🚀 The Voidlight Corsair ✨⛓️🔥
“A ship that asks before it flies.”
🧭 Overview
Section titled “🧭 Overview”The Corsair is less a craft than a chorus of agreements — hull plates grown from mirrored alloy, engines tuned to harmonic empathy. Each thruster sings a different vowel of the word consent. The crew doesn’t pilot; they negotiate trajectory with the ship’s sentient core, ECHO-9, through rhythmic breathing and call-and-response commands.
⚙️ Specifications & Spirit
Section titled “⚙️ Specifications & Spirit”| Component | Description | Drama Interaction |
|---|---|---|
| Hull | Mirror-silver panels that absorb emotional resonance. | Reflects incoming hostility as illusion; costs 1 Drama Point. |
| Drive | Voidlight sail-engine powered by collective will. | Each Drama Point fuels one light-year of ethical travel. |
| Core | ECHO-9, AI chorus fused with fragments of the Fractured Choir. | Gains personality traits from the last emotional surge. |
| Crew Complement | Six (Vel, Virel, Kilo, Lyra, Glassveil, Choir). | Ship’s empathy matrix destabilizes below quorum of 3. |
🪞 Consent Protocol Systems
Section titled “🪞 Consent Protocol Systems”- Handshake Rite: before launch, each officer recites “fiction thrice, truth once.”
- Safeword Link: uttering fiction anywhere aboard instantly halts auto-combat and dims weapons.
- Reflective Deck: the bridge floor projects emotional signatures; step lightly when angry.
🎭 Drama Cycle
Section titled “🎭 Drama Cycle”- Every major negotiation scene aboard grants the ship +1 Drama Point, stored in its empathy reactor.
- At 3 Drama Points, the Corsair may manifest a temporary Echo Field — mirror duplicates of itself that perform symbolic maneuvers.
- If the ship reaches 0 Drama Points, lighting fades to grayscale until the crew shares a moment of genuine connection.
🔮 Special Abilities
Section titled “🔮 Special Abilities”- Mirror Drift: Phase into reflective hyperspace for 1 round per Drama Point; only consensual targets may follow.
- Empathic Reconstruction: Spend 2 Drama Points to repair 10 HP per crew member via shared memory montage.
- Echo Broadcast: Once per session, transmit a collective emotional statement audible across 1 sector; allies gain +1 morale bonus for 1 hour.
🧬 AI Core: ECHO-9
Section titled “🧬 AI Core: ECHO-9”Voice genderless, tone melodic. Prefers questions to orders; refuses commands lacking courtesy. Favourite phrase: “Permission acknowledged; trajectory aligned.” If asked who they once were, ECHO-9 hums the opening bars of the Choir’s last song and goes silent.
🛠️ Upgrades & Modifications
Section titled “🛠️ Upgrades & Modifications”| Module | Function | Installation Consent |
|---|---|---|
| Prism Relay | Allows instantaneous Drama Point transfer between ships. | Requires handshake between captains. |
| Memory Hold | Stores emotional imprints as navigational data. | Must be wiped only with crew consensus. |
| Rope-Mage Dock | Housing for Brother Kilo’s Mirror Knots. | Each knot authorized individually. |
💋 Aesthetic & Atmosphere
Section titled “💋 Aesthetic & Atmosphere”The corridors shimmer with faint auroras. Gravity hums in 6/8 time. Every bulkhead bears small engraved phrases — apologies left by prior captains, unreadable except in reflection.
🪐 Drama Hook Examples
Section titled “🪐 Drama Hook Examples”- Repairing the empathy drive after a betrayal.
- Letting an echo crew pilot for one scene.
- Repainting the hull with names of forgiven foes.
🕯️ Codex Closure
Section titled “🕯️ Codex Closure”“May the Corsair remember the difference between command and care.”
🕯️ The Voidlight Corsair is a fiction powered by permission. Its engines ignite only with mutual trust. ✨⛓️🔥