SPRING TEST DRIVE

[thespaceopera]

THE SPRING TEST DRIVE MEME
(Or Fall Test Drive for you Southern Hemisphere folks!)

Got someone you want to try out before you app? Well this is the post for it! Feel free to use anything that fits in the setting of Drift Fleet! Want to play bumper shuttles? Want to go wild in a med bay? Play around with the current plot? Have at it!

Threads from the Test-Drive may be made game "canon" but DO NOT count toward AC!

FOR NEW PLAYERS: You DO NOT NEED an invite to participate in the TEST DRIVE! If you decide to APP into the game, ONLY THEN will you need an invite from a current player!

Helpful Info for Ideas!:

March's Star System

Game Details

Test drives are posted SEASONALLY, so the next one will be in June!

Comments

Nono / Buster Machine No. 7 | Diebuster / Gunbuster 2

[nonono7]

[ A: Your Ship, Not Hers ]

[ It's a nice day on board your ship, probably. Nutrient protein is extra tasty and nutritious, no space pests sighted today, maybe actually got something cool from a sponsor drop-off?

Oh, and there's a tapping sound. Like somebody knocking. Except it's coming from.... a window... looking into space. So it can't be-

Wait, no. There's a girl out there. In space. Tapping on the glass. She smiles and waves when she sees she's been noticed. ]


[ B: Her Ship ]

[ Now that she has been assigned a ship proper, Nono is excited to get things underway! So she is pestering following the first crew member she could find! ]

So what am I supposed to do here? I've never been on a ship this small before! Can I be the pilot? Oh what's your name?


[ C: Network ]

[ The video feed shows a, uh, very excited and excitable pink-haired tall girl, smiling brightly into the camera. ]

I don't recognize any of the stars or planets around here. Which is very exciting! I have no idea where I am! Can you believe that?!

Hello people! I'm Nono. I'm from Mars, but I've been all over the Solar System lately. If you have any questions about space I'm your girl! Even if I haven't been in space very long.

Now caaaannnn someone tell me where in space we are?

B

[notzubats]

[Oh a newcomer! While Sora's always happy to see new people, he has to make one thing clear]

Not unless I get to be pilot first.

[nonono7]

[ Don't say things like that to her because she will take you completely seriously. ]

So can we take turns!?

[notzubats]

Uh.

I dunno. Do you know how to fly?

1/3

[nonono7]

[ Very excitedly- ] Yes!!

2/3

[nonono7]

.....well....

[nonono7]

Not a spaceship.

But it's always been my dream. And it can't be that hard!

I'll conquer it with guts and determination!

[notzubats]

Uh...huh.

Maybe you should try practicing with a shuttle first?

[nonono7]

I, Nono, will not let you down! I will master the art of flying the shuttle... and then... the ship!

[notzubats]

That's the spirit!

....No-no?

[Okay weird name]

A

[priforpalps]

[ It's so strange, looking out the window and not seeing blue sky. Or trees, or mountains. There's just the blackness of space, the twinkle of stars, that friendly pink-haired girl, and -

Oh, my. Fuwari covers her mouth with her fingertips. She's so surprised she bleats. ] Maa maa!!

[ Some of her best friends are goats, okay.

Anyway, that is definitely not a goat outside. Is - is something wrong??? Did that girl get stuck out there by accident?? Is she asking to come on board????? Fuwari looks around, as if the surroundings will provide answers. But, as has been established, there's a whole lot of nothing. ]

[nonono7]

[ Tappity tap tap on the window, and she gives a big smile and a friendly wave. Hi there person aboard the ship!!

She'd say something but she's in space. Sound doesn't work that way.

She would like to get inside though. Eventually. ]

[priforpalps]

[ Ah, waving! Fuwari smiles and waves back, to show she's friendly too. Then, she points in the direction of the nearest airlock, trying to pantomime which way the girl should float if she really does want to come in.

"Is this what you're looking for?" she mouths, not speaking either despite having air, and starts moving in that direction herself. She won't break eye contact, though. Follow her! ]

1/2

[nonono7]

[ Oh, the girl is waving at her! NONO WAVES BACK! It's an endless loop of waving and waving back that they never escape from

Oh wait she's leading her to. Somewhere. This way!

OH AN AIRLOCK! Nono gives a quick salute and moves in to the airlock. CLICK. ]

[nonono7]

[ And after a moment, Nono enters! ]

Hello!

[priforpalps]

[ fuwari has a girlfriend who would totally endless loop wave with you, nono Now they can talk! Fuwari clasps her hands in front of herself, pleased at 1) making a new friend 2) that she did the airlock thing properly; pressing buttons is new territory to her, as there are not many objects with buttons in the Palps.

Aside from clothing, of course. ] Hello! Are you here to visit?

[ They've never had a guest before! At least, not FROM SPACE! ]

[nonono7]

Yes! Absolutely!

It was lonely on that other ship so I thought I'd come say hi!

[priforpalps]

The other ship?

[ A moment to think about this. ]

Ah, you're on the television show too! Welcome.

I'm Midorikaze Fuwari.

[ And she beams. It's like a wave of fresh spring air just blew through. Space. ]

C

[tempredmental]

You're from Mars?

[Nono had his attention. That was like... really close to Earth!]

[nonono7]

Born and raised!

Or... made and raised.

Actually I'm not sure I was made on Mars. But I lived there!

Hello.

[tempredmental]

[Made? That was an odd way of saying things.]

Hi.

Do you know about something called the Galaxy Garrison?

[nonono7]

Galaxy what?

Is that anything like the Fraternity? Terran Imperial Space Fleet??

[tempredmental]

Oh... uh. I've never heard of those. Sorry. I guess it's not the same after all.

I'm Keith, by the way. Nice to talk to you, Nono.

[He frowned a little. So close again, and yet not at the same time.]

So, uh... did you get a position? Like are you a pilot or an engineer or something?

[nonono7]

Yes I did!

I am... maintenance!

I've done cleaning before, so I should be fine! As long as there's nothing for me to break.

[tempredmental]

Well, that's good, at least. I've heard of a few people getting things they've never done before. It sounds a little intimidating. [Not to mention slightly nerve-wracking for the people who have to function around the person with no former knowledge or experience.]