[h2]John[/h2]


[quote=@Dyelli Beybi]
Velia had secured herself back into her seat.  Her knee bounced up and down nervously as she considered what to do, "How about this... suggest they seal the shuttle and cargo bays off then launch, venting those spaces.  Then we dock with them and jump out of here." [/quote]

John pondered for a half second the viability of turning the shuttle around. Trying his luck with another orbital or perhaps hailing another ship. They had at least a week's worth of life support and twice that in supplies. Potentially a better gamble then an infested colony ship. 

A blinking indicator however drew his attention. A frown formed under his helmet as he stabbed the offending console; the shuttle tech's had messed up something with their ad-hoc maintenance. The experimental shuttle apparently too alien for them to properly adjust around. The rapidly failing left engine spoke of his diminishing options.  

With a sigh he opened his comm back to the colony ship. Relaying Velia's instructions as he adjusted the still functioning engine to the best intercept course. 

He just hoped this decision worked out. 


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It was to little fanfare that John brought the shuttle into the colony ship's respective landing bay. The twitching corpses of a few Metacer's scattered; victim's of the hasty depressurization. John still kept an eye on them as the shuttle nestled into the dock; the assault shuttle larger then the usual spec of shuttle so it's dimensions took up nearly the entire bay. Though the landing gear was standard; hooking into place with a satisfying thump; his console showing the green of a good dock. 

"We're hooked. Clear to disembark." John started the shut down procedures, taking care to check the failing engine, filing away that problem until after he drove a colony ship for the first time in his life.