OregonWriter14
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"Adams & Eves"
NOTE:
This role play needs 1 or more female writers and
-- once it's up and running and has room for them --
1 or more male writers, too.
Although technically a group role play,
it is written more like a bunch of 1x1s,
connected together by a common IC thread.
For more, see this link.
With his typical urgency, the Captain entered the shuttle repair bay of the Distant Ventures, the only compartment aboard the passenger transport with enough deck space to accommodate the entire 112 member crew at one time. And with his typical abruptness, he announced, "The mission is doomed. We have no choice but to perform an emergency landing on Trachen IV."
He went on to explain what the rumor mill had pretty much already disseminated: the explosion they had suffered in the engine room a month earlier had eliminated any possibility of them reaching their destination, the Human colony on Trachen III.
"We have no choice but to attempt an emergency landing," he continued. "We will fill the Passenger Pods with colonists and supplies, with one Crew Officer per Pod to lead the group once they are on the ground."
The Captain ran quickly through some basic safety and survival procedures, as another Senior Officer and her three assistants made their way through the group handing out thin Survival Manuals -- printed, not electronic -- that they'd begun producing when it became obvious that a landing was likely.
The Captain gestured the Executive Officer front and center, saying, "Each of you has an important choice to make. I want you to understand that we will accommodate as many first choices as possible ... but..."
The XO pointed to an ID scanner box sitting upon a table near the repair bay's forward entrance. "As you leave, swipe your ID and make a choice of assignments. The options are..."
He lifted a small card before him and explained the options available to the dying ship's Crew...
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