Zeruel had watched the card game for a time, but as it dragged on he began to zone out becoming completely lost in his own thoughts during the trip until the ship violently shook as it was hit by anti-air artillery, snapping him out of his daze in time to see Andromedai be thrown out of the ship followed by the fallen jumping out after. Veruna phased out as He bolted for the opening as well only to be thrown off by the ships rocking and slam into the side before falling out to the forest below.

He hit a couple of trees as he fell and landed in the snow along the forest floor. He rose again rapidly, Thorn drawn, to make sure there were no Fallen or Hive nearby. When he saw that there were none he laid back down and Veruna appeared to assess any damage. He sat up again and they both found that his arm had been majorly damaged, it sparked and jerked as Veruna set about repairing it. Zeruel kept Thorn drawn and looked around while the repairs were being made, he eventually received a message set from Orion requesting help for the squad leader shortly before they were finished.

He stood up and flexed the arm and gripped the fingers to make sure it was in working order before turning to his ghost. He didn't need to say anything, or at least do whatever the remaining bit of his speech function allowed him to do, as Veruna answered "[color=92278f]The ship's crash site seems to be in that direction[/color]" The ghost turned to face toward the source of the distress call "[color=92278f]i'm not detecting any of the others nearby[/color]" Zeruel holstered Thorn and took out his rifle, setting out toward the crash with Veruna hovering over his shoulder.