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driftfleet2015-09-13 10:53 pm
thespaceopera) wrote in driftfleet2015-09-13 10:53 pm
Entry tags:
- !event,
- aiya/gray nightingale,
- alex russo,
- allen walker,
- anders,
- anthony j. crowley,
- belthazar spellscry,
- beverly crusher,
- bran stark,
- cassandra pentaghast,
- cheese sandwich,
- clay terran,
- coil lenn,
- cole,
- cory matthews,
- davesprite,
- eugene ben woods,
- felix harrowgate,
- fenris,
- frobisher,
- hiccup horrendous haddock iii,
- hiro hamada,
- imperator furiosa,
- james potter,
- jove lavellan,
- katniss everdeen/nova,
- lea (axel),
- leanne,
- margaret "peggy" carter,
- margarine "margie" detemps,
- megaman.exe,
- miah lanbatal,
- natasha romanoff,
- nelkeila tarid,
- nunnally vi britannia,
- nux,
- pearl,
- richard castle,
- riku,
- robin redbreast,
- rogue,
- simon tam,
- sokka,
- stanley raymond kowalski,
- syeira,
- tekhetsio,
- the vision,
- toph beifong,
- vash the stampede,
- vima sunrider,
- yamanaka ino,
- yosuke hanamura,
- zessica wong,
- zhas
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.
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.
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probably not. he probably needs his energy. ]
I just forgot how to use it. The Atroma gave them back today, I guess. It's been months...
[ sigh. ]
At least I can see in the dark. Think anything got moved out of place?
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[He wishes he could see in the dark, UGH. That's so cool.]
Not that I've noticed, but I'm worried something might've jumped on board when the systems went down.
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[ (x-files theme plays in the distance) ]
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No, a pony.
[P L E A S E]
Look, the guys we were fighting shoved us into this-- this nebula and then completely bailed. They wanted our ships to screw up. I want to make sure the why doesn't end up being more dangerous than it is.
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riku gives him a flat look. ]
There's more out there than just those ships and us. Unless you know every creature that exists in the entire universe, none of us know what could happen, or who. Besides, if there were new people--or anything else--on this ship, I'd feel it.
I asked Simon before I found you--what if it's a warning, so we don't go further? Maybe there's something more dangerous ahead.
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[He blinks, then, and there's a curious pause.]
You-- you can feel when people are on the ship?
[Curious, not judging. He really doesn't know much about Riku at all.]
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I didn't mention that?
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oh, right. it slowly dawns on riku that he's been kind of... withdrawn, ever since both sora and kairi were missing in action, and since kaneis... disappeared. he's kind of glad it's dark now. ]
Sorry. [ even when hiccup said it wasn't his fault, he's still apologizing. ] I've got this--weird... magic, I guess. I can use Darkness and Light like an extension of me. It's like... d'you have bats where you come from? Or d'you know what sonar is?
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[WHAT.]
That is... a strangely useful and specific magic power to have.
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If I'd known you were funny, I wouldn't avoid the engine room...
That's not how it works. It's kinda like... my power does that. I send it out and it tells me what's around when it bounces back, kind of the way bats make sounds and hear themselves so they can tell where to go. That way I can keep an eye on the ship while not moving around.
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[He blinks, then nods. That... makes more sense than Riku screeching down the hallway.]
Convenient. Kind of creepy, but I feel safer anyway. I guarantee you don't need to use any magic to know I'm around though. [His prosthetic squeaks to accentuate his point.]
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Believe me, if I could turn it off, I would. It's... kind of a 'you're stuck with it' thing. [ he gestures to the prosthetic. ] I noticed, but... didn't wanna ask.
[ he'd say something about that he could smell oil around him but hiccup would probably find that creepier. ]
What, do people not like humor where you come from?