WINTER TEST DRIVE MEME

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WINTER TEST DRIVE MEME
Application FAQ | Taken Characters | Reserves | Application

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!

Here's a map 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. What used to be stores or places to live in lies in ruins, but there may still be something to scavenge among the rubble. Do you want to risk a swim in the flooded area that has turned into a deep lake that has yet to be fully explored; or does it draw you to some of the more prominent and partially restored buildings, such as the hotel, the hospital or the amphitheater.

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.

Visit the spaceships!

That's right, there are currently several small spaceships grounded in the hangar - Or what remains of them. It's painfully obvious that these ships have crash-landed not too long ago and were taken back to the hangar for repairs. You were assigned to one of them and its doors will open for you and let you enter if you wish. (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 as neither of them look as if they will be leaving anytime soon that doesn't really matter either way.

Maybe look around anyway. Or try your hand at some repairs?

Try the network!

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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✧ Premise ✧ FAQ ✧ Rules ✧ Test Drive ✧ Taken ✧ Reserves ✧ Application ✧
✧ Map ✧ Devices & Network ✧ Data Points ✧ Ships ✧ Flora ✧ Fauna ✧ Supply Requests ✧
✧ Player Plot Suggestion ✧ Player Contacts ✧ Player Permission Code ✧ Hiatus ✧ Drop ✧

code bases by tricklet

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Obi-Wan Kenobi | Star Wars

[hadthehighground]

A. We're not on Tatooine anymore.

He is not impressed. Obi-Wan Kenobi has seen and gone through a great deal in his time, but this is one of the strangest. Having been whisked away from his seclusion in the desert to a run down city on a planet he's never even heard of. It might not have been terrible if he didn't have a purpose aside from wasting away in the middle of nowhere. But now he was in the middle of some other nowhere having been robbed of that purpose. This is far from ideal, even if it allows him to hide further away from the reaches of the newly formed Empire. He knows no one here, though at least he was given proper information when he first arrived. A small blessing even if it was far beyond his wishes.

Carefully walking the streets of this strange, broken city, one Jedi went exploring. Looking over the ruins and not-so-ruined buildings, keeping his distance from other beings as he sized everything up. Reaching out into the Force to sense what life surrounded him, and... there wasn't much.

His brown cloak billowing behind him as he went. The sound of something behind him caused the man to whirl around, his lightsaber instantly in hand as the weapon came to life. The glowing blue blade humming with energy, the knight poised to attack should he need to. Blue eyes fixed on whatever, or whoever, had tried to sneak up on him.

B. Spaceships for a Space Wizard

Eventually his wanderings led him to the hangar where a series of ships were lined up. The robed figure strolling past each of the large space faring vehicles, looking them up and down and judging each one. They were not exactly what he was familiar with, but a ship was a ship, and he knew his way around them.

It wasn't until he came to the last one, designated the Starduck, that the hatch opened for him. Brows raising curiously, the Jedi ducked inside to take a look around. Snooping through the ship, he took a look in each of the rooms, eventually coming to the cockpit and studying the controls. When he was satisfied he made his way out again. Taking a few minutes to more carefully study the exterior of this particular vessel.

Perhaps you run into him inside or just notice him curiously looking things over. Either way, it's clear that this man knows a thing or two about ships as he studies them. Standing there and stroking his beard thoughtfully as he considers them, the Starduck in particular.

C. Wildcard!

((Want to thread something else? Go for it!))

Heheheh

[deal_me_in]

There's someone rooting around in the bunk room. The mattress to the lone single bed inside has been turned up on its side like someone's opened a box lid, and when it abruptly gets thumped back down again, the figure standing there is holding some sleek sort of firearm, looking it over. It's in no way aimed at certain people who might be nosing around the ship and into this particular room, but once the Hunter realizes he's not alone, he does look a little awkward for a hot second or two.

His metal face certainly declares he's a robot of some kind, but he wears clothing, his armor mostly leather with a few pieces in metal. Blue optics shutter in a blink, and then all at once he casts off the awkwardness and actually appears to grin. Amber light spills from his throat as he greets, "Hey there! Who are you and why're you on my ship?"

[hadthehighground]

Well this is... interesting. The human just stares back at this strange robotic being, his brows raised slightly. He hadn't known what to expect on this ship, but this wasn't it. It also explained why he hadn't sensed anyone here right away.

"You can call me Ben," the Jedi says in reply. The man calmly looking around the bunk room with just a hint of curiosity.

"As for why I'm here, the door was open. Are you a service droid of some sort?"

That was the only logical explanation after all. Droids were meant to have some sort of function on a ship. They didn't own ships of their own since they were not actual living beings. So that was his immediate assumption.

[deal_me_in]

"All right, Ben," the Exo nods before scowling a bit at the assumption. Then he laughs.

