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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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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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"What's the chances this place needs a mayor?" It was a rhetorical question asked mostly to himself before he took a sip of the alcohol. Definitely not spotchka. It was good though, a pleasant burn that helped clear his mind.

It was like any other new town then. Find a place and make himself useful. "Alright, not a hard thing to do. Guess I'll check out that hotel after this pleasant chat and friendly drink."

He figured a few days there before he found himself a place and then he'd figure out how to make himself useful around town.

The question, rhetorical or not, wasn't one Cayde ever expected to come up. His amusement surfaced in a brief chuckle as he poured himself a glass. "Probably be a headache more than its worth. At least most of the people here are agreeable and willing to pull their own weight. We all know we're in the same boat."

He tossed his own drink back; it was easier to take in one go than to make a mess sipping when you didn't have lips. "One step at a time, my friend. Sounds like a good plan."

"How many people are here?" The place seemed large and mostly empty. Cayde had explained there was a hanger and some other sights but on the walk he hadn't caught that many glimpses of other folks.

He'd have to take another look around and not get distracted by the water.

"I've never met a droid - sorry, exo - that can drink." Cobb was mostly ambivalent about droids. Except when they were valued more than him back in the early days. Cayde, though, was clearly something more than a droid.

Cayde thought for a moment. "Eh, twenty or so, give or take?" he replied, wiggling his hand from side to side as he tried to do a quick mental headcount. Either way, it was a lot of city for so few people.

His metal jaw quirked in a lopsided grin at Cobb then. "I enjoy a nice bowl of ramen too. Don't ask me how, either. Might sound strange but Exos don't even know how they work. But hey, I figure so long as I'm still kicking by the end of the day, I'm good."

Twenty. More than enough for a community. More than enough to rebuild a bit more. Cobb was probably thinking too far ahead and too much like he was still in Mos Pelgo with people who wanted to rebuild.

It was how he thought for the last few years. It would be a hard habit to break.

"I don't know what ramen is." Cobb easily smiled back. Cayde's friendly, easy going nature was definitely helping him feel more at ease. "Sounds like a food. I'm guessing it's not a struggle to survive on this planet."

All things considered, Cayde thought the man was taking it pretty well. Then again, of the few newcomers he'd personally greeted so far, most took things in stride. Maybe the Agrii knew what they were doing with their selections after all.

"You don't? Oh, you're missing out. You like spicy food? The particular bowl I've been craving's got a great kick. It's a soup of sorts, with these skinny, curly noodles, topped with different things. Good stuff. Been trying to figure out how to recreate it here, but I'm not exactly a cook."

He shrugged. "We're not hurting for supplies, but things could be better. There's some flavored food goo readily available, there's a greenhouse with a bunch of strange fruits and vegetables, there's critters that can be hunted. Takes some extra work is all, readjusting for some."

"I like spicy. We've got ahrisa on my planet. It's a baked bread with usually whatever you've got to put in it with a lot of spices. The best stuff makes you sweat." He liked the sound of this ramen. There were a few stews and soups common on Tatooine though they were more of a rare treat with how scarce water was.

A farm and hunting, providing for the town sounded like a good way to make himself useful. If there was nothing else he found more suited to his skills. He really had no idea how to farm.

"I can cook a little," he mused. "Might be able to help you figure it out. Since I'm gonna be stuck here awhile."

"Bread that makes you sweat. Huh! I'd try it!" Cayde didn't have to worry about sweating at least.

As Cobb considered his options, the Exo nodded, even as he reached over to top off the man's glass. "Well, there'll be plenty of time for experimenting. We also got a diner over by the town square and a kid who's been trying to run it single-handedly. Maybe he'll be open to an extra hand."

Cobb wondered how old the kid was. Pulled away from his family had to be rough. What was the point of it all? There was a thought to keep him up at night.

"I'll add it to the list of places to investigate." Cobb should get out of the bar and actually look around town but well, Cayde had topped off his drink and it would be rude if it didn't finish it.

He tossed another few credits on the bar too.

