#ss13 polaris

[ss13polaris]

Shipbreaking on Pluto.

Once a significant "last stop" refuelling for some of humanity's early colony ships, tiny Pluto has long since declined in significance, and has become last stop of a very different kind for many of Sol's venerable spacecraft.

Yards on and around Pluto have employed generations of hard-worn workers, first maintenance technicians, expert engineers, and now primarily shipbreakers, and its yards are entrusted with government contracts too sensitive for yards further from Sol's watchful eye.

Atrocious working conditions in the yard's early days led to the formation of the Plutonian Union of Workers which to this day positions itself as the de facto government of Pluto, though the SCG does not recognise them as a unified state.

[severalowls]

Made a bunch of Armored Core 6 decals based on companies and governments in SS13 Polaris lore. Even if you don't play, slap em on a robot.

NanoTrasen logo AJTRV3Y496PS

NT Weathered (1) DHC1BKL84K93

Almach Association 3ZY17CHUKWZA

Almach Weathered (2) CYBEVFBA6G9L

SolGov SC46S123WCHA

SolGov Weathered (3) X4EQDPK5JT4H

Hephaestus Industries (4) R8N5C8MUZUQD

Stealth Assault Enterprising (5) K1QA0YTB5KUP

Proxima Centaurai Risk Control (6) QBP68T0SSQ5D

[beanysprout]

going to hijack your claim of adherents being the worlds most underrated ss13 alien, as a platform for some zaddat propaganda. they are bug-jellyfish folk with an allergy to light, nitrogen, and pressures below 400kpa so they gotta wear a shroud (custom voidsuit). theyre utterly and direly addicted to The Grindset. they dont have romance but they do have homoerotic rivalries. theyre so addicted to anime that their shrouds are near always some kamen rider ass shit. with capes. its so good and theyre just so unknown because theyre only on like 2 servers and their maintainers on their server of origin had such huge dev-burnout when they were being implemented

you're so right, these guys rule and ive never heard of them prior

[octagoncalibrator]

Wild xenofauna interaction protocol be damned, give them the pizza.

[krisfaeley]

Hello! Love your work, particularly your inking. The Aurora post you just made reminded me I wanted to send this message earlier, but it fell off my todo list. I'm interested in potentially commissioning a two character, no background piece, with one human and one animal/beast character, nominally from the SS13 server Polaris. I wanted to check beforehand if you're taking commissions like that currently, and if so, if this post is still accurate for pricing: https://www.tumblr.com/krisfaeley/727026997468037120?source=share My timeframe's non-existent so no urgency on responding. Thanks very much for your time!

Hello, and thanks for reaching out! : ) I'm always game for SS13 pics, especially those with no urgency, ha - only I have no actual experience with Polaris, so you might have to explain some things to me like I'm five! Yep, still operating by that price sheet. Just the sprite and flavortext are fine, though if you have more resources for your characters, all the better. Cheers, and have a good one!

P.S. This is actually my very first ask, awfully sorry if the proper conduct is to reply in DMs :'D

[gakvu]

hell Yeah SS13. which server do you play on?

very complex question, as this changes pretty frequently- used to play a lot of polaris and shiptest (i used to be project lead on ship test), but right now ive been trying out nova sector. i wouldn't precisely recommend nova sector, because its community isn't that good at its professed goal of HRP, but it passes the time i guess

frankly I've played on a very broad selection of servers generally speaking though, these are just the general recent spread

[sypsoti]

my ss13 character, Hadley Price. trying to get back into drawing.

[sypsoti-art]

Some bugs for ss13. Project to replace xenomorphs on Polaris.

[ss13polaris-blog]

The Southern Cross

One of our Head Administrators, Woodrat, is currently working on a new setting for the server to make it new accessible. Our current setting, the Northern Star, is far too large for our player-base, and brought plotholes to many stories, being a multi-level ‘city’ in an asteroid.

The new map will be much smaller and will try to minimize these issues. It will consist of two parts, a portion in space, and a portion on the ground on the planet of Sif. The space station will serve as a relay between the North Star and the planet it orbits. We believe this setting will allow the player-base to do much more, and it will bring it together rather than spreading it apart as a larger map would. It is still a work in progress, but you should see more news upcoming if you watch our main blog and forums.

The negative name of the map, often associated with real-world colonialism and the associated racism, is intentional- the setting is a colony created by an ultra-powerful corporation abusing the capitalist system. We apologize to any aboriginals or natives that may take offense to this name, and please do tell us if you do- we wish to take note.

Please send any questions or comments to our ask box.

[ss13polaris]

After some "play testing", I think this is ready to post!

This character generator can be used for a complete character concept, or to fill in details about important people and events in a character's life. I've also had a lot of fun doing it collaboratively with people, using the results to tell the whole story of a character's life up to the moment they found themselves working at Cynosure Station.

Tables do skew towards people (human or alien immigrants) growing up in the "Solar cultural sphere" rather than alien societies, and alternative tables are provided for synthetics where applicable.

