thespaceopera: (red alert)
Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-09-13 10:53 pm

warning! warning!

[The nebulas are beautiful in this region of space, at the very least. They gleam as great distorting clouds of space-stuff that your scanners don't even want to attempt to analyze. They affect the ships' instruments much like other areas of disruption have in the past, but these are actually visible as large swathes of light--like giant flames frozen in their swirling shapes, suspended across impressive stretches of space. For once, there's something like scenery to look at, out here in the black...

And then, the proximity alarms begin to blare.

From a gap between the two nearest clouds comes an assemblage of ships! Familiar to some and new to others--they do not respond to hails or communications of any kind, and they're gunning straight for the Fleet without slowing. Their weapons are locking on and firing as soon as they are in range.

Many passengers have been through this before, and many of the ships are bigger and better than they'd been in the previous skirmish. Today, the Drift Fleet will put up a better fight, even punch a few holes in their attackers.

Your augment knows where you need to go! Do you run to your station? Do you dodge your job? Are you unsure how to help? Are the captains giving orders or panicking, and are their crews paying attention? Everyone's got a chance to fight back before the enemy fleet runs them into the nearest nebula--and things suddenly take a bad turn.

As soon as each Drift Fleet ship hits the nebula, its systems overload and short-circuit before going dead. It stays silent for minutes, no radar, no comms, no network. Stubborn stragglers are ganged up on and forced into the cloud, followed by the poor ships on autopilot being bodily hauled into the nebula with tractor beams. Once the entire Fleet has been set adrift as sitting ducks, before the Marsiva can get too close, the attacking fleet... turns and flees through the cloud, seemingly untouched by the nebula that scrambles your ships.

Eventually, the systems flicker back to life, blinking on one by one. It will be several hours before any other effects of the attack will be noticeable. The network shows up as live again, but Atroma never shows up to explain a thing...]



ooc: the out-of-character event post is over here! respond to this post any way you like; you can have action, comm messages, play during the attack, being stuck in the nebula, checking in after the network comes back online, or whatever else seems fitting.
touchofrogue: (But Darling...)

[personal profile] touchofrogue 2015-09-17 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Rogue is a little less inhibited.]

Have ya lost your mind?
zessica: <user name=siberia> (Anger ➾ Scold)

[personal profile] zessica 2015-09-17 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[There's another jerk of the ship as they barely scrape by another one undamaged. She's almost yelling at Rogue now.]

We'll be losing more than that if you don't help me out!
touchofrogue: (Gloves Off)

[personal profile] touchofrogue 2015-09-18 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, there were some times when you just had to throw everything to the wind and trust your friends. And she had decided Zessica was friend, so.

Rogue stripped off one glove and started pulling off her shirt as she headed over.]


Ain't gonna do any good if I knock you out, either. I'll just take enough for a few minutes.

[Two seconds. For two minutes. That should be enough for Zessica to recover if she needed to tap again, and if she didn't, then... well.]
geonomy: (☆ lately i've found)

[personal profile] geonomy 2015-09-18 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Clay can't help darting his gaze around, trying to figure out what's happening. The only thing he heard from Rogue was that her skin was dangerous, nothing about the specifics behind it. He still keeps his sights in front of him, but he's trying to be aware of what's going on around him, too. Finally:]

You guys are going to have to tell me what's going on as soon as we get out of this alive, okay?!
touchofrogue: (Touch [She'll Lay You Bare])

I think it's my turn? yell at me if I'm wrong.

[personal profile] touchofrogue 2015-09-20 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Approaching with one hand bare, Rogue offered one warning:] Just think about what you want me ta know.

[Then she reached out and touched Zessica's bare arm with just the tips of two fingers. 1... 2..]