Purrrrrfect. Hold on.
Some things to note before we start is that questions are permitted during the interview but nothing that is in direct relation to one of the questions on the list, I will tell you if I can answer them when asked.

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The following list is the moderator powers. This is not an exhaustive list, but covers most of the commonly used powers and such that you’ll use, and need for this interview.

1. The ability to use adminghost (aghost), which works exactly like the ghost command, but lets you re-enter your body afterwards. This is mainly used to investigate issues in the round.

2. Access to ingame logs (attack logs, ALL LOOC, ALL deadchat logs, ALL warning and admin logs such as people opening valves or welderbombing).

3. The ability to adminpm (bwoink) people for a chat.

4. The ability to place varying degrees of punishment. Kicks boot a player from the server with an optional message. They are not used often except to get people's attention. Notes are staff only messages on a player’s’ account. Warnings are similar but require the recipient to acknowledge it, and they can see what it was for. Bans are time based (or permanent), and can be from the server or specific jobs. People can see why they were banned. You can also view a record of all players past notes, bans, and warnings.

5. Access to moderator only chat (msay) for communication, as well as access to other chats like AntagOOC and DeadChat (as stated earlier).

6. The ability to WIND players, freezing them from all actions.

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The following list is the moderator powers. This is not an exhaustive list, but covers most of the commonly used powers and such that you’ll use, and need for this interview. 1. The ability to use adminghost (aghost), which works exactly like the ghost command, but lets y...

