Summer Test Drive! (Calibrations edition!)

[thespaceopera]

THE SUMMER TEST DRIVE MEME
(Or Winter 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!

SPECIAL NOTE!
Since June is a special month in which we'll be breaking from the usual plot to bring back the calibrations plot, the Test Drive prompts will come in two flavors!

OPTION A: Standard Test Drive
Go ahead and treat the test drive as you normally would, using past plots or fleet locations as your setting! Here's some helpful info for some ideas.

April/May's Star System

March's Star System

Game Details

SS Iskaulit

OPTION B: Build-a-Calibration
If you'd like, you can use the info given about the Calibrations plot to design your own calibration room for any characters you want! Got a character you want to explore their inner psyche but isn't in the game yet? Go ahead and try it out! It can be a fully fleshed out room, or simply just a small part of it you'd like to play with.

Alternatively for any characters that are in the game, you can use this as a chance to either iron out, brainstorm, or test run any components of your calibration before the actual plot starts! We don't recommend posting the entirety of your calibration in this meme (as you'll have nothing new to post come plot time), but this can be a good chance to test out any parts to make sure they work how you desire.

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

Comments

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[tempredmental]

[Keith watched the feed for a moment, wondering if she'd notice. When she didn't, he finally decided to say something.]

It's broadcasting to the entire fleet.

[o hai Rose you're on candid camera]

[reclusiveflower]

[ say what now

The first thing Rose thinks is that there's some disembodied voice speaking to her, which of course makes her SQUEAK!! and very nearly drop the device!! But then she looks the thing over one more time, wide-eyed, and realizes that hey, it's seriously coming from the thing and not from thin air or just inside her head! That's.... still weird! But it's a step in the right direction! At least. ]

Wh-- Whah--! This thing can talk?!

[ ... Welp. Bear with her, Keith. ]

[tempredmental]

Sort of? It's designed to help two people who aren't near each other talk to each other. If you pick it up, you can actually see who you're talking to.

[Because looking at the floor after watching the whole room shake around like that when it was dropped was really not interesting.]

[reclusiveflower]

[ Aw, don't you like looking at the floor?

But no, she turns the thing over, blinks a few times at the sight of a young man on the screen. ]

Oh. So you're talking to me through this thing? From somewhere else? And we can see each other?

[ ... ... ... Yep, she's going to wave her free hand right in front of the camera lens a few times! ]

[tempredmental]

Yeah. Exactly.

So, everything you're doing when it's turned on can be seen by other people.

[reclusiveflower]

That's great and all, but what if I want to talk to you face to face? Where are you, really? [ Pause - her gaze flicks off to the side. ] And what's this, then?

[ She presses something on the device, and-- blip!

No more video. ]

Hey-- it-- is it off?!

[ Audio still works, though. Whoops. ]

[tempredmental]

Well, I'm on a diffrent ship-

[Did she just hang up on him? Oh, wait... no. That was her voice again.]

No... you switched to just sound. You turned off the picture.