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[filiusenox]

Spoiler: Image:Sucky (click to show/hide)

On a satellite, drifting between stars:
A soft, gentle breeze blows through the beach, ruffling your hair as you meditate in silence. You breath in and out, slowly, before lifting your gaze towards the bright blue sun that hangs in the air. Your eyes adjusting to the shimmering blue light to notice it’s dimming, flickering, dulling.
   Just as you think this, the calm, tranquil beach reverts to a broad room, lined with wall-sized screens, each listing some important vital information.
   And all of it is in the red.

A floating done appears in front of you, its chirpy voice calling out, “Controller! The station’s Delta engine is sputtering. We have an approximate three solar hours before it goes out completely. Suggested emergency landing on a planet for emergency repairs.”

   “With this in mind, I’ve compiled a list of nearby solar systems for you to peruse. Dilation effect activating.” It responds, before you even say a word, and you feel the constant ticking of time slow, almost cease as your mind goes into overdrive to contemplate where you’ll make planet fall.
   Thirteen screens appear in front of you in a microsecond, listing several systems, their planets and their stars. After viewing the distance it would take and doing some math to determine how far you can travel in three hours, you narrow it down to four.
   It takes longer to contemplate these, than it does the others.

Spoiler:  {679} (click to show/hide)

[679]
        Red Dwarf
        Dim
[679,I]
        A large rock planet.
        Cold.
        Lifeless.
        No atmosphere.
        Large single moon.[679,I:I]
[679,II]
        A medium-sized planet.
        Volcanic but stable.
         No atmosphere.
         Five(5) moons, each smaller than the last.
         Difficulty with scanning Moons.
         Life and atmosphere signatures detected on [679,II; III]

Spoiler:  {681} (click to show/hide)

[681]
        Red Dwarf
        Dim
[681,I]
        Large Planet.
        Ferrous/Silicate.
        Dense atmosphere.
        59% Water.
        1% Ice.
        Warm.
        Volcanic.
        No detection of Civilization.
[681,II]
        Ringed, rocky, medium-sized planet.
        No atmosphere.
[681,III]
        Trace Atmosphere
        Crater containing the wreckage of a ship.
        Cold.
[681, IV]
        Rocky, small planet.
        Cold.

Spoiler: {677} (click to show/hide)

[677]
        Yellow main sequence.
        Bright.
[677.5]
        Red Dwarf.
        Dim
[677, I]
        Small Planet.
        Thin Atmosphere.
        24% Water.
        7% Ice.
        Silicate
        STL exploration detected.
        FTL traffic.
[677,II]
        Asteroid Belt
        High Ferrous, Hydrogen, Aurum and Cuprum content.

Spoiler: {678} (click to show/hide)

[678]
        Orange Main Sequence.
        Dim.
[678, I]
         Large rocky planet.
         Large moon.
         Crater-marked.
         Thin crust.
[Burislav]
          Standard ocean world.
          Standard breathable atmosphere.
          Heavy FTL traffic.
          Claimed by the Cro Empire.
          74% Water.
          23% Ice.
[678, III]
ERRORCODE_3342: ELECTROMAGNETIC STORM INTERRUPTING SCAN.

Now it's just a matter of picking where in the hell you'll crash.

[scapheap]

681,I

[javierpwn]

678,III
I want the random planet.

[Emral282]

[681,I]

[kaian-a-coel]

[677, I]

[Jbg97]

678,III
I want the random planet.

+1

[Remuthra]

681, III
Ruins of a ship=engines.
No time for that now, we need to explore the anomalous planet!
(Prospector has taught us well.)

[GreatWyrmGold]

681-II

[Gotdamnmiracle]

681,I

I like this.

I really hope it breaks up in atmosphere, only a few people surviving, having to pick up the parts separated by the rip of hot atmospheric winds.

[filiusenox]

Spoiler:  {681,I} (click to show/hide)

With a gesture, the platform shifts, directing itself with bursts from the barely functioning engines. You run a finger over the surface of a screen, feeling the dilation of time fade as you complete the necessary calculations.
With a blink, you’re standing atop the main engine core, a dome of power holding back the primal fury of a captured sun. You sit cross-legged on your heart and soul, just as the thrusters flare to life. Matter, space and time blur around you as the long-forgotten but still familiar power roars into your veins and the satellite soars through space.
   You activate time dilation, making each second that passes feel like an eternity as you enjoy, perhaps, your last flight.

You pass three planets, and you’re close, relatively, of course, to [681,I]. You have a few seconds --which to yourself, is all the time in the world-- to adjust your fall trajectory according to your wishes. You tap your fingers on the energy shield surrounding your heart as you think.

How would you like to land?

[Remuthra]

The South Pole!
Assemble a space penguin army.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Spoiler:  {681,I} (click to show/hide)

With a gesture, the platform shifts, directing itself with bursts from the barely functioning engines. You run a finger over the surface of a screen, feeling the dilation of time fade as you complete the necessary calculations.
With a blink, you’re standing atop the main engine core, a dome of power holding back the primal fury of a captured sun. You sit cross-legged on your heart and soul, just as the thrusters flare to life. Matter, space and time blur around you as the long-forgotten but still familiar power roars into your veins and the satellite soars through space.
   You activate time dilation, making each second that passes feel like an eternity as you enjoy, perhaps, your last flight.

You pass three planets, and you’re close, relatively, of course, to [681,I]. You have a few seconds --which to yourself, is all the time in the world-- to adjust your fall trajectory according to your wishes. You tap your fingers on the energy shield surrounding your heart as you think.

How would you like to land?

In the cool Volcalnic north, try to save the passengers, not the ship, Let it twist and rip apart. Keep the cabins and quarters whole. We can pick up the other pieces later.

[filiusenox]

In the cool Volcalnic north, try to save the passengers, not the ship, Let it twist and rip apart. Keep the cabins and quarters whole. We can pick up the other pieces later.

This thought is too nagging to let escape your mind. You haven’t had passengers...since before this sun was born. An eternity, even to yourself.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Spoiler:  {681,I} (click to show/hide)

With a gesture, the platform shifts, directing itself with bursts from the barely functioning engines. You run a finger over the surface of a screen, feeling the dilation of time fade as you complete the necessary calculations.
With a blink, you’re standing atop the main engine core, a dome of power holding back the primal fury of a captured sun. You sit cross-legged on your heart and soul, just as the thrusters flare to life. Matter, space and time blur around you as the long-forgotten but still familiar power roars into your veins and the satellite soars through space.
   You activate time dilation, making each second that passes feel like an eternity as you enjoy, perhaps, your last flight.

You pass three planets, and you’re close, relatively, of course, to [681,I]. You have a few seconds --which to yourself, is all the time in the world-- to adjust your fall trajectory according to your wishes. You tap your fingers on the energy shield surrounding your heart as you think.

How would you like to land?

In the cool Volcalnic north, try to save the passengers, not the ship, Let it twist and rip apart. Keep the cabins and quarters whole. We can pick up the other pieces later.

+1

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Your mind wanders as you let your ship rip free, numb, and guided into the cool north, you know little of the planet but hope for soft seas, mosses, and a deep forest. The loud screeching of wind burning metal is tinny in your ear and faint as you coil out and save yourself, and hope the best for the engines.