[USA] Erik "Grover" Vander's ECM Application

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OOC Information

Steam ID:
STEAM_0:1:47565358

Discord name:
grnappa

For how long have you played on CG SCP:
I have been actively playing on CG's iteration of SCP-RP since Late July/Early August of 2022. I don't exactly remember my exact join date, but I have been playing roughly a year.

Age:
22

In what country are you located?:
United States

Time zone:
EST

Character name(s):
A-1 Codename - "Asbestos"
Foundation Name - Erik "Grover" Vander


Civilian name:
Gerrit Vander

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:

Nu-7 Commander [Holding]
Overseer Assistant [Holding]
A-1 SGT [Held]
CI-A [Held]

Have you received any kicks/bans/warning? and why?:
To my knowledge, I have received around 3 or 4 warnings during my 14-month stay here at Site 65 (formerly Site 56). In two cases, they were for either Job Abuse or FearRP breach, which both happened while I was a relatively new player and still getting acclimated to the server. The other case was an RDM warning when I shot one of my own guys for shooting around garage wildly when he wasn't supposed to. This warning was dealt under dubious circumstances, but nevertheless it is a warning.

I have never been kicked/banned for any reason on SCP-RP USA.


RP Information


What Ethics Committee role are you applying for, and why:

I am applying to become an Ethics Committee Member as I have spent 2 months as the Commander of Nu-7 and I am ready to advance my SCP-RP career once more. It is my opinion that people who sit on their jobs and rest on their laurels are an epidemic and unintentionally cause decay and stagnation so that they may hold onto a title that they no longer deserve. 8 weeks is the perfect amount of time to show one's prowess in command potential and make desperately needed changes while cultivating a younger energy to take over and restart the cycle over again. I intend to take my leave as Nu-7 Commander, putting it in the hands of new subordinates who are younger and energized to take a crack at leadership, and put that energy towards a new project; that being to prove my mettle as Ethics Committee Member. That energy would be dedicated to creating scenarios conducive to good RP; cooperating with the Gamemasters to sponsor new events that the Foundation may take part in, and putting that energy I once threw into my role as Commander into administrating the Ethics Wing and bring it up to the peak efficiency that the job demands.

What makes you the best candidate for the Ethics Committee?:
What makes me the best candidate for the Ethics Committee Member role is that I have experience not just as a combative (which is not necessary), but also as a skilled administrator and inspirational role model. When I first became the Nu-7 Commander, I had 2 COs and an LTCOM to my name along with only 40 operatives of varying rank. Combating CI raids were near impossible with such low numbers and DEA had to bail us out on more than one occasion. Nu-7 was in a sorry state and was heavily demotivated. Now at the end of my 2-month tenure, Nu-7 has a full 10-person CO team with specialized roles and squadron leaders, 2 brand new squadrons who have each been fully staffed with 10-14 operatives at a time and earned praise across the site at one time or another, a robust and motivated NCO corps who has proven their leadership skills equal to that of my COs, a fully functional enlisted sector with an expert training corps to bring Privates by the hand all the way to Lance Corporal, and a full roster of 70 members at one time or another (this dips down occasionally due to general playtime attrition, but normally recovers quickly). And let's not mention the removal of the GRY SBR and the introduction of the HK 417 which has plagued Nu-7 since its inception. If that is not a complete success and proof of concept of my ability to lead, then I would be quite surprised.

It is my intention to carry that ability with me into the Ethics Committee and tackle the issues that I might encounter with that same determination and eagerness that I have demonstrated time and time again. As a Cl5 personnel, it is never good to rest on one's laurels and allow oneself to let things fall short as a result of demotivation, but rather to continue to drive forward with an unrelenting energy. Do I understand that I am human and do not always make the right decision? Yes, but that is a small price to pay for what is the crucial skills to becoming a good ECM:
- Leadership
-Integrity
-Tenacity
(LIT)(y)


What are the responsibilities of the Ethics Committee in RP?:
The Ethics Committee is responsible for monitoring the ethical practices of the foundation, to put it simply. While the O5 Council wields its power through overwhelming authority, the Ethics Committee wields its power through morality and acts as the Foundation's conscious, despite the chagrin of its personnel who might go wild with power. While the operations that they might authorize its staff to perform are cruel in many ways, each decision is carefully weighed on the morality scale to keep the Foundation's primary objective (Secure, Contain, Protect) alive while also limiting the human/sentient suffering in the process.

