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.]
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-11-21 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
[He flexes an arm, smiling.]

Of course of course! Real strong stuff!

They're heading towards the cities down here -- you wanna help me take care of the people living there?! They need our help, y'know! [You have a heroic captain, my good man. Ain't no helping it, sadly.]
onlyanapple: (In whom we trust)

[personal profile] onlyanapple 2017-11-21 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[He chuckles. ]

Of course you are.

Well. I suppose I am here and all. But don't expect me to make a habit of it.

[You know. Heroics. ]
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-11-22 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[He gives a grin, jogging happily toward the CENTER OF THE UPCOMING DANGER.]

I'll be the one to make it a habit!!

That way you show up more!
onlyanapple: (As far from cool as possible)

[personal profile] onlyanapple 2017-11-23 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
[OH SWEET SOMEONE CHILD NO. Crowley lets out a panicked 'GAH!' noise, moving after him. ]

I'm fairly certain that's a kind of blackmail.
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-11-25 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
What's blackmail mean?!

[STILL RUSHING INTO DANGER BUT INTERESTED OK]
onlyanapple: (Crowley explains the world)

[personal profile] onlyanapple 2017-11-26 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
It means doing something in order to get someone else to do something they don't want to do. Will you please keep out of the danger?
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-11-27 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
But if I keep out of danger, you won't come accidentally help out!

[And then he leaps into battle once more, throwing a sucker punch at some cannibal's face with a HIYAAA!!!]
onlyanapple: (For Someone's sake)

[personal profile] onlyanapple 2017-11-27 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
See, NO. This is exactly what I mean with the blackmail!!!

[Takeshi will you stop on my god. Crowley makes a couple of them vanish out of thin air. ]

Just get back to the bloody ship.
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-11-29 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
No! There's people to save!

[He says, holding up a fist of victory as he zips around the enemy--

Oh, shit, he's been tripped, there he goes rollin'. How fucking rude of them.]
onlyanapple: (For Someone's sake)

[personal profile] onlyanapple 2017-11-29 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is what will make Crowley feel like an old man. This right here. He exhales sharply, trudging after him, freezing any fool who goes on the attack in place. ]

Okay you're the captain so I probably don't have the authority to ground you, but I swear by Someone I will find the person who does.