Planetfall

[cryosabre]

The Unity, the symbol of togetherness across the galaxy


The Unity. The cruise ship that was supposed to be the symbol of all but the most primitive races of the galaxy reuniting into one alliance after the bloody slaughter of the ten years war. The Unity had stopped at every planet to pick up it's passengers, those who were lucky enough to win, be bestowed with or even just managing to steal a ticket from it's rightful owner, all gaining entry to the magnificent ship that, rumor had it, was build to resemble an iconic ship ship back on earth that apparently never finished it's maiden voyage.

Once on board the passengers would quickly find the ship was worthy of all the hype it had received, each personalized room had been individually tailored to the race that was occupying it, the lavish room accommodating for their every need as it was outfitted with a bed big enough to comfortably hold 4 of their species, a bathroom bigger than most peoples living rooms, a large bay window in which the occupant could observe the incredible vastness of space and a food bar stocked to the brim with delicious delicacies unlike from every part of the galaxy for the rooms owner to enjoy, a small video contact pad attached to the wall beside the food bar in case a particular food needed refilling. All this and various other amenities filled the wondrous rooms, making it an ideal place for those who didn't feel like socializing with the others on the ship, no doubt someone could comfortably live out the rest of their days here if there cruise was never to end.

Throughout the rest of the ship there was untold amounts of things to see and do, Exquisite ballrooms for dancing and socializing, numerous different bars, all with a different racial theme for those who preferred to spend their relaxation time drinking anything from the deliciously sweet honeyed wines of Melanthia to the strong home-crafted beers of the Khalzera, something most tended to avoid out of fear that the ridiculous rumors that the stuff putting scales on your chest were actually true. There were also games rooms, massage parlors, swimming pools, Recreational rooms, sports halls and just about everything else you could think of for a person to indulge themselves in whatever sort of activity they dreamed off, be it by themselves, with friends they made on board or making use of one or some of the Unity's many different types of staff, every one of them paid volunteers with a great mixture of different races both bestial and humanoid among their ranks.

It was just as the Unity was slowly drifting over a notoriously primitive and hostile that the cruise ship speakers blared into life, the voice of the Dolmari Captain of the Unity, Shanesh Darksire, filled with pain and fear echoing across the entire cruise ship, "Passengers, this is not a drill! The Unity has been infiltrated, I repeat, the Unity have been infiltrated by a member of the Bestial Guardians! everyone NEEDS to get to an escape pod NOW before they-" his heroics efforts to warn the innocent bystanders on board cut short as the unmistakable sound of laser rifle filled the ship, a harsh static noise filling everyone's ears before the intercom crackles to life again with a new voice, one that was not present during the orientation when all the passengers got to meet the important members of staff. "Hello, ladies and gentlemen! This is your new captain speaking! The old one is a bit, heh, indisposed right now... I suppose you could say the job kind of made him...lose his head!" A manic laughter suddenly filling the intercom, causing the already mass hysteria to worsted as people began frantically charging towards any of the available single person escape pods, disengaging from the vessel as soon as hey were locked in though the ship's new "Captain" could still clearly be heard through the radio, his voice taking on a much more serious and rougher tone as he practically began to scream through the speakers, "This ship, the Unity, is NOT a symbol of PEACE! It is a symbol of WEAKNESS, of SUBSERVIENCE...of FAILURE! Failure to continue the war against those arrogant humanoid looking fucks who thought they could crush our spirits and grind us down under their heel! Well... They. Were. WRONG! WE were the ones starting to win the war. WE were the ones who had begun taking back our lands by force. And WE are going to be the ones who suffer because of this so called "unification" our spineless leaders forced us into. There is an infestation of of Hominis republicans on this ship that must be eradicated to send a message to the galaxy...My most sincere apologies go out to my bestial Brethren on board this ship, but you must be the sacrifice to show that peace can not and WILL NOT be allowed to happen, even if you've given up hope on bringing savage retribution to our oppressors, the Bestial Guardians have not. WE.WILL.PREVAIL. FOR BEASTKIND!" The radio suddenly cutting off moments before an huge explosion rocked the the ship, sending it lurching sideways as a chain of explosions started tearing the Unity apart, those unlucky enough to not reach an escape pod in time being instantly killed by the harsh vacuum of space or the fiery inferno that once was the Unity. But who knows, perhaps those that had escaped and were now speeding towards the huge planet below would soon come to wish they had been able to meet a much quicker...much less painful end...

