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FALL TEST DRIVE MEME

FALL TEST DRIVE MEME
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Welcome to the Current Test Drive for The Revival Project!

This game is a spin-off from the closed The Drift Fleet game. For more information about the game, including more details on the setting, please check out the FAQ here or the premise here.

A thread on the TDM will be required for all applications. Please view the FAQ for information about how this works. Any questions about the game please direct to the comment section of the FAQ as well.

If you are a Drift Fleet alumni bringing your character from the game, please label your character as 'DFAU' on your top level. Also, keep in mind you have complete flexibility on how your character comes here. They could be taken before endgame, after endgame, two years after, one year before, etc. It's up to you! If you want to completely restart your character, they're not considered DFAU anymore and won't need the label.

So go! Explore Agra 10! And, as always, HAVE FUN!

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Fall in Temba and Sh'Ka

Fall is a season that, in temperate climates like that of Temba and Sh'Ka leads to great changes in the land. Of course in both cities that change is often peeking out amid the occasional dustings or drifts of volcanic ash, but with each of the light fall rains, it's almost as if the memories of the eruption that ended the summer are being washed away. Each city, though, has its own new challenges to face.

Temba seems almost peaceful, breathing out a sigh of relief after its near destruction. Just southeast of the city one finds signs of the damage in greater evidence. The recent lava flows have taken out large stretches of vegetation, replacing them with fresh volcanic rock left bare at the surface. In some places there's even residual heat given off, especially closer to the volcano that now rests as an unending reminder of what was nearly lost. Meanwhile in the city itself the plants that would normally provide a natural abundance outside of the domain of the greenhouse seem to offer scant pickings, perhaps a result of the intense heat of the summer.

Meanwhile in Sh'Ka fall proves to be a threat, though in a new way this year than in any before. The danger derives from the Blood Vines near the train station. Apparently ash-rich soil only feeds the vampiric plant, and its spines are larger than ever as its vines lie hidden under the mounds of ash, ready for any unsuspecting prey.

Explore ~~the city~~ Temba!

Here's a map of Temba and a bit more description of some of the buildings here.

Despite having been protected from being destroyed by the volcano itself and unlike Sh'Ka not having been buried in vast amopunts of ash, Temba still suffered notable damage from the earthquakes that came with the volcano's eruption. Previously restored buildings were damaged and others entirely caved in on themselves leaving them beyond any hope for restoration. The streets and paths are even worse to traverse than they used to be but for what it's worth water and electricity are still working. Most of the time.

Needless to say, exploring is more risky these days as buildings may still cave in without warning and seemingly solid roads may crack open to drop anunsuspecting wanderer into underground caves left behind by the quakes.

And yet the city can still be explored. If you are lucky, you might even stumble over The Deep End, the bar located on one of the mid-levels of the tower residences in one of the residence towers. Unfortunately no bright neon signs can lead you there, but it does exist.

Now what's happening with the hangar?!

A while ago, the ships vanished from the hangar and as of now no one can say why exactly that happened. Now your character may snotice that the map still indicates a hangar, but going there has them walk straight into- A force field? And a massive one at that. It's notably larger than the hangar building used to be and by no means translucent. Instead, your character will see a reflection of the city around. Or much rather the rubble and empty area around the location. What's going on here? Do you investigate the strange case of the missing space ships and now also missing hangar?

Try the network!

The network is back up! Upon arrival, your character will have on their person a small, handheld communications device. Maybe they know exactly how to use a computer, smartphone, or tablet, and immediately blast out a text or video trying to figure out what's going on. Or maybe they're not so tech-savvy after all, and everyone is about to get a lovely shot right up your character's left nostril.

There be storms...

These power-altering storms keep ravaging parts of the planet every once in a while. No one truly knows where they come from or what to do about them yet, but one of them appears to be approaching. You have the option to find shelter in one of the buildings to wait for it to pass. Unless, of course, you rather feel drawn to investigate.

Should you step inside the storm, or even get lost in it, it will show ghosts of people you know and those you don't. It drains you of any super-human abilities and tries its best to keep you from getting to its origin. Are you going to try anyways? Or are you going to chase the whispers of people from your past? Maybe you will simply find yourself calling for help or stumble across another lost soul in need of assistance.

