Test Drive Meme

[crux_mods]

Did you want to test your characters? Do you want something that you can use for an RP sample without digging up an old thread? Well, here you have it. Pick one or multiple prompts below or, if you want, make a prompt of your own. Just be sure to tag around so that everyone gets plenty of exposure.

1: Explosions in space! Space Bandits attacked the space colony everyone was visiting! Dozens of fighters and mobile armors fly through space, locked in deadly combat. Are you among those battling to save lives? Or are you watching from the windows, praying everything will be safe?

2: Explosions underground! You were part of a trading party, exchanging supplies with an underground penal colony when alien animals burrowed through the walls and started assaulting convict and Confederation member alike! What are you going to do?

3: Explosions over the city! The Colosseum is shooting off fireworks as part of a concert or a sporting event! Are you watching in the crowd, a main attraction, or watching the bright colors from the city?

4: Explosions on an asteroid! You're either observing, guarding, or mining an asteroid! It's rather dull, save for the explosions that rock the ground under your feet. It looks like it'll continue to be just as slow, but... was that something moving in the shadows there?

5: Explosions on a space station! As you approached a research station, you receive a distress signal! Fire's broken out and their systems aren't up to spec! Can you do anything? Are you a part of a scouting crew or out for a joyride in your new yacht? And is this an accident, or something more sinister?

6: Explosions at the gym! Explosive competition! Swimming, weightlifting, running, boxing, someone has just challenged you! Whether they know it or not, you're going to do your best to show them up.

7: Explosions in the past! A star has died! The Fleet is flying through the nebula it left behind, with swirls of beauty as far as the eye can see. If you're the type, you can watch it all you like.

8: Explosions on the road! Most of the traffic on the Teuberg is computer controlled, but some young showoff took his off the grid and promptly caused a wreck! Traffic has been backed up for almost half an hour now, with no way out for you and the people in your vehicle. Are you close enough to see if anyone needs help? Or are you just stuck with people who are as late for their appointments as you are?

9: Explosions in the marketplace! Explosive bargains! You're in a trading hub, surrounded by stalls of all kinds selling every type of merchandise you can imagine! Luckily, you've got enough money to handle a few purchases here. Will you buy one of those daggers on display? An incense burner? Some alien fruit? Or maybe you're on the run from the corrupt guards? Or perhaps you're the one doing the chasing, did someone just steal your wallet?

10: Explosions in your mind! The explosive inspiration that drives this world! Make up your own prompt!

Comments

[ungrounded]

"On it." Lafiel didn't always have an excuse for fancy flying, but 'something is chasing me' is a pretty good excuse. "Can you get a clear shot?"

The shuttle was handling slowly, and she was considering jettisoning the cargo. Preferably in the space eel's stupid face.

[nagate]

"Of course!" said Nagate, a hint of cockiness creeping into his voice. He didn't know where this thing had come from, but it definitely wasn't getting their cargo on his watch.

Nagate opened fire with Higgs particle beam, scoring a hit on the alien life form that vaporized its head and a good chunk of its upper body. It seemed, however, to have a distributed nervous system; the lower half of its body continued brainlessly forward, though it was no longer a risk to the shuttle.

No sooner had the creature been dispatched, however, than five more similar distortions began forming in the space nearby. "...You don't have warp drive or anything on that shuttle, do you?"

[ungrounded]

'Warp drive' was a word for a FTL drive, Lafiel remembered. "No. It's only a shuttle," she said. "I'm going to need to jettison the cargo, unless you are one good shot."

"No one told me this was contested by... whatever these are."

[nagate]

"I'm pretty good," said Nagate, as more creatures emerged and headed toward the shuttle. "But it seems almost like they're after you."

He unloaded his craft's railgun, unfolding the long barrel with practiced ease and opening fire on the first of the eels. "We're just collecting ore, right? Nothing special? I don't get why they keep coming after us!"

[ungrounded]

"Do they use ore in some fashion? They have to have some peculiar metabolism to survive vacuum and move in it."

Dammit, she was a pilot, not a biologist.

One space eel she could dodge. Multiple eels could easily corner her, especially since they had been mining and there was an asteroid nearby. Which meant keeping them away from her until Nagate could shoot them.

[nagate]

"Use? You mean like eating it? Well, we did do them the favor of extracting it for them..." Nagate spun the Tsugumori around with his rifle, sniping at the approaching eels. One down, then two.

Then a change appeared in the creatures' behavior. Instead of pursuing the shuttle, the remaining three began circling around to snap at the remnants of their fallen comrades, growing ever more frenzied in their behavior.

Almost like Earth sharks -- though sadly, Nagate had never had the occasion to see any for himself. "What are they doing?"

[ungrounded]

Lafiel's knowledge of (non-domesticated) animals was mostly theoretical, especially when it came to things that needed large bodies of water. But she could recognize an opening.

"We should return to base with what we have while these things are distracted. And find some researchers that can tell us what these are and how we can keep them away from our worksites."