[CENTER][hr][hr][h3]| |                                             [color=slategray]~ ᔕ ᒪ I ᑭ ᔕ T ᖇ ᕮ ᗩ ᗰ ~[/color]                                             | |[/h3][hr][hr][SUP][COLOR=SILVER][I]The Dynamic Duo - Part 1[/I][/COLOR][/SUP][/CENTER]
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[INDENT][I][B][sup][COLOR=SILVER]Stardate 2116055.7 - May 05[sup]th[/sup], 2016 // 1700 Hours[/COLOR][/sup][/B][/I][/INDENT]
Flashes of red and yellow warning lights illuminated the dim cockpit as the ship groaned with each rumble her shaking hull made.

[COLOR=SteelBlue][b]"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon! C'MOOON!"[/b][/color] Came the grunts of the small pilot both his paws, mechanical arms and tail flew about in a flurry to work the controls of the crashing spacecraft. [color=steelblue][b]"Give it to me Baby!"[/b][/color] He yelled as a paw smashed down on the coolant ejector. The ship's engine room flooding in a cloud of alien coolant as the craft regained altitude over New Athens. Several of the warning lights on the dash stopped flashing as the ship began to slow, it's collision rate with the ground below slowing into a pleasant cruise as the Captain Slipstream Riverotter regained control of the [url=http://www.igorstshirts.com/blog/conceptships/2014/evgeny/evgeny_05.jpg][color=white][I]Otr's Ransom[/I][/color][/url]. 

[COLOR=SteelBlue][b]"Everyone relax, I've got this."[/b][/color] The cocky otter said with a smile as he flashed his canines and directly the ship towards New Athens. [COLOR=SteelBlue][b]"According to the map, the Black Orb should be somewhere below..."[/b][/color] Slipstream was suddenly cut off the cockpit was filled with the whine of a siren. Warning lights completely illuminated the dash in front of the otter as the ship suddenly began to drop.

[COLOR=IndianRed][B]"WARNING! Atmospheric flight has been disengaged. Impact imminent."[/B][/COLOR]

[COLOR=SteelBlue][b]"Tell me something I don't know you stupid V.I.!"[/b][/color] Growled the otter as he flew to work again. Ripping open the panels in front of him, Slip tried to touch various wires to one another in attempt to send power back to the atmospheric flight engines. [COLOR=SteelBlue][b]"Engage impulse engines!"[/b][/color] Slip yelled as he slammed down another control.

[COLOR=IndianRed][B]"Cannot comply. Impulse engines are disabled while flying within planetary atmosphere."[/B][/COLOR]

[COLOR=SteelBlue][b]"OVERRIDE!"[/b][/color] Screamed Slip as he pulled the airbrakes.

[COLOR=IndianRed][b]"Cannot comply."[/b][/color]

[COLOR=SteelBlue][b]"Slag!"[/b][/color] Cursed the Captain as tightened his seatbelt. Ripping several other wires out of the dash, the otter bit through them as he 'overrode' the security protocols. Engaging the impulse engines to slow the descent, the otter braced for impact as the [i]Otr's Ransom[/i] collided with the surface of New Athen's Kirby River before bouncing into the air again. The smooth underbelly of the ship skipped across the wet surface like a rock in a pond before hitting the water again. Coming down nose first, the ship slipped through the reflective surface as the impulse engines were flooded with water. Biting through anther wire, the sirens in the cockpit fell silent as the ship began to sink to the bottom of the river.

Thinking fast, the otter traced a wire back to its home before yanking it out and replacing it with another one. Doing this for a few more wires, he engaged the engines again, this time activating the Atmo Exit Engines as the ship rocketed to the surface of the river before flying out of control over the skies of New Athens. Disengaging the engines, the pirate activated the ship's cloaking device as it began to plummet again.

[COLOR=SteelBlue][b]"C'mon baby, you can do better than this!"[/b][/color] The otter grunted, he extend the ship's atmospheric stablizers gliding it towards the ground. Flying low over Highland Park, the ship descended onto the ground as it came to a grinding halt, carving a path into the park. All around people screamed as a the grass and ground seemingly disappeared as the cloaked ship ripped the park a new trench. 

Unbuckling his seat's restraints, Slipstream turned on the view screen as he looked around. 

[COLOR=SteelBlue][b]"Looks like another perfect landing."[/b][/color][/INDENT]