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E-mail/Plurk/Discord/PM to a character journal/alternate method of contact: allikateor @ plurk
Other Characters Currently In-Game: Dorian Gray, Kyoko Sakura
Character Name: Dr. Alexander Hilbert. That's not his birth name, but it's the name that he'll be going by on paperwork, the taken list, in-game etc.
Series: Wolf 359
Age: Vaguely 50s? As far as I remember, we don't get a specific age but the show's set in 2014 and he's old enough to have gotten his doctorate before 1989.
From When?: Post death via explosion. C4 and napalm make a terrible combo.
Inmate Justification: Your altruistic goals don't mean shit if you burn though people in order to achieve them. Hilbert is the personification of "results by any means necessary." If that means injecting crew members with a potentially deadly virus? So be it. If that means said crew members die due to the potentially deadly virus? So be it as well. For him, what matters most is the end goal, the continuation of his research—and he will do whatever it takes to get there.
Arrival: Agreed to come and graduate.
Abilities/Powers: Normalass human! However, Hilbert is a big brain with lots of other skills to make up for said normalass human status. His main focus is on virology and biology, but he also is a good medical doctor and good enough with computers to implement a code that makes the ship's AI listen to him.
Inmate Information: Hilbert once told Eiffel that "nothing stops science." And he means that. For Hilbert, what matters most is his work. It comes before personal attachments, it comes before his own dignity, it comes even before his own wants and his own well-being. Seriously, this guy fakes his identity twice in order to continue his research. What matters the most is that his work is accomplished and his data lives on. He will go through whatever nonsense is thrown at him if it means he'll be able to continue his work. This even goes so far as to him injecting two people who he liked, Officers Hui and Lambert, with his experimental virus cocktail, just so that he can continue his work. People don't matter. He himself doesn't matter. What matters is that the work continues and people eventually find results.
Hilbert believes there is no room for affection in science. That being said, once you dig into that supervillain backstory, it's obvious there is a bit of affection. After all, Hilbert liked his former coworkers. He does show a bit of regret at the fact that things shook out the way they did—after all, Hui and Lambert weren't supposed to get the virus cocktail. And at it's core, his research is because he suffered a tragedy when he was younger: a nuclear meltdown which killed most of his family due to radiation poisoning. It's implied that Hilbert watched them all deteriorate and die. It's a big tragic backstory and defining feature into why the way he is that he only mentions literally once in the series. There's no need for people to know about himself. Hilbert refuses to let himself get attached and refuses to let himself care about other people because if it comes between them and science? He's picking science.
Which is annoying because his supervillain research project is actually really useful. Hilbert is working on modifying a strain of the decima virus, a strain that will help cure all sort of diseases. At his core, his motivations are altruistic: he really does want to help ease suffering. The problem is that his morals are fucked. He is perfectly fine using coworkers as incubation chambers for the virus, he views things like medical ethics as a hindrance more than a hard and fast rule, and he is perfectly fine blowing up Team Kepler if that's what it takes to get Command off their backs. As far as Hilbert is concerned, the end absolutely justifies the means.
There's also an ego on this man. It is very telling that when he rewrites part of Hera's personality, he makes it so that she calls him "commander." It's also very telling that he never really thinks about working with others, telling them his plan, telling them his goals, etc. He keeps things to himself, only bringing others in when he deems them ready or the situation dire enough that they need to know what he knows (like the location of napalm). This ego isn't the sole reason why Hilbert is an inmate. But it certainly doesn't help matters.
Path to Redemption: Hilbert's path to redemption is basically that "I don't know how to tell you that you should care about other people" Huffpost article. He does have noble goals: the end goal of his work with the decima virus is to help cure diseases, something that he has a lot of personal experience with. But Hilbert views everything as inessential compared to his research. The Hippocratic Oath is a nuisance, human trials are necessary, and consent for human trials is optional. His research is the be-all, end-all and things that get in his way are inconvenient, but must be managed for the greater good.
That doesn't make you friends! Hilbert needs to learn that while his goals might be noble, it doesn't mean a damn if you burn through everything and everyone along the way. He's got to learn to take into account the thoughts, wants, and personhood of those surrounding him. Yes, your coworker might be a nuisance who can't go a single sentence without referencing a movie. But you still shouldn't turn him into your walking incubator, especially not without asking him first. Forcing Hilbert to develop a sense of empathy is a solid 75% of getting him off the damn boat.
As for wardening strategies, a scientifically minded warden would do well with him. It's not a 'dummies need not apply' sort of situation, but he'll be more likely to listen to someone that can speak to him even close to his level: his level being more science minded than magic minded. Likewise, any warden who goes in guns blazing, telling him that he needs to give up his work will absolutely be ignored. The decima virus is something that Hilbert's spent his whole life working on—he views himself as inessential compared to his work. Being stuck in a spaceship for the rest of his life is manageable as long as other people can continue on from where he started. Obviously certain aspects about how he works with the virus need to change (do NOT experiment on your coworkers!), but someone who's willing to work with him on the ideas and concepts of his research (even if their end goal is to get him to cut that shit out) would get a billion times further than someone who puts their foot down harshly from the get-go.
History: it's a wiki page!
Sample Network Entry: here!
Sample RP: and also here!
Special Notes: Hilbert can make something vaguely coffee-like out of seaweed, once got possessed by a plant monster, likes pecan pie, and believes that 'strapping someone down to an examination table' counts as decent bedside manner.
