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.
bolder: <lj site="tumblr.com" user="moontouchedyue"> (Other ☍ Interject)

[personal profile] bolder 2015-09-17 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[She follows his voice, and enters the bridge to sit next to him on the floor.]

Trying to get it started again or something?
save_the_souls: (can't make up your mind)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-09-17 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll look over at her, turning off the lighter so he doesn't waste all the fuel.]

Yeah...thought it might be better than sitting around and hoping it starts up on it's own again.
bolder: <user name=livebites> (Neutral ☍ Meh)

[personal profile] bolder 2015-09-23 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Just don't make it worse or anything. [Toph leans over and places a hand on the side of the console.]

If it was more mechanical and less computery, I could actually help with this part.
save_the_souls: (hmmm!)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-09-24 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll try not to!

[He looks at her]

Oh. I guess it'd be hard to metalbend these wires huh...
bolder: <user name=an1mei3> (Neutral ☍ Inform)

[personal profile] bolder 2015-09-26 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Not really, but I can't tell what they do or where they should go. With more mechanical things, I can feel how it's supposed to work. One thing moves, another spins, they're all interconnected, and I get how they fit together. It's not hard for me, but this is a lot different.
save_the_souls: (uuugh what)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-09-28 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I see...

[He considers]

Can you at least sense if any have fallen out of place? Even if you don't know what it does, a loose wire should be detectable, shouldn't it?
bolder: <user name=livebites> (Bend ☍ Punch)

[personal profile] bolder 2015-09-28 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's no sweat. Hang on. [Her other hand joins in on resting against the console. For a moment, she's silent, then she taps the side once, and looks to Allen.]

There's a few here and there. Also a giant chunk near the back.
save_the_souls: (eheheh yeah I sorta...stabbed a guy)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-09-28 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that right?

[He look at it for a moment. The only light source he has is a lighter- and he's really not sure about bringing an open flame too deep into a control panel.]

[Finally, he decides to shut off the lighter and sticks his hand in there before he gives a nod at Toph]


Okay, I'm going to try to find them. Ha- be my eyes? [8D;?]
bolder: <user name=livebites> (Other ☍ Please)

[personal profile] bolder 2015-09-28 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Pass. [She leans back again the console, a grin slowly spreading across her face.]

But I guess I'll be your feet.