[center][h3][color=0054a6]NAUTICA[/color][/h3][color=0054a6][b]Location:[/b][/color] Engineering[/center][hr]Mercifully, Nautica made it to engineering uninterrupted. However, even on her way there, she noticed that whatever the ethereal alien caused did a number on the ship. Conduits were hanging loosely in the hallway, still live and sending sparks. That was okay, that could be fixed. When she came upon a giant girder skewering one of the hallways though, she saw the writing on the wall: The ship broke it's back, and it was never going to transwarp again. Not without disintegrating upon warp exit.

Still, there was some life left in it, hopefully enough to get them to safety. As she heard the announcment, her spirits actually lifted up - A planet was a good deal better than being stranded in the void of space. She quickly moved to the consoles that were still active, pulling up the damage control screen and patching into communications. [color=0054a6]"Bridge! This is engineering, is anyone receiving? I have some control over the systems. Main propulsion is gone, but I can give you the maneuvering thrusters, is anyone at the helm?"[/color] She asked, unaware of how the engagement with the predacons went.

If there wasn'T, or if her message did not get through, she wondered what she could do. Pulling up the sensor feed that still worked, she took a look at the readings of the planet. [i]A lot of water, good, good. Maybe if I fire the thrusters at the last second manually, I can turn the fall into a glide at the last minute and splash down. Hopefully somewhere close to shore.[/i] Then she had another thought. [color=0054a6]"Ship, are the weapons operational?"[/color]