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Crux Fleet Moderators ([personal profile] crux_mods) wrote in [community profile] spacehorses2014-01-13 07:45 pm
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Test Drive Meme

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!
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padmé amidala | star wars | 10

[personal profile] politicking 2014-01-15 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
in which i am a miserable combo breaker and there are no explosions, i'm sorry 8(

[Eventually, the fleet finds a new planet, makes contact with a new race.

And when it does, it had better count itself lucky that a career diplomat is present.

She's out of the ship and onto the unfamiliar (lush) terrain first, with a blaster she wishes isn't needed by her side. In a perfect universe, it wouldn't be; in a perfect universe, negotiation would always take precedence over violence, and self-defense training would have never been mandated by Captain Panaka during her time as Queen. But unfaltering idealism doesn't make her naive enough to believe that such a universe exists.

All is quiet is thus far, apart from the occasional background calls of what is most likely the local fauna, and something that sounds like a waterfall somewhere in the distance. There's a beauty in it, a sense of peace, something not unlike home. For the moment, she's simply taking in her surroundings. Not complacent, but at ease.]
driftlock: (silhouette)

Deadlock will be happy to blow things up for you.

[personal profile] driftlock 2014-01-15 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
[It'd probably take a career diplomat's life work to be all...diplomatty to Deadlock. Especially a Deadlock who is bored with this fraggin' planet. So. Boring. All green and leafy and slag. He's gone on patrol and hasn't found anything worth shooting, which means he's in his very special I Hate Everything mood when he comes out of the forest. ]

starlarking: (We have no sense of humor at the FBI.)

Re: padmé amidala | star wars | 10

[personal profile] starlarking 2014-01-15 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Even idealistic diplomats who walk around armed get bodyguards. Lal'c is in her mech, Dix-Newf as escort, landing a few yards behind the ship. She's keeping a lookout on things from up above, but frankly, interstellar diplomacy is pretty boring to most teenagers.

So really, she's keeping a cursory eye on her comms and cameras as she waits by the ship and one eye on her tablet as she flicks through a book file.
]
foxprince: (pic#5874236)

gosh how dare you!!! also hi

[personal profile] foxprince 2014-01-15 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Hanse is admittedly, no diplomat. Well he is in a way but there's a difference between the politics he is used to in the Inner Sphere (backstabbing and wars with the occasional treaty and marrying the daughter of the ruler of the second largest House) with well, this. First contact practically on a world he's never heard of and lacks his eyes and ears (dear God if he ever sees Quintus here he's giving the man a hug and a drink and never letting him out of his sight) and it's crippling.

It's also why he's down there, with what he hopes is a seasoned diplomat. He has a pistol he managed to talk them into allowing him tucked into a shoulder holster and while he's not on guard with his hand on it he's that sort of aware tense. His BattleMaster is back on the ship and he's almost regretting that right now but hey, being nice means not bringing 100 ton giant robots.

He takes a few steps towards Padme, hands behind his back as he looks the terrain over and tilts his head almost as if to listen for the waterfall.
]

It's nice down here.
force_ful: (⚶That worships the vivid sky)

[personal profile] force_ful 2014-01-17 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Luke stands behind and to the side, hands clasped, the sleeves of his robe covering them. It's beautiful here, but his eyes unfocus as he reaches delicately into the currents of the Force, reading the life around them, picking out the bright spots of higher consciousness in the midst of it. His voice is soft.]

Careful, Senator. We're not so unobserved as we seem.