Winter Test Drive Meme

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WINTER 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:

Winter in Temba and Sh'Ka

Winter has arrived on Agra 10 and with it its cold temperatures, sharp winds and, you guessed it, snow. It starts slow and gentle in Temba, but even such gentle snowfall tends to build up and over the course of a few days of constant snowfall, the city has been covered with a white, roughly knee-deep blanket - Unless someone actually remembered to keep some of the paths clear.

And it still keeps snowing. The cold is also causing some of the Shadowpaws to be drawn to the inhabited buildings of Temba in search for shelter. The further away from the library one is, the more likely it gets that they may share one's living space and bless anyone else living there with nightmares. The area around the library remains free of the shadowpaws thanks to the mothcats residing there.

Over in Sh'Ka, a similar picture has been painted. But being situated within all these tall trees paints a somewhat different picture. A more icy one. All the by now leaf-free trees are covered in a thick layer of ice, as are Sh'Ka's stone-carved buildings. The wind here is harsher than it is in Temba, which has been comparably wind-free.

Please try not to slip and hurt yourself while marveling at either city.

Explore the city Temba!

Here's a map of Temba 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 sitting in the hangar. Not all of them may be around when you check out the building, as one of the pilots may be using one of them to fly over to Sh'Ka. But there should still enough of them around for you to inspect and maybe wonder about. However, only one of them will open its doors for you. Do you dare to step inside? Check out the protein paste or maybe even meet one of your crew mates?

The two currently crewless ships are open for anyone to step inside and have a look around, maybe even use for a nap.

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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Comments

[kree_soldieress]

“No, it has not. We are quite curious on the time periods. We expect they were rather long.”

Yes, that sounds like a good analysis of their situation.

“And we are trying to save them from storms that kill them. I hear we have proof of this.”

[thepurpleone]

"Has no one asked them? If we can message them then I don't see why they can't answer a simple question like how long it's been."

The turtle doesn't seem very reassured by this responsibility they've been given. "You hear? And who's to say the storms won't be lethal to us?" He does not like this chain of events and their poorly reasoned strategy. There's not enough solid info for him. "And here I thought Raph was bad at plans!"

[kree_soldieress]

That's an interesting question.

"I do not know. I do not feel many people reach out to them. Then again, they may not know."

Which she knows is not reassuring either.

"I have lived through multiple storms, and I was not here when people were on the Agrii ship."

[thepurpleone]

"Well then, I will gladly send them a text- after I test out the flight capabilities of their ships."

See, he has his priorities straight.

Oh, but firsthand experience! Lauri-Ell once again holds his attention. "How often do they let people on their ship? Also, re: storms- so they're not deadly then? Super exaggerated in their fatalness?"

[kree_soldieress]

He really is truly driven to this one very focused goal, isn't he? She doesn't really get that, but she just nods as she moves to leave the ship.

"There was only the once to my knowledge. When people went to save Ga Re. And yes, they are deadly, to the Agrii. They are only a different sort of suffering for us."

[thepurpleone]

If she knew how obsessed he and his brothers have been with the Jupiter Jim franchise then maybe she'd understand a little better how much of a big deal it was to be able to have the chance of flying something actually built for space.

Donatello continues to follow along, not very much encouraged by Lauri-Ell's observations.

"Yeeeeah...that's not exactly reassuring. I have any problems with that 'suffering' part."

[kree_soldieress]

Yes, it was absolutely suitable to be interested in space. She very much enjoyed space, but this was a lot. Still, she moves them into the open hangar and looked around to try and pick out the light of the datapoint.

"Do you have powers?"

....wow where did the 'm' go in that 'many'

[thepurpleone]

"Powers? No? I mean, my brothers have magic weapons but all my ability is based on brains and science!" Yes, he's proud of that. And yes, he did pose then. What a nerd.

[kree_soldieress]

"Well then you should be okay. Just remember not to follow the things you see in the fog," she said with a smile. That seemed like the safest way to handle such things.

[thepurpleone]

Donatello nods confidently for all of two seconds before the rest of what she says sinks in.

"Wait what? You can't just say something like that and smile!! What kinds of things? What fog??"

[kree_soldieress]

Of course she can, because she knows he will be fine, especially with the warning she has now given.

"People you see in fog. They often aren't there. And the fog comes with the storms very often."

[thepurpleone]

See this perfectly drawn eyebrow twitching? This is not fine. He is not fine because this information does not sound fine.

"O...kay, so don't chase random people in the fog who aren't there, because that is the sensible thing to do. Why would I want to risk myself in a situation of compromised visibility?"

[kree_soldieress]

It's perfectly fine if you know what you're doing and what you're doing is just being careful.

"Because they will look familiar."

[thepurpleone]

The annoyed look promptly abates, replaced by something considerably more disturbed. Donatello presses his mouth in a thin line as he considers the implications. Hallucinations? Illusions?

"...wh- er, what happens of you follow them?"

[kree_soldieress]

"They try to get you hurt," she said, her tone matter of fact and almost as if she didn't much care that it happened.

[thepurpleone]

His footsteps quiet behind her as he stops then, looking...well, scared would probably be the best applied. That sounds like a horrible trick, using such deception against someone like that.

"But why?"

[kree_soldieress]

Ah, there, a spot of light. Clearly they are approaching the datapoint.

"I do not know. But they happen often enough with the storms."

[thepurpleone]

Oh, she's still walking. Donatello starts up his own steps again, not nearly as eager as he'd been. Lauri-Ell's answers are less than satisfying and this whole perspective of the storms is putting a huge damper on all the excitement of space and alien planets.

[kree_soldieress]

"They are not common," she says as she comes to a stop and pauses by the glowing orb. "I believe this will allow you to pilot the ship."

[thepurpleone]

"Well that's something," he murmurs. "How often do they occur?" He'd figured that with them being an apparent threat to the former denizens of the planet, the were a lot more frequent.

As they come to the data point Donatello lifts his head, stepping closer to examine it. "Tactile informational transfer- like the one outside with the...history lesson?"

[kree_soldieress]

"A few times a year," she answered as she took a step back from the orb. She does not want this one.

"Yes, that is a good description."

[thepurpleone]

Frowning thoughtfully, he pulls down his goggles for a moment to try studying the thing's potential readings. "Huh?" Donnie frowns harder as nothing seems to be coming up on his display, making him pull the goggles off.

"That's...weird. Maybe they need a recharge," he mutters, not completely convinced of that but it's a problem he'll worry about later as he replaces them and sizes up the data point again. He sucks in a breath and then sets his hands on the thing.

[kree_soldieress]

Lauri-Ell just stands by silently to look at the turtle touching the datapoint.

"Hopefully this isn't too bad."

[thepurpleone]

It is every bit as weird and amazing as it is disturbingly invasive as the other one had been, but this one leaves behind precious information! Donatello releases the orb with a gasp, staggering back as he stares at the unassuming thing.

"Whoa..! That was... really weird and kind of concerning but otherwise omigosh I know how to fly a space ship!"

[kree_soldieress]

Fly, upgrade, and probably repair too.

"Then you shall enjoy your trip to Sh'Ka then," she says with a smirk.