[IC] Rescue on LP-301a

[Enso]

The inside of the Lacrosse was empty, the only moving things were the service bots that kept the ship together while the crew slept. The ship was being piloted by an automated system that would bring them into the LP-301 system and place them in geosynchronous orbit above the seed colony on the planet's surface. It has been four years since the Lacrosse's departure from the Sol system, our home, and it still has quite a way to go before reaching its destination. In the rear of the ship lies the crew, all four of them asleep for the duration of the journey inside cryogenic sleep chambers.

Six Years Later
The Lacrosse enters geosynchronous orbit above LP-301a and the auto-pilot deactivates, handing over manual control of the ship to its crew once they awaken from their cryo-sleep. Cryo-sleep was not really a pleasant experience, but it wasn't totally unpleasant either. It was more like sleeping but not dreaming, just the blackness in between falling asleep and waking, leaving nothing but the feeling that a long time has passed even though you haven't aged a day. The unpleasantness comes before and after the sleep, the freezing cold that you experience while falling asleep and waking up is like being outside, naked, in the freezing wind and snow after being in a warm place for an eternity.

As Jean opened his eyes he shivered and groaned. The inside of his cryo-chamber was ice cold and the light shining through its glass cover was blinding. Jean covered his eyes and pushed the lid open, climbing out of his pod in his underwear he set his bare feet down on the steel floor and yelped. The cryo-chamber was cold but the steel floor of the ship was worse. He hopped from foot to foot until he reached his locker and put on his thermal undersuit, a wetsuit-like garment that kept the wearer warm in cold temperatures and cool in hot temperatures, it made the chilly room far more comfortable as he walked around slamming his fist against the glass of each pod. "Wakey wakey sleepyheads, we're here!" Jean shouted and walked back to his locker to finish getting dressed while he watched the rest of his squad-mates waking up.

[Rock Killjoy]

Crystal inhaled sharply wincing as the bitter cold air hit her lungs hard with such a large rapid intake of the air stinging her lungs and throat.She lifted an arm over her eyes as her arms were released from the restraints that held her in place her head and leg restrains following just after.The door to her pod was a small bit cracked unlocked,she had studied a good deal on cyrosleep and possible medical issues being a combat and general medic she had to know about it.

She grabbed the door and pushed it open slowly a hiss and steam coming from the pod followed as the woman stepped from her pod with the same reaction as her first awakening squad mate feeling as if thousands of needles had hit her all over her body at once.She showed no signs of this discomfort in only her undergarments as well she walked over grabbing one of the thermal suits pulling it onto her body looking at her first awakening friend "how's your body feel?" She was meanwhile opening and closing her hands slowly, gaining total muscle control back.She was flexing each muscle group in turn, groaning in relief as they stretch from being so still and stiff for the long duration she knew passed.With her own body seeming fine but a little sore she turned her attention to her squad mates,wanting to make sure each of them could move properly as there was many risks to cyrosleep.

She turned her head to Jean while she awaited the others to emerge "good to be up huh?" She smiled a bit and kept stretching messing with her short brunette hair smelling herself "damn I need a shower for sure" she turned her nose away from herself usually wasn't prissy or girly about showering it had been 6 years sense her last one,so she thought she had a valid excuse.She was by her locker and opened it checking her gear laying it out on the floor a inspecting each item in turn pulling her armor out she smiled at the heavy armor setting it on a bench lifting it with little difficult a testimate to her strength.She opened the rounded metal med-pack that was on her armor back,looking to make sure all her items were in place nodding in satisfaction she closed it locking it down.She got into her armor and shifted around in it leaving her helmet off,she slowly pulled the gear on each piece clicking together and locking in place.

[Kitsune]

"Wakey wakey sleepyheads, we're here!"

Orin slammed his hand against the frosted glass of his pod, almost out of reflex of shutting up whatever was disturbing his sleep, though this time he did not get very far as the biting cold awoke him from his slumber much faster than Jean's words could. Taking his hand away he peered at the frost that had transferred from the glass to his hand, though compared to the outside it was barely a light dusting of the stuff.