XorToday at 6:00 PM
Just one in regards to the powers.
Is there any sort of policy on their use, or is it sort of judgement-based? Like I think off the top of my head you guys only do bans after certain warnings and in 1 day, 3 day, 1 week and perma-ban capacity? And the winds, that is. If there's a random joe throwing max-caps around, would staff policy dictate you bwoink first, or can you wind - to prevent more damage - and then bwoink them?
MelodicVoidToday at 6:02 PM
its mostly up to you. As long as you can justify it you can do it.
XorToday at 6:03 PM
Okay!
MelodicVoidToday at 6:03 PM
but you want to be nice to those who deserve it :smiley:
XorToday at 6:04 PM
So if it's like a random bald throwing grenades and stuff at a random passerby and swears at you in admin pms, typically you'd apply more than just a warning. Right, okay! Think I'm good to start.
MelodicVoidToday at 6:04 PM
Yeah. if its a baldie doing that it would be perma with ability to appeal
Lets start with scenarios. For these scenarios your responces should be something like a Book RP. For example "I AdminPM the captain and ask what he saw" to which ill respond "he saw nothing".  Questions are perfectly okay during this time as well.
any questions about that?
XorToday at 6:06 PM
If I have a question about the scenario, or the like, should I propose them before I type up what I would do, or put them in the middle of actions as they correlate to that relevant section?
Oh actually one quick question about powers that I forgot. I know for a fact that staff can see the original join date for a user on the server, is it possible to see the actual age of the player itself? I.e how long they've had a BYOND account.
MelodicVoidToday at 6:08 PM
Yup. a verb for ages is in the admin tab. and feel free to ask something like "I respond with XXXX. Can I check vars to see who touched the door last?"
XorToday at 6:09 PM
Okay! I'm good to start.
MelodicVoidToday at 6:10 PM
perfect.
Your doing your normal RP when suddenly you see "Strawberry Shortcake has completed Cryogenic Revival"
XorToday at 6:12 PM
Well, first off I'd read the message quickly to double check what they joined as. Obviously it's a rule violation, but if they joined as a scientist and bee-line for the bomb-range well that requires fast acting. Regardless, I'll quickly announce that I have to AFK quickly in LOOC and aghost over to them. I'd check their appearance - regular bald or the like - and give them a quick bwoink asking if they have a minute to talk, while observing what they do. At the same time I'd also open up their notes to see if they have any, and how old their account is.
MelodicVoidToday at 6:13 PM
Ah sorry! long day! They are a engineer. human.
There appearance is almost all Pink with a bald head and normal skin. The account is 0 days old with no notes. They don't reply and begin to roam around in the tunnels behind the chefs area.
XorToday at 6:17 PM
I'd give them another poke, asking them to reply to the message by either hitting F1 or hitting the reply button. I'd wait to see if they reply after that, or if they keep roaming.
MelodicVoidToday at 6:18 PM
They continue to roam and manage to find a tank of fuel. They proceed to open it and drag it around spilling fuel everywhere. they head towards the main hall / bar area.
XorToday at 6:20 PM
As soon as I see them start trying to wrench open the tank of fuel I'd wind them to prevent them from causing any harm. I'd give them another poke asking them to explain why they are attempting to spread fuel, and failure to reply can result in punishments.
MelodicVoidToday at 6:22 PM
That works. They respond "what the hell! im trying to fucking RP here m8"
XorToday at 6:24 PM
I'd ask them why they are attempting to open a container of fuel, minutes after they spawn, along with why they have decided to name their character their current name. I'd also give a casual glance to see what the actual ckey is named.
MelodicVoidToday at 6:26 PM
The Ckey is just some random characters followed by 420Lol. They respond with "I've had a fucked up childhood because of my name and became a Arsonist by night and firefighter by day. now can I fucking play?
XorToday at 6:28 PM
Following that, I'd reply back, "Afraid I can't let you go just yet. We've got a set of rules that I need you to understand and respect while here. I'm going to have to ask you to check the 'RULES' button up on the corner and tell me when you're done. You'll have to obey them while you're playing here. Mainly the believable character rule, along with the self-antagonism rule.' and I'd wait to see if they reply, and if so, how quickly after it was sent.
MelodicVoidToday at 6:32 PM
Okay! So I actually have to pause this interview because I have a visitor that I need to deal with. can you give me 20 or so mins to continue?
XorToday at 6:33 PM
Sure! I did have a question when you return, would you prefer I directly say what I'd say, or just keep it in line with an action? i.e 'I'd ask them to review the rules and tell me when they're done' or type out exactly what I'd say?
MelodicVoidToday at 6:33 PM
Action is preferable.
MelodicVoidToday at 6:52 PM
Sorry. I'm still stuck here
XorToday at 6:53 PM
Ah, that's okay.
MelodicVoidToday at 7:04 PM
Im sorry sorry!
Are you still good to go?
