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Summer Test Drive Meme

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!

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Hot Summer Time!

Summer has arrived and you know what that means: It's time to head out and spend some time at the beach, lounging on its bluish, almost purple sand, going for a swim or gathering some of the fat, green lobsters just wandering around the beach. They may be tasty, but remember that their pinch is toxic. It won’t kill you but it will definitely have the pinched body part swelling up and itching like a bad wool sweater.

If hunting for food isn't what you came here for, then sunbathing is always an option. Even if the color seems odd, this sand, also, likes to go literally everywhere.

Simply hopping into the water is also rarely a bad idea. This close to the coast there are no harmful creatures in the water, so whether you brought a swim suit, hop in fully clothed or have no care in the world about who might stumble over you naked, Agra 10's ocean is yours to play in.

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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She doesn't know.

She's from sometime between becoming pregnant and dying in childbirth, she has to be. Which makes little sense either.

"The Emperor," he finally hears himself say. "The Sith Lord hunting down Force sensitives. And, and his hunter, Darth Vader."

He doesn't know how it all went down. But he knows most people never knew the connection between Anakin and Vader. Everyone involved destroyed that information for various reasons.

"The Emperor..." It takes her a moment before she she sighs, nodding. "Palpatine. I... I was in the Senate when he declared the formation of the Empire. It was horrible. I don't know that other name, though. Darth Vader? The only others I've heard of were Darth Maul and Count Dooku."

She feels like she should know, though. Do any of the others know of this Darth Vader? They must! Had they just not told her?

Luke shakes his head. "Vader won't be seen for a little while yet. I'm not sure exactly when, but it was not long after that." He doesn't know what happened to Anakin to cause his fall. He doesn't know what happened to leave him that mechanical monstrosity.

She shakes her head again, still confused. This Vader person would have to wait, she had more important things to worry about. "But... None of that explains why you were taken from me. I can protect you."

Looking aside, she bites her lip and thinks. Her mind is reeling with possibilities. Even if her life had been in danger, she had proven time and again that she could protect herself. She certainly could keep the children safe. She could have just hidden somewhere with them. There's no way she would. Have willingly let that happen! Oh. Oh no. There's really only one reason that fits. Things begin to fall into place. She covers her mouth with her hand. She was called a Senator by some from her future when she arrived. It never occurred to her why they'd do that when the senate was long dead in their time and she'd presumably have grown into some other role. Not that she'd asked about her future, or had ever really wanted to know. The only explanation is that she doesn't have one.

Her voice is soft "Oh... Oh no..."

"I'm sorry," Luke whispers. Because he doesn't know what else to say or do. She's clearly worked it out, why they were separated, why she wasn't there, why he grew up without parents. "I was raised with a lot of love. So was Leia. We weren't together, but we were both loved."

She takes a slow breath, composing herself. Everyone dies sometime. She'd been more than ready to die on several occasions in her life. It didn't frighten her. She'd been more concerned about her children growing up without her. Luke's reassurance helps a great deal. She couldn't raise them, herself, but as long as they were loved and protected... that's all she can ask for.

With practiced grace and poise, she tucks those thoughts and emotions away to deal with later. Centering herself, she turns back to Luke with a smile and a nod. "I'm glad. And now we have a chance to get to know one another. Granted, these are very unusual circumstances, but I'm happy it's brought us together. I've brought a blanket to sit on, will you join me?"

There's something... Jedi like in the way she tucks her emotions away, to deal with later or whatever she'll do. But it reminds him of the little time he spent with Ben.

(Less so Yoda. Yoda had a vague sense of frustrated annoyance about him a lot. Having met the others here, he can sort of understand why.)

"Yeah, sure. Of course." He detours briefly to tie down the lid of the bucket that has the lobsters in it and grabs it by the handle to follow her back to her blanket.

In another life she'd have made a great Jedi. Alas, that was not her destiny.

While he sees to the bucket, she pulls the blanket out of her bag and spreads it on the sand. When she sits, though her back is still perfectly straight, she looks at ease. She spreads her skirts around her legs, but leaves most of the blanket free for him to join her.

When he sits, she smiles. "I'm happy to tell you anything you want to know. I admit, I'm terribly curious about you, but I won't press if you're not comfortable telling me."

Luke takes up very little space on the blanket, tucking his legs up half folded under him. "I- don't really know where to begin. With questions or offering information. Until this moment, I never thought I'd have a chance to ask anything so I didn't think about it."

He's been a bit... busy.

"How did you meet Father?"

She smiles fondly, though it's tinged with sadness. "We met when we were young." Looking out over the water, her mind goes back to that time.

"I was queen of Naboo. I'd barely begun to get the hang of everything when the Trade Federation invaded. One of my handmaidens had taken my place, while I disguised myself as a handmaiden so I could travel safely. There were two Jedi, Qui-Gon Jin and his Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, who rescued us and took us off-world. We were trying to get to Coruscant so we could ask the Senate for assistance." She pauses, turning to look at him, "Unfortunately the hyperdrive was damaged and we had to land on Tatooine for repairs. As the queen's handmaiden, I went to Mos Eisley with Qui-Gon. It was there that we met Anakin and his mother Schmi, slaves of a junk dealer who had the parts we needed. He was just a little boy, then. But he risked his life in a pod race so we could get the parts we needed. Qui-Gon sensed the Force within him and freed him from slavery so we could take him with us. He was brought to the Jedi temple and I didn't see him again for ten years."

Her smile widens as she remembers seeing Obi-Wan and Ani again, "When next I saw him, I was a Senator, my life was in danger, and the Jedi Council had sent Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker to protect me."

"I'm sorry, you're a Queen?" That exact point had been left out. Senator, he knew. Queen, though?

"So, you were a queen, he was a boy and then ten years later they were sent to protect you as a Senator. You were a Queen?"

She laughs, looking down as she nods. "Yes. On Naboo, Queens are elected for 2 year terms. I was the youngest Queen to ever serve. I served for the maximum, two terms, and retired. The next Queen asked me to serve as Senator. I'd had other plans, but I couldn't say no."

"... huh." What else was there really to say? "I know virtually nothing about Naboo. I mean, I've heard of it. Palpatine comes from Naboo." But he didn't know much else, really.

Her smile dims somewhat. "Yes. He was a Senator when I first met him. None of us had any idea what he was capable of."

But she wouldn't let him sour the mood. "Naboo is beautiful. We celebrate art and culture. There are so many lakes and oceans. It's why I like coming here."

"I was nineteen the first time I experienced rain. And, you know, learned to swim." Chewie had at least made sure he didn't drown. "You would've grown up swimming, I guess."

Her eyebrows raised. "Where did you grow up?" Somewhere without water? She has a theory, but she's not going to just guess. "But, yes. We'd spend school breaks in the lake country. It was wonderful."

Luke looks at her and then out tot he ocean. "Tatooine. Owen and Beru Lars raised me."

Padme's eyes widen. She hadn't expected that. Though it does make sense.

"Owen Lars? I've met him. He's Anakin's brother. Beru was lovely. I'm glad they were married."

He nods. "They raised me and they loved me. Owen did his best to stop me killing myself flying and Beru patched me up when Owen inevitably didn't manage to stop me." He can think on them and remember growing up, not just their deaths.

That gets a laugh. "Now that sounds like your father. Though I dare say I've gotten into my own share of trouble in my time."

Padme sounds far older than she looks... Of course, she's been in politics for over a decade, so that has something to do with it.

"... Within a week of them dying I'd joined the rebellion as a front line pilot." Maybe it really was only Owen's determination that had kept him from finding every single disaster possible to throw himself into.

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