Opening up his pod Orin wasted little time in walking across the floor to his locker. The cold did not really effect him as it did the others, maybe because of his size or maybe just because it was nice feeling something after such a long time 'sleeping'. After getting his thermal suit on he also placed his helmet over his bearded face, preferring the warmth it provided to his head than the hood of the suit.

""So, we have arrived?"

HE spoke to Crystal but then looked to Jean for a answer as well. "Or did the machine screw up and wake us up at the wrong time?" He had that happen to him before, though the ship he was on was not ass nice as this one that much was for sure.

[Rock Killjoy]

Crystal looked at Orin as he came out and put his thermal suit and helmet on,she herself only had on her distinctive white armored boots and thermal suit."yeah we're here in the planets orbit now" she looked at him and examined as he moved looking for signs of medical issues. "How do you feel? How's your depth perception?" She stood up and looked at him having gotten used to her normal temperature again her only concern was her squad mates health now."I'm required to run tests on everyone just to make sure everyone's vitals are good and functioning"

[Shoryu]

Solas awoke to the sound of Loud thumping against the glass of his pod, jumping instinctively, resulting in smacking his head against the glass and shouting various muffled curses from within. Slowly the door pushed open and he climbed out, revealing an apparent irishman in all his pale under-wear clad glory, if it could be called that... strangely enough he didn't shiver quite so much "Oi, It's a good thing Ah like tha cold, it downright 'bitey' out here... First things first" Priorities... He quickly trotted over to his locker and worked himself into his thermal under-suit, shivering 'then' from the change in feeling the temperature "Ahhhhh, oh that feels amazin..."

Second priority... He started digging his various bits of equipment out of the locker, lining up or stacking it along the bench like he was already equipping for the mission ahead of time, or perhaps he just had a strong prefference for being in his actual work suit... he didn't really say much else until he had his Environmental layer on, followed by the well armored Outer suit... and Finally his favorite part, That heavily armored gauntlet that he quickly pulled onto his right arm...

After a few seconds of checking everything over and finally letting out a tellingly relaxed sigh, he leaned against the locker and finally addressed the current questions in the air "I'll tell ya lassy, all a me vitals er workin 'perfectly', ah'll take uh shower after ah've made sure ah don't have ta fix anyth'n... functional equipment is more important than smellin nice, besides, i'll stink like ah burn'n engine fer long anyweh, nevermind tha 'Heat' a tha place makin evereh'thin stink."

[Kitsune]

Orin was a little taken off guard by the sudden interest in his health, after all he never complained anything was wrong with him. "If there was something wrong I wouldn't be standing here now would I?" He then tapped the chest part of his suit, directing her attention towards it. "Besides, you can monitor our vitals from our thermal suits right? If anything seems off you can always check them just to be safe." There was also the fact he only just got dressed, he did not really feel like getting half undressed just for some tests, even if it was for his own good.

"Either way, how long until we can land this thing?... Also maybe whatever he said" Orin pointed his thumb to Solas. He could honestly hardly understand the guy with such a thick accent...

[Rock Killjoy]

Crystal sighed at the man with the accent and took her armored boots off "you realize we haven't bathed in six years correct?" She rubbed her temples "you have no idea what sort of health issue that is..." She figured he would be stubborn difficult and probably irk her so she just left it at that.She turned her head towards Orin and raised her eyebrow "I just need to monitor everyone's core body temperature increases which yes I can check through your thermal suit.As a rule I would check your nerve responses as well as muscle contractions to make sure your body is responding properly.But if you say you feel fine I'll trust your judgement" she grabbed a towel from her locker "anyways if you suddenly get inversion sickness or collapse from a muscle spasm send someone to get me yes?" She started to walk away in only her tight thermal undersuit,leaving her med-crate as well as heavy white armor plastered in red crosses by the bench near her locker along with her DMR and 12G shotgun.

[Kitsune]

"No problem. Though even if I do I will make sure to fall on my back. It would be a bitch to move me otherwise" With a deep chuckle Orin moved towards the front of the ship. He wanted to see what this planet looked like with his own eyes and not just some reports. Looking down on the planet it was nothing really unique, in fact it looked just kind of like a earth covered in sand... However, deep down it felt exciting, it felt new and more importantly it felt like a grand adventure like only tens of people every got to experience! "So, when are we going to be landing Jaen?" He sounded almost excited by the prospect.

