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.
alwayscomeback: DNS (We went too far)

[personal profile] alwayscomeback 2015-09-17 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[He will always censor himself. ]

Yeah? So Atroma are in league with these...whoever they are?
save_the_souls: (why couldn't you have...)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-09-17 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know for sure, but it's a possibility.
alwayscomeback: DNS (And I'll keep this world)

[personal profile] alwayscomeback 2015-09-18 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if they are, I bet they're laughing it up right now, while we float along helpless.
save_the_souls: (uuugh)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-09-18 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[He frowns]

We're not helpless, we're Blue Fish. I don't give a damn if they're laughing, you'll get her flying again in no time. I'm sure of it.
alwayscomeback: (Which will refresh)

[personal profile] alwayscomeback 2015-09-20 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ok, that gets a small smile. ]

Aw. I always love your pep talks. [He rubs his hands together. ] Okay! RIGHT! Let's get her moving again!
save_the_souls: (idk my bff Tim?)

[personal profile] save_the_souls 2015-09-20 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh! He beams; YEAH SHONEN HERO VALIDATION] Thank you!

And right! Let's show them what we're made of!
alwayscomeback: DNS (Down the way)

[personal profile] alwayscomeback 2015-09-20 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[YOU WIN, ALLEN! ]

YEAH! They can't keep the mighty Blue Fish down!