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THE TEST DRIVE

Like it or not, you've been dragged from your world into the sanctum. It's a pretty nice city, all things considered--sci-fi, high-tech, glamourous.... Except, of course, for the giant dome encircling it, and the threat of glitching, contaminated zombies at your door. Looks like humanity's built itself a fortress that looks suspiciously like a cage, too.

The object of this meme is to get people familiar with the world of the Sanctum, and to try to see if their characters would fit in a sci-fi utopia such as this. Here are your options:

1. Intro: Waking Up. Make your intro post, folks. You wake up in a strange place, and get a strange transmission to go with it. What are you going to do?

2. Failed Upgrade. One of your upgrades is more wrong than right. How will you cope? What exactly is different? Who will help?

3. Mission outside the dome. You've come under fire. The strange things are coming towards you. Luckily, you have your suit, your teammates, and a lot of firepower. Or are you stranded on your own, looking for someone to come to the rescue? Perhaps you're the rescuer.

4.Infected Something bit you. Now you're turning into them, and all you can hear is a high-pitched squealing in your head, like a frequency you just can't quite hear. Do you tell your loved ones, or do you wait? Do you trust your doctor?

5. Military training Everyone's got to start somewhere. You're training the green folks, maybe you're one of the newcomers yourself. Maybe you haven't even touched a gun before in your life. Either way, you'd better start now.

6. Chance encounter makin' my way downtown walking fast, faces pass--you get the point. You bump into someone! Shopping, or strolling in a park? Maybe just lunch in a cafe?

7. Glory to the Network! Network post. Text with general queries, say what you have to say to the entirety of the whole city.

7. Wildcard: Whatever you want. Mix and match, switch and swatch, make something else up entirely!

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[ you know, in her first year of starfleet academy, she'd thought that learning vulcan was impossible. literally, impossible. she'd phoned home, packed her bags, booked the first shuttle home and just .. quit. and then she'd chanced a meeting with a professor on the way to the shuttle bay and things had just clicked and she'd slunk back to her bunk with all her stuff in tow, certain that this was the hardest thing she'd ever had to experience -- quitting and getting caught by someone she truly respected.

this was much harder. waking up in a strange place, abandoned by her crew (so she thought), alien tech in her back, unarmed (her phasers didn't work), without a working headset, no connection with the enterprise. in fact, the last thing she remembered was being on Earth. so it made no sense that she would be here.

taking a deep breath, she addressed the only headset she had that did work. ]

My name is Lieutenant Nyota Uhura. [ there is a slight pause as she translates her words to Klingon, the only race she could think that would take starfleet operatives. ] pongwIj 'oH Nyota Uhura.

I am looking for the rest of my crew from the Enterprise and information on our current coordinates, as well as the situation. If anyone could bring me up to speed, I'd appreciate it. vIlegh qaStaHvIS 'ej De' beq Qu'mey potlh Quv, Hoch law' ghu'. vaj jIHvaD Ha' speed nIbwI' vay', qatlho' vIneH.

[ she considers her words for a few moments, her face serious. is there anything she is missing? should she mention Spock specifically? no. best not. they will find her, no doubt, especially if the Captain has anything to say about it. instead she just bows her head. ]

Thank you. nuqneH.

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[ he's only really half-paying attention when the feed starts. ( not that he particularly has anything else to be doing, but he's always half-paying attention - it's generally how he ends up hearing most of the things he does. )

he knows the voice before she even says her name, and if he hadn't caught on then, the klingon would have clued him in like a smack to the back of the head.

jim reaches for his glasses, holds them at an angle that allows his face to be in clear view as he turns on the video, offering up a tilt of his head and the quirk of a brow. ]

I can tell you right now, lieutenant, no one here will understand the Klingon part of that message. Points for trying, though.

[ there's a pause, and then his tone is sincere when he says - ] It's good to see you.

Captain!

[ guess who actually looks happy to see you! ~~for once~~. she might even be called thrilled, but only for a moment. then it's business as usual; she's nothing if not professional. still, the fact she wasn't here completely alone .. it made her happy. ]

If your points mattered, I'd be pleased. [ she tips her head to the side in a half-shrug. ] If we haven't been kidnapped by Klingons, where exactly are we?

[ and.. more to the point. ]

Is anyone else here with us?

( MEMES ) TEST DRIVE >> 002.

7 ⚛ because i wrote a thing

hi hello did you ask for a captain because you're getting one.

who asks for a captain, ew