[quote=@Dyelli Beybi]
"It'll be fine!" Velia declared, "If they lock onto us or start shooting we'll just fly back."

She glanced between John and the others in the crew, "I think it's worth the risk anyway.  We're not desperate for food right now, but I don't know when we'll next find a habitable planet and I'd rather have some spare supplies aboard."

She looked between them again, inwardly thinking they probably needed to agree on a leadership structure, "So who's in for a trip to the surface?" she proposed.
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[h3]Mark A. Lopez[/h3]

Mark glanced from Velia to John, then down at the planet again. He let out a tired breath through his nose.

“Well, might as well throw my name in.”

He pushed off the console, rolling one shoulder like it had already started aching at the thought.

“If the shuttle gets clipped, you’ll want someone aboard who can slap a quick fix on it before we’re stranded planetside. And if they blow us out of the sky…” he shrugged, flat and jaded, “then at least I can say I died helping instead of sitting up here watching the food stores drop.”

He looked toward John.

“Don’t worry, Cap'n. we’ll try not to let anyone scratch your bird too bad.”

Then back to Velia.

“I’m in.”