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applications.
Applications are currently: OPEN.
As of April 2021, Redshift is a sandbox game! We still have apps for some degree of quality control, but the form has been simplified to streamline the process for new players. Here's how it works:
▶ New Players joining us after April 2021 will need to submit an application for their first character coming into the game by using the appropriate form below. This is so we know who you are, and so we can make sure your character will be a good fit for our players!
▶ Returning/Current Players who have been with us since before April 2021 or are coming back to us only need to claim their character using the form below to bring in new characters. New players may do the same after two months.
▶ Returning/Current Players who have been with us since before April 2021 or are coming back to us only need to claim their character using the form below to bring in new characters. New players may do the same after two months.
Application Guide.
▶ Submission Format: All applications must be posted to this entry, and must fit within one comment with a subject line in the format of "CHARACTER NAME | CANON | RESERVED/NOT RESERVED." While applications should not be linked in the entry, players may link to an alternate source such as a wiki for the character's history and powers; for original characters, the world history may also be linked from an alternate source such as an entry on the character journal.
▶ Accepted Character Types: Fandom Characters, Original Characters; CRAU is welcome and encouraged. Please see the Rules & Game Standards page for more in-depth explanations of appable, non-appable, and case-by-case characters.
▶ Application Verdicts: Applications will receive a verdict of ACCEPTED, REVISIONS, or DECLINED. Revisions must be submitted within 48 hours of the revision request being sent out. If this is impossible due to extenuating circumstances, please contact the mod team. Declined applications can be reworked and resubmitted during the next application cycle. If an application is declined 3 times, it cannot be resubmitted.
▶ App Challenges & Reserves: Redshift will not have application challenges, but if you would like to apply for a character that is on reserve, please submit the application with "not reserved" noted in the subject line, and your application will be considered if the reserved application is declined or not turned in by the end of the application cycle. Applications will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis.
▶ Character Limits: Players may have a maximum of 3 characters in the game; the option to increase the number of character spaces may become available at a later date. A player may submit up to two applications at a time.
▶ Samples: Linked samples should be from a publicly accessible source, and no more than 1 year old. Screencaps or transcripts from locked sources are not acceptable as samples, unless the character is being apped as a CRAU from a locked game, and in these cases permission from the other participant(s) in the thread must be obtained and submitted as screencaps along with the sample. All samples should represent the character as they are being applied for; for example, samples cannot come from an AU setting or break the fourth wall (Dear Player, etc.) As long as they meet this criteria, samples from other games, museboxes, memes, other websites (Tumblr, Insanejournal, etc.) or any other source are acceptable. For CRAU samples a link from the character's original game would be preferable, in the form of a link to their tag on the relevant communities, or specific thread links.
Submit an Application.
To submit an application or claim a character, please fill out the information in the appropriate text box below, and paste it in a single comment in response to this entry. Applications should not be linked, though portions of them may be if a bulky history or world section would put them over the character limit for one comment.
Starscream | Transformers Prime | Reserved
Name: Li
Contact:
Current Characters: New Player
Name: Starscream
Canon: Transformers: Prime
Canon Point: End of Predacons Rising, right as he cornered by Predaking atop of Darkmount's throne.
CRAU Timeline/Game(s): N/A - Canon fresh
World Description: TFP Summary
Character History: Starscream @ TFP Wiki | Starscream @ TFWiki
CRAU History: N/A
Personality: Starscream more like Starscheme. He's a plotter, clever, an absolute dramaqueen, arrogant and an opportunist, ready to seize power at the slightest hint of weakness. Manipulative and willing to stab anyone's back, Starscream only looks out for himself, though sometimes his ego leads him to do incredibly stupid or short-sighted things. He believes that he should be the one leading the Decepticons, and he's been willing to attempt offlining Megatron whenever the opportunity presents itself. Every move he makes has one of two aims: protecting himself, and strengthening his position for an eventual move to seize power.
Ironically when Megatron isn't around, he actually demonstrates competent leadership skills. This isn't to say he's necessarily a good leader - like Megatron, he enforces obedience through fear and power rather than genuine respect - but he does get the job done. While Megatron is off supposedly gathering an army for three years, Starscream manages the Nemesis and its mining operations on Earth with such control and discretion that the Autobots aren't even sure the Decepticons are around anymore. Starscream does his best work when Megatron is absent, when he has a clear goal and an explicit hierarchy of authority.
His shortcomings, however, are many. He's an absolute coward, and his loyalty only extends as far as it takes to secure him some kind of advantage. He has a volatile temper and is prone to lashing out at slights both real or imagined, such as when he killed Cliffjumper for mocking him and asking where Megatron was. Starscream's arrogance and ego know nearly no bounds, only reined in when its under threat of life and limb (usually at Megatron's hand) where he'll switch from grandoise and boastful to cowering and pleading for mercy at a second's notice. Megatron's method of enforcing his second in command's behaviour through physical violence is pronounced in the series, and its effects leave Starscream all the more bitter and cruel for it, which he subsequently takes out on those around him.
Even his allies are not immune to his capricious loyalties. While he seems to get along superficially with other officers on the Nemesis like Knock Out, he also is perfectly willing to throw them under the bus at the slightest provocation, such as when he blamed the Terrorcon incident on the medic at the first chance he got. When he temporarily aligns himself with the organization MECH after fleeing the Decepticons, he tries to establish an alliance to give them both benefit, only to be betrayed by the humans and have his T-cog stolen.
Despite a mostly craven personality, he's a capable commander and agile fighter, both in the air and on the ground. A surprisingly resilient and scrappy survivor when it comes right down to it, he holds his own against Arcee while being partially restrained, and defeats the powerful Vehicon Fearstorm using his wits and superior agility when the two are pitted in a timed death match by Megatron.
Running oddly parallel to a distinct ruthless streak such as torturing humans and Autobots alike, Starscream (very) occasionally displays something approaching morals. He frees Arcee from Airachnid's webbing as "repayment" for her sparing him previously, and he goes against Megatron's direct orders to rescue Breakdown from the human's machinations when the latter is captured by MECH. While these both have ulterior motives - he outright tells Breakdown it's so that he'll think about siding with Starscream when he finally challenges Megatron - he also displays an uncharacteristic anguish when Megatron is killed by Bumblebee, until he's hauled off by Shockwave.
CRAU Development: N/A
Powers/Abilities: Transformation. The ability to shift between his root mode and his alt mode, and also configure his arms into null-ray blasters in addition to his missiles.
Inventory: One energon ration cube in his subspace.
Anything Else? Per coordination with the mods, Starscream will be retaining his full scale size of 25' tall.
Prose/Brackets Sample: TDM
Accepted.
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▶ Activity Check Link: Please submit all activity for this character in the character's thread on the activity check post.
▶ For your character's experience upon arrival, please see the Arrival Page.