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

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Comments

[ashwantstobattle]

"Well, we probably wouldn't have said no..." Ash shrugs. Pikachu side-eyes him for that comment but stays quiet.

"Oh! I'm a Pokemon Trainer! It's my job to catch and train as many Pokemon as I can to be the best that they can be. Where I'm from, when you turn ten you can get your trainer's license and get your first Pokemon. You can choose between a Fire Type, a Grass Type, and a Water Type. On the day I got mine, I over slept and ended up with Pikachu. It's okay though-we wouldn't have it any other way, right buddy?"

"Pika!" Pikachu happily agreed.

[deal_me_in]

"Heh! That right? -wait, ten?! Way to make me feel my centuries, kid!" Cayde shakes his head, but he still manages a grin.

"Seems like you got the better part of the deal there. You said Pikachu was an electric mouse? Sooo...these pokemon are associated with elements?" Interesting.

[ashwantstobattle]

Wait. Did he say centuries? No way, he couldn't have, right? He just nods in agreement because it's definitely true Pikachu was the best. Not that his other Pokémon weren't also the best.

"Yeah, Professor Oak says Pokémon are really in tune with the balance of nature. He's way better than I am at explaining this kinda stuff-but he says if anything is even slightly off the Pokémon will instinctively know."

"Pika pika." Pikachu nodded.

"Where I'm from they're everywhere, it's really unsettling not to see a single one here." Ash admits. "Even in the city you can at least find some Pidgey and Rattata around."

[deal_me_in]

"Guess that makes sense. I mean, animals are usually pretty sharp about sensing things, more so than we are," Cayde nods. These pokemon seem a lot smarter than the usual critters though, at least if Pikachu's anything to go by.

"Aren't many creatures around the city in general, but there are a few. The weather makes it a lot less likely to find anything wandering around out in the snow. Think the most you'll see are the glownies or the mothcats, but they've been moved or migrated indoors."

[ashwantstobattle]

"Glownie and Mothcat, huh? I've never heard of them before. Are they Pokemon?" Ash asks. Pikachu tilts his head in interest. Pokemon or not, they sound cool.

"Where would I find one? Can meet them?" He pressed.

[deal_me_in]

The Exo scratches the back of his hooded head. "Well, I'm not all too sure about what classifies something as a pokemon aside from possible elemental affinities, but I'd say these weren't. Pokemon might just be something local to your world."

He brightens though, stepping over to set a hand on Ash's non-Pikachu'd shoulder. "But that you can- meet them, that is. It'll be way warmer for you too. The glownies are over there in that area beside the agricultural center, which is that tall building there," he says, pointing in the given direction. "You can probably see it from here- kind of a stable area? And as for the mothcats, well, they've holed up in the library over that way."

[ashwantstobattle]

"Whoa, really? I never even considered-but that doesn't make sense. Giratina guards the reverse world and Palkia has the power to open portals to other dimensions- how could it be that ours is the only world with Pokemon?" He thinks about it for about two seconds before it gets shoved to the side. "I'm probably thinkin' about it too hard." He pauses and he looks up at Cayde when he rests a hand on his other shoulder.

"Pi..." Pikachu's cheeks spark gently in warning but the sparks disappear quickly enough once he's relatively sure Cayde doesn't mean them any harm but continues to eye him suspiciously. Can't be too careful with everything they've been through. Ash does not share the same concern and just turns in the direction of the stable area.

"Over there? Pokémon or not, I'd still love to meet them."

[deal_me_in]

Cayde gives Pikachu a wink. He's always had a soft spot for kids and seeing another one brought in make him miss the others that have come and gone from this place.

"Yeah, probably better not to try thinking about it too much. That sorta stuff is more up a Warlock's alley anyway. I just know this isn't Earth and probably nowhere near the Sol System. But it's an adventure, right?" He gives Ash's shoulder a pat before letting his hand fall away.

"Yep, the glownies are pretty gentle. I think there's a bantha over there too, actually- someone brought it along from one of the planets we visited."

[ashwantstobattle]

"A warlock?" Ash turns his attention back to Cayde. He's heard of Warlock's before, of course, but the idea one could open a portal is pretty new. It was a good thing Team Galactic didn't know about that. "Man, things are way different where I'm from. I'm pretty sure only a Pokemon could have enough power to open a portal like that, and even then probably only the really powerful ones."

"Guess it doesn't really matter now, so let's just make the most of it and go see the Glownies!" He turns back to the stable and hurries over, Pikachu hopping off his shoulder to run alongside him.

[deal_me_in]

"Keep on your toes, kid. Gonna be a lot of things that are different around here," Cayde advises. "I'm guessing you haven't gotten the rundown from the glowy ball by the fountain yet. Things get a little weirder than being kidnapped by aliens that can open portals to other places."

He blinks as Ash takes off towards the stables then, shaking his head a little as he watches the strange pair go off with a grin. It's always refreshing having someone with that kind of an attitude around here.