[Rock Killjoy]

Crystal took her shower feeling relieved from her first shower in six years.She stretched and wrapped herself in several towels just to cover her vital areas as she changed leaving her hair wet in no particular style as she knew it wouldn't matter when she put her helmet nor did she care when she was in combat.Crystal slipped back into her form fitting black thermal suit.She made her way to the front of the ship,looking out the big window to the desolate dominately sand covered sphere."so that's it huh?" She said mostly to herself but the question was out in the air more of a retorical question then a real one.She looked towards jean as well curious as to when they would be landing.She had three files in her hands each one having her squad mates names on the Manila covers,they where complete medical files from the military.She was studying over each of them checking off boxes and such on a list of equipment of her own,including blood for transfusions and other specified medical items which wasn't anything much as military soldiers they were all quite healthy.

[Enso]

Jean looked up at the other two that had joined him in the observation room and he smiled at them. Jean had been standing there looking at it for some time, making a mental map of the planet as it spun even though they had been provided with detailed maps made by the colonists after they had landed. "Yes, that's her," Jean said, his french accent just a small thing after years of speaking english in the military. "We'll be landing soon, we're in orbit above the main colony, there," He said as he pointed to a spot on the planet that had nothing special about it, the colony was not visible from orbit, "but according to the computer we'll have to land over there," he pointed to yet another part of the planet indistinguishable from the rest of it, "or else we'll sink in the sand. We'll be landing in just a couple of hours, after everyone has showered and eaten a hot meal, possibly the last of either for the next few months depending on what happens, and it'll take maybe a day of walking to reach the colony where we will try and make contact with the locals, if there are any left, and see what they and their computer logs can tell us. After that, if we have made contact with the locals and see what we can see we will send a message back to
earth and, depending on their situation and what sort of assistance they need, we will either go and find them or head back to earth. Easy, what could go wrong, huh?"

[Kitsune]

"...." Orin was staring at Jean for a moment before sighing and turning around "Please don't say that again, its bad luck..." He said before making his way towards the showers to get properly cleaned up from all that time. After he planned on grabbing a big meal to tied him over for the time being. He had to wonder what went wrong while he showered, but really other than wildlife there could not have been much right?... He hoped it was, but also at the same time he fearedthat outcome just as much as it being other intelligent lifeforms

[Rock Killjoy]

Crystal looked at Orin as he turned and left clearly he was serious about the bad luck,Crystal believed in luck herself to an extent and looked at jean "don't jinx it...." She set the medical records down as he looked at the planet and then turned her attention back to Jean.She wanted to talk about something other then the planet for now,she assumed they would have plenty of time to speculate once upon the dusty world."Your accent is French isn't it?" She asked him in her own more West coast American tone,she had her brunette hair drying in no real particular style or shape as she knew it didn't matter much to her inside her armor it usually didn't even out of armor,nor did she want to be seen as prissy or girly from the three men she was assigned with.

[Enso]

Jean watched Orin go and sighed. "Whoops, guess I blew it." He looked at Crystal when she turned to him and smiled at her. "Yes, it is, I'm from Quebec, in Canada." Ever since they had woken up he had been practically obsessed with the mission at hand and hadn't really taken the time to speak to the others, he figured he should probably get to know them a little better and since Crystal was the one talking to him then she would be the first on his list. "What about you? you're American, right?"

[Kitsune]

Orin had finished up his cleaning routine and had a nice meal within the hour, only taking his helmet off when he needed too, attempting to hide his tired eyes and scars on his rugged face. By the time he finished he was getting not only his suit on but also his miners gear and placing a few unloaded weapons out so he was ready for when they needed to leave. Unlike the others he lacked much of a accent other than a rather mixed English and American one.

[Rock Killjoy]

Crystal nodded at him as he asked his question "yup I'm an American west coast California Compton USA" she shook her head "One crooked fucked up town,I can't believe some of the shit I did growing up" she chuckled a bit and leaned on the control panel "so what's Canada like? Id always wanted to visit but never could as I was in school then the military training" she looked up at him awaiting his response she seemed calm and level headed even smiling a bit, despite knowing the risks of the mission ahead of them.