Alyssa Hiveborn (MelissaB)

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Luckily enough for Alyssa, she had already been in one of the escape pods with another of her kind, enjoysing each others "company" in the tight confines of the escape pod before the maniac had started his threats of violence and ending the newfound peace between the Hominis and the Bestium. The male Crabone you had found to be called Taro hadn't hesitated to quickly activate the escape pods disengage program before giving you one last kiss and looking into your eyes, "Live for the Hive, Alyssa" being his final parting words before he smiled once more and jumped backwards just before the doors locked in place and you were jettisoned towards the unnamed planet below. Alone.

As you hurtled towards the planet you saw a vast and beautiful landscape through the thick escape pod window, a whole variety of different conditions coming into your view; forests, deserts, grasslands, even some snowy tundras are amoungst the diverse landscape. It's shortly after you break through the planet's atmosphere you realize you're heading for a particularly dense patch of tall trees as your escape pod begins to thrash wildly in the air as a strong crosswind hits it though it quickly subsides as you crash through the small clouds and begin plummeting through the last thousand feet, your pod obliterating any trees your way you finally crash land with an almost painfully loud "Whump" followed by a long hissing sound as the pods shock absorbers do their best to cushion your landing as much as they could.

Once the pod had safely grounded itself, a high pitched ping came from the speakers and two compartments suddenly opened up to your left, in one there seemed to be some sort of a wrist mounted device with what looked like a large touch screen, you couldn't really tell what sort of functions it had right now except for the fact it had "In case of emergency, please place me on your wrist." in bright red letters on the screen. The second compartment held a large white dufflebag with "Emergency supplies" printed on the side. You didn't really need to take either of these two things but you had a pretty good idea that it would be wise to do so.

A few seconds later another high-pitched ping came from the speakers and a second loud hissing noise filled your ears before you noticed the pod door unlocking and opening slightly, all it would take was a push from you and you would be able to get a good look at your new surroundings... what was left of them anyway going by the large crater you could see through the pod window.

Jayce (Reaver)

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Jayce had been doing what he did best before the "announcement" came over the speakers, making himself richer by hanging around the bars and taking advantage of peoples merriness by stripping them of more than just their sobriety. Just he was about to rob a ,particularly drunk, Dolmari blind the deck exploded into a frenzied panic as the captain was apparently shot dead, leaving him no choice but to think about his own survival as he quickly ran for one of the many escape pods, pushing people of the way and reaching his destination through any way he could. Eventually reaching a pod and initiating the disengage sequence only shortly before the ship was blown into oblivion, claiming the lives of everyone still on board.

Jayce was left to his own thoughts as he careened towards the planet below, his tough old lifestyle likely telling him that whatever he found down there wasn't going to take kindly to him, this was the planet that most people stayed away from due to the severe aggression of it's inhabitants, right? Before long, Jayce would find the gravitational pull of the planet quickly sucking him towards it, pulling him through the atmosphere like a slingshot as he was propelled towards the ground below, the sight of the vast landscape filling his vision thought it quickly became clear his pod was heading towards a somewhat desert looking environment as an immense field of dark brown sand started to take up his entire view.

Luckily though as you covered he last few hundred feet, your landing was cushioned greatly by the sand and shock absorbers of the pod as the window was quickly covered by a layer of sand, making it hard to see anything outside. Once the pod had safely grounded itself, a high pitched ping[i] came from the speakers and two compartments suddenly opened up to your left, in one there seemed to be some sort of a wrist mounted device with what looked like a large touch screen, you couldn't really tell what sort of functions it had right now except for the fact it had "In case of emergency, please place me on your wrist." in bright red letters on the screen. The second compartment held a large white dufflebag with "Emergency supplies" printed on the side. You didn't really need to take either of these two things but you had a pretty good idea that it would be wise to do so.

