Character name: Austin Ullman
Ban type: Server
Ban length: Permanent
Ban reason: Probation violation - As an acting captain thief (not a full antag), started a fight with a botanist who was blocking the cargo shuttle from leaving while asking why they were selling the contents of various lockers. Started by throwing bluespace crystals at them, an act with a non-negligible chance of getting them spaced, then when they tried to defend themselves with a flash and disabler on the floor started shooting at them with a pistol, then when that ran out, disablered them down. Finally, instead of getting them cuffed (reason too long, see following note for the rest)
Time ban was placed: 2022-03-27 15:21:03
Server you were playing on when banned: Bagil
Round ID in which ban was placed: 180628
Your side of the story: I started the shift as a Research Director low priority, and appointed acting Captain due to the lack of other heads. I was also the thief where you steal weapons, with at least 3 guns, to complete the objective. I walk to cargo to steal some weapons, where I meet another fellow thief who needs 7 insuls, and is ordering crates for them. This botanist "Daude" something, barges in, trespassing into cargo. Already, I know something is going to go wrong, as this is the same person who barged into science in yesterdays Bagil round and proceeded to try to murder me over the chemical dispenser circuit board? Apparently unaware you can make them easily in unlocked circuit imprinters. Regardless, he leaves after talking to him. The guy with the insuls is finishing up his orders when I try to sell some other items I find around me in order to pay for the orders we have made. The same botanist comes back and proceeds to stand in the middle of the cargo shuttle and refuse to leave after multiple warnings to stop. I get frustrated with him, and throw a bluespace crystal at him to try and teleport him out, evaluating the risk accurately as there was mostly non space tiles around him (as admin stated non-negligible chance). He has already reached for items in the security locker when I was talking to him before the crystal throw. All crystals fail to land any teleport, and he proceeds to rush for the open security locker intended to be sold, and grabs what I believe to be a disabler and a flash. I rush out of the airlocks and we enter a stalemate between the doors. I initially grab for the disabler, however realising the shuttle walls reflect blasters putting myself into danger, I grab for one of the weapons I was going to use for my objective, the makarov pistol. No bullets hit except one in the airlock, and the stalemate continues. As per random chance, the newly joined HOS turns up and aids to arrest. Now that I can safely fire a disabler round without it reflecting into me, since he ran out into the main cargo area, the HOS and I disablered him. Unaware that the HOS is actively cuffing him, and knowing he is armed, potentially going to try and retaliate, I hastily grab the fire axe and cut him in his chest, with a single grab on the axe as to not apply large damage, in the rush of the situation. He is taken away by the HOS to the brig where he dies because of damages I am unaware of (apparently the arresters broke his ribs in the cell, not involved). I take him to medbay to be revived as a result and then I am contacted by an admin. I do not know what happened to him, but I witnessed a doctor attempting to revive him, and so I moved on.
Why you think you should be unbanned: This was not a violation of my probation. Proper escalation took place where non lethals were used initially to vacate him of an area he continued to trespass into twice. Lethals were then used to apply warning, reinforced by the fact that only one bullet hit intentionally. Knowing I could be easily vulnerable to a disabler round due to the reflection of the blasters bolt off of the side of the cargo shuttle, action had to be taken to try and save my own life in that situation. Unfortunately, I do not have immediate access to the round logs to try and obtain damage and possible chat logs to enforce my point as the round is possibly still active, and I cannot find it in the public logs.
References of good conduct: As previously stated in the probation, I have a reference to good conduct in the goonstation servers. Furthermore, I was trying to introduce some friends to the TG codebase who were new to the game in general. I aided them with science mainly, while someone else decided to go it alone as a cook.
Anything else we should know: Even if thief is half antag, I reserve the right to normally escalate situations in this case in reference to the escalation policy, where I
, and after my non lethal ammunition runs out, I must try and think quickly to avoid dying, resorting to possibly lethal methods. My intention is clear, and was not to murder, represented by my swift taking of the person to medbay to be revived. In retrospect, I regret my decision to switch from non lethals to lethals however I believe in the situation it was required as I had no additional backup until later when the HOS arrived, when I switched back to non lethals in response. At the end of the situation, both parties came out healed and revived. I at least request a shorten of the ban in light of these details.handle the conflict non-lethally whenever possible