Summer Test Drive! (Calibrations edition!)

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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

[bi_otic]

[Kaidan raises a brow in a 'do I have something on my face' way, but at last does crack a small smile]

Sure. Been awhile since I sat down for a game. You want to deal?

[mongoosecrow]

[Oh Jeeze that smile is pretty. Don't get distracted Gil.]

I can. [He even has his own cards, which he holds up and then gestures for them to sit.] I suppose I should make sure that we're playing by Milky Way rules. I haven't heard any other rules, so far, but it would be my luck that it turns out there's another galaxy out there that calls a card game poker and has random rules.

[bi_otic]

[He's not doing it on purpose. This time.]

I wouldn't be completely surprised if there were. [He sits, though, folding hands patiently on the felt tabletop]

Even Milky Way rules have some variation - Texas Hold'em, Five card stud, Skyllian Five. I know most of the common ones. [There's the slightest pause] I notice you said 'Milky Way' rules and not 'Earth' rules...

[mongoosecrow]

And you said Skyllian Five. Look at that, we're probably from the same general reality.

[He's taking out the cards and shuffling them as they talk and then something seems to dawn on him.]

That's where I know you from. You were on the crew of that Commander who fought the geth when they attacked the Citadel. I knew I recognized you from somewhere.

That whole story was a big deal for a while, wasn't it? Did you get any cool sponsor deals with it? Maybe some cash on the side?

[bi_otic]

[Inwardly, the questions send him into a cascade of emotions - first is the relief of finding someone from his own galaxy, second comes the flush of embarrassment from memory of the limelight he'd never been completely comfortable with, then the pride of his remembrance at being at Shepard's side. The mention of the geth, though, brings up the anger at the willful disbelief of the Council. Nobody from his when, not even the indoctrinated, would say without a doubt that the Reapers were real. And that brings the finally flash of dismay - he doesn't know.

Outwardly, there's only the faintest flush of embarrassment as he lets out a short rasp of a laugh, eyes downcast.]

Ha...yeah, that was me. It did mean a promotion, eventually, but honestly we were lucky to not get court-martialed.

[mongoosecrow]

Ah. Right. Military types. Probably rules against doing vids for cereal or athletic shoes, huh? Shame. I bet with your smile you could sell a lot of Blast-Ohs.