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voidtreckerooc2021-08-16 09:22 pm
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Test Drive Meme 027
Welcome to the Test Drive Meme! Here is the place to see how your character might fit the setting, grab samples and have fun!
1. Post with your character, including their name and series in the subject. We’ve written out some prompts but feel free to make up your own, you have a whole train to play with!
2. Assume they've been around long enough for threads to jump right into the action.
3. Have lots of fun.
Happy testing!
Hotel Notel
The hire carriage is the tiny hotel of the Voidtrecker Express. With a downstairs of meeting rooms and an upstairs of luxuries such as double beds, duvets and en-suites, it's in demand for the denizens of a train with so little privacy.
It might be surprising when you arrive at your booked room and someone's already in there. An awkward double booking? Someone abusing their abilities for a free night? Or maybe it's not such a suprise. A planned date night, a movie night, or just some peace and quiet between you. In any case, you're there now.
Our-moury
The downside of having a shared armoury is the maintenance. Weaponry, equipment, and the odd semi-sentient robot from a dozen different worlds make for an interesting time, and not everything has an instruction manual. The upside of having a shared armoury is, of course, the aforementioned weaponry, equipment and semi-sentient robots. Cleaning and polishing is more fun when there's a small metal insect chirping helpfully at you whenever it spots a patch of grime or carbon scoring.
Did you ask before trying out that laser rifle? Did someone leave their beloved spiritual weapon propped up on a rack, just asking for it to be manhandled? Or did the friendly AI autoturret wave hello and knock over a pile of magitech?
Prime Directive
The world of Magnitton has never been host to a Void traveller, nor will it ever. At least, not until the Voidtrecker Express calls for its crew to attend a Catastrophe-class event above it. Over the last few decades, the people of Magnitton have expanded into their local system, and begun mining asteroids and their two moons for much-needed resources.
The smaller moon, Ej, has broken apart far more easily than expected. Almost as if it wasn't a moon to begin with, but some great, hollow sphere... Aboard the train, those with prophetic gifts wake with visions of a planet ablaze, a night sky smeared with swathes of blood and the cries of some unknown young creature.Team One
Those Voidtreckers who have experience wrangling giant space dragons will do well here. Those who do not might want to buff up on this particular transferable skill. From within the shell that was the moon Ej emerges a trio of glowing, winged reptiles each roughly the size of the Voidtrecker Express. Confused, freshly-hatched and apparently hungry. For what? People? Nope.
Luckily, it's stories they're hungry for. Every tale and piece of information or history strengthens the dragonets. This team must nurture the trio enough that they can leave the system for their home under their own power. Ej has some degree of atmosphere, and the dragonets aren't immediately able or willing to fly about. It's storytime.Team Two
The larger of Magnitton's two moons, Dar, is surprisingly peaceful. At least until a writhing mass of plasmasnakes descend upon it from the system's star. Swarming aboard any ship within the moon's nearest lagrange points, these fiery serpents seek any route towards their prey, the dragonets born every thousand years. For those unable to naturally withstand the power of the sun or the vacuum of space, the Magnites have provided two squads of sturdy reconnaissance fighters for the Voidtreckers' efforts. Equipped with squad video links and a suite of weaponry and utility systems, as well as helpful AI companions, this tech should make fighting off the plasmasnakes a little easier for this team.Team Three
Down on the surface of Magnitton, it's a state of emergency. Not all of the pieces of what was the moon Ej have been caught in the planet's gravity, but enough are falling that civilisation is under threat. This team have been tasked with saving Magnitton. A large task, but one the planet has at least prepared for. The Astrological Expulsion via Gravitational Inversion System, or A.E.G.I.S, must be activated and manned to fling debris back into space. Smaller pieces of the moon may be dealt with more personally, if Voidtreckers have the skills for it. The A.E.G.I.S stations require two crew working in concert - one to target and one to adjust the gravitational inversion levels.
Kamijou Touma | To Aru Majutsu No Index
Since arriving on the train, Touma had found himself with far more free time on his hands than he has ever had back in Academy City. Most teenagers his age would probably use this free vacation to laze about or indulge in their favorite activates without having to worry about their previous responsibilities. Touma knew better. Once this whole journey was over, he will be returning back home. He was certain of it. And when that happened, the reality of his horrible school attendance and shitty grades will be waiting for him.
The possible of having to repeat a grade sent shivers down his spine.
Thus, in order to prevent this awful future, he was currently roaming the library in search of any books that could help him study. Or at least, that was the plan. His optimism started to slowly give way to despair as he examined the bookshelves. To his horror, most were devoid of any literature whatsoever and the one that did have something on their shelves only had fiction.
Things were starting to look grim until he noticed there was another person in the library. Feeling desperate, he walked up to them in hopes of gaining them as a potential ally in securing his future.
"Excuse me! Could you help me? I'm having trouble finding the books I need and most of the shelves are empty."
Gripping the joystick tightly in his hand, Touma focused all his attention on the monitor above him. It currently displayed an otherworldly night sky filled with vibrant dark blues and purples as if it was meticulously brushed on by a talented painter. Several twinkling lights could be seen streaking across the sky, leaving behind a trail of blueish dust and gas. Unfortunately for him and everybody else, those lights were not something to admire. They were the shattered remains of the former moon known as Ej and were currently on a destructive crash course with the planet.
A meteorite about 20 meters had enough kinetic energy to exceed an atomic bomb. Smaller meteorites weren't as destructive, but still had the potential to cause unneeded deaths. It was for this reason why he was currently occupying an A.E.G.I.S, a machine dedicated to handling the current bombardment of deadly space debits. Any meteorite that survived atmospheric entry could be harmlessly tossed right back into the void of space.
Thankfully, the controls were relatively user friendly. All he needed to do was move the joystick to aim the reticle on-screen and pay attention to any instructions given by the on-board AI. He didn't know how easy the other controls for adjusting the gravitational inversion levels were, but he suspected it couldn't be that bad. The natives wouldn't have allowed complete amateurs to pilot such life-saving equipment if the controls weren't designed to be intuitive.
It also helped he was pretty decent at shoot-em-ups.
His heart nearly bust out of his chest when a bright red 'WARNING' suddenly began to flash across the screen while an obnoxious blaring noise accompanied it.
"Numerous objects inbound for impact. All pilots ready themselves to engage the threat." The AI stated in a monotone voice.
"Get ready!" Touma shouted towards his partner. "We can't let a single one slip by!"
Library
"I can show you how to use the ICP terminals to search the books we have if you're looking for a specific subject, but if we don't have something we'll have to order it." She could show him how to do that too, provided he had the points, but best check what they already had first.
no subject
While the incomplete state of the library was unfortunate, it was comforting to know he could order the books he needed. Even better depending on how specific he was allowed to be with his order. He was a bit doubtful it was possible given the subject matter of some of his studies, but it didn't hurt to try. He could always stick with studying the more broad material like he originally planned if it turned out ordering the other ones was off the table.
"Alright, lead the way!"