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Opening Test Drive Meme
TEST DRIVE
Application FAQ | Taken Characters | Reserves | Application
Welcome to the first Test Drive for The Revival Project!
For those who do not know, this game is a spin-off from The Drift Fleet game, which is shortly closing. For more information about what this game is about, please check out the FAQ here or the premise here.
The TDM for the first round of applications is NOT required but is highly recommended. Really this is to see the interest level in the game as well as to have everyone interact on the new planet and with the new experiences offered here. There will be a post in the TDM where questions can be asked regarding the prompts/settings. We're keeping this loose though so go ahead and have fun with it. Any questions about the game please direct to the comment section of the FAQ.
If you are a Drift Fleet alumni, please label your character as 'DFAU' on your top level so we know. 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! The only option not allowed is to completely restart your character (because then it's not DFAU, is it?)
So go! Explore Agra 10! And, as always, HAVE FUN!
In the square near your arrival point, one building seems to be in fairly good repair. It’s large and stark white on every wall. Unlike the other buildings, all the lights are on and the windows looking out are intact. That alone would make it remarkable but it’s hardly the most noticeable thing once you step inside the open doorway.
Hanging against one wall is a piece of fabric that has ‘WHALE COMB!’ painted on it in drippy, fluorescent pink letters. A smiley is painted underneath it right on the wall with three eyes and long fangs. The fangs drip down all the way to the floor and the eyes are just a blob of paint, but whoever left it seems to have been trying, here. ‘US THANK THEY!’ is written beside it, barely legible. On every other wall is ‘EAT’ in various sizes and colors. They thankfully don’t drip as much as the smiley since, beneath them, are tables upon tables of food.
There are meats, fruits, root vegetables, and even what might be a sweet dessert of some sort as well. Bowls are full of them, apparently a welcome dinner for the Agrii’s new heroes. At the very least it will give everyone a quick crash course on what is edible around here. But some of it might have … adverse effects:
- People chomping down on the striped meat all seem to get very drowsy a few minutes later.
- The red fruit that looks like a giant cherry is the equivalent of a few shots - the more consumed, the more drunken this party is getting.
- There is a bowl of weeds that have small, daisy-like flowers all along the stalks. This tastes like chicken and gives the eater a sudden burst of energy that will have them running around the room like they’re being chased.
-There are a collection of drinks, some made from the red fruit, some that are clearly water, some that taste like a less-sweet lemonade with no effects, and then there's a blue one that tastes like an especially dark beer. People drinking this will find themselves incapable of lying for a half hour.
Of course, no way to know any of this before you chow down. So dig in and enjoy the show!
They said don’t go into the forest. If the noises there weren’t deterrent enough then the thick trees and lack of paths should have been. Yes, you’ll need food. Yes, both meat and many fruits are in the forest. But maybe you should have gotten some more information before heading in.
Congratulations: you went into the forest and are now lost. You can’t hear the murmurings from town, nor can you see any of the lights that might be flickering on and off in the city. How are you going to get back into town? How do you make sure that the creatures here don’t attack you? You probably don’t have any weapons, so you’d better figure something out quick.
Or, maybe you’ll get lucky and run into another foolish person wandering around out here. Try not to attack them - unless they attack first.
The first thing every survivor needs to find is shelter. Not long after your arrival at the fountain, it’s getting darker now and, even if the night is short (you’re about to find out it’s not!), you don’t want to spend your first one out on an unfamiliar street. Distantly you can hear a sound like a wolf howling through an elephant’s trunk. It’s loud and alien. Maybe you want to find somewhere to sleep a little more quickly.
Right away there are two pretty solid options that will do nicely for the night: an abandoned hotel-like structure and some empty stores.
The hotel structure seems to be the most popular option for others. Its large, overgrown lobby leads you to the staircase and over a dozen floors of rooms in varying conditions. Despite it looking as though no one has set foot in here for decades, the stairs and floors all are secure. The rooms that have doors on them open up to dusty rooms that all have a bathroom (of sorts) attached and long, narrow bed frames. Figuring out a mattress will be a challenge but at least this is a safe place to sleep. As long as no animals laid claim to this room before you got in...
But let’s say the room in the hotel doesn’t work for you. Maybe the room is too small for you. Maybe you don’t like the stairs. Maybe you want someplace private to separate yourself from the rest of these strangers and to think quietly about what to do next. Either way, the other option is any number of abandoned stores lining the block where you arrived. The glass doors and windows of many are broken but there are just as many intact as well. The rooms are all large and empty, as whatever wares inside were either taken or dissolved over the years. There may be a counter or two that will get you off the ground, though. With all this space, you’re bound to find something to sleep on.
Unless someone else got there, first...
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Although--hm. He wonders if that means the siblings don't count Carolina as one of their number. Feeling his way around her until he solidly defined her as his sister was one of the more satisfying things Delta had accomplished.
And then he grimaces and splays his hands over his chest. "I will also note that this is not my original form. Before I came under the control of a corporation called Bifrons, I was an intelligence program." Well, technically he still is, just stuck in a human body.
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"You're... not human? I mean, such was implied by your word choice, but I could not begin to expect such a thing. I am relatively certain the same is not true of myself or the Ai family. I have assisted in raising my younger siblings from the day they and their nannies, supposedly hired by our father, arrive at the door."