Here, the Ethics Committee is responsible for managing the operations undertaken by Internal Affairs and monitoring their activities. In addition, they approve testing on certain Keter-Class anomalies and ensure Researchers brief their D-Class properly. Internally, the Ethics Committee is responsible for delivering orders to the Ethics Committee Assistants and the Omega-1 Operatives under their charge. Finally, they are responsible for updating and upholding the Code of Ethics and the Foundation Legal Codex.

As a clearance 5 personnel, The Ethics Committee member has the ability to authorize KOS past D-Block, authorize Advanced Armory deployment, call Code Black, and launch the Alpha Warhead should Site-65 ever fall to the SCPs.


What are the responsibilities of the Ethics Committee out of RP (e.g. what applications do they handle?):
The Ethics Committee is responsible for applications in relation to the Director of Internal Affairs, Ethics Committee Assistants, and Ethics Committee Members. In addition, it is generally accepted that the rest of the Committee is consulted by the Chairman when selecting a new Omega-1 Commander.

Lore Information


Please give some lore about your Ethics Committee character and what storylines they would be involved in:
Gerrit Vander was born in Maastricht, Netherlands on [DATA EXPUNGED]. He showed an early aptitude for mathematics and Dutch grammar while attending basisschool. This early success would eventually elevate him to being an honor rolls student in a VWO Gymnasium school. This track would allow him to enter a university studying complex mathematics, with his desire set in studying unquantifiable infinities beyond ℵ0. However, if there was one fatal flaw that Gerrit Vander suffered was that he was prone to extreme fits of violence, especially when there was something that he could not quite grasp or if he determined that someone lied to him. Before he could ever fully graduate University, Vander was beset by several lawyers demanding retribution for medical fees incurred as a result of his tantrums. Facing potential jail time and financial ruin in the Netherlands, Vander took the last of his money and fled to the United States by stowing away on a Cargo ship and arriving at a port in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Unsatisfied with city life, Vander began to wander the countryside as a vagabound without visa before arriving in Grove City, Ohio. Finally, he decided to take the second biggest gamble of his life and enlist in the United States Army. Despite having no official birth certificate and only a poorly forged visa from a friend before leaving the Netherlands, he was accepted by the recruiter in Grove City and underwent basic training, where he finally found his calling as a warrior. He passed through Basic Training and Infantry School with flying colors and would eventually find himself in the 7th Infantry Division of the National Guard, volunteering for three active-duty tours to the Middle East where he became a decorated soldier, eventually making his way up the ranks to Staff Sergeant.

It was at this point where Vander suffered a horrendous accident, his Humvee flipping over as a result of hitting an IED while on patrol. Unconscious and unable to respond to external stimuli, Gerrit was airlifted by a helicopter to what he thought was a Red-Cross Hospital...

This would turn out to be wrong.

Upon waking up, Gerrit would find himself in a new place of which did not look like the inside of a tent, but rather a highly sophisticated medical facility; a medical facility which he would soon find out would be called Site-65. He would read the complimentary information packet left by his bedside as it filled him in on where he was and what he would be doing from now on. He would be a General Security Cadet and his new identity would be Erik Vander. Upset that he had no choice in the matter (and still slightly delirious from the painkillers) he would jolt from his bed when a man in a suit came to visit him. The man seemed unusually calm and instructed him to follow the orders of an awaiting GENSEC Captain outside the door. Although Vander was still worked up, something about this man seemed to blunt some of his vitriol and anger, bringing the violent man to a state much akin to the sharply dressed gentleman in front of him. Eventually, he would comply with the man in the suit, taking his few belongings and making his way to the GENSEC Captain waiting outside to take him through his training and duties.

As a GENSEC Cadet, he would excel in his new duties of escorting low-level researchers and dealing with Code-2 Riots in the D-Block to the best of his abilities, which would eventually earn him promotions and commendations, finding himself at the rank of Sergeant in the specialized riot teams employed by the Foundation to deal with severe Code-2 cases as well as assisting Mobile Task Force units with mild breaches. Although he loved working as a GENSEC agent, his ambition would get the better of him, deciding that he would seek advancement into a Mobile Task Force regiment. It wouldn't take much longer for him to be scouted of by MTF Nu-7 "Hammer Down." It was here in Mobile Task Force Nu-7 that he would earn his stripes and the respect of other Foundation Staff outside of his unit.

