// TEST DRIVE MEME_

[eluviomods]

// TEST DRIVE_ Welcome to Eluvio's Test Drive Meme! Whether you'd like to try out a character in the setting, get some samples for your application, or just mess around and have fun, this is the place to do it. If you're getting samples together, remember that you need at least four comments made by you in the thread for it to count. Pick any of the scenarios below or make up any of your own. This is space! There are infinite worlds and possibilities. If you'd like to thread out hijacking a ship, do it! If you'd like to get stuck on a remote planet with only one other person for company, do it! Take the wheel and guide your own adventure! The most important thing is to have fun! ➣ SCENARIO 001. It's a normal day aboard the Eluvio. Maybe you're on your way to work. Maybe you're hanging out with friends. You can even be up to nefarious misdeeds. Whatever the case, you're having a relatively uneventful day. And then you see it. From a distance, it looks like a ball of fur. Up close, it looks like a ball of fur. If you touch it, it will chitter at you. It will vibrate and purr. Where this is coming from is anyone's guess because even if you turn it over, there's nothing to see but more fur. It's pretty harmless, though. Leave it there. Take it with you. The choice is yours. As you continue about your day, you'll begin to notice more of these little furballs. On the ground. Sitting on tables. Here and there at random intervals. By the end of the day, they're fucking everywhere. Good luck! If you get overwhelmed, maybe go talk to that bald starship captain who showed up last week. He might know something about the furry invaders. ➣ SCENARIO 002. Congratulations! You've been selected to be part of the team being sent down to the planet around which the fleet is currently orbiting. Initial scans of the surface show that oxygen is in abundance, temperatures support carbon-based life-forms, and there aren't any large quantities of poisonous gases that might pose problems. Your mission is to secure a landing site, set up a camp, and locate edible flora and fauna. Stores aboard ship are running a bit low on food and it's projected to be another three weeks before the fleet reaches a station large enough to replenish supplies. Once identified, larger parties will be sent to the surface to help hunt and gather. The good news is, scans show fruits, vegetables, and animals are plentiful. The bad news is that once your ship lands on the planet, everything goes sideways. An unexpected ion storm sweeps through the solar system, shorting out communications between the fleet and the team. It wreaks havoc with the electronics planet-side too, temporarily shorting out the smaller craft's navigational array. Until it passes, about six standard days, you're stuck down there. And the bountiful harvest isn't without its dangers. Even the most docile looking animal will attack. Sampling the fruits and vegetables will cause temporary paralysis, hallucinations, and psychosis. Inhaling pollen will bring out a person's baser instincts. The planet itself is predatory, you see. Everything on it has evolved to entice visitors from nearby systems and kill them. And the fleet's unwittingly taken the bait. ➣ SCENARIO 003. It's been a rough day. Everything's going wrong. Machines are breaking down everywhere. The owner of your favorite business wasn't there today and the store was closed when you stopped by to pick something up. A coworker didn't show up for work, leaving you with an interested workload. And now it feels like you're being watched. It started about ten minutes ago, but whenever you turn to look, there's no one there. The feeling doesn't go away, though. No matter where you are, it feels like eyes are watching. Did you hear something? A quiet, scuffling scratching sound just for a second? Maybe you did. Maybe you didn't. But it came from the misshapen monstrosity that just punched a hole through the bulkhead right beside you. The creature makes a low, wet gargling noises and darts toward you: six to seven feet tall, vaguely humanoid, and covered in strange growths over which is stretched bubbling grayish-brown skin. Maybe you notice tatters of familiar clothing hanging off of it. Or there's enough left of its eyes to recognize the shape and color. Or maybe something about the noises it's making sound familiar. It's your missing coworker and it looks like the unfortunate soul ran afoul of that weird slimy creature the science team brought back from that jungle planet a month ago. The good news: you can kill it. The bad news: it can kill you. It's fast, it's hungry, and it reproduces at an alarming rate. A single bite can transfer the parasites in its bloodstream to you. Then you'll be just like your buddy. And that shop owner you like so much. And all of the people on Level 12. And... ➣ SCENARIO 004. You're welcomed and encouraged to make up your own scenarios. As you can see, there will be a wide variety of the types of things your character will encounter in this game. So feel free to make your starters as horrific, sexy, lighthearted, action-packed, or slice of life as you'd like. Make up a planet, make up a location on the Eluvio, make up a ship in the fleet, fight off a zombie alien invasion, NPC Captain Picard, there's no limit to what you can do on the TDM.