A few seconds later another high-pitched ping came from the speakers and a second loud hissing noise filled your ears before you noticed the pod door unlocking and opening slightly, all it would take was a push from you and you would be able to get a good look at your new surroundings, though going by the sand currently falling onto your feet, you had a good idea of what sort of landscape you were about to observe.

Yulia Andalotte (Icaelus)

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Yulia had been doing her thing in the robot maintenance bay, usually this was an area for staff only but hey, if they didn't want passengers getting in here then why put up such an easily hackable console for the door? As she was looking over the complex designs and blueprints for what looked like a pretty damn cool and new type of robot she hadn't seen before, Yulia was treated to the new captain's speech about breaking the peace, no doubt bringing back sour memories of that time and how her family had just barely scraped by as their father had almost exhausted their money supplies to get them a new home. Luckily there was even some escape pods attached to the bay and she quickly and safely made her way towards one before jettisoning herself safely away, her vision filled with hundreds, maybe thousands of other pods all disengaging from the Unity like ants leaving a nest.

Her pod was suddenly rocked as a the Unity was torn apart and a large aftershock from the bombs hit her pod, altering her course slightly, it had initially looked like she was heading for some sort of mountain range but instead Yulia now looked to be heading towards a sparsely wooded area right beside a vast lake, both of these areas holding god only knew what sort of creatures.

A few seconds later you found yourself hitting the soft ground without too much bother as you realize your pod landed in the soft mud of the riverbed beside the lake, throwing up an impenetrable curtain of mud over your pod window, making it impossible to see outside unless you left the safety of your pod. Once the pod had safely grounded itself, a high pitched [i]ping[i] came from the speakers and two compartments suddenly opened up to your left, in one there seemed to be some sort of a wrist mounted device with what looked like a large touch screen, you couldn't really tell what sort of functions it had right now except for the fact it had "In case of emergency, please place me on your wrist." in bright red letters on the screen, with your technical expertise you knew that it wouldn't take long to acquaint yourself just what this little baby could do! The second compartment held a large white dufflebag with "Emergency supplies" printed on the side. You didn't really need to take either of these two things but you had a pretty good idea that it would be wise to do so.

A few seconds later another high-pitched ping came from the speakers and a second loud hissing noise filled your ears before you noticed the pod door unlocking and opening slightly, all it would take was a push from you and you would be able to get a good look at your new surroundings, though you felt that it might bea good idea to jump out of the pod sometime soon, a dirty concoction of mud and water was quickly filling the pod!

Aisha Kahlua (MASigma)

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With the "Dirty monsters" all around her, Aisha couldn't think of a better place to be than the exercise suite to keep her body with and brush up on her learned fighting techniques from her 4 years in the service of the Hominis Republic army, just in case one of these beasts decided to try and stop her own attempt at destroying the peace! Unfortunately for Aisha someone beat her to it as the intercom was suddenly filled with claims of violence and death from the Bestial Guardians terrorist. Realizing it was already to late to do anything, Aisha made her way to an escape pod,likely hurting some of the more bestials on the way there to ensure they would remain behind to die, if she couldn't end them all then a select few would have to do...for now.

Once she had secured herself a pod and released it, Aisha watched as the Unity was destroyed, no doubt feeling both envy and fury for not being the one who had been able to destroy the ship, making matters worse it had been a fucking beast who had claimed that right! Was there no end to their infuriating attempts at making her life miserable? Possibly in a huff on the way down, Aisha was treated to the spectacular view that was this planet, a planet likely full of things she could out her frustration on! Sure she had been told they were all deadly and seemed to hold a certain insatiable sexual appitite, but those people had been weak, surely they could stand up to the well trained Aisha, right?

It quickly became apparent that you were going to be landing in some sort of snow covered area that seemed to lead on to a quiet grasslands that, though you only manage to glimpse them for a second before they dart out of view, you could swear you saw some small huts. It only takes a few more minutes before you crash into the snow, the residual heat of your pod entering and falling through the atmosphere so quickly making the surrounding snow instantly melt away as your pod was surrounded by a smokescreen of steam as the crystallized water melted around you.

