TEST DRIVE #16 - Turbolifts and Ten Forward

[ten_fwd_mods]

Option 001. Trapped in a Turbolift: This space travel thing is new to you, and you're starting to think the ship is purposely out to get you. A turbolift is just a grandiose name for an elevator, which should be the safest way to travel after all! But someone out there is out to get you, you're sure of it. Because the next thing you know, the lights flicker and the lift grinds to a stop. You're trapped, with whomever was unlucky enough to be in the lift with you.

It could be hours before you're rescued. These turbolifts span the entire massive ship, and don't just travel straight up and down. No, they can travel horizontally, vertically, sometimes even diagonally. You could be stuck between any deck now. There is a small access panel on one of the smooth walls, but how good are you with getting these things to work? Let's not forget that sudden stop tossed everyone around a little, and people could be hurt. Time to put your emergency thinking cap on, and make friends with the people beside you fast. You could be the only way back to freedom.

Conversely, you could slide that pack of cards out of your pocket and start a rousing game of gin rummy. Really it's up to you.







Option 002. Ten Forward: You have no idea what just happened. One minute you were home, minding your own business, and now you're on a spaceship in the middle of a crowded room! It looks like a bar. There are people eating and drinking, some in uniform, others not. Some are clearly aliens, and some of the food is looking rather strange too.

You've managed to land in Ten Forward. A long bar with barstools and a bartender span one side of the room, with a bank of strange computers on that same wall. It looks like people are ordering food and drinks from them. Tables are sprinkled throughout, and the far wall is nothing but floor to ceiling windows with a view out to space. It looks like a nice lounge, low conversation making the room hum.

Better ask some questions and find out where you are, or just tap the closest person on the shoulder and try to make friends. The bar is open.

Comments

[resistancepilot]

"Alright, so where are we then?" A quick look around the place reminds him that it's new to him, and obviously not where he intended to be. "And how did I get here?"

[the_blood]

"This is the lounge of the Enterprise. It's, well, they claim it is a ship that sails through stars as though they were water," Theiorn said. He floated a carafe and a glass to the stranger. "Feel free," he offered. He had no clue that made him look like a Force user. He had no clue what the Force was.

"It is commanded by Picard, the Warlord Prince of the Enterprise," Ailyshia said. "They call it Captain. We serve him while we are here."

"Can you tell how thrilled she is about that?" Theiorn said dryly. "We were brought here by a powerful being called Q, I would say male from the stories we have heard, but it is hard to believe any male would have that much power."

She nodded, for once agreeing with him.

"And even if he did, even the most powerful males are always beholden to a female, always serve. The more powerful the male, the stronger the need to serve."

[resistancepilot]

"I figured we were on some form of star ship, given the view through the windows. It must be some sort of cruiser, based on the size of it."

He hasn't seen many personal demonstrations of the Force, since the last user of it disappeared over a decade ago and his rogue student only used it to interrogate him, but he knows it exists and has no problem with its use. He picks up the glass and fills it from the carafe, smiling his thanks.

"You don't think men can be powerful?"

[the_blood]

"Of course they can," Theiorn said, "But there is always a woman more powerful somewhere, even if she is not yet born. And his soul yearns for her."

Ailyshia made a face. "That sounds like something the High Lord would say."

"It's something he has said," Theiorn said with a smirk.

She rolled her eyes and muttered "males" under her breath.

[resistancepilot]

"Then maybe there's someone more powerful than this Q person." Following their own logic, of course.

[the_blood]

"Exactly," he said with a nod. "We would do better to find his queen and speak with her than to try and reason with him."

"like a male knows how to reason with anyone," she muttered darkly.

[resistancepilot]

"I think you underestimate men." He's known some very capable men, after all, as well as some very capable women. "What would you do if he didn't have a queen?"

[the_blood]

"Win," she said simply.

Theiorn chuckled lightly. "The bond between us is our greatest strength.