thespaceopera: (dial tone)
Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2017-10-16 06:59 pm

it's gonna rain - and it never ends

[ It's midday, or close enough to it that the sun is blazing red hot above the planet. Everything seems ordinary - for disturbing, red-tinted values of ordinary, anyway. But the normalcy doesn't last for long.

Without warning, an explosive sound shocks through the jungle. It doesn't come from any one central point, but rather several points, scattered throughout, strategically placed to the advantage of someone. And from those massive shocks rises a wave of missiles - large, fast, and apparently, freely flying. They're guided, and they've locked onto their target: any foreign ship that is currently within Lato'li's atmosphere.

There's no way to mistake it. They're headed right for the Fleet.

The first wave feels a bit sporadic - timings might be off, but the missiles are still deadly, and if they hit, they hit hard. Shields might withstand this wave, but ships without shields will take direct hits. The ability to stay airborn is very, very quickly lost.

The second wave is much more precise, expertly timed and executed by whomever is firing from below. Even smaller shuttles get caught in the crosshairs, and those ships that lasted through the first volley will take a few more shots. If shields saved you before, they will fail here, giving out under the strain.

And the third wave comes, a little bit longer after, to finish the job. There are more of them, and they are far more advanced - they make the previous two volleys look like warning shots. This time, it's all missiles launched, all targets acquired.

Seven Fleet ships - and many, many shuttles - fall out of the sky, headed straight for the surface at alarming speed. Only four ships manage to escape the assault and exit the planet's atmosphere, retreating to orbit as fast as possible. Those lucky enough to have been in orbit can only watch as all of this happens.

But the missiles aren't the only thing up their sleeve. Just when the dust settles, while the network is surely lighting up with activity, attempts to contact one another and check on the status of fellow ships and crew, A loud, quick, terrible screeching noise shocks the network. It drowns out all communications on any connected devices - ship or personal. Ships in orbit will see all on-board systems flicker, then fizzle out, all non-emergency systems have gone completely down.

And with that.. there's silence. Perhaps too much silence. No matter what you do, no matter which buttons you press, which channels you try, there is no connection. Those who have dropped to the surface are entirely radio silent, and those in orbit have been reduced to the barest of abilities and life-support, with the bare minimum of contact.

So... What can you do now? ]


(( ooc: Feel free to use this post as a mingle for all your crashy or missile-dodgy needs!

• The following ships have been shot down: Bishop, Bloodsport, Blue Fish, Goldstone, Heron, Tourist, Twin Roses.
• The following ships are now in orbit: Blameless, Caprine, First Breath, Huntress, Iskaulit, Red Fish, Starstruck, Vanquish, Wonderduck

Good luck, Dear Fleet...~ ♪ ))
airily: (102)

you saw nothing

[personal profile] airily 2017-11-13 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah, look at his life, Sorey, these are his friends and his stories. ]

I mean we fought the guy, Eizen got even more poisoned and then he turned and got real hungry.
Edited 2017-11-13 21:38 (UTC)
monolike: (that can't be)

[personal profile] monolike 2017-11-15 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[you are confusing the hell out of your son, dad] ...hang- You and Eizen took down a Lord of Calamity? I thought you had to have a pact to do that!
airily: (099)

[personal profile] airily 2017-11-15 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't do anything. He told me to get away. [ Scoff. ] He ate him. Not much you can do after that.
monolike: (cuz my ass ain't about to sit here)

[personal profile] monolike 2017-11-16 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Wait- [Sorey pulls his hand from Zaveid's to hold them both up, sitting with his back against the console.] Hang on. I'm trying to understand. [Zaveid's agitation is clear, upset over what happened still plainly darkening his tone, but these clipped details are making it hard to piece things together.

Still, if he pushes Zaveid for more, will he just close himself off even further? Gosh, he wishes Lailah was here. She'd always been so good at reading Zaveid.]


You two went to fight a Lord of Calamity...and Eizen ended up absorbing the malevolence after making you escape to a safe distance? And that was how he ended up changing?
airily: (im a serious rper)

[personal profile] airily 2017-11-16 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's true, he is getting a little bit agitated, but mostly because it's not a great memory for him. Thinking back to the day that Eizen became a dragon is horrific, and it makes him feel sick, deep in his very being. It reminds him of when he lost Theo, when he lost Silva, the kids, Dezel... It's a solid pain that he can't get rid of.

Leaning back, he breathes out, closing his eyes. It separates him from the moment and makes all of this just a little bit easier to manage. ]


Yeah. That's how it went.
monolike: (well that blows)

[personal profile] monolike 2017-11-20 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
...you're all like...like the guardians of the world. [Sorey leans back against the console, a little awestruck.] You, and Eizen, and Lailah and Edna; all of you. Every time the world is threatened, one of you is there to save it.
airily: (029)

[personal profile] airily 2017-11-20 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Hey. I didn’t do anything. [ Zaveid frowns. ] Eizen kicked ass and are the guy. I just sat there and watched it all happen. He’s the guardian, not be. He was there with Velvet, he was around. I just... Wandered around tryin’ to figure things out. [ Clearly uncomfortable, Zaveid looks away, frowning. ]
monolike: (what are you saying)

[personal profile] monolike 2017-11-21 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
And then joined up with us. And helped everyone save the world. [Yeah sorry dad, you did your fair share of world-saving too.]
airily: (gremline)

[personal profile] airily 2017-11-21 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
You saved the world, Sorey. [ Not getting out of this one, no-sir. ]
monolike: brighten slightly, tone down green (very seriously: do you like waffles)

[personal profile] monolike 2017-11-22 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
We saved it. All of us. [Neither are you, dad.]