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Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-06-11 10:46 pm

A cry for help

[a distress call has been tracked across the void, finally leading back to the source. a hulking crippled ship, teeming with hostile alien life, now lies before you.

what do you do? do you dive in or hang back? are you here to learn, play, build, or observe?

however you choose to proceed, your audience is out there somewhere, watching.]



ooc: here is a good ol' themed mingle to get you all started! and don't feel limited by the prompts and what they describe--they're just there as idea-starters, so feel free to go anywhere and do anything.

have fun!

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save_the_souls: (battle-ready)

ANOMALIES!! ANTHROPODS!!

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-06-13 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[When he hears shots being fired, he turns his head just for a second to see Crusher shooting the hell out of an alien heading towards him. Oh good. That would've sucked to get hit in the back with one of those]

[But he doesn't say anything yet, since the one he just injured is coming back, pissed off. Or just violent maybe. It's hard to tell with these things. Either way, at least this time he's a bit more ready- and he'll take advantage of that gash- and stab his talons into it. Which wow, this is surprisingly hard to cut considering how sharp his usual claws are]


Seems like they have a hard head!

[....Allen this is probably not the time for your stupid jokes. But whatever, he'll be using his strength to cut through the thing's head to kill it- making it fall to the ground as his claws come out the top. Gross. ]
dancingmd: (high ground)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-06-13 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Ignoring Allen's comment, Beverly cautiously approaches the creature she just shot, feeling a slight twinge of guilt for killing it. What if these were the ones who sent the distress signal?

Before she can get too mired in guilt, however, she looks up to see four more of the insectoids coming towards them menacingly.]


Allen!

[Just as one leaps at her, she fires the pistol, causing the bug to drop down in mid-leap with a sickening thud when it lands. Despite her good aim, she's definitely going to need help with the others.]
Edited 2015-06-13 11:48 (UTC)
save_the_souls: (battle-ready)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-06-13 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Allen meanwhile isn't thinking about guilt. If you're being attacked, you fight. There isn't time for hesitation. When Beverly calls out, he immediately turns to see the three left that are fast approaching. Great. Of course there's more]

[Oh well.]

[The next one closest to Beverly starts to leap in the air, but immediately white ribbons shoot out from Allen's hand - ensnaring its legs and pinchers. With a pull, it comes crashing to the ground and wide open to be shot. Once that ones on the ground? He doesn't hesitate to flip over the body of the one he slayed, kicking another one coming towards him hard enough in the face to knock it back into the last one- stunning both of them momentarily.]
dancingmd: (maybe it's phaserbeam)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-06-13 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Guilty or not, Beverly doesn't hesitate to take the opportunity Allen gives her, shooting down the lassoed target, while he tackles the other two. When he successfully stuns them, she crosses over to him, her gun aimed in their direction.]

I'll get these two. Check the corridor to see if there are any more.
save_the_souls: (showdown)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-06-14 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks and gives a nod]

On it.

[He runs over to check the corridor. Luckily, since these things seem to travel in packs of six, there doesn't seem to be more- but he's taking a moment to check because it sounds like there could more in the distance]
dancingmd: (looking down)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-06-14 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Gun pointed at them, Beverly steps towards the two stunned creatures and reaches for the tricorder in her pocket. Before she can grab it, however, they awake, pinchers flailing. Fortunately, they are still clumsy and sluggish in their movements, so neither gets a chance to attack her before she shoots. She sighs and calls to Allen.]

Are we clear?
save_the_souls: (I s2g if you drank catcus juice again...)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-06-14 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[He comes back after she shoots the last two, eyeing them as if he half expects them to jump up again. Even though they are pretty dead.]

For now, I'm sure there's more.

[Which is why he still has his claws out at the moment. He grimaces and nudges one of the carcasses with his foot.]

I don't suppose you know what these things are?
dancingmd: (oookay)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-06-15 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Looking down at the body, she shakes her head.] No, though... [She frowns.] They do look a little like Tholians... But not exactly. Not enough to make any assumptions about them, in any case.
save_the_souls: (watching)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-06-16 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Tholians?

[Though if it's not exactly though, it's probably not them like she said...]

Can your tricorder scan anything about them?
dancingmd: (looking down)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-06-18 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
They're a non-humanoid species from my universe. They just look similar in appearance is all.

[She takes out the tricorder and runs a scan over one of the dead creatures, frowning at what she's seeing.]

Hmm... this is very... odd.
dancingmd: (concerned)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-06-19 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Their neural system... I've never seen a configuration quite like this, even in insects, which is what they most resemble otherwise. It takes up most of their internal structure and is quite complicated.

[She looks up from the tricorder, looking very concerned and alarmed.]

I don't know that they're just animals, some sort of infestation. They could very well be sentient.

[Which... that's not good. That's not good at all. The guilt is definitely coming back.]
save_the_souls: (tomato in the mirror)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-06-19 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[He is also looking concerned about that.]

That's...very bad.

Is there any way we can find out for sure?
dancingmd: (default)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-06-19 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know if anyone has tried to communicate with them yet or...

[Her shoulders sag. She should have done that. But they just came upon Allen and her so quickly.]

I can take one back to the lab, perform an autopsy. Perhaps that will tell us more.
save_the_souls: (apprehensive)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-06-21 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[He gives a little nod. It really would be better to know more before they did much more.]

That...would probably be best. I can help you get them to the ship.
dancingmd: (looking down)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-06-22 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[She kneels down by the closest body, which is more or less intact, and reaches out a tentative hand to flip the insectoid over to what she hopes is a more dignified position.]

If they're the ones who sent out the distress signal...
save_the_souls: (two monsters within)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-06-22 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[He watches, not actually helping her do that since really - like he knows what a dignified position is for an insect.]

...If they were, then why would they not respond to hails and attack us...?
dancingmd: (listening)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2015-06-23 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know... but something feels very wrong here. It wouldn't be the first time I've run into a crew acting strangely.

[Or, you know, been part of a crew that's acting strangely.]

The trouble is, we don't know what normal is for them, so it's difficult to tell if this is their usual behavior or not. I could be wrong- they could also be the reason for the distress signal. I just don't want to jump to any conclusions yet...
Edited 2015-06-23 19:07 (UTC)