Chapter 49
The ramp extended from the rover bay and gave them access to the ground. Ray liked to roll the vehicle from the ship, hovering having a tendency of messing up loose objects and weakening welds.
They hit the surface of the planet with a slight bump, and through the helmet comms, he heard Nema's breath hitch. The reading on her suit showed an elevated heart rate.
Excitement.
He'd seen too many barren asteroids to feel the rush that came the first few times you landed somewhere utterly alien. He did feel a rush touching Nema.
A rush he'd thought he'd outgrown.
He flipped a switch and activated the hover, forcing the wheels to lift a handspan from the ground. The rover moved out.
"How wide are we making the spiral loops?" Zak asked. He crowded behind Ray in the driving seat while Nema got the chair beside him.
"Wide enough that we'll get a triangulation of the area and be able to drill down on any anomalies."