was wrong. Despite what had happened, they still managed to get a plane home.

On arrival, they could tell that Ukraine had also had a similar or the same problem.  Nobody could give them the answer, but many also reported seeing “Headcrabs”. They explained to Irina that these creatures seem to couple with a human’s head, and, if not gotten off, will kill the human. Before they could finish telling Irina, airport security sent them all out. They were closing the airport, although, they couldn’t seem to tell them why,

A few days later, after other portal storms (Some people were calling them portal storms, although they didn’t know why), Irina was watching television. The news told her that “many other parts of Europe and America are being invaded. Mass slaughter is occurring. Authorities have no idea why”. Irina had no idea what they meant by ‘invading’… Well, not until a few moments later. The news channel went offline, causing Irina to get concerned. She heard noises outside; she heard muffled screaming, coupled with sounds from huge machines.

The screams were followed by huge crashes. Looking out of her window, she saw whole houses being demolished. It was like something out of War of the Worlds, she thought.

She was in a trance looking through the window. She didn’t seem to want to move or do anything… Until her mother startled her, dragging her to the basement. The instant they went down, they heard a part of their house crumble under an explosion. They heard gunshots. Slowly, but surely, the screams got quieter. There were less people in the village. Irina and her mother sat in silence, in the darkness of her basement. It was lit by only one window, which was covered in a translucent white paint. It created a gloomy yellow light.

Boosch! Boosch! Something was hitting the basement door. It was now several hours after the screaming stopped. Bam! The door flung open. Two yellow orbs could be seen at the top of the stairs. They seemed to be floating down towards them, although, loud footsteps could be heard. It was once the orbs reached the little light, they could see it was a combine soldier, whose goggles glow. He pointed to the door of the basement, signalling Irina and her mother to go. They did so, cautiously.
Once out of the house, Irina and her mother were separated.  Both of them were thrown in separate trucks. Where they were going, they had no idea.

Irina was taken to City37, a city in Ukraine. She never heard from her mother again. Or her partner. She presumed him dead in the war.
As time went by, she seemed to forget what happened during the war. She seemed to admire the combine more and more as every day went by. She was impressed. She saw them as strong… Until she was forced out of her apartment in the city. She decided she would want to make the Union stronger, and join them, to stop such things from happening.

Before she could do so, she was transferred to City45, where she has been for the last week. She instantly settled in, gaining loyalist points. The city Nexus inspired her to join the cities’ force.


5) Have you ever had a CCA character here at Catalyst Gaming?  If so, explain why it was removed.
Yes, I had a GRID unit which reached Officer. It didn't get banned or anything. After playing the character for over a year, I couldn't keep up any more and didn't have time. I then stopped playing completely once every unit got reset. I thought it would be wrong to use that unit after so long of inactivity, and decided I will get around to creating another one. After a while, the unit got deleted anyway.


OOC Details

1. How long have you played on role-playing servers in general?
Four years.

2. How long have you played on serious servers?
Not exactly sure. I believe around two years, although Catalyst may have been my first one. (Would make it 1.5 years)

3. How long have you played on Catalyst Gaming?
Roughly one and a half years. Slightly under. Started playing in April, last year.

4. What Time zone are you in?
GMT +0

5. In what country do you live?
United Kingdom, England.

6. How old are you?
16

7. What�s your most memorable quality RP experience?
I have a few. But my favourite was probably on a character called N.E.D.I. (Nexus Enhanced Defence Intelligence. Somewhat stolen from Mass Effect) It was a AI which could appear around the Nexus as a blue hologram. Scripting allowed it to hear everywhere with in the Nexus etc.
It controlled equipment. When Units needed something, N.E.D.I would get it.

As N.E.D.I, I measured the SeC's "Dimensions" while in stasis and had an extra extra large belt made for her. She was not happy when N.E.D.I broadcasted that the belt had arrived to the entire City18 force...


8. Do you consider yourself a good listener?
Yes, I do. Not listening gets you nowhere.

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IC Section

Full Name: Irina Spalko
CID: 67772
Age: 29 //(Although, ICly, she can't remember her exact age. She knows she is around 29)
Gender: Female
Height: 5ft 7In
Hair Colour Black
Eye Colour: Brown
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Weight: 106 lbs
Mental Distinctions: Strong Willed.
Mental Defects: None, that I know of.
Mental Advantages: I can tell what somebody wants. I can interrogate very well.
Notable Qualities: I'm very determined to reach a goal set. I will push my self to get what I want.


1. Have you ever been detained or apprehended for a Sociostability Infringement before? If so, explain?
Never. I have been held in a cell once, when reporting attempt of murder. This was only for an interrogation, not any crime done on my side. I was rewarded after with multiple loyalist points.

2. Do you regularly eat Combine Civil Authority Issued Rations?
Of course. Nothing else is trustworthy like the stuff you receive in Rations. I also eat CWU distributed food.

3. Are you willing to give your life to the cause of the Universal Union?
Of course. I wouldn't be signing up for the role, if I wasn't. I think the Universal Union will help Humanity ascend to their pinicl 

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?
I, as a Citizen and future Civil Protection Member, accept ALL actions performed by me and those under my command as my OWN responsibility.

5. Will you remain loyal and faithful to the Universal Union as long as you live?
I will remain loyal as long as I live. I will remain loyal in death, if such a thing is possible.

6. Why do you want to join the Combine Civil Authority?
I have multiple reasons for doing so. The priority is to help Humanity reach the top of their evolution. Something which can only be done with the Universal Union's help. I wish to help them succeed in doing this to Humanity.

I have also got skills, which are going to waste. If I were to join the Union, I would put the skills to good use; helping the Union.

As a Civil Protection Member, I will want to help protect our great civilisation.   


Please sign the attached oath using only blue or black pen.