More information can be found here.

Wildcard!

You're welcome to use any previous test drive scenarios or previous game events as a basis for a thread/situation, or simply make up your own! Keep in mind that you're currently stranded on a planet with only basic necessities, but there is enough food and fresh water. Creature comforts, however, seem to be distinctly lacking. Quite unlike a gathering of potentially dangerous creatures to encounter. The setting is yours to explore and have fun with!

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1. 'Tis stormin'

[ Mariner has managed to get to the hotel, somewhat accidentally, as she booked it inside away from one of those storms that sure do look like the ones the data point showed taking some of the Agrii out.

But her curiosity seems to be getting the better of her. She was missing her combadge, phaser, and a knife when she woke up on this planet. But, the powers that be oh so kindly left alone one of the T-88 diagnostic scanners she brought along in her pocket. She might be popping one of the hotel doors open just a crack to see if she can get a good scan of what's going on in that storm...

Until she suddenly perks up, obviously hearing something outside.]

Jennifer?

[ And there she goes, waltzing right back outside into danger, even though she should absolutely know better when it comes to pretty obvious energy hallucinations, or manipulations, whatever these baity little things are. ]

2. Yellow to pink to... Alien Target

[ Mariner can be found in any ol' place in the town center, or later, the Northeast side. She's just checking in on any building that seems interesting or like it might hold something she wants or needs. Like the big department store she eventually ends up in might!

Mariner can be found poking around the store muttering to herself. ]

There's gotta be some in here somewhere... Don't they know that they have to give us either weapons or booze, they can't take both!

3. Network video

[ Now that she's sure she's not alone here, and her initial exploration is starting to wind down, why not make a video post? ]

Heyyyy, fellow captives! I'm Mariner, and this isn't my first "kidnap randos to save a mysterious alien race in trouble" rodeo, since I'm reppin' Starfleet.

[ She gives her uniform top a little tug with her free hand to illustrate that. ]

But it IS my first time in one where, I guess, they expect us to rebuild the whole damn society and live here. Also my first time with seemingly magic brain altering computers that just teach you jobs, but uhh... I guess my real question is what's up with the hangar?

[ She turns her tablet around so it's almost over her shoulder as she gives the forcefield around the hangar a little tap tap with her knuckles. ]

Do they have ships in here or like is this where they keep all the stuff they pilfered from us?

Richie is just walking by as he hears someone in the shop rustling around. He walks backward, peering inside before he sees the woman and laughs at what she says. "That's what I said when I got here! More about the booze than the weapons, but c'mon, right?"

He walks in and gives her a cheeky wave. "Richie Tozier. I take it you're new here?"

Knocking some empty and half-decayed cans of what might've once been alien soda to the floor in a loud clatter, Mariner turns toward the voice, and eyes Richie here for a moment before nodding and returning his little wave.

"Beckett Mariner, or just Mariner. But yeah, I'm starting to side with you there, Richie. I was willing to accept either, but as I come across more and more garbage, the need for alcohol grows stronger."

She nudges one of the cans away with her foot.

"Please tell me you could tell I'm new because only the newbies don't know where the stash of the good stuff is?"

Richie shoots her finger guns and a wink. "Lucky for you, that is the good news. There is a bar nearby that has alcohol aplenty. I have group therapy sessions there whenever I feel like getting wasted. I think we're honestly overdue for one."

He swings his head toward the door to encourage Beckett to come with him out of this place with him.

"The bad news is it probably won't be anything you're used to. But I am partial to Red Fruit Juice for my inebriation needs. A great vintage or whatever the fuck."

"Yessss!" She does a fist pump and immediately follows his lead. "I've only been here like two hours, but I've got a feeling you, Richie."

He kind of reminds her of her BFF Boimler, in a way. But kind of cooler so far (Sorry Boims!)

"I am so not worried about what it actually is. The last thing I drank was Bloodwine, and I mean, it's great and all but that hangover... Well, you're human too, right? So you probably know."

"Uhh..." He tries not to think about what bloodwine might be. Is this another fucking vampire? She doesn't seem like the others but what did he know? "I know about hangovers in general but bloodwine is a new one for me. I think the worst I ever had was when I mixed absinthe into the Jungle Juice.