XorToday at 7:04 PM
Yep!
MelodicVoidToday at 7:07 PM
Perfect. the respond right way and say "Fuck rules. I am here for fun!" then proceed to use OOC to spam "Fuck your overlords! let me play the game!" (An automute on the OOC channel will stop this shortly).
XorToday at 7:09 PM
Right, at this point I'll give them a permanent ban, with the chance to appeal. They're clearly a new account, however given the fact they knew how to do stuff like try and welder-bomb, I'm going to assume they're an alt account. They're not here to actually roleplay, and are here to simply grief. I'll let them know if they wish to play again that they can appeal on the forums once they understood what they did wrong and reflect on the rules and include a link to the appeal section in the admin-PM. I'll also double check (if I can, can't recall what staff level have access to this) if their IP has been logged with other accounts, or ask a admin to do such if they're on and I don't have the access to it.
MelodicVoidToday at 7:11 PM
I believe if you search there username it shows other accounts from that IP. But permabans are IP bans so if they are an alt its likley a VPN.
Well done! next scenario!
While sitting in the lobby you notice a spam of attack logs from multiple people. You click observe and watch the action out of curiosity. You notice a heavily armed group of cargo techs and a very heavily armed QM fighting a group of Mercs. before you can do anything the mercs start to lose and one of them dies. The dead Merc Ahelps "Where the hell did cargo get soo many guns!"
XorToday at 7:15 PM
I'll quickly reply to the ahelp that I'll look into the matter, and please give me a few moments. After that, I'll glance over the supply team to see what they're armed with. After all certain weapons can't be ordered from cargo while some can. So I'll have a quick peek over to see if there is any crates that were ordered, or manifests that list what was ordered, while also observing what they're using. I'll ask in both dead-chat and msay if anyone knows what happened, while I also give the QM a quick bwoink to ask if they have a moment, and if they do, what occurred and where the weapons were obtained from.
MelodicVoidToday at 7:19 PM
unfortunately no one has any idea what happened in Msay or Dsay. The only admin on was Rping with the captain when this all started and dsay is quiet. The weapons they use are an assortment however everything they have can be ordered through cargo. There is a large open crate that has a bunch of spare ammo and some more guns in it. The manifest says it was for the QM.
The QM responds "I am kinda in the middle of something but I can talk. I ordered them earlier"
The fighting continues.
XorToday at 7:21 PM
On that note, I'll look to the manifest to see what the reason listed on it was, before giving the QM another tap, asking why they ordered the weapons. I'll also give a poke in AOOC to the merc team asking what occurred leading up to the firefight, and advising that they pull back from the firefight while I deal with the situation. I'll pull up the QM's notes and warnings if they have any.
MelodicVoidToday at 7:27 PM
The fighting stops. The reason on the Manifest is "Personal".
the QM responds "I ordered them because its secret"
The Merc lead responds in AOOC "We literally walked around the corner and the QM started shooting us so we fired back. we just got on station like 5 mins ago" (they did not cloak there ship in this case so everyone was alerted)
The QM's notes are not pretty. They have previous temp bans and a bunch of other notes however all but two notes are over 3 and a half months old. The only recent notes say that they were disrespectful and showed great anger over dying in previous rounds and improper use of OOC to express these feelings.
XorToday at 7:28 PM
I'll quickly glance over the bans, to see if they were related to powergaming or ganking, and for how long. I'll ask the QM what they mean by 'secret'. I'll also give the cargo technicians a poke each asking why they were armed, who gave them the weapons, who fired first and so on.
MelodicVoidToday at 7:31 PM
The QM has one previous ban for powergaming, nothing for ganking. The QM responds "the round type is secret". All the Cargo techs you ask say something along the lines of "The QM gave them guns and the Qm yelled "Today we live!" and open fired."
Rather :  Aprevious Temp ban for 3 days for powergaming. 6 months ago
XorToday at 7:34 PM
I'd remind the QM that there are rules about these things and that they can not simply order weapons because of the round type, nor can they arm themselves purely to open fire wordlessly on the antagonists. I'd ask them to please read the rules in depth next time and understand them, informing them that given the situation, I'll be applying a major warning, as they've clearly tried to at least somewhat keep a clean record, and that in future acts like this will result in a ban. I'll wait for a reply, before asking the admin in msay if it would be acceptable to give the ganked merc a admin rejuv, and inform them of the situation so they can deem it acceptable or not, as the admin would have to do the revive regardless.
MelodicVoidToday at 7:36 PM
The Qm replies with "Okay, sorry."
The admin agrees to rejuv

