[b][i]RENEGADE,[/i] LOW ORBIT OVER UNCHARTED HABITABLE WORLD[/b]
[b]FEBRUARY 4, 2841
1315 HOURS (SYSTEM CLOCK)[/b]

Roughly fifteen minutes had passed since the [i]Renegade[/i] had dropped out of hyperspace around the planet, and Lance had brought it into a stable low orbit. Cutter was busy scanning the planet, and Lance was getting bored. He was idly staring at the live feed of the planet taken from the ship's onboard cameras, but there was nothing special other than the fact that it looked a hell lot like Earth, and Lance hadn't even been to the homeworld of humanity before.

Sure, he heard of the tales of when ancient humanity still fought over the last few drops of oil. The conflict known as the Resource Wars was fought over Earth dwindling natural resources. Lance still couldn't imagine a time where everything was fueled by natural resources, and he certainly couldn't imagine living in a time where people were willing to annihilate each other just to get those last few drops. That was before humanity had discovered alternate ways to generate power, and more or less unlocked the secret of unlimited power. Still, the mercenary was bored, and he decided to loudly announce this fact. "I'm bored." He complained. "Are you done with those scans yet?" 

Cutter flashed into existence next to him, an annoyed expression on his face. "Hey, come on, man. It's been fifteen minutes. I've barely even scanned ten percent of the entire planet." He said, turning around and going back to staring at nothing (to regular humans). Lance rubbed his face and stared at the planet down below, seemingly thinking of something. 

"Take us down."

"What?" Cutter was taken aback by Carter's sudden decision.

"You heard me. Take us down." 

"Wait wait wait, we barely even know anything about this planet, and you want to [i]land?[/i]"

"Yep."

Cutter groaned. "Fine. I'll take us down. I guess we'll land on that big landmass down there." The A.I. pointed at the largest continent down below. The ship suddenly moved and pointed downwards as its main thrusters powered up, the repulsor engines glowing a bright blue the [i]Renegade[/i] descended into the planet's atmosphere. The blackness of space slowly shifted into a clear blue sky, and fluffy white clouds replaced the stars. Eventually, the vessel was flying over a large forest surrounded by mountainous peaks and shimmering lakes. The ship, despite its size and shape, gracefully skimmed through the air, before stopping and hovering over a rather large forest clearing overlooking the lake down below. The craft slowly descended, its landing gear deploying and its engines kicked up a large amount of ground and organic matter, emanating a low hum all the while. 

It sat there for a while, its engines powering down before it died completely filling the forest with silence once more. After a few more minutes, a ramp on the underside of the vehicle lowered, and Lance slowly walked out, fully suited in his armour and his rifle out. He walked a fair distance, looking around at the trees general landscape. "Huh. This place is pretty neat. I wouldn't mind getting stranded here for a while. You got that distress pulser up yet?"

Cutter, as usual, appeared right next to Lance's head. "Yeah. Should take a while for anyone to receive the signal, though."

Lance nodded, looking up at the sky. "We'll have plenty of time to explore, then."