thespaceopera: (red alert)
Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-07-12 12:21 am

Who goes there?

[After weeks of relative silence, our intrepid passengers finally travel within visual range of a blue planet. Marsiva's slow-and-steady course makes it clear that this is the Drift Fleet's next destination--but just as your ships come within scanning range and your computers begin to gather data, a fleet of quick little watchdog ships zip out of the planet's atmosphere, heading straight for you!

They do not swoop in for an attack, but hold their positions between you and the planet. They look close enough to cause some trouble, and any working Communications Officer can tell you that they have weapons locked on the Fleet in warning.

The tell-tale sound of an incoming hailing frequency chimes over your ship's alert system. Someone would like you to pick up the phone. Thanks to their augment, all passengers instinctively know that they'll be looking for the Captain or the Communications Officer of the ship--but no one says someone else can't pick it up first.

On the bridge, the hailing frequency can be viewed on screen, along with the attached subject: "Identify yourselves." The notification chime goes off every seven seconds. These ships don't look like they're going anywhere, but they don't want to be kept waiting, either.

What do you do? Will you accept the frequency?]



ooc → see the July Star System post for details about this event! there is no real rush in this post (we won't even be around to begin responding to it until Sunday afternoon), so take your time, feel free to tag each other in this post (maybe try to get your Comms officers off their asses), and there is no time too late to tag into this post. the element of urgency is all IC, and there is no OOC pressure at all.
averagestar: (from far far away)

a;

[personal profile] averagestar 2015-07-13 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[And Uzuki's in the communications seat, mostly trying to put together relevant information, and...]

...Captain, if the coordinates are right, that planet should be what the Iskaulit was targeting. They're probably going to want some information on that.
unconfines: (W → running is a victory;)

[personal profile] unconfines 2015-07-13 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
[The name of the ship, Iskaulit, gets a somewhat pained reaction out of him. He rubs at his eyes before it has a chance to get beyond a flicker in his expression, but... yes, that would make sense, wouldn't it?]

Maker, because that will go swimmingly, won't it? "Oh, it's fine, we just burned what we could and made off with the rest. Nothing to worry about!"
averagestar: (from far far away)

[personal profile] averagestar 2015-07-13 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Well, since we brought it along, I don't really think we have a choice but to give some sort of explanation. We might not need to give the full story, but they're probably going to want the major parts. I could do that, if you want I spent most of last month working on keeping all the information together, at least.
unconfines: (W → through the curtains of the waterfal)

[personal profile] unconfines 2015-07-14 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[He's quiet for a long moment, deliberating.]

Yes. All right. Give them what we know, everything we know, if they ask. But only if they ask. [Grumbling:] Owing them an explanation doesn't mean I want a hole blown in the hull for it.