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

[blindlygo]

Tachyon readings?

[Geordi leans over to look at the screen now. By this point, there's a definite frown on his face.]

It might be that there's a natural concentration in this area, but in my experience, tachyons are produced by cloaking technology. We could find out using the ship's sensors or the station's. [In the meantime, it feels like they're opening up a can of worms.] What about that metal? For a circuit like this, we should be seeing things like copper and platinum.

[nagate]

I'm picking up both of those. Plus some aluminum and palladium, gold...

But aren't those all the kind of stuff you'd expect to find in a console like this?

[Nagate handed Geordi back the omnicorder; maybe he'd be able to make more sense of the readings.]

We never had anything like cloaking technology back on the Cydonia. It sounds like it would've been really useful, though.

[blindlygo]

Yep, but now that we know that, we're sure that it isn't because of some foreign element in the system, so we start investigating other possible causes, like the configuration of the circuit.

[Geordi starts looking over the omnicorder again, nodding at the readings. Exactly the kind of things he's expecting to find. As he examines them, he goes back to the topic of cloaking technology.]

Starfleet doesn't have that technology, either, but we've run into some who do, like the Romulans.

[nagate]

[Well, at least his own ship wasn't as far behind as he'd thought!]

Oh, I see. So in other words, a cloaking device isn't the kind of thing that you'd expect to find lying around a research station, right?

Could it be used to hide something small... a device or a person? Or it it mostly for ships?

[blindlygo]

Not in my experience. Of course, I don't exactly have a Confederation security clearance. [Who knows, maybe it's standard procedure around here. But to him, it seems an awfully big power drain for a small outpost like this.]

The technology's been refined over the years, but I've only ever seen it used to cloak ships. There are holograms that could be used to disguise things, but I haven't seen any sign of a holodeck since I got here, and a holodeck doesn't emit tachyons, either.

We've got a real mystery on our hands here.

[nagate]

[Nagate crossed his arms.]

Hmm. Okay, then how about this? I think there are still a couple of eyewitnesses in the area. Why don't I go and ask around, find out if they've seen anything unusual? I can meet you back here.

[blindlygo]

Sounds good to me. I'll keep investigating here while you do that. I should have a proper analysis by the time you're done with that.

[He's already turned halfway toward the panel again, omnicorder at the ready.]