"The name's Cayde. I'm one of this ship's small crew," he says as he gives his gun a once over and then sets it down on the bed. He steps around it, hooking his thumbs in his belt as he looks the robed stranger over, walking so smoothly he could have been flesh and blood beneath that Hunter gear.

"You new around here? Silly question, 'course you are."

[hadthehighground]

This elicits a bit of a surprised look from Obi-Wan. A name? Normally he would expect a number followed by the droid reciting its primary function. From those that could actually speak basic, that is. Sometimes people gave droids nicknames that corresponded with their numbers, like Artoo or Arfour or something, but the droids themselves never tended to use them. Yet there is something distinctly lifelike with the way this machine moves and holds himself. It's very curious indeed.

"I see, then it's a pleasure to meet you." Quickly covering up the supposed blunder with his usual politeness, the Jedi dips his head in a nod.

"There does not seem to be many beings here at all, so I can only assume it's easy to spot someone new."

[deal_me_in]

"Back at you," the Exo replies. "You do realize that now I'll have to find a new hiding place for my guns." Still, he grins before nodding at the man's observations.

"You've got the right of it. There's maybe like...twenty or so of us around here? Small, abandoned town. That's the way it goes. Oh, you won't find the actual residents of this planet here though, otherwise it'd be a lot busier."

A!

[beholding_archivist]

It's not exactly like Jon is trying to sneak up on anyone. He is just walking down the remains of the street, inspecting a couple of tapes he has unearthed from his small bag and has so far neglected to label properly. Scowling at the tape in his hand, he mutters something under his breath, only tangentially noticing that there is someone in front of him once he round the corner onto a pathway leading between two ruins-

And suddenly there is a flash of light as energy manifests into a humming blade, making Jon stop abruptly, look up in surprise - And stare.

It takes him a moment to realize that what he is looking at is a weapon.

Then he screams, backing away, hands up in front of him. And by all means, Jon is neither a tall man, nor a strong-looking one. "Wh-whaAAHAH- WAIT! D-don't hurt me! PLEASE!" Those scars are not the results of acts of bravery, mind you.

[hadthehighground]

For a second or two there was indeed a stare down, but as soon as the other man screamed, Obi-Wan knew there was nothing to worry about. With a sigh, the Jedi lowered his weapon and deactivated it. The humming blade disappearing with a 'whoosh' sound. The Jedi looking at the man evenly even as he stammered, pleading for his life.

"I'm not going to hurt you," Obi-Wan said wearily, while putting the weapon back on his belt.

His hands then folding inside the large sleeves of his cloak as he patiently waited for whoever this was to calm down.

[beholding_archivist]

Seeing the blade being turned off is a relief to Jon, who maintains his deer in headlights impression a little longer even as he slowly lowers his own hands, bringing them together in front of him to clasp both of them around the tape he somehow has held onto despite his shock.

His expression turns apologetic. "Ah- I- I'm sorry. Di-Didn't mean to surprise--" And then it is as if a switch is flipped as realization hits the Archivist. "You are new! I mean- Here. On Agra 10!"

[hadthehighground]

"It's all right," Obi-Wan says curtly. He hides it well for the most part, but he is a bit annoyed. Moreso at himself and his situation than Jon. He was ill at ease in this place, and wanted nothing more than to go back where he had come from. Even if he had no love for the Jundland wastes.

"Yes, unfortunately I am. I suppose that it wouldn't be hard to notice considering the lack of beings I have seen here."

This city was practically a ghost town. It would be a lonely existence here, he was sure of it. Though not any more so than in his forced exile back home. He had yet to figure out what the other people here were like and thus was treading carefully.

[beholding_archivist]

"No. No, it's..." Jon pauses, gesturing a little at the nearest ruin and then shrugs and lets his shoulders sag with an added sigh. "There aren't a lot of us. Which still doesn't mean I should wander around this inattentively."

But that's not something to dwell on now. He can do better in the future. Right now, though, there are more important matters. Matter that make Jon's gesturing shift slightly, vaguely indicating the direction of the city center. "I assume you have noticed the data point? That little info dump the Agrii provided us with...?"

Given that not everyone trusts the data points, it's a good enough question to start with.

A

[happybeeps]

The astromech who had been trailing the stranger screamed, rolling back to his Master. Poe offered BB-8 a reassuring look, though his focus was fixed on the knight, or more accurately his saber, palms raised.

"Woah, hey- sorry. We didn't mean to startle you."

[hadthehighground]

Irritation flashed across Obi-Wan's face as he realized it was just a harmless looking machine. Which then fled back to its supposed master who seemed just as surprised as he was. With a sigh, the Jedi lowered and deactivated his weapon, putting it away.