During his first briefing, Nu-7 Captain "Green" would run through mission steps to deal with the recently documented SCP-8854. He would run through the various nicknames/codenames that the other operatives bore. Finally, "Green" would look to Erik Vander and asked-

"Green": Are you the new soldier?
Vander: Yes, sir.
"Green": Thus meaning you do not have a nickname... hrm... where were you recruited? In your previous occupation, I mean.
Vander: Grove City, sir.
"Green": Alright "Grover," listen up-


As an Nu-7 Operative, Erik "Grover" Vander would partake in many of the recent major operations undertaken by this heavily armored regiment that would respond to other catastrophic site breaches across Canada and the United States. In particular, Vander would find himself becoming very familiar with SCP-939 instances and how they are contained/dealt with should they breach. One particular operation he would undertake would be alongside Mobile Task Force Beta-5 during the [DATA EXPUNGED].

Erik "Grover" Vander was administered Class-B amnestics following the deployment.

As a Sergeant in Nu-7, he would be in charge of his own squad, of which he ran a tight ship of discipline and brutal efficiency when dealing with SCPs that would often appear near Site-65, including SCP-8854 and SCP-323. His efforts would not go unnoticed by both MTF Command and Site Command, having been quite vocal on the radio as well as delivering clear reports of ongoing situations, both mundane and Code-5 worthy. These efforts by Vander would be rewarded with an official Commission to the CO team of Nu-7 "Hammer Down," thus also granting him access to Clearance 4 information.

From his commission as Lieutenant to an eventual Major promotion, he would lead several successful surface conflicts against the Chaos Insurgency threats with brutal efficiency. Having been given charge by Commander Sunari to create and administer combat drugs to the operatives of Nu-7 under his command, his platoon would prove their worth in combat and bring in a daily haul of CI termination reports to be filed away in the Nu-7 archives. But even as Vander succeeded, the regiment suffered. This would be his greatest challenge yet.

He was promoted to Commander by the Site Director in front of a demoralized regiment that was half-strength and sagging in discipline. His first mission was to secure his position by promoting an extremely competent team of COs gleaned from the NCO/Enlisted sector of whom he met during his time as an operative and put them to work. The creation of the Puppeteers under Sergeant Major "Second" and the Devil's Third Eye under Major "War" allowed an outlet for the new operatives of Nu-7 to show their skills. The NCO corps was reorganized to allow them more freedom to show their own initiative rather than fulfill arbitrary and disconnected deadlines. Finally, under the watchful eye of Major "Expedition", Captain "Sham", Captain "Echo", and Lieutenant "Mac," a successful basic training program was finally put in place to allow those new operatives to train side by side with the regiment's best and give them a pathway forward in their career to eventually become a fine-tuned killing machine. These changes did not happen overnight, but over time, these reforms would take hold and prove to Nu-7's detractors that the regiment deserved its place at Site-65.

Yet the Commander was not flawless. No matter how hard he worked and how hard he pushed himself, he could never overcome the human error that plagued all.

The Code Black siren blared overhead as all quarantine bulkheads shut down to contain an SCP-008 outbreak. Yet it was futile. Failure to adhere to protocol by some foundation personnel allowed the instances to breach surface and begin infecting Pinewood at a rapid rate. The veil of secrecy was lifted and those that were still alive were doomed to utter destruction at the hands of the "Zombie Virus." Seeing no alternative, the Commander of Nu-7 and the General of the GOC both authorized a bombing campaign of Pinewood, levelling the town and giving the Foundation enough breathing room to mop up the remaining instances and allow the town to slowly repopulate. Erik saw this as necessary to keep the world safe from SCP-008, but nonetheless, it weighed heavily upon his consciousness. Was there a better option?

"Grover" sat in his bunks distraught. He didn't have the heart to face his soldiers after the massacre he had just forced them to partake in. They comforted him, assuring that what he did was right. It was right about then that the door opened.

It was him, the man in the suit, the man who brought him to the foundation so many years ago. He recognized that smile anywhere. The man politely inclined his head as he gently gestured away the surrounding Nu-7 operatives. Two members of the Law Enforcement task force came in with the suited man this time. There was no mistaking it, this man was a member of the Ethics Committee. This was his demise; he was to be executed for his decision to bomb pinewood.

The suited man continued to smile in a way that unnerved the Commander as he gestured for the door to be closed behind them. Those Nu-7 operatives waiting at the entrance of the door expected to hear a gunshot that would signal the death of their Commander.

Yet none came.

After a long pause, the Commander came out from the bunks along with the smiling man. Yet the Commander was no longer in his body armor. He wore a simple gray suit, a red tie, and a golden pin upon his collar that read "EC."
 
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