Some of the tables could also definitely be useful for general "hard" sci-fi character generation, just omit the parts about anomalies, tech laws, and the skathari incursion!

Credit to @crynwr-drwg whose Elder Scrolls character generator formed the basis for these tables and idea for the spreadsheet format.

[severalowls]

Scavenging Teshari discovers new home for their pack amidst the ruins of the Incursion.

[ss13polaris]

Kalmar Department of Conservation Dangerous Wildlife Advisory

Residents of and visitors to Londuneyja, Amundsen and the Leitandi range, as well as the Sif Anomalous Region, are advised that changing conditions in the temperate band have altered seasonal migration patterns for a number of potentially dangerous Sivian species.

Please employ caution when travelling outside of developed urban areas, particularly forested or tundral regions with a lack of smaller animal life. If approached by unusual or unknown wildlife, please refrain from feeding or interacting with the animal, and report the sighting to your closest conservation or exploration organisation for appropriate relocation or culling.

Remember: no matter how cute or friendly it appears, it is a wild animal, and should be treated with caution.

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Now playable as a special role: The Grafadreka, or "Snow Drakes": Sif's weirdest dog-lizards yet.

[ss13polaris]

Not evil enough to do slavery once people start calling you out on it, but too evil to make any meaningful changes to the economic status quo.

Vat-born humans (Invented 2080, full personhood and rights granted 2087)

Positronic Brains (Discovered/Commercialized 2281, hard-won modern legal personhood and rights granted 2453)

Prometheans (Created by accident, 2540, legal personhood granted 2546, creation decriminalized 2561)

A-Class (Generalized AI) Drone Intelligence (Achieved ~2558, non-person as of 2575)

X-Class (Recursive) Drone Intelligence (Defined 2270. The hypothetical boogeyman.)

[ss13polaris]

78 Feared Dead In Orbital Collision as Traffic Control System Fails For Just Three Minutes

Shipping traffic in and around Sif orbit was suspended for two hours yesterday when two vessels in atmospheric transit collided during a sudden traffic control system failure, leaving almost one hundred people dead or seriously injured. This marks the third major shipping incident in Sif orbit this year, leading some to call for a total overhaul of the planet's traffic routing systems.

The Hephaestus work ferry Lu Bu struck Ward-Takahashi interstellar freighter Quark in the starboard side at high speed in Drammen spaceport transitional sub-orbit, causing catastrophic damage to the Quark and starting fires aboard the Lu Bu, which was able to stabilize orbit and evacuate. No survivors from the Quark's crew of 21 have been located, while the majority of casualties originate from the Lu Bu, mostly positronic mineral extraction employees returning from deep-space assignments. Initial cross-examination of the ship's navigation logs confirm that they each lost contact with Cynosure Traffic Control at the same instant at around 4:00 SST this morning, and automated pilot systems independently calculated intersecting fall-back routes around two minutes later.

NanoTrasen, who are responsible for control of traffic in the region immediately above Londuneyja have issued a statement corroborated by Cynosure Site Manager Zatoichi Susumu confirming that the outage was caused by an abnormally large shoal of space carp causing damage to electrical systems aboard their automated traffic control communications satellite. According to the company the accident was simply a matter of unfortunate timing of natural phenomena, and was entirely unavoidable.

[ss13polaris]

Unathi Fleet Waylaid In Saint Columbia

The Hegemony fleet en-route to Eutopia has been temporarily re-routed to Saint Columbia for "eleventh hour security briefings" ahead of its final approach to the Eutopia system in order to rescue missing Hegemony scientists kidnapped from a government vessel in August, according to a spokesperson from the Solar Fleet. "The additional leg of the journey is expected to add no unnecessary additional time to the planned operation, and has been organized with the full cooperation and approval of the Moghes Hegemony."

While the exact nature of this planned detour remains confidential, the new route has been disclosed to the public as part of the SCG-D Kondiaronk's escort plan to minimize any confusion or alarm caused by the presence of the Moghes taskforce, now known to consist of one cruiser-type vessel and two destroyer-type escorts, in addition to the Solar Kondiaronk.

Insider reports of a series of visits from Solar diplomatic personnel with VirGov and NanoTrasen officials in Vir have been met with no official comment from government officials. The Vir News Network has been strongly advised not to speculate.

[ss13polaris]

November 2023 Events

An Ethical Anomaly

Saturday 18th November, 9pm GMT / 4pm EST

Event Manager: Cerebulon

The company has agreed to provide unpredictable anomalous materials to a classified buyer. For the public good, of course.

Canonicity: Yes.

Directly recommended roles: Command, Science

Risk Assessment: 2/5

1-3 Volunteers for non-crew plot roles would be appreciated.

Hypocritical Hippocriticals

Sunday 26th November 9:30pm GMT / 4:30pm EST

Event Manager: Doctress

Our doctors thank you for your mandatory assistance during this difficult time. (Event will be focused on solving anomalies and minor corporate conflict. Low, but non-zero risk of violence.)

All events take place on the game server at byond://ss13polaris.com:4000