4 Crash Landing Part Two-Chapter 4

*powering on* systems check.... severe damage to main dock and 3 missing general use bots and 2 missing construction bots "zzzzzzzzttttt"... I will view the footage of the last 30 minute... everything seems to go fine until one of the general use bots drops some of the purified Larithium. Construction bots mission- fix the outer hull and the main dock as best you can with the materials from the ship and the planet. Error: No iron has been found on the planet and our stores of it are depleted. Without it we will not be able to create the Furtain Titanium used in the hull. Are there any replacements that can be found? Query- None that would be sustainable. What about ones that would last us until we can find iron? Query-..... A bronze alloy could be made but it would partially melt on exiting the atmosphere... iron could be found in the asteroid belt of this system but it is unclear wether the bronze would make it or not. Make the bronze alloy. *Change the projected speed to account for the heavier bronze* construction bots have finished their tasked... *prepare the launch protocols* we are now exiting the atmosphere... *Bronze has melted 20%.... 30%.... 50%.... we have exited the atmosphere... the bronze has refrozen all over the underside of the ship... the bronze may crack and release the vacuum of space inside the ship. We shall enter the orbit of the asteroid in 7 minutes... systems check: outer hull 72%... inner hull 50%. The cracking in the bronze is increasing at a higher rate than anticipated... 3 minutes until we reach the asteroid. The cracks in the bronze are almost reaching into the ship... 2 minutes until we reach the asteroid.. we will not make it to the asteroid in time... seal off the main dock... "crshhhhhstskkks" the bronze has been broken... the ship is completely off balance we are going to crash land again on the asteroid... except it won't be controlled this time.... expend the water supplies to slow our descent... Why does this ship have water if the humans are cryogenically frozen? Query- I was put in place in case of an emergency of the ai being compromised in which case 5 people with administrative privileges will be woken up and take the place of the AI until such a time they deem the AI cleared. That's reassuring. The ark slows until the water runs out and begins to fall until it crashes. *Damage report* severe damage to inner and outer hull... minor damage to the sensor systems and minor damage to robot control system. Construction bots mission- mine the iron and make the Furtain Titanium...

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