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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!
blindlygo: (x-ray vision)

[personal profile] blindlygo 2014-01-14 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Things Geordi has had contact with in his life: hundreds of different life forms, sentient and not. Many of them humanoid, some of them not even recognizable as life forms at first. Plenty of strange humans. A few androids.

None of them are quite the same as Stein, but Geordi manages to keep his surprise under control. He doesn't even stammer when he starts to explain.]


There's something strange about the fire damage on this console.
circumsutus: (hmmmmm)

[personal profile] circumsutus 2014-01-14 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Stein's used to all kinds of reactions, from shock to complete horror. No reaction is always slightly amusing.]

I don't have much experience with fire damage to advanced computer systems, but arson is always a possibility.
blindlygo: (Guinan makes too much sense)

[personal profile] blindlygo 2014-01-14 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but it's a pretty disturbing one for a research station, especially a backwater like this one.

[Geordi rocks back on his heels, contemplating the console.] Honestly, I'm open to theories.
circumsutus: (best lectures)

[personal profile] circumsutus 2014-01-14 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
It wouldn't be too hard to go mad out here. Too much confinement, nothing between you and the stars. Get fed up with your coworkers and then just snap. I could see it happening.

[Stein tends to go insane more quickly than most.]

Or someone started it accidentally.
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[personal profile] blindlygo 2014-01-14 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a big mistake to make, if it was.

[Especially since the fire got through so much of the station. He can't really comment on the analysis of the people in the station, but he does give the man a sideways look.]
circumsutus: (huh that's weird)

[personal profile] circumsutus 2014-01-14 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
If I was back home I'd guess someone just dropped a cigarette. But space travel seems to have made people a bit more concerned for their lungs. [He's only a little bit bitter about losing access to one of his many bad habits.]

What do you think?
blindlygo: (oh yeah?)

[personal profile] blindlygo 2014-01-14 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Or for their oxygen supply.

[Open flames and starships don't always get along. He should know, he's an engineer.]

I don't know. If it involved revenge against coworkers, wouldn't there be a few more casualties?
circumsutus: (sup dudes)

[personal profile] circumsutus 2014-01-14 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[He shrugs.]

The station's lungs, then.

And if I wanted to hurt my coworkers but not get caught, I know I'd make it look like an accident. It's random and uncontrolled, but causes panic and, at the very least, some injuries.

[He sounds very chipper about that.]
blindlygo: (O-kaaay)

[personal profile] blindlygo 2014-01-14 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
So you really do think it was intentional.

[He is not even going to touch on that reasoning. He's just privately glad that the man doesn't seem to be in a uniform. He'd be even more creeped out of this was being said from a position of an official Fleet member.]
circumsutus: (doctorly stuff)

[personal profile] circumsutus 2014-01-14 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, there's no way to be sure this early in the game. Do you think it was intentional?
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[personal profile] blindlygo 2014-01-15 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
I can't say too much without further research, but at the moment... this setup is a bit too elaborate for a simple mistake or misunderstanding.
circumsutus: (screw twist)

[personal profile] circumsutus 2014-01-15 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Stein reaches up and twists the screw through his head, turning it backward with a series of loud clicks. It's intentionally disturbing.]

Then the next question is, who would want to set this fire, and why?
blindlygo: (Guinan makes too much sense)

[personal profile] blindlygo 2014-01-16 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[He can detach his android best friend's head... but that doesn't make the clicking sound any less strange. Still, he rallies and tries his best to ignore it.]

Well... Either it's a coworker thing, like you said. Or someone doesn't like the research they were doing here.