Board Thread:Random RP/@comment-26535281-20161214010219/@comment-25901581-20161221011441

5H4D0W looked through the projected window, as the ship flew through hyperspace. They were on an trip to pay a visit to a nearby planet, to examine for possible colonisation. And if it was found to be suitable (which it probably was), they were going to colonise it. Another world for the Collective.

But it was not to be. As he watched, the ship shook suddenly, and they were jolted out of hyperspace.

The alarms blared. A black dwarf, a star long dead, with a powerful gravity well. The ship turned sharply, narrowly missing a crash with the dense celestial body.

5H4D0W acted rapidly, sending a report to the Collective, reporting this black dwarf. He then calculated the status report, and it didn't look well.

The hyperdrive had been damaged as a result of the sudden exit, and was malfunctioning. The energy it had been using was volatile, as it -

KABOOM!

The hyperdrive let out a massive burst of energy, and ceased to function.

The entire ship jolted forward, propelled by this burst of energy.

5H4D0W took control. They were going at 36.8923 HyperLuminal. The engine couldn't stop it, it'd break down in seconds if it tried, and they were going too fast to even slow down. That hyperdrive had sent them right back into hyperspace.

5H4D0W took the wheel, and steered the ship to head towards the nearest system. They wouldn't maintain hyperspeed, the energy was dissapating quickly, but they had enough to get there.

-- -- -- 46 DAYS LATER -- -- --

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...

The ship suddenly exited hyperspace, shaking violently, and 5H4D0W, unable to slow it down, could only turn it.

Towards a planet.

He sent a report to the Collective of what had transpired, and their location. Then he turned his attention to the planet.

The planet was habitable by organic lifeforms, and already he could spot a few familiar ships. The Rin Insignia could be seen atop a pile of wreckage, and 5928's ship was also visible.

He assessed the planet. A few fertile plains to the north, and groups of ore-rich mountains. An interesting planet.

He steered towards a group of mountains near 5928, and waited.

Hopefully his heat shields would block the worst of the atmospheric entrance.

-- -- -- THE PLANET -- -- --

The ship, like an asteroid, plunged towards the landmass below, glowing brilliantly, heated by friction.

5H4D0W jettisoned his robotic colonists. They were in a box, and they had a parachute. They'd be fine.

Then, he made sure his own parachute was working, and activated the ejector seat.