driftfleet_ooc | Summer Test Drive! (Calibrations edition!)

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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

_{[ Kirk frowned softly at that and glanced around the groups. He could pick a few he thought might, but there was no solid evidence, and he doubted anyone would give someone else up easily - not without either a greased palm, a very loose tongue, or goaded into bragging. ]}

I can't say positively who, but I might have an idea.

_{[ He looked back to her. ]}

I can help you find out, if you want. Just demanding it from them probably won't work - they'll close ranks for each other.

[This is very strange. Frustrating, and strange. At least he isn't actually telling her what to do; that had been one of Steve's less charming habits.]

Why are you offering to help me?

Because if what you're saying is true, I'm not the sort that can just sit by and let that go.

_{[ He rubbed the back of his head. ]}

We don't get to spend long on these worlds. We never do. But I've always thought that when we come to these places we should strive to either do no harm, or to try and leave it a little better than we found it, if we can.

Thank you, but I do not need your help.

[She looks over the crowd again. She is confident. She's still not sure what she's going to do... but she'll find a way that doesn't involve dragging him into this.]

_{[ He arched a brow at her. ]}

You can't actually stop me from helping you, you know. Or are you the type who likes doing things the hard way?

_{[ Shut up Kirk, like you're one to talk. ]}

I can stop you.

[She could. And it's tempting. He's a stranger with a familiar face, and she doesn't know that she wants to let him put himself in harms way for her.

But that does not mean he's without a point.]

But I will not.

Scarier people than you have tried, miss.

_{[ When Jim Kirk wanted to do something, it took a lot more than the
power of a god to stop him. Though he usually had the support of his crew
behind him, but still. ]}

Right, let's get you a beer so you blend in a bit and then I'll go butter up those guys and see if I can't get anything. You'll probably have better luck charming the bar tender than me too. And bar tenders always know something.

_{[ Already has a plan, a thought. He's committed already but any good
mission needs intel. He naturally falls into that command mode, the captain
mode. ]}

I am not charming anyone, and I did not come here for a beer. If someone should charm the bartender, then you can do it.

[She balks at letting him take control like this.]

I won't stop you from helping me, but I do not have to do what you say.

You don't have to drink the beer, it just lets you blend in.

_{[ He considered her again, the way she carried herself. Definitely
someone who knew how to fight. May or may not have higher than average
human strength - he'd learned not to assume those things. ]}

I'm just trying to help you get as much information as possible - accurate information. Threatening these guys isn't likely to get you want you want.

And I did already try to charm the gentleman, but I'm not his type unfortunately.

_{[ He shrugged. ]}

I'll start working on the pool guys all the same.

_{[ He saluted with his beer and made for the group at the pool tables
with an affected look of disgruntlement, as if Diana has just turned him
down. ]}

Oh—yes, I can see that. [When he says he's not the bartender's type. She's not entirely sure what that would have to do with anything, though.

But then he's walking away. She watches him go for a moment.

And for that moment, she does consider doing what he said.

She really does.

But then she considers that he seems to know who to talk to to get some answers about this, and that he has not listened to her any better than she has to him, and she thinks better of it, stalking after him.]

I was not done talking to you.

_{[ Well then. He pauses and looks back to her, the men behind him
rumbling and chuckling, but otherwise seeming more amused than on edge,
balls cracking as a new game was started. ]}

Let's take a seat then. Bit less conspicuous.

_{[ He nodded a nearby open table, taking a sip of his beer before
angling for it. ]}

If you know who among them knows where the bandits can be found and who they are, then you should tell me. They will tell me the truth.

[She does come with him this time, though. This would be much easier her way.]

I said I had an idea, but I'm not sure. Even if I did - how do you plan to make them tell you anything?

_{[ He cocks his head at her, not unbelieving of the fact she might be
able to, just not sure how she planned to do it beyond batting her eyes or
throwing them against a wall. Neither of which felt productive. ]}

I have ways.

[Her response is a huff. She glances back and forth again, not at all subtle as she looks to see if they're being watched.

Then she pulls a loop of lasso out from under her cloak.]

This reveals the truth.

_{[ He glances quickly down at the lasso and back at her, his brow
srunched up slightly, perhaps looking darker than it was in the dim of the
bar. ]}

As in it... what? Forces people to tell you the truth?

[The lasso goes away again.]

Yes, it does. We can trust whatever they say while under its influence.

[She notices his frown, but doesn't understand it. Isn't this better? Diana trusts it.]

_{[ His look does not go away at that, finger tapping on the side of his bottle. If anything, his look might have gotten a touch darker. ]}

I suggest we try being more subtle first. A lasso isn't subtle.

_{[ That wasn't his real problem with it, but a moral discussion wasn't worth the effort right now. ]}

[That is silly. Her way is simpler and has less chance of misinformation.]

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