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driftfleet2017-11-11 05:54 pm
thespaceopera) wrote in driftfleet2017-11-11 05:54 pm
Entry tags:
- !event,
- !mingle,
- alistair theirin,
- anthony j. crowley,
- aurae "tempest" le paulmier,
- billy kaplan/wiccan,
- chuuya nakahara,
- cloud strife,
- fenris,
- freyja wion,
- hermione granger,
- james "sawyer" ford,
- justice,
- kaname buccaneer,
- leilani lavellan,
- looma red wind,
- prompto argentum,
- riona cousland theirin,
- sayid jarrah,
- snow villiers,
- sokka,
- takeshi,
- thor odinson,
- vash the stampede
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.]
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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I'll be sure to. But don't worry about us too much. We're used to battles like these, even if the weaponry's a bit different. I've been up against worse odds. [Okay but the Archdemon didn't have a Gatling gun. But these guys don't have the taint and yucky poison breath, either so. Trade off?] And you do the same, okay?
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Weapons here are pretty much primitive compared to where I'm from. Less magic too. Don't you worry about me. I can watch my back and others.
[Hopefully there are no teenagers intent on killing him that he has to fall off of buildings for again. That shit hurts.]
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[Scary thought, that these aren't the most sophisticated or deadly weapon out there. She remembers Kirk telling her about an entire world being blown up. Not by a meteor but with a weapon, and done out of an old grudge or somesuch.]
The closest thing we have to any of this is gaatlock, the Qunari explosive powder. But no one besides them knows how to make it. [It'd be for the best, if it weren't for the fact that the Qunari had and could very well use it against the peoples of Thedas.]
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[And some people come from worlds that just suck no matter what you do.]
That's probably a good thing. When explosives come into play, people tend to get real greedy and dumb at the same pace, I've noticed.
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[Despite what
Disneysome people might think, princesses don't make things better.]Doesn't surprise me. It's a lot of power to give a person.
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[Being a Seeress is the closest thing to it and they're all gone. Only Light is left.]
Too much power is never a good thing. No one can control themselves when it comes down to it.
[Cynical? Snow? NEVER!]
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[She wonders if it's that democracy system she was told about a long time ago. People voting for their rulers... what a wild concept.]
Goodness, you are a perpetual ray of sunshine. I'm overwhelmed by your optimism.
[Said in the driest tone possible to indicate that she is absolutely being sarcastic.]
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[It's complicated.]
Fuck optimism. I'm going for a more realistic outlook right now. I've seen too many people abuse those who were in their care.
[State plainly.]
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Realistic is good. Blind optimism doesn't get you very far. Just be careful you don't teeter over into cynicism, or any more than you already may have.
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No one wants to sit through that train wreck.
Except, Billy, it would appear.]
Cynicism's gotten me this far. It's not the worst thing ever.
[Snow, now you're just being petulant. Stop.]
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[Survived, obviously, but she wonders what else it's done to him in the interim. Cynicism becomes a poison in and of itself after awhile, from what she's seen.]
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[And does he look happy? Because he's not happy. He hasn't been happy for a long time.]
Which is a start, I guess.
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It's better than the alternative, yes. But that's not going to cut it forever. I won't claim to know what happened to you back in your world, Snow, but I can tell it's put you through a lot. This fleet is... well, being kidnapped never goes over well, but there are advantages to being here. Give yourself a break. Whatever's going on back home is there, it's not here.
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I don't see any advantages when one of the major problems I have seems to have followed me here.
[He runs a hand over his face, his jacket sleeve sliding down a bit, letting the edge of his brand show through. Luckily, the edges just look like a weird tattoo.]
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[The tattoo doesn't go unnoticed, but Riona's not sure what to make of it, if anything.]
I know how that feels. For what it's worth, if you come with some kind of condition that would endanger your life, it seems to be suspended here. At least that's my experience.
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[And before he ruins her happiness, he claps one of his hands on her shoulders.]
Look, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but you just concentrate on you and the little mister.
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[Okay, okay she'll drop the other subject. Grumpy doesn't seem to want to talk about it. ] Is that the new fashionable term for husbands where you're from?
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More like to punch anyone that attempted.
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Besides, he's not all that short either.