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ten_fwd_ooc2014-06-22 06:24 pm
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TEST DRIVE #3 - Alien Bazaar/Ten Forward
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Option 001. Alien planet, marketplace: So you're new to this whole space travel thing. The ship is cool and all, but there are hundreds of alien worlds out there. You want to explore. To see what the universe REALLY looks like.
Well, here's your chance! Your first stop is this lovely indoor marketplace, which looks kind of like a mall. There are stalls one after the other as far as the eye can see, and they sell all kinds of things: food, clothes, trinkets, animals, fabrics, jewelry, perfumes, books, etc etc. Some things look human, easy to recognize; other things look very alien. There are two levels, and constant chatter as people hawk their wares and discuss prices.
Do you want to explore? Poke at the weird shops? Buy a gift for a new friend? Flirt with someone at the food court? Maybe you see a pickpocket, and must run to the aid of the victim. Maybe there's some other villainy afoot. After all, a crowded marketplace is a good place for villains to lurk, causing trouble. Whether you're a hero or just an unassuming traveler, there proves to be some adventure for you on this planet.
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Option 002. Aboard the Enterprise, Ten Forward: You have no idea what just happened. One minute you were home, 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.
You've managed to land in Ten Forward a long bar with barstools and a bartender, tables sprinkled throughout, and the far wall is nothing but windows 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.
Option 001. Alien planet, marketplace: So you're new to this whole space travel thing. The ship is cool and all, but there are hundreds of alien worlds out there. You want to explore. To see what the universe REALLY looks like.
Well, here's your chance! Your first stop is this lovely indoor marketplace, which looks kind of like a mall. There are stalls one after the other as far as the eye can see, and they sell all kinds of things: food, clothes, trinkets, animals, fabrics, jewelry, perfumes, books, etc etc. Some things look human, easy to recognize; other things look very alien. There are two levels, and constant chatter as people hawk their wares and discuss prices.
Do you want to explore? Poke at the weird shops? Buy a gift for a new friend? Flirt with someone at the food court? Maybe you see a pickpocket, and must run to the aid of the victim. Maybe there's some other villainy afoot. After all, a crowded marketplace is a good place for villains to lurk, causing trouble. Whether you're a hero or just an unassuming traveler, there proves to be some adventure for you on this planet.
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Option 002. Aboard the Enterprise, Ten Forward: You have no idea what just happened. One minute you were home, 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.
You've managed to land in Ten Forward a long bar with barstools and a bartender, tables sprinkled throughout, and the far wall is nothing but windows 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.
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To someone from Peter's time period, when Earth hadn't started colonizing the rest of its system, let alone met the Perseids and joined the Commonwealth, this must be a surprise.
The difference in perspective shows the gap of thousands of years; to Peter's viewpoint, this is something he has to ask if it's happened, but to Dylan's, it's such a part of who he is, and of humanity itself, that it's strange to think of a humanity that doesn't have that history.
"Humans had to be genetically engineered when we first started to live on heavy gravity worlds. My mother's family came from one, before she left to become a pilot. I inherited the enhanced genes."
no subject
"Yeah, yeah that makes sense."
He sits back, brows furrowed in concentration, arms crossed. Digesting this new bit of information. Fascinated, and yet ... well, no, simply fascinated.
"That's crazy, man. I mean - it's really cool, but ... this sort of genetic advancement is still in its really early stages back where I'm from."
no subject
A lot of humanity's greatest scientific advancements -- even through into more recent times, like Harper's crazy time-traveling teleport -- came about as a result of a combination of Perseid technology and human ingenuity. Just like Harper said.
"In your time, yeah, it still was in its early stages. In my world, too."
He shrugs.
"It's just a part of what humanity is. Something like 90 percent of humans have been genetically enhanced in one way or another."
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There's a trace of wry amusement in there, like maybe people aren't so different from rats or cockroaches or any other species ever, just trying to get by on whatever planet they're on because the alternative is so scary.
"Not all that easy to wipe us out."