El Sentiel
02-01-2005, 05:53
A life boat sped through the void, the ship not even topping ten metres in lenght, it's surface smooth with layer upon layer of ice caked around the entirity of it's hull. Slowly gravity gripped the ship pulling her towards the orb of devil's fire, or more precisely a small planet orbiting the celestial body.
The moniter flicked to life as data began scrolling down the screen, what colons and scratch marks looked to man was an entire alphabet to a Kzinti. Three loud whining beeps echoed throughout the ship, Exile stirred slowly in his cott, he growled loudly as he turned facing the wall which turned into a whimper, into a muffled sobs.
The console beeped again convincing Exile to get up. His limbs resisted his orders to move, and they ached sorely when he stretched in a feline fashion, the pink of tongue curling in his gaping mouth exposing razor sharp fangs. A swift thump on the console board aburptly ended the third sequence of beeps. He sat down on the crash couch, not bothering to buckle himself in.
"a planet h'rrr" he paused as the data continued to scroll down the screen "A new home..far, far from the patriarch, far from my dead honor." He set in a new course, directly to the planet.
Hours passed before the life boat began its suicide dive through the atmosphere of the planet, flames melting the thick crust of ice that had formed around the Exile's ship. The ground came into view through the flames as the Grav polarizers whined and moaned as the ship slowed, not quite enough it seemed as the tiny life boat plowed into the ground with a clap of thunder engulfing the surround area. it was hours before Exile regained consciousness his entire body ached and protested as he lifted himself from the ground and carried himself out of the ship and only a few metres away before he finally gave into his body's demands, whispering to himself one word before the darkness consumed him again - "home"
The moniter flicked to life as data began scrolling down the screen, what colons and scratch marks looked to man was an entire alphabet to a Kzinti. Three loud whining beeps echoed throughout the ship, Exile stirred slowly in his cott, he growled loudly as he turned facing the wall which turned into a whimper, into a muffled sobs.
The console beeped again convincing Exile to get up. His limbs resisted his orders to move, and they ached sorely when he stretched in a feline fashion, the pink of tongue curling in his gaping mouth exposing razor sharp fangs. A swift thump on the console board aburptly ended the third sequence of beeps. He sat down on the crash couch, not bothering to buckle himself in.
"a planet h'rrr" he paused as the data continued to scroll down the screen "A new home..far, far from the patriarch, far from my dead honor." He set in a new course, directly to the planet.
Hours passed before the life boat began its suicide dive through the atmosphere of the planet, flames melting the thick crust of ice that had formed around the Exile's ship. The ground came into view through the flames as the Grav polarizers whined and moaned as the ship slowed, not quite enough it seemed as the tiny life boat plowed into the ground with a clap of thunder engulfing the surround area. it was hours before Exile regained consciousness his entire body ached and protested as he lifted himself from the ground and carried himself out of the ship and only a few metres away before he finally gave into his body's demands, whispering to himself one word before the darkness consumed him again - "home"