User DW:
katesE-mail/Plurk/Discord/PM to a character journal/alternate method of contact: allikateor @ plurk
Other Characters Currently In-Game: Dorian Gray, Kyoko Sakura
Character Name: Dr. Alexander Hilbert. That's not his birth name, but it's the name that he'll be going by on paperwork, the taken list, in-game etc.
Series: Wolf 359
Age: Vaguely 50s? As far as I remember, we don't get a specific age but the show's set in 2014 and he's old enough to have gotten his doctorate before 1989.
From When?: Post death via explosion. C4 and napalm make a terrible combo.
Inmate Justification: Your altruistic goals don't mean shit if you burn though people in order to achieve them. Hilbert is the personification of "results by any means necessary." If that means injecting crew members with a potentially deadly virus? So be it. If that means said crew members die due to the potentially deadly virus? So be it as well. For him, what matters most is the end goal, the continuation of his research—and he will do whatever it takes to get there.
Arrival: Agreed to come and graduate.
Abilities/Powers: Normalass human! However, Hilbert is a big brain with lots of other skills to make up for said normalass human status. His main focus is on virology and biology, but he also is a good medical doctor and good enough with computers to implement a code that makes the ship's AI listen to him.
Inmate Information: Hilbert once told Eiffel that "nothing stops science." And he means that. For Hilbert, what matters most is his work. It comes before personal attachments, it comes before his own dignity, it comes even before his own wants and his own well-being. Seriously, this guy fakes his identity twice in order to continue his research. What matters the most is that his work is accomplished and his data lives on. He will go through whatever nonsense is thrown at him if it means he'll be able to continue his work. This even goes so far as to him injecting two people who he liked, Officers Hui and Lambert, with his experimental virus cocktail, just so that he can continue his work. People don't matter. He himself doesn't matter. What matters is that the work continues and people eventually find results.
Hilbert believes there is no room for affection in science. That being said, once you dig into that supervillain backstory, it's obvious there is a bit of affection. After all, Hilbert liked his former coworkers. He does show a bit of regret at the fact that things shook out the way they did—after all, Hui and Lambert weren't supposed to get the virus cocktail. And at it's core, his research is because he suffered a tragedy when he was younger: a nuclear meltdown which killed most of his family due to radiation poisoning. It's implied that Hilbert watched them all deteriorate and die. It's a big tragic backstory and defining feature into why the way he is that he only mentions literally once in the series. There's no need for people to know about himself. Hilbert refuses to let himself get attached and refuses to let himself care about other people because if it comes between them and science? He's picking science.
Which is annoying because his supervillain research project is actually really useful. Hilbert is working on modifying a strain of the decima virus, a strain that will help cure all sort of diseases. At his core, his motivations are altruistic: he really does want to help ease suffering. The problem is that his morals are fucked. He is perfectly fine using coworkers as incubation chambers for the virus, he views things like medical ethics as a hindrance more than a hard and fast rule, and he is perfectly fine blowing up Team Kepler if that's what it takes to get Command off their backs. As far as Hilbert is concerned, the end absolutely justifies the means.
There's also an ego on this man. It is very telling that when he rewrites part of Hera's personality, he makes it so that she calls him "commander." It's also very telling that he never really thinks about working with others, telling them his plan, telling them his goals, etc. He keeps things to himself, only bringing others in when he deems them ready or the situation dire enough that they need to know what he knows (like the location of napalm). This ego isn't the sole reason why Hilbert is an inmate. But it certainly doesn't help matters.
Path to Redemption: Hilbert's path to redemption is basically that "I don't know how to tell you that you should care about other people" Huffpost article. He does have noble goals: the end goal of his work with the decima virus is to help cure diseases, something that he has a lot of personal experience with. But Hilbert views everything as inessential compared to his research. The Hippocratic Oath is a nuisance, human trials are necessary, and consent for human trials is optional. His research is the be-all, end-all and things that get in his way are inconvenient, but must be managed for the greater good.
That doesn't make you friends! Hilbert needs to learn that while his goals might be noble, it doesn't mean a damn if you burn through everything and everyone along the way. He's got to learn to take into account the thoughts, wants, and personhood of those surrounding him. Yes, your coworker might be a nuisance who can't go a single sentence without referencing a movie. But you still shouldn't turn him into your walking incubator, especially not without asking him first. Forcing Hilbert to develop a sense of empathy is a solid 75% of getting him off the damn boat.
As for wardening strategies, a scientifically minded warden would do well with him. It's not a 'dummies need not apply' sort of situation, but he'll be more likely to listen to someone that can speak to him even close to his level: his level being more science minded than magic minded. Likewise, any warden who goes in guns blazing, telling him that he needs to give up his work will absolutely be ignored. The decima virus is something that Hilbert's spent his whole life working on—he views himself as inessential compared to his work. Being stuck in a spaceship for the rest of his life is manageable as long as other people can continue on from where he started. Obviously certain aspects about how he works with the virus need to change (do NOT experiment on your coworkers!), but someone who's willing to work with him on the ideas and concepts of his research (even if their end goal is to get him to cut that shit out) would get a billion times further than someone who puts their foot down harshly from the get-go.
History: it's a wiki page!
Sample Network Entry: here!
Sample RP: and also here!
Special Notes: Hilbert can make something vaguely coffee-like out of seaweed, once got possessed by a plant monster, likes pecan pie, and believes that 'strapping someone down to an examination table' counts as decent bedside manner.