Once the pod had safely grounded itself, a high pitched [i]ping came from the speakers and two compartments suddenly opened up to your left, in one there seemed to be some sort of a wrist mounted device with what looked like a large touch screen, you couldn't really tell what sort of functions it had right now except for the fact it had "In case of emergency, please place me on your wrist." in bright red letters on the screen. The second compartment held a large white dufflebag with "Emergency supplies" printed on the side. You didn't really need to take either of these two things but you had a pretty good idea that it would be wise to do so.

A few seconds later another high-pitched ping came from the speakers and a second loud hissing noise filled your ears before you noticed the pod door unlocking and opening slightly, all it would take was a push from you and you would be able to get a good look at your new surroundings...

Plumm (Meeps)

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Plumm the Lumm was happily going about her favorite activity before all hell broke loose, having a small orgy with some of the more..."Open" staff members and a few other guests in one of the closed off rec rooms. It was just as she was chuckling to herself after unloading a particularly huge load of super virile spunk right into the needy cooch of a horny Nayeen called Sammy that everything went to shit. Her little sex party quickly descended into madness as everyone scrambled to get dressed, luckily however there were not many other passengers in this area of the ship and everyone was able to safely get an escape pod each and disembark not long before the explosions started to go off.

Plumm no doubt watched the Unity being destroyed with a sense of sadness, even though her race had never actually joined the war, indeed they had acted mainly as a form of relief for both sides, it was nice to be surrounded by people that she could talk to and, when she felt like it, gain access to some sweet sweet loving. She was no doubt happy however that Sammy had escaped with her certain offspring, who knows maybe they would run into each other again later?

Hurtling towards the Earth you, possibly with a hint of worry, noticed that your pod seemed to be heading towards a set of mountains that while not being the biggest you've ever seen, still towered over the surrounding landscape. It was only as you got closer still you seen that the mountains were a plateau of sorts, lots of flat surfaces and caves you could hide in...if they weren't already occupied as well as a sparse scattering of trees laid about where you could no doubt find some sort of sustenance. only a few moments later you hit the mountain rock like a cannonball, the incredibly dense rock even giving the shock absorbers a hard time as your whole body was rocked by the experience though it eventually subsided even though you could see your pod had made a pretty huge crater on the plateau you landed on.

Once the pod had safely grounded itself, a high pitched ping came from the speakers and two compartments suddenly opened up to your left, in one there seemed to be some sort of a wrist mounted device with what looked like a large touch screen, you couldn't really tell what sort of functions it had right now except for the fact it had "In case of emergency, please place me on your wrist." in bright red letters on the screen. The second compartment held a large white dufflebag with "Emergency supplies" printed on the side. You didn't really need to take either of these two things but you had a pretty good idea that it would be wise to do so.

A few seconds later another high-pitched ping came from the speakers and a second loud hissing noise filled your ears before you noticed the pod door unlocking and opening slightly, all it would take was a push from you and you would be able to get a good look at your new surroundings...

Tallvien (Lights_Shadow)

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Tallvien was doing her best to learn about her apparent new "allies" that had not so long ago been the subject of her intense hatred as she sat around a buffet table trying to make smalltalk and not stab them all with forks, the bitter memory of her father going to war and never returning never being far from her thoughts. As the Bestial Guardian terrorist started spouting his madness, Tallvien had to admit that some of the things he was saying actually hit home, why should they have given up the fight? what if he was right and they were indeed starting to turn the tide of the war, it would explain why the Hominis were so accepting of the peace talks... Before she really had a chance to think about it however, Tallvien knew she had to get to an escape pod. Rushing for one she was just about to climb into one before she heard a shout from behind her, "That's mine you slut!" a scorpid charging towards her with the obvious intent of stinging her with his paralytic tail so he could escape to freedom instead of her. He had clearly not been counting on Tallvien's training however as she deftly dodged his attack before laying a swift punch to his throat, leaving the man writhing on the ground in agony as he struggled to breath, not like it mattered, he would be dead soon anyway...

As she eventually managed to jettison her escape pod, Tallvien was one of the last survivors to fell the ship mere moments before it exploded, the words of the terrorist still ringing in her ears as she did, his methods were obviously cruel and wrong but the Nayeen no doubt found it hard to reject what he was saying.

