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.]
tough_love: (See? Simple!)

[personal profile] tough_love 2017-11-16 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
One quality that is not given nearly the praise it deserves.

[She's just as aware as he is that joking or not, that's veering into a gray area as far as honesty is concerned. She does give great gifts, just...very, very infrequently.]

There were unexpected...complications in breaking through the Vieziri's defenses.

[That was putting it mildly- the heavy machine guns, they'd seen while surveying the field before the attack. The other heavy weaponry, not so much.]

They had cannon, and hubris.

I dealt with both!

[Loudly and violently, not to mention with considerably less exuberance than was currently on display. And really, Sokka was probably much happier not knowing the details. Or what she'd put his hammer through before being forced to leave it behind. Or, well, who.]

And what of your battle? It would be a shame if you were granted a wound without a good story!
alwayscomeback: (Like thunder in the night)

[personal profile] alwayscomeback 2017-11-16 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I know, right? We really should work better on that.

[Maybe a Looma Appreciation Day or something. ]

That I don't doubt at all. You gonna heal up okay, or did they leave an actual scar?

[He knows which one she'd PREFER so he manages to keep his worried tone to a minimum. ]

I wish it had a good story, but it was just plain old being caught off guard with one from behind while I was trying to fight off a couple from the front. So sorry, it's not the most adventurous story ever.
tough_love: (Positively giddy)

[personal profile] tough_love 2017-11-21 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, they did!

[She sounds...she sounds way happier about this than most people would be. More than anyone should be, really. And she looks it, too- she's smiling ear to ear figuratively speaking and clasping her hands together like she's just been given the best gift ever. Probably because as far as she's concerned, she was.]

Though I am told it is likely I am likely to regain use of the other eye- eventually.

[She almost sounds disappointed at that, but not terribly so- she's at least guaranteed to come out of this whole mess with at least one sweet battle scar, after all. He's right about something else, too: that story was terrible. And he'll get a teasing punch to his good arm as punishment.]

The story has potential nonetheless- it is the delivery that's boring!
alwayscomeback: (Hello goodbye)

[personal profile] alwayscomeback 2017-11-21 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[She is so freaking weird, but he can't help but be charmed by it. At least it's not a bad kind of weird. Sort of endearing, in a smash-y kind of way. ]

Well, you don't want your depth to go completely. Think how hard it would make it to hit people. You'd keep missing them and then what fun would it be?

[He joking but also very aware she'd probably take that seriously. He laughs, stumbling a little because sweet lord she can punch, teasing or not.]

Oh? Have you got a more dramatic way of retelling it? I'd love to hear it.