Test Drive Meme 008

[voidtreckermods]

Welcome to our Test Drive Meme! Here is the place to see how your character might fit the setting, grab some samples and start having fun!

1. Post with your character. I’ve written out some prompts but feel free to make up your own, you have a whole train to play with!

2. Assume they have been around long enough for threads to jump right into the action!

3. Have much fun!

Happy testing!

Knight Quest

Upstairs in the games carriage there is a VR game set. There are enough headsets and controllers for four people to play. One of the games is Knight Quest!

A game that can either be played on single adventure mode or with the other three headsets in a campaign mode. It is a typical fantasy rpg about a young hero who is searching for a magical item to save the world. The story is simple but fun and engaging. The hero has a sword and shield and fighting in this game requires some physical skill, but practice makes perfect!

Games are a good way of gaining skills so team up and save the world, fighting monsters and practising fighting in a safe controlled environment! Just… Don’t bash into each other.

Making your own Fun

The standard coach doesn’t have all that much in it. Just rows of seats, though at the front of the carriage seats have been ripped up and bookshelves installed.

It’s a good place to read or write in their journals. Or annoy other passengers by climbing from one side of the carriage to the other without touching the floor.

Rehabilitation

The train has arrived at a collection of planets. That is good because your task is finding a place for the lindusi (large lizard creatures, recently rescued from a dying planet) to be settled and the more choices the better.

Team One

The first job is predominantly scouting. The scientists in charge of the lindusi relocation project have given the team a list of important features for a planet to have.

It’s like a scavenger hunt but for running water, certain types of plants, prey animals and other features. They have lent the void treckers some basic scientific equipment for testing the environment.

Team Two

Not all of these planets are going to be empty of hostile creatures. The second teams task is to accompany the first team and keep them safe. They have been given shielding devices, easy to use energy shields large enough to fit two people behind. They are handheld and a quick press of a button will activate the shield.

There are plenty of predators, from bears to strange flying aliens that want to eat you. Good luck!

Team Three

Once a suitable planet has been found the third team are to get the lindusi there. In shuttle ships. They aren’t too difficult to pilot, which is good because the lindusi relocation program is very short staffed.

Once they are safely landed it is a case of releasing them into the wild, in safe locations away from any immediate danger. The lindusi are still recovering from their trip through space after all.

Comments

[cosmomemoryxiii]

His ears swiveled to focus on her and the soft words spoken. She really was a quiet one. He shook his head, not a sideways motion like a human gesture, but more like he was shaking out his scruffy looking mane; it made the beads of his headdress clink together.

"I don't doubt that," the feline replied, "but it's still a risk out here."

[silentwoof]

Close enough to the kind of body language she's used to - like she's halfway in between Nanaki and a more typical human body. Lucky both of them, he can hear her so well too.

She paused, nodded once. "I'll slow down for you." If he wanted her to not be alone, then he could follow at a pace that won't tire both of them out.

[cosmomemoryxiii]

The plus side was she gave into his presence and Nanaki felt relief at her nod of acceptance. He was grateful that she would allow him to accompany her. He didn't like the idea of someone being out on their own, even if they were quite capable. If something bad happened and he had had the capability to prevent it by simply keeping an eye out but instead was left behind--well, he would have been upset and disappointed in himself.

He cocked his head to one side slightly. "You can keep your pace if you like. I'm grateful you'll allow me to accompany you."

[silentwoof]

Whisper had to get better about accepting help. There were good people here, who could take care of themselves, and who needed help, and she needed to live in tight quarters with them. Rejecting help at every turn would just... get someone hurt.

Maybe she could prevent that.

"Mm. Tell me if... you notice anything." Dangerous or related to the mission, either way.

[cosmomemoryxiii]

Nanaki nodded in response and this time it was definitely a trait picked up from humans. He padded a few feet closer, ready, eager almost, if they were about to pick up the pace again while they searched.

"I'll keep an ear out for trouble and a nose for water," he said. "If we're looking for a good place for the reptiles that's a decent place to start."

[silentwoof]

It was a useful trait, to be fair; more useful to Whisper when she didn't want to talk - or just couldn't. Words had gotten a little easier again, but she was still struggling with... a lot.

"Water is... good." Listen, she's a soldier not a biologist.

[cosmomemoryxiii]

It's okay, Nanaki was mostly going off what the information given at the beginning of the mission had said. Although water was always a vital part of life he was fairly certain from the small briefing that the lizards they were here for liked to be near it and their specific kind of prey.

Or who knew. Maybe they were all just guessing. But it sounded good.

"Shall we get going again then?" he asked with a small bearing of teeth at the end--his equivalent of a smile.

[silentwoof]

Between the two of them they might get one productive thing done, by following the guide closely instead of just wandering around.

Whisper's answer was to start moving again, tracking and scanning the environment without any real acknowledgement - but she wasn't trying to avoid Nanaki, at least.

[cosmomemoryxiii]

It was a bonus and one that Nanaki was happy to note. It was much easier to keep up with her now. He might have even enjoyed it a bit. He always did like a good run in the canyon back home. It wasn't just about keeping a watchful eye out for danger towards the tribe though that was a big part of it, but he enjoyed the exercise and freedom as well. It was in his nature.

There was a moment where the red feline paused to sniff the air. Then he was back to running and leaping to keep up. However, he made an effort to indicate that they should head a certain amount towards their right. He had smelled something in the air that seemed promising.

In the distance, the sound of rustling water started to become clear as they kept moving forward. Maybe they were on the right track.