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

[website]

Hey, thanks.

[she hasn't actually agreed yet, but she didn't tell him to get lost or keep on walking either.]

I think he said they're like twenty-something chips? Which, I'm still working on the whole conversion thing. I know it's probably a lot. [peter's starting to lose hope, but then he comes up with an idea.] We can split 'em? And I'll still pay you back everything.

[ladybro]

[ -- rather than fussing with any sort of physical units, kate leans in and lets the vendor scan her device and take the credits straight from her account. it's a quick and relatively painless process, and one that soon sees him being handed a generous serving of space-fries.

she smiles. friendly enough. ]

Don't worry about it. [ a wave of her hand. ] You're from the fleet, right? I'll give you about, oh, two months before I come looking for your kneecaps.

[website]

Two months? Sweet, that's twice as long as any loan shark in Queens would've given me.

[not that peter's even dealt with them beyond the one time that he webbed some up with things were about to turn violent. but he's pretty sure that she's joking too. hopefully. he offers them out to her.]

You're sure you don't want any? They smell really good. I bet they even used truffle oil. My aunt's always talking about that stuff.

[ladybro]

Queens?

[ oh, her smile grows. kate does lean in, now, and steal a fry. it's hot and it hurts her tongue but she doesn't care; there's a comfort in good street food. a bigger comfort, still, in realizing she'd been right to recognize something in his voice.

she hikes a thumb at herself. ] Manhattan. I'll bet our loan sharks are cousins with your loan sharks.

[website]

Seriously? [peter's eyes go wide at the reveal.] Wow, small world.

[world, universe, whatever. it's a coincidence that defies all odds, but peter can't help but be happy about it.]

How long have you been a part of the fleet?

[ladybro]

A little over a year. Which feels -- lemme tell you -- both way too long and way too short.

[ her grin stays crooked. ]

[website]

[a year. something almost panicked crosses peter's face. he can't be gone a year. there are so many reasons that he can't be. he can't worry aunt may for that long. by the time a year passes, he has to be an avenger. if he's gone for a year, he'll miss homecoming.

but he's not the only one. really, can anyone afford to be away from home for a whole year?]

I don't understand, how can it feel too short? Aren't you homesick?

[ladybro]

Sure. Plenty. [ homesick. ] But I know I'll get back there -- eventually. I always do.

[website]

[she sounds so confident, fearless. peter can't help but admire it. and maybe he should look at it that way too. yeah, he'll get back. he has to.]

So you get kidnapped a lot?

[ladybro]

[ if she sounds confident -- if she sounds fearless -- then it's only because the likes of spider-man (her world's spider-man) blazed that path before her. but that thought is far far far from her mind.

instead, kate crinkles her nose. ]

Kidnapped? Nah. [ ... ] But this isn't my first interdimensional rodeo.

[website]

Good, because that would suck.

[peter's relieved to hear that she doesn't actually get kidnapped from every street that she tries to cross. but what really meant is still a surprise.]

Whoa... I barely make it out of my neighborhood. It's a really nice neighborhood, the people are great, they make great sandwiches. [and occasionally people try to make trouble, with peter not there to do anything about it.] Hey, if you've got any pointers, I'm all ears.

[ladybro]

[ brb, stealing another fry? maybe it's wrong to steal from teens but -- hey, he basically offered. ]

But that's the way the boroughs are, you know? Everything is right there; leaving isn't always necessary. [ says the card-carrying avenger. well. almost-avenger.

practically an avenger. ]

Kate Bishop's protip the first: protect your fries, buddy. Who knows who might be lurking around the corners looking to take one.

[ -- and she'll try and steal another. ]

[website]

Yeah, everything.

[don't mind him, just having his first wave of homesickness, clear in his voice, distracting him enough that fry theft is easy. but kate's advice does earn a little chuckle before he brings his arm up defensively. he has quick reflexes.]

Peter Parker will remember that. Peter being me.

[that sounded cooler in his head.]

[ladybro]

You're Peter Parker?

[ hold the futzing phone. kate figures it's gotta be a coincidence. there's no way the ceo and president of parker industries is standing in front of her after having bummed credits for a meal.

(except he's, like, fifteen or something and clearly this can't be the same dude but...peter parker. the dude's got spider-man for his head of security. how cool is that? ]

You're Peter Parker. From Queens. Holy shit.