"You would do well to keep better control of your droid." The irritation dripping from his voice as scrutinized the rolling ball. It was certainly no model he had ever seen before. "A leash perhaps?"

[happybeeps]

BB-8 gave an offended whir, hurling back a few choice insults of his own. His binary would be a few generations ahead of the droids Obi-Wan was familiar with, but the sentiment was clear in his tone. Poe gave an amused laugh, and stooped to offer the droid a reassuring pat, giving a light shake of his head.

"Is that so? Well, I guess you don't need our help then, come on BB-8, he knows what he's doing."

[hadthehighground]

There was only a raised brow in response to the droid's spunky reply. The last time he interacted with such a droid... well. He would rather not think about that. Instead he looks to Poe, the Jedi's expression neutral at the retort. If that fellow thought he would rise to the bait, he was sorely mistaken.

"I would certainly like to think so. Good day to you."

It was with a polite bow that Obi-Wan turned, his cloak swirling around him.

[happybeeps]

Sighing, Poe pushed back to his feet with an amused smirk, calling after him before the Jedi can disappear.

"You're new here, right? I can take you to the others from our galaxy. Cal'll be glad to see another Jedi."

A!

[tempredmental]

The hum of the blade caught Keith's attention right away as the person before him suddenly spun on him, and he could feel the hair on the back of his neck stand on end in some kind of warning, causing him to jump back from the other man. His own weapon, the black bayard in his hand faster than expected... the small handle shifting into a bladed weapon with a flash of light as Keith immediately dropped into a defensive stance with a shocked, "Quiznak!" as a response.

That said, he stared back at the other man as they both stood there for a moment, ready to fight and defend, but neither attacking.

[hadthehighground]

It was like that they would stand for a few moments. Obi-Wan’s piercing gaze looking over they young man, yet that was not all he was seeing him with. Felling the Force, searching for this boy’s intentions.

“That’s not exactly Huttese, is it?”

The Jedi relaxing to lower his weapon a bit, looking to see if he would do the same. Though truthfully a metal blade wasn’t much of a match for a lightsaber. There was no danger here.

[tempredmental]

Keith watched the other man lower his weapon a bit, relax his stance, and okay... he could take a hint. Neither of them wanted a fight. It was just a tense response between two people who were clearly used to being on edge all the time... fellow warriors. He slowly relaxed as well, watching for clues that this might be a trick, but also hoping and trying to trust that it wasn't.

The bayard still present, but it didn't exactly look like metal, and Keith didn't seem worried about an energy-based blade. He'd used it against one before.

"Huttese?" Keith shook his head. "No... it's Altean."

[hadthehighground]

“Ah... that is not one I’ve heard of.” And Obi-Wan knows quite a few languages. While not exactly a protocol droid, having the knowledge of some the galaxy’s languages was useful for negotiating.

The Jedi straightens up and deactivates his lightsaber, putting it back on his belt. Not that he couldn’t defend himself still, even without his weapon, the man looks considerably calmer as he folds his hands in Gus sleeves.

“Forgive me, I only recently arrived and... well I’m certain you understand.”

Being suddenly dumped in a strange place was as alarming as it was disorienting.

A

[the_child]

Obi-Wan would have to look down to spot this one. Grogu's eyes widen in wonder at the lightsaber. It had been a while since he'd seen a blue one. It was so pretty! He made a cheerful, curious noise, tilting his head at the unknown jedi.

[hadthehighground]

Oh.

Obi-Wan blinks and could kick himself for turning his weapon on a child as he looks down. The blue blade of his lightsaber disappearing completely.

“Hello there little one,” he says as he bends down to better look at the tiny being. His brow furrowing as he sensed something.

“Forgive me, I was a bit startled.”

[the_child]

It's okay, Master. He's pleased to find a jedi out here, and a jedi master at that... Even if he has no idea who this is.

His ears raise a bit and he coos as if to tell the stranger that it's okay.

[hadthehighground]

Squatting there on the ground, Obi-Wan tilts his head slightly as he looks over the child who reminded him so much of a great master and friend. One who had been like a grandfather to him.

He could sense that the baby was strong in the Force and do he decided to try something. Instead of speaking he reached out to touch the little one’s mind with his own. Communicating with feelings rather than with words.

Can you tell me your name little one?

A (let's pretend I was logged in the first time >>)

[monstermama]

She could blame the fact she wasn't used to walking planetside for why her foot scraped on dirt that she wasn't used to being there, but really, was she used to any of this? No. But stalking someone to figure out the wheres and whys of things was just fun.

That someone turning around with a bright blue flaming rod was new, and she found herself drawing back up against the wall she'd been by, almost fascinated by the sight of something new. Not him, of course. She'd seen humans before. But that was an interesting weapon. It smelled... peculiar. Energized. "Well, well. What's that and where can I get one?"