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Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2017-01-13 01:10 pm

don't fear the reaper

[The First Battle]

[They come shooting out of the great dark. Guns blazing, no warning. The enemy ships are ragtag, mismatched, and cobbled together from spare parts. But that doesn’t make them weak. No-- years and years of scavenging have turned them into raiders, and they carry their scars with pride.

The battle is more aggressive than previous attacks against the Fleet. Nothing deters the raiders because they’re tough, and if they see a wounded ship floundering, they have no problems swooping in and boarding. Those crews will soon learn the meaning of teamwork if they want to bring the attackers down. They infiltrate the Iskaulit as well, just in case people try to hide there. At this point they are very, very used to tracking down women and children for their slave trade.

If asked why they’re doing this, the answer is simple.

Spare parts have to come from somewhere.

Don’t worry. Nothing on your ship, and no one, will go to waste.]



[A Few Hours Later]

[The raiders are too strong and the Fleet is failing. After what seems like an eternity of warfare, static comes in, broadcasted to the fleet at large. Something or someone is hailing them…

The signal is untraceable and the video is complete static, but they tell the Fleet they are here to help. Ships come swooping out of the black and they open fire on the raiders. They number a dozen, maybe more, and the ships look eerily similar to the ones currently used by the Fleet, if not a bit older and battle-hardened. Their shielding and weaponry is much, much better, however-- and most of them have custom paint or other touches on their hulls.

They’re not invincible, however. A few may end up between a rock and a hard place when the raiders surround them.

Some older residents may remember this particular group of ships. They’re obviously helping out now, but there’s nothing stopping Fleeters from firing on their would-be saviors save a complete lack of weaponry. You do have a Security officer on board, don’t you? They’ll defend themselves by seriously injuring your ship, but they won’t destroy it for some reason. Small mercies.

The raiders soon realize they’re outgunned and jump ship, taking their dead with them. The intercepting fleet pulls back, too, and both parties vanish back into the dark as silently and swiftly as they came. There’s a lot of cleanup to do whether your ship is disabled or you’re preparing to tow someone else.

Hopefully, the people who saved you don’t change their minds.]


[Plot info is here! Feel free to make your own toplevels with fighting, barricading, being boarded, saving others, the aftermath, etc. There's lots to do!]
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] Tearful (Lost))

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2017-01-19 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[The spray of blood and the sound of the dying crash around Jeyne like the torrential waves against the cliffs of the Crag. She trembled against the wall, staring in horror at the man that she had shot.

He was so still and pale. One moment he was alive and then one squeeze of the trigger and he had fallen. Who was he? Did he have a family? A wife? His life was on her conscience and she would see his face in her nightmares, she knew that for certain.

It was only when Riona spoke to her that Jeyne was shaken from her daze. She looked up at the woman with wide eyes, horrified and tear filled.]


What have I done?
bryces_pup: (143)

[personal profile] bryces_pup 2017-01-21 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Saved my life, more than likely.

[Maybe an exaggeration, but she certainly had made her fight a lot easier. Likely, she also helped prevent a possible injury.]

You not only took an attacker off of me, you distracted them and gave me an opening.

[But she's speaking too much in terms of a warrior, something which Jeyne is not. Her expression softens.]

They attacked us, Jeyne. He tried to drag you away, not caring about who you were or what would happen to you. He does not deserve your tears or grief.
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] Upset (Hurt))

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2017-01-22 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
[It could be said that way, but she would carry this image in her nightmares for some time. Whatever he was doing, she knew that no man was completely evil. Robb's army had been invaders, killing several of her father's men and her friends.

Yet she fell in love with him and married him.

This man, whatever his mission, might not be wholly bad. But she would never know...she had taken away the chance.]


Why are they attacking us?
bryces_pup: (16)

[personal profile] bryces_pup 2017-01-27 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
I... don't know. But I think I recognize them from a world we had docked at. It was before you came to the fleet. Right before, actually. They were scavengers; they dabbled in everything and anything, including slavery.

[Apparently they thought their fleet would make a good target. Lots of parts and people to sell.]
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] Questions)

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2017-01-27 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
Was it the planet with the crashed ship? I was told there were slavers on that planet.

[She never thought that they'd be attacked by those same men.]

I wonder how they found us so quickly?
bryces_pup: (1)

[personal profile] bryces_pup 2017-02-02 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. And I do not know. They may have found a way to track our ships while we were in that area. Or perhaps they found someone who knew where we were going.

[If they had a contact, she'd have loved to have known who it was. Sadly, that will likely never happen.]
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] How Could You)

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2017-02-05 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Or the Atroma told them? Wouldn't they want this for viewers? To make this entertaining for them?

[At such a steep cost.]

Do you think the others are safe?
bryces_pup: (165)

[personal profile] bryces_pup 2017-02-11 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Who could say. It's quite possible.

[Unfortunately, they could speculate all they wanted, but it would lead them nowhere.]

I saw some of them, and most are capable of defending themselves. [Which, speaking of...] You need to get somewhere safe.
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] What)

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2017-02-12 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
The medbay.

[It was where she had been before with Beverly, before she tried to find Robb.]

I should be able to return there safely. Please, find Robb and make certain he is all right.
bryces_pup: (90)

[personal profile] bryces_pup 2017-02-16 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
All right, but I'll see you to it. I don't want you wandering these halls alone. [Jeyne's plea to find Robb strikes a chord with her. Wouldn't she be doing the same, if she was in her shoes and Alistair in Robb's?] But once I see you to the med bay, I'll look for Robb as best I can.