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!
onlyanapple: (Default)

[personal profile] onlyanapple 2015-04-14 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
No, that's the norm here. We've lost our uh... main captain. He's off on some other ship.

Only lots more guys to shoot?
radiantwingedone: (Focus)

[personal profile] radiantwingedone 2015-04-15 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Hopefully the ship he is on is doing well. [ Sort of absently. No ill-wishing the people he's going to end up.. living around. ]

Of course. [ He'll.. focus on those for now. ]
onlyanapple: (Burny)

[personal profile] onlyanapple 2015-04-15 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
It's probably fine. I think they have a pilot.
radiantwingedone: (Default)

[personal profile] radiantwingedone 2015-04-15 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Well, they'll be able to get out of the way of things, which is good.

[ ... Which is what Duke is annoyed most about. ]
onlyanapple: (Default)

[personal profile] onlyanapple 2015-04-15 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucky them, I guess.
radiantwingedone: (Must have been quite a miracle.)

[personal profile] radiantwingedone 2015-04-17 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Here is an agreeing noise.


... Sorry Crowley, Duke's done with talking on this topic, at least. He's just terrible at picking new ones, sooo... silence from him again.
]
onlyanapple: (Winter=HATE)

[personal profile] onlyanapple 2015-04-17 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh well, back to not dying then? ]

One on your left.
radiantwingedone: (Default)

[personal profile] radiantwingedone 2015-04-18 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Back to not dying! It's a lovely thing to focus on.

Here's a hum of 'hear you'.
]