As you flew towards the planet, you were reminded of how beautiful nature can be in all it's forms however as the majestic view of various different lands filled your view, making it hard to imagine that anything on the beautiful planet could want to cause harm to someone, surely with such a beautiful landscape the inhabitants would be just as beautiful?

As your pod quickly came in for it's landing you soon found that apparently not all of the planet was beautiful as, with possibly a certain amount of dread, you were heading straight for a dark swampy looking area. Only a few moments later your fears were realized as you suddenly crashed down in the murky waters, a small tidal wave of filthy water coving your pod before settling again. It looks like today was, sort of, your lucky day however, your pod just happening to land in a shallow patch in the marsh. Once the pod had safely grounded itself, a high pitched ping came from the speakers and two compartments suddenly opened up to your left, in one there seemed to be some sort of a wrist mounted device with what looked like a large touch screen, you couldn't really tell what sort of functions it had right now except for the fact it had "In case of emergency, please place me on your wrist." in bright red letters on the screen. The second compartment held a large white dufflebag with "Emergency supplies" printed on the side. You didn't really need to take either of these two things but you had a pretty good idea that it would be wise to do so.

A few seconds later another high-pitched ping came from the speakers and a second loud hissing noise filled your ears before you noticed the pod door unlocking and opening slightly, all it would take was a push from you and you would be able to get a good look at your new surroundings and from the dank and somewhat putrid smelling water flooding into your pod you might want to start exploring sooner rather than later.

[Meep Meepersons]

Plumm was having a wonderfully splendid time aboard the unity, so many passengers and staff taking full advantage of her open door policy. One particularly pretty fox named Sammy was currently milking every sperm packed drop of her hot sticky cum. When the alarms blared and the intercom came up to evacuate, Plumm began to herd her little flock out of her room and towards the escape pods. What kind of horrible being was ruining such a wonderful trip? Then the sounds of screams and rifle fire began to fill the ship, and the 'new captain' began to speak his hateful war nonsense. She was thankful for her world and it's policies now more then ever. However such policies weren't going to save her or her newly made friends. Once everyone and herself was in a pod, she could still hear the rantings of the terrorist leader over the radio. Then she was launched to the world below. It only took a few brief moments for her young self to be dropped into the planets atmosphere. This was the first real rattle she had before crashing into the hard stone surface of the mountain top. It was flat and vast, and she could see caves she could hide in. Maybe meet some friendly life forms! Or not, who knew!? She was both excited and worried, especially when her pod made contact against the plateau and shook her like a cocktail drink. She certainly felt particularly mixed about the whole thing. Groaning as the doors hissed open and her survival supplies made themselves apparent. She sighed from both being uncomfortable and mildly relieved. "Alright, lets get a closer view of my situation hmm?" Scooping up the duffle, she slung it over her back without looking inside and clasps the wrist device around her middle left forearm. "Alright!" She says once more, pushing the door open and stepping into the open air. If the crater was too deep to see out into the horizon, she'd simply attempt to climb out of it and gaze upon her surroundings that way.

[MASigma]

Aisha wasn’t surprise the Beasts ended up ruining things, it made for a much easier situation and now she could be the one to happily throw the “I told you so’s” to everyone she’d pointed out how this peace talk was just a way to get a bunch of “prey” in one place… oh, but she’d be sure the mongrels regretted it. With a fierce smirk on her face she made her was out to the escape pods… taking the time to carefully dear with any of the beasts she ran into, positive they were all in on the attack, pack mentality given they WERE animals. Once in her own pod, she quickly set off… frowning at the sight of the Unity being destroyed… feeling both envy and fury over the event as she had intended to keep what had been proposed in the peace talks from going through, but not like this… some of her own people could have been on that ship and injured, the fucking beasts had no form of control obviously… just another mark against the ever-growing list of reasons they were utter monsters. With a sigh she turned her attention to the planet she was heading towards, frowning in disgust as she recalled what she’d heard of the planet in question… she of course could handle it, but even so she knew the other pods had others she would be sure to help… so long as they were the right kind of course.

