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.
blindoptimism: (wondering ♛ living life in peace)

[personal profile] blindoptimism 2015-07-15 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
Cassanda-- [she looks up, and isn't really that surprised. Despite the fact that her strategy was disregarded, she doesn't mind, in fact she's grateful for the backup]

They seem scared, I think we can easily avoid escalating the situation. [hopefully]
openhands: (one more touch)

[personal profile] openhands 2015-07-15 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cassandra is happy to fall in line, but sometimes you gotta disobey a little. She likes to think she's a good judge of when and where she should do that lies, so she's not all that surprised that Nunnally is not repeating herself.]

I'm surprised more haven't greeted us like this.

[They are a rather large fleet at this point, after all. And besides, they are aliens to each and every place they visit. There is a chance for harm in that regardless of their weapons.]