Well done! final scenario!
Your standing in the doorway to the Medical Lobby when suddenly you get a Ahelp "this is very cheat like". There are the odd attack logs for gunfire.
XorToday at 7:38 PM
I'll excuse myself in LOOC as I have to deal with something. I'll quickly aghost, and check who ahelped. Their name, antagonist status and their profession if they're not an off-station antag. I'll give them a reply, asking what they mean before ghosting over to the gunfire to see what's going on.
MelodicVoidToday at 7:41 PM
The person who Ahelped is a Ghost currently hovered over the situation. the ghost responds with "The ninja is hoping out of a body bag and firing some shots then hoping back into the bag before they can be hit"

(for sake of ease the ninja will just be called ninja but yes check names and status when in a real situation)
You hop over and see exactly that. The ninja is in a body bag in the middle of a hallway engaging 4 security officers by opening the bag shooting then closing the bag before they can be shot.
XorToday at 7:45 PM
I'll double check the round time to see how long the round has been going on for, and checking the officers to see if they're running, in patrol gear, or are armed with lethals and armour. I'll poke the ninja asking if they've got a moment to talk. I'll also give the officers a poke asking what happened, what sort of escalation occurred and the like. I'll also quickly double check what weapon the ninja is using.
MelodicVoidToday at 7:47 PM
The escalation was standard. Security was chasing the ninja and the ninja tried to fight back and ended up hiding in the body bag and using it to attack while unharmed. Security has Lethal weapons and is armed but can't hit the ninja while the body bag is closed. The gunfight seems to eb a stalemate with the odd officer getting hit by the ninja. the ninja is using a stolen laser rifle.
They respond "yes I have a moment"
and hide in the body bag
XorToday at 7:50 PM
I'll let the officers know that I'm handling the situation so they don't just walk up to the body-bag, open it and shoot the ninja. I'll give the ninja a poke, asking them what occurred, before letting them know that what they are doing isn't allowed by the rules. While it isn't a bug and doesn't fall under the abusing bug rule, it still falls under powergaming as realistically using a body-bag would not protect against laser-fire. At the same time I'll also double check their account age, and if they have any previous notes, warnings or bans on their account and if so, what they're about/anything relevant such as power-gaming or abusing bugs.
MelodicVoidToday at 7:53 PM
the officers back off.
The ninja replies with "Oh... I thought I was smart hiding in here..."
The ninja's account is about 2 and a half weeks old and there notes are minimal with no major offences or repeat actions. small things like "Shoved Ian down disposals. didn't know it killed them was very receptive and understanding" and "joined with one word name, Fixed and was very understanding"
XorToday at 7:56 PM
Given the fact that they are very new, have shown no repeat actions or the like, I'd ask them that they don't do it again in the future and urge that they check the rules again after the round is over so that in the future they can avoid situations like this. I'd wait for their reply, before I move to make a note on their account about the incident and close the ticket, along with telling the officers the incident is resolved and closing their tickets, along with the original ticket.
MelodicVoidToday at 7:58 PM
perfect. The ninja agrees to what you said then leaves the body bag. the ninja is instantly put into crit and captured. they detonate themselves when they have control again.
Lets get into the quick stuff now! I have 4-5 short questions for you.
XorToday at 7:58 PM
Sure, I'm ready.
MelodicVoidToday at 7:58 PM
Q1 : What made you decide to put in a Moderator Application.
XorToday at 7:59 PM
Well, I noticed that we don't really have any Australian moderators, meaning that from my knowledge most of the people on during when I am typically on - barring the weekends and hoildays - are normally staying up late, or aren't on. Along with this, I decided that with how long I've been on Aurora, I'd like to do something to 'give back' in a sense.
MelodicVoidToday at 8:00 PM
Great.
Q2 : What do you think makes you stand out from the other applicants?
XorToday at 8:01 PM
Well, I suppose the timezone helps a bit! Always need staff who can cover when others can't. But besides that, I do have a bit of moderating experience. Not with SS13 but with other games.
MelodicVoidToday at 8:01 PM
Time zone is very important!
Q3 : At times you will have to take action against those who you may consider close to you or just be considered the "bad" guy. This could result in someone or a group of people hating you, Do you think you would be able to fairly handle situations that may have outcomes as stated above?
XorToday at 8:02 PM
I think that I would be able to handle these situations, and if I am in doubt I'll be able to pass it along to others if I feel there is a conflict of interest.
MelodicVoidToday at 8:03 PM
Perfect answer
If you could change one thing about the server on an administration side what would you change and why? (you can list more than one if you wish but it does not have an impact on your application).
XorToday at 8:05 PM
I'd probably enforce a bit more of a standard on curtesy/making comments clear. I won't name anyone, but I know that sometimes people respond to tickets in a certain way that may come off as brash or rude without making it clear it's a joke or meme. Though obviously it's a very minor issue.
MelodicVoidToday at 8:06 PM
Of course. That can happen at times and everyone has there own approach.
Final question. Will you permit the posting of this interview onto the Forum attached to your application?
XorToday at 8:07 PM
Of course, no objections.