thespaceopera: (red alert)
Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-04-05 07:32 pm

Alert! Alert!

[bright and early one Sunday morning, proximity alarms begin to blare. could it be another set of disorienting malfunctions?

no... this one is for real. the Drift Fleet is under attack!

any ship with a scanning array will pick up a small swarm of ships--roughly the same caliber as the ships in your fleet--swooping in fast from distant space. any pilot, engineer, or communications officer who remembers those strange blips in the radar over the last several months can confirm that this is that very same group that's been following them. this time, they're not leaving room for negotiations, and they will not respond to any hailing or threats. they are on a mission.

within minutes, weapons are live, and the fleet is fired upon. suddenly, the casual drifting of the fleet turns into something much more real, and much more dangerous.

do you follow your augment's call and run to your station? do you flee your responsibilities? do you wish you could help and can't? are the captains leading or floundering, and are their crews even listening?

for a few terrifying moments, the fleet will be hammered, and Atroma is silent. you are all on your own, dear passengers. your little ships are not prepared for this, you have not been trained--and your enemies have no such trouble. a few ships are even shot down, forced to make crash-landings on nearby stations.

things look grim as the terribly-outmatched little fleet fights to defend itself... until the attacking fleet suddenly turns and bolts back into the darkness without warning.

maybe the attack was a warning. maybe they were just testing you. maybe something frightened them off.

whatever the reason, you are all left beaten and confused, without explanation at all.]


ooc posthere
this is a little event to kick off April! and it is essentially a glorified themed mingle, so there is no rush to reply to this immediately. the outcomes of the ships have been predetermined, based on the augments of the crews. all of that information and more (including info for people on hiatus and who wish to opt-out) can be found on the ooc post as well.

flourish or buckle under the pressure, help or hinder, and most importantly-- have fun!
serves: (and always fool me)

after

[personal profile] serves 2015-04-08 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[A fight is a fight whether you're on solid ground or in space, so Cullen quickly learns. After, he looks a little jostled, but otherwise is fine when he comes across the dwarf.]

What was that?
merchantprince: (♪ and stay there if you have to)

[personal profile] merchantprince 2015-04-08 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Hell if I know. [Oh, he's mad. One of the consoles sparks angrily, and Varric responds by kicking the shit out of it.

At least it stops.]


We saw some guys on the... whatever it's called. The radar? We saw them a few months ago. They didn't respond to any of our messages, didn't do anything. Just watched us.

I bet these bastards were the same ones. I don't know why they shot at us now, but... shit. They really ate through the fleet.
serves: (games that never amount)

[personal profile] serves 2015-04-12 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't heard any reports of casualties, so that's something.

[He... really doesn't want to think about what death in space is like, thank you very much.]