[Shoryu]

Solas, for the most part, ignored the general scolding about hygiene, in his mind making sure everything was working was more important for the time being, so, after grabbing his helmet and the rest of his equipment, he headed out into the ship to go find something to examine... though he happened to pass the observation room on his way and hear Jean giving a little explanation about their current timeline... 'Hmmm, 2 hours, that's more than enough time... I'm going to get bored if I just jump in and get it all done too fast... maybe I 'should' grab a shower, it'll be better than spending all that time just waiting to leave.' He barely even noticed Orin leaving the room while he was thinking, a moment later snapping out of his thoughts and shrugging, after a moment the sound of some form of inexplicable rock music played in the hall, coming from his helmet as he walked on by to go find himself a shower as well.

He made a game of rushing to work his way out of his armor and thermal suit as quickly as possible, jacking the music from his helmet up higher so he could hear it while taking a shower, and eventually getting himself a meal as well... He spent roughly half an hour after that wandering the ship, checking different mechanical bits, particularly the engines, power supply, and life support, before heading off to the hangar to wait away the last bit of time before landing.

[Enso]

((I'm going to skip ahead to the planet if that's okay))

Jean shrugged at Crystal's question. "It's a lot like America I expect," he said rather ambiguously, he honestly didn't know how else to answer the question, he figured the two countries were a lot alike. "I'm sorry to cut this conversation short but I really need a shower and I'm certain we'll have time to talk planet-side," he said and headed off for a shower and a hot meal to prepare for landing.

Three Hours Later
The team had left two hours after Jean had finished his shower, plenty of time for all of them to get ready and be fully prepared to land. The only thing they couldn't have been prepared for was the sudden burst of intense heat that overtook the cool interior of the landing craft when the hatch opened, revealing the dunes of sand beyond their steel capsule. As the crew filed out of the craft Jean entered a few commands into the pad on his wrist and a large, tank-like vehicle rolled out behind them and Jean made his way around to the front of the landing craft where a second hatch opened and inside were two SHELLs that were waiting for their pilots.

[Kitsune]

Orin was now fully geared and ready to go as the door to the ship opened up onto the desert world before them, the hot wind rushing past him as he followed Jean outside. The sand was rather soft but he heard the cracking of dried earth below, good, that meant that the SHELLs wouldn't just sink the moment it touched down. That being said Jean was calling them out. "Ahh my baby. I missed you." He stated as the tank opened to allow the pilots, namely him, into the SHELL. Despite his big size, Orin nimbly climbed up[ onot his SHELL before looking over the sand dunes. "So, which way we heading? Also, who is riding with who?"

[Rock Killjoy]

Crystal walked out of the door in her battle armor which was a bright white against the tan sand of the current environment the red crosses on her back chest and arms painfully obvious.However crystal wasn't worried he was a trained solider and so were her three squad members she knew if they worked together they could over come any obstacle in their path.She had her DMR in her hands looking around though the tinted visor of her armored helmet her medicrate which was more of a dome shape really was upon her back secured into her armor suit.She had her shotgun slung over her right shoulder and her combat knife around her neck on a thin chain inside a sheath,she turned and looked at the SHELLs and her two squad mates piloting them and walked over looking upwards waiting for them to figure everything out before she hopped up on one.

[Enso]

((Shoot I forgot to let Shoryu post first, sorry. I'm going to leave this up though and wait a while for everyone else to have a chance to post))

Jean looked over at Orin and pointed. "We'll be heading east toward the main colony, it'll take a day, maybe two if we stop to rest somewhere for the night. As for who's riding with who my SHELL only fits one, but there are handles and footholds on the sides for passengers to hang off of so I can carry the others easily enough, they just can't sit down." He said and took a few steps in his SHELL to make sure it would be able to walk in the sand without sinking too deep. He left the cockpit open, and would leave it open unless something happened, so that he could get a better view of the area, he didn't like to close it except during combat, it was too cramped to be comfortable inside and the the screens gave him a headache after too long.