Comments

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[k_2so]

[They really should paint over his Imperial Logos, then again anyone from their place and time would recognize his model as it was, and the logo tended to help him blend in.]

[How troublesome.]

[Even more troublesome? This man. Sent with them on this gathering trip. Completely indifferent if he managed to get himself in order again.]

[How rude.]

[Actually, he was going to state his mind on that too!]

Hooooow......Rooooo-uuuud. [WELP, that came out wrong. He shifted, body shaking a bit as he tried to get back into proper working motions. It made his large body look weird as it swayed unnaturally.] Juuuust neeeeeed twoooo... [there was that tick again and his head fell forward, but his voice sped up] ReeeeebootPowerSystemzAndBringFunctionzBackOnline.

[So he could also tell you that he noticed there was an organic creature staking them at the moment and he should look out. Really, he's helpful.]

[bespin]

[ Lando's about to comment on how he could have been much ruder, when he hears a branch snap in the distance and he whirls around to see something that looks like an angry Hyenax circling their camp. ]

Hey, you're a security droid, aren't you? Well, bring your functions back online a little quicker, I could use some security!

[ He slowly backs up, towards where he'd laid down his pack which carried his blaster pistol. Hopefully the beast doesn't attack before he can reach it. ]

[k_2so]

[His head snapped up and turned, just enough to look at the Hyenax like creature only to swing back towards the man.]

[Kay-Tu has no expressions, but right now he is staring at you like you are... screwed. His head bobbled a bit and he lifted it again. He just needs a good charge port that actually worked right now. And maybe twenty minutes to cycle through and reset himself a bit.]

[it wouldn't BE a problem is Cassian were here to just DO IT FOR HIM. Or you know, any other able bodied person, for that matter.]

[His head moved again to look at what was rounding their camp. The droid actually SIGHED. His voice still fast and higher pitched because of it.]

IAmAReprogrammedSecurityDroidAndAMemberOfTheResistanceMovement. NotSomeThrowAwayBattleDroidForYourNeedsOnly. [A tick and he took a step, left arm swinging and head falling forward again, voice going slow. Damn] H-Elp.... meeeee.... manuuuually shuuuuut... dooowwwnnn.

[his right arm ticked then lifted, pulling at a plate at his chest but not opening it. Damn.] Muuuust... restart suuub systeeems.

[bespin]

[ Reprogrammed? Resistance movement? All that sounded mighty interesting, and Lando would love to unpack it later when there wasn't a hungry beast about to eat him. ]

Can you run? [ He keeps inching towards his pack, one hand stretched out behind him. ] If we can get to my ship I can help you restart, but the second we move this thing's going to pounce, so... [ He spares a look towards the droid. ] Can you run?

[k_2so]

[Yes. Reprogrammed and working for the resistance and though that might be a REALLY bad thing to say he is hoping it gains him SOME sympathy here. Even a little? Even if this organic doesn't know at all.]

[Can he RUN though? His head lifted again and stared at the man.]

Doooo Iiii look liiike ICanRun? [His voice fluxed a bit, but his right arm lifted, held out.] Blaaaaaster?

[Do you have one? If so, he would like to use it. Thank you.]

[bespin]

[ Lando just points to the bag where his blaster is. ] In there. If I can just get to it... [ He'll fire on the beast and hopefully kill the damn thing.

He's still a good meter away, but he's inching closer and closer. ]