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So, this is a thing that's happening.
Apr. 4th, 2013 12:54 pmSure, Shepard, I'll go on that away mission alone since you need someone stealthy. What could possibly go wrong?
She'd known from the start that it was a terrible idea, but this terrible? Checking out an anomaly should've been routine, especially with the Normandy so close behind -- but the moment the Kodiak breached the edge of the strange energy readings, it was as if time slowed down ... up until she felt herself hurtling toward what looked to be a very real, solid planet. She clenched her hands on the wheel and summoned up her combat drone to try and use its limited programming to try and control the temperature-based damage that was occurring to the main computer system. Times like this made her glad for her environment suit already protecting her from whatever atmosphere she was travelling through.
The HUD on her mask flung information at her faster than she could process it; there was only one number she was really concerned about, and that was the ever-plunging altitude monitor. Coming in this fast onto a planet like this was suicide, she knew, so she did the only thing she could think of: she slammed on the directional thrusters and sent herself spinning sideways. If she could delay the fall a little, maybe she'd be able to survive the impact. She closed her eyes and tried to brace herself for the crash, but she had no doubt it was going to be a rough one.
The ship impacted against the planet as a near-dead weight, sending up a cloud of dust, debris, and flame. The mass effect core might've been intact, but those thrusters had exploded in a magnificent blast. It would be visible for miles, Tali thought foggily as she started to feel her away across the deck of the ship. Who knew whether it would explode completely or not? She didn't want to stick around to find out just yet.
She'd known from the start that it was a terrible idea, but this terrible? Checking out an anomaly should've been routine, especially with the Normandy so close behind -- but the moment the Kodiak breached the edge of the strange energy readings, it was as if time slowed down ... up until she felt herself hurtling toward what looked to be a very real, solid planet. She clenched her hands on the wheel and summoned up her combat drone to try and use its limited programming to try and control the temperature-based damage that was occurring to the main computer system. Times like this made her glad for her environment suit already protecting her from whatever atmosphere she was travelling through.
The HUD on her mask flung information at her faster than she could process it; there was only one number she was really concerned about, and that was the ever-plunging altitude monitor. Coming in this fast onto a planet like this was suicide, she knew, so she did the only thing she could think of: she slammed on the directional thrusters and sent herself spinning sideways. If she could delay the fall a little, maybe she'd be able to survive the impact. She closed her eyes and tried to brace herself for the crash, but she had no doubt it was going to be a rough one.
The ship impacted against the planet as a near-dead weight, sending up a cloud of dust, debris, and flame. The mass effect core might've been intact, but those thrusters had exploded in a magnificent blast. It would be visible for miles, Tali thought foggily as she started to feel her away across the deck of the ship. Who knew whether it would explode completely or not? She didn't want to stick around to find out just yet.