Cayde looked down at the credits. He had no idea what he'd do with them, but who was he to turn down some attempt to pay? Maybe they'd get lucky and their next trip off-world would have a place willing to take foreign currency.

"And if you got any more questions that come up or just need a hand with something, you can just ask around. No need to be a stranger," he advised. They all started off on the same foot and there wasn't any point in not returning favors.

It was bad practice to not pay the bartender. The money might not actually prove useful but it was the thought that counted.

"With that few people it shouldn't be too hard to find help when I need it." He knew the importance of friends or just friendly acquaintances. Cobb would figure out who he could count on and who might be better to avoid.

That few people around it shouldn't take too long either.

Those credits were quick to disappear as Cayde swept them into his hand from the bar. He may not have ever manned a bar before being here but he was no stranger to gathering a winning hand from a gambling table.

Again he nodded at Cobb, figuring he had nothing more to add on that note. Instead he picked up his glass, raising it in something of a toast. He'd fill it again but he'd rather save the stuff for others.

"In the meantime, guess being careful goes without saying. Crumbly buildings aside, there might be a stray giant bug about, and if one of those damned storms come up, I recommend sticking to the safe house in the square."

Cobb paused with his drink about halfway to his lips and raised an eyebrow. "Giant bugs?"

Sandswimmers and sandworms immediately jumped to the forefront of his mind. They were pretty dangerous insects native to Tatooine. Or maybe the giant bugs were in the water? Cobb immediately regretted that thought.

Kriff, he hoped there weren't giant bugs in the water. He really wanted to enjoy the sight of endless water. Couldn't he land on a planet kinder than his own?

Pausing as he conjured up said bugs to mind, he clarified, "Thankfully not like, as big as a person-sized, giant, but like..." The Exo gestured vaguely with his hands, three, four feet this way and that, head tilting at his own measurements.

"Anyway, one can fly and the other just came out in swarms and has a bunch'a legs, but at least they die pretty easy once you put a bullet or a knife to 'em. Thankfully haven't seen the flying ones lately. Hopefully we got 'em all if not most of them the first time around."

"Oh, that's not so bad." He was imagining something much bigger. That didn't sound too deadly compared to the native wildlife on Tatooine. "I didn't see any of them while wandering. Good to know they're easy enough to handle."

It still didn't sound like a good time, especially ones that flew. Not many things on Tatooine flew. He knocked back his drink and let out a little sigh. "You know, I'd like a quieter planet but there's something reassuring about large dangerous wildlife being around."

There was bound to be something bigger out there in unexplored territory, but from what Cayde could tell, most of the local wildlife tended to stay well away from the city limits, abandoned as the place had been. Strange, but one less thing to constantly worry about, not that he didn't keep an eye out for trouble. That was a habit he'd never shed.

"Heh! I think I can get where you're coming from. Honestly, if things were quiet and peaceful I'd be really suspicious."

"A little quiet isn't bad but it's constant quiet that you gotta look out for." That always brought trouble. The occasional quiet night or easy day of patrol was nice from the constant struggle of surviving.

He set his drink down and turned the glass with his fingers. "Doesn't seem too hard to survive here though. Got the basics, food, water, and shelter. Got other people around willing to help."

Cobb inclined his head towards Cayde. He appreciated the exo's help.

That was fair enough. There were plenty enough things that happened back home that quiet just meant being tensed waiting for the other shoe to drop. Cayde was used to it so made the most of the time between any fights that came up, but being part of the Vanguard just made him itch all the more for action on the field rather than be giving orders off of it. Still, he knew not everyone shared that sentiment.

"Not impossible, no." He gave Cobb a lopsided grin as he nodded back. Like he suggested earlier, most around were willing to help out and look out for each other.

There's still something not being said here but Cobb figured it would take time to learn the secrets of this place.

He finished his drink and then stood up from the stool offering Cayde a hand. "Well, this has been very informative and helpful. I'm gonna have to find a place to stay. If you ever need a hand, don't hesitate to ask."

That was how things were done in Mos Pelgo, after all. Someone helped you and you helped them out in return later.

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