Summer 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!

Thread ideas:

- Explore the city! There's a map here and a bit more description of some of the buildings here. Most of the buildings are run down and have clearly been abandoned for years; fortunately, the water treatment center appears to be working, but power is intermittent and unreliable. The hotel seems to be the most crowded, but you might want into what appears to be an abandoned storefront and find someone else scavenging or even sleeping.

- There are spaceships! That's right, there are currently several small spaceships grounded in the hangar. They appear to have power, but only one ship will let you enter. (For test drive purposes, the ship that will let you enter is up to you, so just pick whichever name appeals, and go for it!) The other ships won't open for you, but it might be worth poking around the one that will...

- Do you hear a storm? A giant, power-altering storm has been ravaging part of the planet for a month. It shows 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? More information can be found here.

- Can you hear me now? 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.

- 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...



code bases by tricklet

Comments

[seeingscarlet]

We just...woke up here. Like before.

Some of our old ships are here too, but they're different. All of the upgrades are missing.

[dothelokimotion]

[ so the usual pattern. more or less. ]

Did any of the augments activate again?

[seeingscarlet]

[Wanda shakes her head.] I don't think so. They have their own data points.

I took their Communications point too. I could almost understand how the communicator worked without it, but not enough to do anything special without it.

[dothelokimotion]

[ perhaps they've learned new lessons. ]

You have quite the task ahead of you.

[seeingscarlet]

[Wanda grins.]

Are you going to make me change your name on the network every day?

[dothelokimotion]

Perish the thought.

Though I have enough names to go through.

[seeingscarlet]

[She laughs and turns back to getting the tea ready.]

I've tried to boost the signal, but nothing. And now that I've seen the storms, I don't know if anyone would come. It is...it's bad.

[dothelokimotion]

It is always bad.

But I can see it is bearing down on you.

[seeingscarlet]

Vision was here at first, but now he is gone and I don't know where he is or what happened to him. Most of the others from our world too.

[A beat. Wanda turns around, and when she speaks again her voice is shaking.]

When I saw so many of you in that storm...I was so afraid. They play with things they don't understand and I wanted so badly to find them and make them tell me what they'd really done. If I could force them to put us all back where we belong I would. I'm tired of watching the people I love get hurt.

[dothelokimotion]

[ his expression softens. ]

The storm is an illusion.

[seeingscarlet]

Maybe, but...something must be causing it. And something took my powers.

[And something sure knows just which buttons to press to make Wanda run further into the storm, heedless of the danger.]

[dothelokimotion]

I did hear the storm nullified powers.

[ which can be frightening, but the atroma have pulled such tricks before. ]

How often do these storms come by?

[seeingscarlet]

Every couple of months? Earth-months, [she adds quickly.] The days and nights here are very long. We just had another one so it should be a while until the next.

[dothelokimotion]

[ hmm. suspicious. ]

It sounds like it's being done to hide something. Some action, some plot.