thespaceopera: (red alert)
Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2017-11-11 05:54 pm

sooner or later, god'll cut you down.

Who: Everyone
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Lato'li's orbit and also planetside.
When: Forward dated to 11/15.

[The Interceptor Fleet moves into position, waiting for the last few shield generators to fall. And in the early hours of the 15th, they do. The shield dissolves with a blip as if it was never there, leaving the man-eaters as prone as their prey. The Interceptors send out a transmission-- an unholy mix of Cockney and Australian that graces every available communicator-- if they answer it.]

We’re firin’! Do yer worst, Vieziri! We’re gonna kick yer sorry arses so hard you’ll kiss the moons!

[Five Interceptor ships swoop out of the dark and unload their various weaponry onto the Vieziri warships. At the same time, people stranded on the planet below ready the anti-aircraft guns onto their makers. And of course there is the Fleet itself, battered and yet beautiful across the velvet sky, as they fire everything they have.

Now the Vieziri start moving. Though the big red ship can’t do much maneuvering, the rest of the Vieziri warships certainly can. They fire back at the Interceptors and whoever else fires at them, willing to defend their leader and lose their lives in the process.

Luckily, the Interceptors have their own daring ships, which may look familiar to those who were here for the raider attack. One is emblazoned with racing stripes and flames all along the hull, and it moves so fast it nearly enters hyperspace. It’s there and gone in a flash, weaving past the enemy in crazy thrillseeking loops. Still another Interceptor ship is painted red and orange with a gold plate near the front, which reads BAMF with no explanation. This one has guns aplenty and easily weathers any duel it gets into. The third Interceptor ship is beautiful gold and black, sleek as hell and engineered with sense; this one packs the most gadgets and formidable guns of all calibers, and appears to do the most damage. Trailing behind is a much smaller ship, so nondescript it almost doesn’t stand out at all-- that is, until it forms a barrier to absorb some oncoming fire and reflect it back at the Vieziri.

There’s one ship that’s missing, though-- the one that was blown up several months ago after the heist. In its place is a small black ship that runs invisible to radar, sweeping past with silent speed as it lets loose a barrage of photon missiles onto the Vieziri flagship.

Down below, the Vieziri come out in full force-- one last stand before the warlord falls, trying to finish their fell rituals. Some of them rush the encampments, some go for the cities. Near the restored comms tower, a cloaked figure with a plain white mask fights their way through the onslaught using a plasma blade and a laser rifle.

After an hours-long siege, the big warship finally takes too much fire and breaks apart, lighting up the sky with falling shards like stars. The biggest debris burns up in orbit, but little pieces still rain down. It signals the end as the Vieziri begin to retreat both on ground and in the air. The loss of their leadership leaves them scattered and panicked.

The Fleet has won the day, but as the sun rises again over the wreckage, there is still plenty of work to be done.]


[ooc: Feel free to assume the Interceptors are helping your ships! The gold and black ship can be hailed and will give responses, as she’s been the main point of contact during this plot. You can also run into Zhade, though tags will be slow for both accounting for RL things. Please mark Zhade or Interceptors in the header of your toplevel if you’d like NPC interaction.

Any questions should be asked on the plot post for phase two.]
hollystrike: (my sweetheart)

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[personal profile] hollystrike 2017-11-20 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Says the person raining boulders, I mean come on. Katie peers over the side of her seat and grins cheerfully.]

Oh, I didn't see you there. [LIES. She's very particular about who she's squashing.] Weren't you still in space? You must have been very bored.
brothersboots: (z193)

[personal profile] brothersboots 2017-11-22 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Edna would rain down boulders more if she had more reason to on the Fleet. As it is, she's venting right now. Besides, she doesn't like being attacked in spaces that are supposed to be her home. It makes her a little cranky.

Well, crankier than normal.]


Yes, space is very lonely without a certain pest to keep me company while I watch plants grow. Besides, my ship is full of dumb boys.
hollystrike: (the drowsy water rats)

[personal profile] hollystrike 2017-11-27 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Dumb boys seem to be everywhere on this Fleet, I've found. Did any of your particular group come with you?

[Katie, you're starting a casual conversation in a battle field. Why. But she's keeping an eye on the vaguely rattled nearest bad guys, at least.]
brothersboots: (z200)

[personal profile] brothersboots 2017-11-29 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
I have noticed the level of dumb here is higher than normal.

[Conversations are what they do. Especially while Edna is just casually hurling boulders bigger than herself at the cannibals with scary accuracy.]

I don't know where the others are. I don't keep them on leashes, you know.
hollystrike: (my sweetheart)

[personal profile] hollystrike 2017-12-11 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Herein there is a small inner mental picture of a bunch of cute and very annoyed guys on leashes, because honestly. Her next grin is a flash of teeth.]

No comment. Would you like a lift?
brothersboots: (z196)

[personal profile] brothersboots 2017-12-17 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Ho do you know that Edna doesn't keep them on leashes? She might be lying. She might be taking a page out of Katie's book.]

Why would I want a lift? Sorey's around here somewhere. I can make him take me any place I want to go.

And I want to make these gross long-eared meat eaters taste dirt.

[To prove her point, a big column of earth shoots up to form a wall around the pooka and the seraph.]