Steam ID: STEAM_0:1:163987897
Discord name: epican
For how long have you played on CG SCP: Ive been playing on the server for around a year and a half in total; with around 1,200 hours of total playtime
Age: 17
In what country are you located?: The United States
Time zone: Eastern Standard Time
Character name(s): Dr. Swanson, Joseph Stella, Joe Vinclebom II
Civilian name: Joe Vinclebom
What server are you applying for? (SCP-RP UK or SCP-RP USA): SCP-RP USA
Do you have a mic?:
- Yes
List all whitelisted, MTF, or CI roles that you hold or have held:
E-11 SPC, Nu-7 LCPL
Executive Researcher (2x)
Overseer Assistant
Director of Research
Site Advisor
Overseer
Have you received any kicks/bans/warning? and why?:
One warning for failrp as I jumped into a vat of acid to avoid SCP-008 (long long time ago)
Why are you applying for Director of Research?
The department of research has, and will likely always be my favorite department to both work with and for on the server and I believe it's continued health directly correlates to that of the rest of the server. It is for these core reasons that I want to lead the department, out of love for research, what it can achieve, the amazing people I am able to work with inside of it, the potential for it's growth. I want to ensure research is in a position to thrive and be in a position to ensure it's continued prosperity and I believe the most effective way to do that is through the director position
What makes you suitable for Director of Research?:
There are many, but the reasons can be boiled down into these three key traits:
On top of those there is also the fact of experience: I have been this position before as well as past it and that obviously would aid in running the department and points to my reliability in running it. But I didnt feel that was enough of a quality to list as a major quality of myself that proves why I would fit the position.
What are the responsibilities of the Director of Research in RP?:
- To act as a shining example of what the rest of the department should strive for in terms of maturity, respectfullness, quality of work, etc
- Oversee the executive team and ensure that they are effectivly managing the department
- Manage research as a whole, including setting the research policy in order to create rules that balance RP with order around the site
- Oversee and approve all* testing that is above the executive researchers
Please give some lore about your Director of Research character and what storylines they would be involved in:
There is a quiet pop, a small ripple, and a dim flash as a researcher seems to step out of oblivion into reality accompanied by SCP-22415
"You can never really pick a point to focus on can you Swanson? First the obsession with 035 and 012, then you're fascination with dimensions and 'Iota-5', now this?"
Swanson stepped onto the balcony of the cross-testing chamber as SCP-049 was being escorted in, a sight Swanson had found so common at this point he almost lost track how many times he'd done this kind of cross-test.
"I never claimed to be a focused researcher, just a dedicated one. It would be an offense to science if I let a discovery like this slip from my fingers because I was too dedicated to a single area of study. Ive already made that mistake once. Right in front of us is the possible answer to one of this sites most enduring questions"
"What exactly is the pestilence?"
Discord name: epican
For how long have you played on CG SCP: Ive been playing on the server for around a year and a half in total; with around 1,200 hours of total playtime
Age: 17
In what country are you located?: The United States
Time zone: Eastern Standard Time
Character name(s): Dr. Swanson, Joseph Stella, Joe Vinclebom II
Civilian name: Joe Vinclebom
What server are you applying for? (SCP-RP UK or SCP-RP USA): SCP-RP USA
Do you have a mic?:
- Yes
List all whitelisted, MTF, or CI roles that you hold or have held:
E-11 SPC, Nu-7 LCPL
Executive Researcher (2x)
Overseer Assistant
Director of Research
Site Advisor
Overseer
Have you received any kicks/bans/warning? and why?:
One warning for failrp as I jumped into a vat of acid to avoid SCP-008 (long long time ago)
Why are you applying for Director of Research?
The department of research has, and will likely always be my favorite department to both work with and for on the server and I believe it's continued health directly correlates to that of the rest of the server. It is for these core reasons that I want to lead the department, out of love for research, what it can achieve, the amazing people I am able to work with inside of it, the potential for it's growth. I want to ensure research is in a position to thrive and be in a position to ensure it's continued prosperity and I believe the most effective way to do that is through the director position
What makes you suitable for Director of Research?:
There are many, but the reasons can be boiled down into these three key traits:
| Activity | Work Ethic | Ease of communication | ||
| I am a very driven person and constantly strive to be working on something in order to improve the system I am apart of, in this case researcher. In the time ive been back I have already set up a sub-division (B.E.S), worked to establish new policy within research in order to maintain the health of the department, consistantly helped research staff with conducting test, teaching them how to write documents, showing them around the site and SCPs they can work with, how to write documents, etc. |
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On top of those there is also the fact of experience: I have been this position before as well as past it and that obviously would aid in running the department and points to my reliability in running it. But I didnt feel that was enough of a quality to list as a major quality of myself that proves why I would fit the position.