Aisha noted the huts she barely spotted as she came down upon the planet, mentally cursing her luck for ending up in a snowy area of all places… once more wishing they’d have let her bring her weapons on the ship when she boarded as she sure as hell could need them. Once she crashed she took a moment to mentally prepare herself… lightly noting the heat of her pod was melting some of the snow, reminding her at least she knew where to get water for herself in need be. The pinging of the pod made her jump a bit, only to mentally scold herself over it… she needed to be ready for anything until she got off this rock. Spotting the wrist device she instantly slid it on, figuring it would be a tracker of some sorts… perhaps it’d even help her find out what was safe to eat and what wasn’t. The sight of the white duffle bag of emergency supplies was a pleasing sight, Aisha intending to get a look through it to find out just what sort of supplies she had. The next Ping and the following hiss she was more ready for, noticing the pod opening a bit as she knew she could now get out… but first she was going to look through her supplies, figuring out all she had before she’d rebag them and push the pod door open to get a lay of the land.

[lights_shadow]

Tallvien had to keep biting her tongue while talking, trying not to make enemies of these people even though her shiny cutlery would most likely be improved by their internal fluids... She pushed such thoughts to the back of her mind, along with that of her family or specifically her brother who she'd lost to the war. When the captain spoke over the ship's intercom she was about to slip up, speaking to one of the human wretches that served in the military... Then the new captain came along... He.. He was right, maybe... Perhaps this was a mistake, she never did get her chance for glory in the name of the beast races but he certainly wasn't going to die for this self proclaimed captain. She bolted from the table while the slow humanoid races sat their stunned only to be met by a scorpid shouting at her. "Back off, Knifetail, this pod's mine." She spat at his generic insult, using the racial slur the beastkin used for the traitorous race to goad him. She blinked as it seemed to work, he charged at her raising his tail just like she'd seen in her training allowing her to glide aside and then use his own forwards momentum to make her striking at his throat more effective. She looked back and paused at him gasping. "Sorry." She muttered before closing the pod and releasing it.

The view of the planet was amazing... Till she got through the atmosphere. The swamp didn't look pleasant after landing she mounted the device on her wrist and took the bag of supplies before opening her pod to try get herself out of the water... That stench will take forever to get out of her fur... She looked around at the swamp and went to the nearest patch of land while trying to stay alert for the any signs of life near by or signs of other pods.

[Icaelus]

"Heh..for a supposedly state-of-the-art luxury cruiser..they sure have some shitty security."
Yulia Andalotte smirked, her fingers flying over the console she had hacked. It had been laughably easy, really..and the information on this thing was actually pretty dang valuable. Blueprints and designs for some unknown robot she had yet to see before. And a new bot to her was definitely rare. She kept up with her tech geek thing almost religiously..and this thing..was just cool as all hell! Now. if only she knew what it did?
Being on the Unity was more or less a dream come true. No more slogging her guts out to earn a few measly credits to scrape by. Her father and mother had did their best and she was grateful, but she desperately needed to unwind. Her teenage years had been spent finding whatever work she could as a techie, accepting maintenance jobs and the like whenever she could. Thus eliminating her social life along with whatever friends she had made before when her father moved the family cross worlds, it had been quite the shitty ten years for her life in general.
"I..should really go meet some new people, huh?"
Yul sighed, turning the console off with a flick of her finger. It wasn't that she was lonely. She liked her solitary self just fine..but..ugh, she was pushing twenty-one and she didn't have a single friend to chat with. Alright, fine. So maybe she was a little lonely. And a little sexually repressed, maybe. She hadn't exactly had the time in the past few years to chat up guys and stuff. Not when you were busy scraping out an existence that the war was trying to trample out so hard.
Yeah. Better not squander this opportunity, then. Making her mind out to at least go socialize a bit before the cruise was over, she headed out of the maintenance room, only to be greeted by the announcement of their "new" captain. Everything about the announcement was..bad. Just one word was enough for that. Oh, shit.
A deafening explosion rocked the ship, almost throwing Yulia off her feet. It had begun.