"The problem with having adult money with a teenager maturity."

Thankfully not a vampire, or a Klingon!

"Oh man, you have to try it sometime. Klingon drinks mess you up fast. Wait, what's Jungle Juice? it sounds like something I need to try." It's rare sometimes to find a new drink to get the rest of the lower decks wasted with.

She gives a little chuckle at that last comment though. "Since Starfleet doesn't use money, that hasn't come up for me yet."

"Starfleet..." It rings a bell but one so old and so tiny that he has to think a second before really remembering where it came from. "OH! Holy shit! You're from that place with the...you know. Aliens and shit! The future!"

Richie backs up, knowing this probably makes no sense.

"I am from like 2019, originally. We have people from the 1980's and earlier. All different worlds and universes and shit. We visited yours once! A long time ago tho. Place called Risa?"

[Don't mind her, she's absolutely intrigued by this video.]

So are you saying you've, like, ACTUALLY been to space? Been on ships and met aliens for real? That is super cool! As for the hangar, apparently the ships have been gone for a while. Improvements I've heard. Something like that.

Yeah, I grew up on starships so of course I joined the academy like the second I was old enough to. That's pretty much the only time I even spent on Earth. What about you? [ She gives a very small but dramatic gasp. ] You're not one of those people who grew up on some science outpost planet in the boonies and got stuck there, are you?

[ That's usually the only type that gets excited about space travel in her universe and time... Since it still hasn't sunk in for her that she's likely the only person from there who is now here. ]

Wait, hang on. Improvements by who? The guys who got mostly taken out by some lighting storms and spell everything like a dad joke from the dark ages? Or is there another player in this hostage situation?

You grew up on starships?

[Okay, that is super cool. Like, insanely so. And here Robin had barely gotten to see aliens at all, only had been told about them, and someone had actually met them? That made her smile because how could she not? Someone who finally understood stuff!]

Science outpost planet? No, really not. I'm from Earth, uh, a place called Hawkins, Indiana. But if you're already ins pace and we have science outpost planets who knows if Hawkins even exists anymore!

And I think the improvements are by the aliens? The ones that brought us here. So yes? Those ones? Um, now that it's being said like that this sounds terrible.

Yep, sure did! And I've never heard of Hawkins, but Indiana definitely exists. Captain Janeway was born there after all.

[ Mariner isn't gonna get all weird about it now, but she is absolutely a Janeway fangirl. ]

Right? If they took the ships somewhere I guess we'll be lucky to even get them back. But then, if they existed here at some point I'm gonna guess we can't use them to get somewhere a little less... Dying? Or else why would anyone come back?

Captain who?

[Clearly someone famous. Famous people from Indiana? That's something. Better than the whole cursed stuff that happened back home.]

I really don't know. I've only been here a few months if I'm honest. And we didn't have all of this in the 80s.

Oh my god, you don't know Janeway?? If we ever get back to a holodeck, you're in so much luck.

[ Ok, now she's getting a little weird about it. ]

But she was the captain of Voyager, they got sent through a wormhole into the Delta Quadrant, which is like the extra middle of nowhere for space. It took them years to get back, and all this weird junk happened. They got turned into horny salamanders for a while, found Amelia Earhart and like the dinosaurs from Earth who all ended up in space, OH one time this evil virus cheese infected all the gel packs on the ship!

Hang on, it's the 80s right now isn't it? Pretty sure it was 2381 before I woke up here anyway.

What's a holodeck?

[It's not that weird. Robin knows really weird people. They play D&D mostly. Does the future have D&D? What a question to think of. Not that she really cares that much. It's just nice to see someone who isn't a guy around.]

Wait. Found Amelia Earhart? Oh my god. She didn't die in the Bermuda Triangle? And didn't the dinosaurs die from a meteor?

[Hold on. Hold on. Robin's eyes go huge with shock.]

It was 1986 for me. You're from four hundred years into the future!?

