Avoiding the worse.

"Welcome Captain Thorn. Diagnostic engaged.

Shields: offline

Weapons: offline

Communications: offline

Long range scanners: 55%

Inertial dampeners: 20%

Main propulsion: offline

Manoeuvering thrusters: 30%

Emmergency beacon: offline

Engineering systems: 85%

Life support: 56%

ALERT

Captain Thorn: injured, head trauma.

First Mate Williams : injured, head trauma

Engineer Smith: injured, head trauma

Hull breach in the Cargo hold.

Current trajectory will intercept Verdana 4 in 87 minutes. " listed the computerised voice.

Alone until Williams and Smith regained consciousness , the ship really wrecked you had to make a choice to escape what was left of the two fleets, still engaged in their terrible embrace.

Using the remaining scanners you spot what is around.

The planet one hemisphere covered by a large jungle filled continent with high mountains, the other longs strings of highlands and archipelagos in shallow water. And of course the moon, small, low gravity but strangely some air to breath and some things that the broken scanners identify as strucures.(within 70% certainty according to a scanner only active at 55%.)

You rerouted all the available power to the thrusters and put you on a trajectory that would hopefully not see you die burning or crushed in your seat.

You were proud of having lost none of your already limited crew on your first mission as a captain. And where there was life there was hope