"Shitshitshitshitshit!"
Yul cursed as she spun, running back into the maintenance bay. She had seen a few pods in there and with any luck, they would be still there. If not, she was in for a whole burning world of pain and probably death. Yeah. Not too keen on that. Her mind racing as she sprinted the last stretch for the cluster of escape pods built into the bay's wall, she counted down the pods leaving, the engineers of the bay bailing out one by one. They had been much closer than her and would've obviously reached their pods sooner. Only one remained now..and also one engineer left, a human male pinned under a fallen robot he had obviously been repairing before the explosion. There wasn't any way to save him..not with the numerous explosions now rocking the ship back and forth. The Unity was falling apart piece by piece. She had to leave. Now.
She wordlessly stepped past the the engineer and into the pod, meeting his desperate gaze as he stretched his hand out, imploring her to save him. Yul grit her teeth, shaking her head fiercely in a "no". There was only room for one in the pod..and it would be either her or him.
She wasn't selfless enough to give her life for an unknown. Blame it on his own bad luck. She could only..live on and honor his death, at most.
"I'm sorry. Farewell."
Yul whispered, reaching out to depress the launch button. The pod sealed itself with a hiss and she met the now resigned gaze of the engineer, waving his final goodbye at her. The pod's engines blasted itself away from the Unity, joining itself among perhaps thousands of similar pods. So many would survive this tragedy..but many had already died. Perhaps the war wasn't quite over yet.
That bitter thought ran through her mind as she sunk to the floor of the pod, hugging her knees. Why had things turned out so terribly..?
The pod shuddered, veering off course slightly when the Unity finally exploded into burning metal. Seemed like she was going to crash land in some woods.
"Great. Just great.."
The escape pod smashed into the lake banks, spraying a good deal of mud over the window. It wasn't possible to even check out what was outside now, it seemed. Great start.
A high pitched ping sounded from the pod's speakers, signalling that they had landed safely. Two compartments to her left popped open, revealing what seemed to be a wrist computer?
Yulia immediately snatched up the device from the compartment, a rather childish grin on her face despite the situation. She loved technology, what more could she say?
"And just what can you do, I wonder?"
She spent a brief moment toying with the new piece of gadgetry before the second ping sounded, the pod door unsealing with a loud hiss, immediately followed by a minor flooding of muddy water into the pod's interior. Ew. Time to get out.
Hefting the duffel bag out of the second compartment and shouldering it's strap, Yul pushed the door and stepped out into the open, clearing the muddy banks with a short jump. The great outdoors. Yay. Now what..?

"Right..equipment check. What do I have here?"
Yulia murmured as she set the duffel bag down, unzipping it. She glanced around at her surroundings. At a look, it didn't seem like there was anything nearby..nor had any of the other pods landed close by. Should probably try to meet up with a few of the other survivors. She looked back down into the bag, inspecting its contents. What goodies did it hold?

[MelissaB]

Busy enjoying her role in life as a cum receptacle Alyssa was moaning as the first sounds of panic set into the ship, her clothing lining the hall outside of the pod as she gave into her desire to breed. Thinking her queen wouldn't mind her adding more to the hive during her trip provided she took them back to her home to add their numbers to her already large family. As Taro pulled out leaving her on the verge of orgasm she whined and let out a desperate cry as the doors shut and she screamed his name as she was shot out with the pod to safety away from the ship. Watching it explode in the distance her eyes wide with terror, so unused to this kin of act, her body built for one purpose meaning she never suffered the brutality of the war her race was apart of, instead she sat at home being fucked by man after man fertilizing her countless eggs as she waited on her Queen.

Hitting the atmosphere made her cry out as the pod shook and rattled with the turmoil of breaking through, the bright fire filing her vision of the outside leaving her to believe she'd die seeing hellfire and nothing else before she broke through to relatively calm air. Flying down to the surface she caught sight of where she was landing, glad to be surrounded by trees thinking she'd at least have some cover from whatever the weather was while she waited on the rescue party to come and take her from this place and back to her hive. Screaming as she was rocked and thrown about on the inside, the shock adsorbers only capable of so much before she crashes through the trees and hits the ground with a thunderous crack.

