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

[notacaptain]

Not sure how much of it's even worth salvaging.

[The circuitry is completely unfamiliar to her, but she tries to follow what he's saying anyway. If what he's saying is correct there's only one conclusion she can reach.]

You think someone sabotaged this console? Was there anything important kept on it? If someone was after data the easiest way to hide tampering with something like this is to get rid of it.

[Not that she'd know anything about that of course.]

[blindlygo]

[Geordi nods.] The other options are that someone's really incompetent at their job, or that things melted into different positions during the fire, but they're both equally unlikely.

[He laces his fingers together in front of him as he looks it over, evaluating.]

Safe to say this was a pretty important part of work at the station, and not just an interface for a specific sensor array.

[notacaptain]

If it smells like a fish, looks like a fish, and acts like a fish it's probably not a bird.

[Her smile is a wry one. Too often in life the worst case scenario might as well be defaulted to as the only possible cause.]

Targeting a specific sensor array is bad enough. So what'd this console actually do and how badly do we need it.

[The fact that there aren't blaring sirens is a good sign at least so it's not like they're in immediate danger of blowing up. At least that's usually how it works.]

[blindlygo]

Well, it had access to some of the stations systems, but it's not the control console. Mainly, this terminal compiled and stored information- from the looks of it, I'd say probably it was the record of whatever it was they were doing here.

[He frowns.]

I can attempt a core dump, but I don't know how much I can get.

[notacaptain]

Not sure what they could have been after. I'll put out some feelers ad see if anyone notices anything over the next few weeks.

[Her frown mirrors his ad after another few moments she activates her omnitool, the holographic interface flaring to life over her arm. It took her years to figure out the damn thing, no way she was switching over to whatever the natives to this universe used!]

Let me give it a scan first. I'll send you whatever I turn up ad you can compare it to your own findings.

[It never hurt to be as thorough as possible.]

[blindlygo]

The sooner, the better. Wouldn't want whoever did this getting away.

[Then, as an afterthought;]

Or trying it again.

[notacaptain]

On it.

[She's already moving, fingers continuing to fly over the interface as she starts up the scan.]

It shouldn't take long, just a few.. and done.

[Her smile at this idea is far from pleasant.]

Let them try again. The key is to stop them before they accomplish anything.

[blindlygo]

I'll start a comparison as soon as I have the files.

[He already has his omnicorder at the ready.]

Any idea how we do that? I'm no security chief. I could set it up so that we get notifications of any access to the station's systems, both authorized and unauthorized.