Restart: [hr] [color=0076a3]"How far is close by?"[/color] Kiri asked as she stepped off the elevator, catching the end of Cherche's assumption before turning swiftly to Erka after Cherche answered. [color=0076a3]"Stealth systems engaged?"[/color] [color=a0410d]"Affirmative."[/color] The Ant replied. [color=a0410d]"If human tech does what it says, the ship should have a chameleon effect going so anything visual won't pick us up easily."[/color] [color=0076a3]"Good."[/color] Kiri looked out of the cockpit at the landscape, leaning over Erkas chair, studying the forest's edge quietly. [color=0076a3]"Keep me update on that signal, Kendrick. We'll conduct a preliminary investigation of this planet. I estimate our away time to be anywhere between three hours to six - so if we haven't radioed in sometime after that, assume something has happened."[/color] She walked away, turning from the cockpit and heading towards the cargo bay. [color=0076a3]"Tearch, you have the Bridge. Stay Alert and don't let anything on the ship without my approval. Stay alert."[/color] Pressing the button on her comm unit, Kiri spoke. [i][color=0076a3]"Helmheim, Kriev'en, Cargo bay in five minutes!"[/color][/i] [color=green]"Are we leaving that way?"[/color] Jessica asked. [color=green]"Well. whatever. Guess you're the boss here."[/color] She added, shifting on her heels and wheeling over to the Cargo Bay. She made it there quickly since the Engineering Bay was close. [color=green]"Hey, so, we gonna get going then?"[/color] Jess asked, [color=green]"How did you want to proc--."[/color] The Engineer was cut off by Cherche coming up on Comms. [color=violet]"CAPTAIN! We.. Uhh, well. Two things. First of all, I've located the position of the signal. Three or so clicks northwest, through the jungle. More importantly though... Well, the terminal down there. I'm sending a video from the front camera of the ship."[/color] She sounded worried, so it was good for the three to walk to the terminal in the bay. Usually, it was for taking stock of items... But... Once the video started, it showed the trees slightly rustling in the wind. Nothing seemed amiss for the moment... Until the trees started to shake unnaturally. A shadow became visible in the shade of the trees as some of the smaller ones were pushed aside or toppled completely. The shadow exited the jungle canopy and looked around. By human standards, it was approximately seven meters tall and at least 2 across. It looked frightening yet familiar. [color=green]"The hell... Is that a giant toucan mixed with a dodo bird or something?"[/color] She asked to herself more than the others. It did resemble some unholy cross between toucan and dodo. It's eyes had a similar look to a felines though in the position of a toucan's. It's beak and head shared definite similarities with a toucan for the most part, aside the spike on the tip of the beak and the apparent teeth that seemed to line the top of it's slightly open beak, but not the bottom. The brown colored lower body was fat like a dodo, with small stubby wings that in no way could allow it to fly. It looked around, as if knowing that something had been here. After a couple of seconds, it seemed to decided that there were nothing here and turned back to the forest, angrily smashing into a medium sized tree on it's way back. [color=green]"A giant... Toucan Dodo. Can't say I expected a giant one of those things. Or... That it looked so ready to gore someone to death. Teeth means it eats meat after all."[/color] [color=violet]"It umm, it's heading the way you're going to be going. I don't need to tell you all to be careful, right?"[/color] Cherche added, [color=violet]"Play it safe out there."[/color] By the time Kiri had made it to the cargo bay, she was greeted by Jess. Easiest way out of the ship - the Airlock was built for docking with another ship or a shipyard. Inefficient and a security hazard to make multiple ways onto the ship. Some might also say it was a safety risk, but you couldn't have everything. But of course, things couldn't go so smoothly to start with. [color=0076a3]"Look at the size of that thing."[/color] Kiri chuckled, folding her arms across her chest watching the video. [color=0076a3]"Hmph, if I wasn't on duty I'd take me home a hunting trophy."[/color] She chuckled, pulling the lever to open the cargo bay doors. [color=0076a3]"Don't worry about us, Kendrick. Focus on staying safe yourselves."[/color] [color=0076a3]"We run into anything intelligent, don't do anything reckless. We don't want to needless get into conflict with some natives."[/color] Her tone of voice was light, but there was definitely a serious and no nonsense inflection to it. [color=0076a3]"Lets move out. Three clicks isn't too far, but we'll need to get to walking. We run into that bird, don't do anything reckless but we're not going to let it stop us either."[/color] Walking down the ramp, her feet were the first to hit the foreign soil