What are the responsibilities of the Director of Research in RP?:
- To act as a shining example of what the rest of the department should strive for in terms of maturity, respectfullness, quality of work, etc
- Oversee the executive team and ensure that they are effectivly managing the department
- Manage research as a whole, including setting the research policy in order to create rules that balance RP with order around the site
- Oversee and approve all* testing that is above the executive researchers
Please give some lore about your Director of Research character and what storylines they would be involved in:
When Swanson was 25 he worked for the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ institute based in Quebec, an international science organization created by the member nations of the UN to aid in scientific cooperation around the world. As director of the unknown entities division Swanson often had things brought to him most didn't quite understand but all around were not that hard to explain their function, anything that he couldn't explain quickly enough the higher ups just told him to throw it in the equivalent of a paper shredder or hand it off to the guards for destruction. For his duties Swanson often had to move around the world a lot to save the cost of transportation for these objects as the higher ups determined it would be more efficient if he just built field offices around where he was studying, it's not like his work mattered enough to get a true office anyway so who cared. On ▇▇/▇▇/▇▇▇▇ Swanson was deployed to the small town of Pinewood where a mysterious orange residue was found along the road after a recent attack on the nearby military base. When driving into town Swanson noticed the civilian population was seemingly in open rebellion against the base and their “tyrancial treatment towards the pinewood population”. When Swanson pulled up to the gate to investigate this he was quickly grabbed and dragged into the base for interrogation, after answering their basic questions and mentioning he was sent by the UN he was quickly let go and driven back to where his office was being set up, large amounts of gunfire were heard on his departure and the riots seemed to calm down soon after. Swanson then debated bringing up what was almost certainly a war crime whenever he got back to his higher ups though unbeknownst to him they would not be meeting for a while.
At 00:23 hours, after Swanson had set up a small containment chamber for the residue and went to bed. He heard a knock on his door, when he went to go answer it his door was blown down by two men in black one of whom shot him in the leg before realizing he was unarmed and had a small debate with each other over just killing him and taking the sample back to base before a beep could be heard on their radios and they decided to bring him in. From there he was briefed on the SCP Foundation, what it did, and his new position as a member of the research staff.
At 00:23 hours, after Swanson had set up a small containment chamber for the residue and went to bed. He heard a knock on his door, when he went to go answer it his door was blown down by two men in black one of whom shot him in the leg before realizing he was unarmed and had a small debate with each other over just killing him and taking the sample back to base before a beep could be heard on their radios and they decided to bring him in. From there he was briefed on the SCP Foundation, what it did, and his new position as a member of the research staff.
As his time as a researcher he was always fascinated with the cognitohazards stationed on site, how they worked, their effects on people, and most importantly how he could revert or cancel their effects. Thus he usually carried a stack of papers on his clipboard at all times to review his notes whenever he was going on test, this turned out to have some unfortunate consequences. One day as he was doing a test with 914, a group of armed Dclass came in and after properly robbing him of his keycard and disguising themselves forced him in on very fine along with his papers just to see what would happen to this poor researcher they had taken prisoner. With no other option Swanson obliged, and as he entered the machine he felt something grab ahold of him like it was wrapping around his head, soon enough his papers disappeared - he heard gunshots and yelling outside the machine so he hid in it until he was taken into custody by the E-11 who had arrived. When he was being interrogated they repeatedly asked about his eyes and what had changed with them, Swanson, of course had no clue what they were talking, about and eventually convinced them it was a medical condition he had always had and was eventually let go. While Swanson was walking to the washroom to freshen up he noticed a lot of people staring, he couldn't quite pin why, was his shirt on backwards? Was his fly down? Was his hair messed up? Swanson could only guess, though he finally realized what they were staring at when he got to the washroom. His eyes , his eyes looked like they had been shattered, he saw cracks through sclera all circling around his pupil which had seemingly vanished. He could tell why people were staring, he had to have been studying it for what felt like hours before he finally snapped out of it with the sound of a breach alarm. He heard loud over comms the barking of the E-11 "035 BREACH, IT'S TAKEN OVER THE BODY OF ONE OF OUR MEN, WE'RE TAKING HEAVY FI-" Before gunfire filled the radio and the transition stopped. He ran back to his bunks as quickly as he could but he was cornered by two guards who had seemingly defected to SCP-035's side as it arrived and offered him a weapon and told him to join them. Swanson had no urge to join them though he did act as if he did, grabbing the ARX 035 handed to him and took formation behind it. As he raised his weapon to the back of its head he wondered, why had this thing trusted him so quickly that he was telling the truth, why did it seemingly have no care that it had only taken seconds for him to decide and yet it allowed him behind it? This was an issue for another day as he fired 10 shots into the back of its head at point blank range. The body collapse onto the ground immediately and the mask fell off. Swanson expected the two guards to turn around and shoot him as he had just killed the one thing they seemed to have held any loyalty to, but was shocked when they instead just arrested him. Not for shooting 035 but for having a weapon in the first place; for not being in the breach shelter. When Swanson was interrogated the guards were greatly offended when he claimed that they defected over to SCP-035's side, apparently having no recollection of what had happened and denying any such event. Were they lying to save their own skin? No that couldn't be, they would've just shot Swanson if they truly did care about this thing, they had the justification to, some researcher with a gun to the back of their heads, no one would've questioned why they killed him. No there was something very different about them but he couldn't quite pin what. Nevertheless they let Swanson go with just a warning, while he wasn't supposed to have a weapon the guards did confirm that he was the one to kill SCP-035 and stop the breach which was justification enough for his superiors. This day scared Swanson and he would get to the bottom of everything that had happened. Until then he put on a pair of completely blacked out glasses and scheduled a test for SCP-035.
There is a quiet pop, a small ripple, and a dim flash as a researcher seems to step out of oblivion into reality accompanied by SCP-22415
"You can never really pick a point to focus on can you Swanson? First the obsession with 035 and 012, then you're fascination with dimensions and 'Iota-5', now this?"
Swanson stepped onto the balcony of the cross-testing chamber as SCP-049 was being escorted in, a sight Swanson had found so common at this point he almost lost track how many times he'd done this kind of cross-test.
"I never claimed to be a focused researcher, just a dedicated one. It would be an offense to science if I let a discovery like this slip from my fingers because I was too dedicated to a single area of study. Ive already made that mistake once. Right in front of us is the possible answer to one of this sites most enduring questions"
"What exactly is the pestilence?"
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