The nannies too soon found their way to the street.
"You said you knew Gary. Gamma. Some form of him. Was he too an artificial intelligence? I think he might like that, to be honest, he always was more withdrawn than the rest of the family."
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"That is correct. Sigma, Omega, Gamma, myself, and the others are all AI programs created by the United Nations Space Command, Special Operations Project Freelancer. Because we were created by the same Project and similar processes, we consider ourselves siblings." And the less said about that creation process the better, as far as Delta's concerned.
Still, he looks curiously at the other man. "Next to Alpha and Beta, who were special cases, I was the oldest. Is it the same for you?"
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"The UNSC?" Delta asks, grimacing. That does still exist in his world. Well, his universe, seeing as he doesn't come from Earth. "You also have the UNSC? That is an intriguing parallel. I've never heard of this Special Operations Project Freelancer, though. So perhaps it is only our names that have a parallel to it."
It's something that would be easier to swallow.
Alpha. Beta. Another painful issue, clearly printed on Delta's face. At least they had Beta back now, though Tex wasn't the best at supporting them beyond financially. She tries, which he gives her credit for. But he misses the girl she had been.
"No. I'm fourth oldest. Well, provided Alpha is still alive. Omega is older than I am."
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Taylor. Who he still frowns to think of, after their last fight.
"Omega is not my favorite sibling," he says, rubbing his temple. "To say he has a temper would be oversimplifying matters. But the Alpha was hidden from us as well, for a time. He had forgotten his own identity."
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"I don't really know US State names. But there is a mercenary back home, he goes by York. And Omega's temper isn't that bad."
Except when it was. But standing up for his family is something he is obligated to do. After all Omega had been doing for him, for their family, he can't just let someone else speak poorly of him.
As for Alpha... he won't even talk about his lost brother.
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Because there's a more immediate question here, and he blinks. "You are not familiar with the names of the states? Do you have a weak connection to Earth, or none at all?"
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Still, that really is a bit of an interesting situation. Apparently this version of him is more familiar with Earth. Which Delta's only ever heard of in books and history stuff. And when really uppity UNSC members want to flaunt 'home' at the people who had never been off planet.
"I'm from a planet colloquially known as Adaptive. Earth just about abandoned us beyond corporations working on our planet and the UNSC base."
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"I am sorry to hear that. Is the Covenant War in full force, then?"
He can't really conceive of a place where it's not, but--surely they wouldn't abandon a colony if that were the case, would they?
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"I've not heard of such a war. But it could be pending. I hope not. The UNSC would draft Omega."
And a lot of the mercenaries.
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Is it better than being siblings with no knowledge of their father? That, of course, is entirely subjective, and Delta will withhold judgment. For all he knows, the other Delta went through just as many trials and tribulations - probably more, if he's as old as he looks. For all that Delta looks like a human in his late 20s or early 30s, he's still only about five. Respectable for an AI, but for a human? Ha.
"Though if it is of any consolation, a draft was not instituted. There were sufficient volunteers."
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"The UNSC are not so kindly where I'm from. Many are disdainful of the people from colony worlds as low down the list as Adaptive is. They forget that it makes us hardier, more paranoid, and more driven to survive."
That being said, he was certain Omega would never agree to join the military unless he found a way to get the UNSC to take care of their money and safety issues. Then... then he probably would.
"I suppose mercenaries might take that call, though. I pray Maine wouldn't, but Beta? She would."
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Maine? Yeah, he totally would. At least the Maine Delta knew, both at home and at Proles. Hell, he'd enrolled in the Proles army. "Beta would," he agrees instead. "It is her nature."
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Still, he's frowning at the very thought. He doesn't like to imagine Maine leaving, and Beta?
"We just got her back," he says, more to himself than the other him. "Tex... we only got her back recently. She's been helping with the family more. She's helped us get a new house."
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"I am glad to hear that. She can be a good ally, and a good friend."
But odd to think of her as a sister, despite everything. He'd come to view Carolina as a sister in truth, even if that is a can of worms he doesn't want to get into with the other Delta.
"Though I am curious if she knew she was part of your family all along and only recently found you, or if she did not know but was there all along?"
It would parallel nicely to the whole AI question.
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They met her, and it just came together. It had been a whole affair. Now she came by for dinners they made and she sometimes helped Omega learn to fight, and all sorts of other things.
"Beta and Alpha were taken away when we were all still kids. We didn't see her again until a few months ago. It was... impossible. But there she was."
And maybe he smiles. The last few months have been rather... messy.
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...Alpha had also liked to get very drunk once he did figure things out, so. Maybe on the other Delta's world, there hadn't been so much awful stuff for him to deal with. One can hope.
"I am glad," he repeats, his own lips quirking up into a smile. "She can be a very resourceful person. It would be good for her to have a cause to dedicate that resourcefulness to, aside from winning the war."
Because that was always what had driven her away, wasn't it?
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And now Omega and Sigma were following in her footsteps and Theta seemed wowed by the idea and...
"All the violence that has been brought into our lives. I suppose I can't even blame her. Not with Sigma and I dating mercenaries. I'm a hypocrite I suppose. But such is the potential lack of intelligence of the human heart."