Time was closing in like the last grains of sand in an hourglass, and the planet was closing faster. Alice’s systems then said. “ Warning: entering the planet's atmosphere. Lower helo hangar bay door is ajar.” Sitting at my post looking at the planet as we descended drew more concern and with the helo hangar door ajar caused more to worry of. "Meadows! Contact fry and have him report to the hangar and find out what's going on. "Aye captain!" For one brief moment I told myself if I had heard any news from engineering I would pull the save off of my life, but with the main starboard only at seventy percent and air speed high it wasn't going to happen. The ship's alarms sounded like an orchestra of children handed musical instruments for the very first time. "Hangar door ajar" The ship's system said then.
The reality of the fall was swirling in my mind like a vortex created by two opposing forces in water, like my soul being sucked from my body. Some relief came when the ship's systems said the hangar door had been secured. However, the trajectory was off, speed was high and the firm was too close. Ahead a sea of red. These were the last orders given before making contact to the planet surface. “Engage thrusters to one hundred percent.” Shepria was on the same page. “Aye captain." With the addition of thirty percent for the first time I felt lift, but is it enough?
Standing behind the aluminum glass panels on the bridge you could see the surface of the planet’s firm come forward as we made contact. Debris exploded into the air as the lights flickered on and off throughout the bridge. Sparks came from the navigation panels like fireworks. The voltage hit the ensign with such force it blew her eye piercing from the socket. Two of the monitors aligned at each of the flight stations were on fire. Something must not be working with A-FES. (The Automatic Fire Extinguishing System.)
You could hear the crew groan as the impact to the planet's surface sucked the wind from their lungs. The twisting metal of the spacecraft made an awful shrieking sound. The same eerie sounds a large ship makes while sinking deep into the abyss of an ocean.