Panting she doesn't do anything until the pinging snaps her from her panic making her shake and squeal in fear before she looks at the two items, quickly sipping the device over her wrist and grabbing the bag, looking inside it to see what it contained before the pod hissed and cracked open, allowing her to breathe it's forest air... the forest though looking worse for wear after she had impacted into the crater now surrounding her. Gulping hoping she didn't kill anyone with her crash she pushed only the pod and stepped outside, glancing about as her wings buzz around her, calming her with the soothing sound. With a frightened expression covering her face she forced her way out of the pod and began to look about her immediate area for a place she could set up calm that would be less exposed for natural predators that might inhabit the planet.

[Reaver]

Well Jayce could only remember a few times that shit had hit the fan faster than this. He wished that he still had enough contacts and friends that maybe one of them could have called him maybe say something like "Hey! Fyi don't go on the Unity some holdouts from the Bestial Guardians are planning on jacking the ship and blowing it up!" Then I would be like, "Oh! Thanks for the info, now I won't bring myself or my bag of money with me!"

"Yea that sounds a lot better than this bullshit, don't you think?" Asking the drunk Dolmari as he used him as a meat shield to get around the stampeding passengers around him then of course finish what he started with the man's pockets. "Thanks for all of your help sir, I won't forget you or your contribution." Chuckling before pushing the man down and using him as a step to leap forward and get ahead of more people in the mad rush for the escape pods. Despite how fun Jayce found the race to the pods to be, he was fuming at the fact that he had no way of grabbing his bag full of money back in his room. What was the point of putting it in a titanium casing and placing a tracking device on it if he couldn't even collect it in the worst case scenario? Well this isn't the worse situation. Correcting the statement in his mind as he pushed someone else against the wall to make more space for him to keep running. The Republic could have raided this ship to get me since apparently I'm in their top 20 most wanted. Lucky number 19. Or if someone tried to collect my bounty by bringing me in alive, yea, that would be the worst. Satisfied with identifying his worst situation just as he came across an escape pod still docked.

"Sorry not sorry" He said as he pulled the lady who was about to join a man already inside of it, no doubt they were going to try squeezing together to escape but not anymore. As he wanted, the man jumped out to help her back in, allowing Jayce to slip in and punch the button and eject the pod. Surviving was surviving, he was sure there would have been someone in the reverse situation who would have tried doing the same to him if he had acted in such a ridiculous way. Giving up a seat just to help out a woman? Stupid! He didn't realize how lucky he had been until the ship blew up literally seconds after his pod fired away. Okay, maybe now he felt a little bad for what he had done but he couldn't deny that if he hadn't done all of that then he would be back there, being dead and all. "So not really sorry, more of me or you." Being honest with the now dead woman who was probably just dust in space at this point.

There was plenty of time to kill on the trip down so Jayce spent most of it twiddling his fingers and slapping his tail around. There wasn't any real plan since waiting around for the Republic to come and rescue everyone would just result in his imprisonment and probably the blame for the Unity disaster. "Totally coining that too.... The Unity Disaster! Perpetrated by Jayce, one of the few survivors and thought to be the mastermind behind it. Yea the papers would eat that up for sure." It was far-fetched but if he could somehow find enough parts and people with the know-how he could build a mediocre starship to escape before the Republic eventually responded. "Its a better plan than trying to catch my tail all day." Easily catching his tail right after saying that. "Repeatedly catching my tail, that is."

Just like the previous situation, Jayce had been in worse crashes, although crashing in a dessert wasn't in his top three favorite places to crash. First are cities, followed by country-sides then finally forests. Gotta do it where its easy to hide, crash like a professional! At least there were some supplies so he wouldn't die within days, placing the wrist-device first on his tail, then left wrist before finally deciding that it'd work best on his right wrist. He turned it on and waited for it to reboot as he went through the emergency supplies dufflebag taking inventory. Once inventory was taken, Jayce turned back to his tech-device, immediately trying to put in his encryption code for the tracking device on his case of money. "Maybe it survived? Maybe its going to land on this planet? If I made it, so can it!" The money not be important to surviving on a savage planet but if he did manage to get back to civilization he was going to need it to buy another way to disappear. For now gauging his situation and options was most important, opening his pod to scan the horizon for anything.