[ Oh the future absolutely does have D&D, it's just video-based and involves pretending to be aliens. ]

Nope, not dead! They all went to space. And the holodeck is a room on a starship where you can program in different places and all kinds of dudes with--

[ RECORD SCRATCH. Hang on. 1986??? Well this is somehow a bigger blunder than going back in time and spilling small amounts of beans to the old timey Discovery crew. ]

Ohhhhhhh, you meant THOSE 80s. Well, fun fact, it's actually kind of against the rules in Starfleet, and in a properly flowing timeline, to tell people from the past anything about the future... Or that time travel is possible in honestly way too many ways. But uhhh... If you see anyone else from Starfleet, maybe just act surprised if they say anything.

[Hey, who says that Dwarves and Elves aren't aliens? You haven't been to every planet. You don't know for sure.

Also, really? Why would she ever program a holodeck with all sorts of dudes when she could program it with literally anything else?]

Yeah, I can definitely act surprised. Don't worry. I'm really good at keeping secrets that are on levels so high that you know there's like fifty pounds of red tape wrapping them up.

Still, it would be wrong of you to give a girl a glimpse of something as cool as a future with a room you can program, whatever that means, and not finish the description!

How often do these sort of things happen to you that you're familiar with it??? And what's Starfleet?

['Rebuild the whole society', makes him think of his world. He's always wondered how they were going to fix everything if the walkers were all gone. How to rebuild life after the end of the world.]

I don't know, I ran into the forcefield earlier. Head still kind of hurt from it... I-I imagine they would have like vehicles or weapons or something inside that we just can't get to right now. Not without shutting down the forcefield first.

More than you'd think for being on a ship that only does second contact missions. But the Lower Decks are the teammates that usually get left behind in places first.

[ Oh shoot, he doesn't know Starfleet either? So that was probably gibberish. ]

Starfleet's like a big organization that explores space and meets new aliens. All kinds of spacey stuff.

But yeah, that sounds absolutely plausible. I wonder if we can even figure out what's generating the forcefield. I don't know if you've noticed, but this planet kinda sucks so far, so getting into a ship would be a major upgrade.

[Indeed, all of that sounded like complete gibberish to Ben. At best, it sounded like something he'd hear from some space movie or read in a comic.]

Oh. Guess that's on me for not getting it the first time.

['Starfleet', 'mysterious alien race rodeo', uh-doh Ben!]

How can I not notice? This place looks like a complete trainwreck! I mean, it looks nicer than any of the cities back home like Macon, but this is a big mess. At least there hasn't been any walkers here, so that's a positive I guess.

[A sigh as Ben rubbed the temple of his head.]

Out of everything here that could be working just fine and dandy, it has to be the forcefield blocking a place where we can probably get a ship or supplies.

Nah, it's cool. It's just everyone knows what it is already where I'm from, so I should probably stop springing it on people.

[ Plus she's been totally violating the Prime Directive and temporal Edict like all day, so she's going to end up exiled to the most miserable Starbase in existence if she ever gets out of here. ]

Yeah, I'm guessing the dudes that brought us here are the ones who put this thing up. I heard it only appeared lately. It still blows my mind they can't seem to spell anything but they can kidnap all of us and set up a forcefield like this.

Wait, walkers? Like the kind old people used to use or?

I'm honestly surprised we can even read it at all. You'd think with it being aliens and all that it'd just be gibberish that we couldn't understand. I think I'll take a few misspelled words over not being able to read completely.

What, no? They're the walking dead. Where I'm from, the dead just started walking and going around eating and killing everyone. It's a complete horror show.

[Connor's head is tilted as he looks at Mariner curiously, his LED cycling yellow.]

What is Starfleet?

[Maybe she'll answer his question if he answers hers?]

From what I've gathered, there used to be ships there, but I don't know where they've gone. When I first arrived and was able to explore around it a bit, I found tools and workbenches, but nothing that I recognized as being taken from the current inhabitants. At least, I didn't see anything of mine in there.

[Not that he had a lot of stuff to call his own, but his point stands.]

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FALL TEST DRIVE MEME

Beckett Mariner | Star trek: Lower Decks

1. 'Tis stormin'

2. Yellow to pink to... Alien Target

3. Network video

2 Eeeek I love Beckett

OMG perfect because Richie is the best of the Losers' Club!

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Your journal name is so ironic now

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I'm so sorry for the wait on the response!

3 [Video] (I haven't watched Lower Decks but I plan to!)