Crashland

The ship came out of warp jump and is now flying slowly towards their next destination, an unknown planet that Priad had previously picked from the Holo map. The planet is green with a little ocean covering several parts of it. Priad looks at the planet for a moment.

"There she is. 817, you find anything about the planet we're heading to?"

"According to the database, the planet is called Hakona. The planet belongs to a small nation known as the kingdom of Lamria"

Another soldier suddenly alerts Priad "Priad, we are detecting multiple heat signatures from the planets orbit"

As the ship approached, the wreckage of destroyed ships starts to appear. Then among them, there are small lights slowly lighting themselves up. Then it dims down and each shoots a laser toward the ship. The entire ship shook as the lasers hit the ship several times.

"Status!"

"Shield is at 25%. The next shot will breach our shield"

"What about our weapons?"

"Charged up and ready, but we're not in range yet"

As they get closer, it was revealed to be small satellite objects that fired those shots. The satellites then fired another shot at the ship. This time it breached the shields and damaged its engines.

"Engines have been hit"

"Damnit" Priad then looks to the planet's surface "Get to the planet. We'll land there and avoid any further damage. Full speed"

The soldiers nodded and steered the ship toward the planet while increasing the speed of the ship. The satellites fired again and this time damaging other parts of the ship and critically damaging the engine.

"Several other parts of this ship have been damaged, including the engine"

The ship entered the planet's atmosphere and the ground can now be seen. The satellites then stopped firing at them and left them be.

"Looks like the satellites have stopped firing but we can't slow down. We're going to crash"

Priad look towards an open ground in the distance "There, land the ship over there"

The soldiers steer the ship towards the open ground. One of them then speaks to the microphone and gives out a warning to the others "All hands, we are going down. Brace for impact!"

The ship then crash-landed on the open ground. Slowly breaking its front and creating a crater as it slows down after hitting the ground. The entire bridge and everyone on board were holding on to something as the ship shook due to the impact. The crew and everyone onboard the ship holds on as the impact took a while, making trails on the ground it landed on before finally it stopped.

"Nrrgh, report!"

A soldier checks the console "Our engine is badly damaged. Storage bay, armory, and the holding cells have also been damaged"

Priad widen his eyes "Faith"

<Faith perspective>

Faith is laying on the ground while still inside her cell. She slowly stood up and looked around the room "The hell was all that shaking?" As she said that, the shield door suddenly turned off. Not wasting any time, she quickly stood up and exited her cell. The door leading outside the room is closed and seems unguarded, but she knows better than to leave through the front door. There was a large cabinet right next to the door. She pushed the cabinet towards the door to hopefully block the door and buy her time until she can find another way out. After that, she starts looking for a ventilation entry point. When she found it, she used her hands which were still bound behind her back to open it, then entered the ventilation and left the room.

"I'll avenge you sis, I promise" She said while crawling through the vents.

While she was crawling, she could hear the soldiers outside the room that were trying to break in. They continuously ram the door, making loud banging noises.

"Arrgh, she blocked the door. It'll be a while before we can get in"

"I'll go tell the others about this, you guys keep on at it. We can't let her leave the ship" One of the soldiers seems to be running away from the room.

Faith continues to crawl through the vents until she finds a ventilation door. She kicks it open and enters the hangar. Her eyes widened as she saw what was outside the hangar door. The ship was no longer in outer space but now landed in the middle of the forest. She quickly ran towards the hangar door towards her freedom.

"She's over here!" One of the soldiers screamed as he saw Faith run towards the door.

More and more soldiers emerge from behind her, entering the hangar from the doors behind her and all are converging on her, trying to capture her once more.

"Close the hangar, now!" One of them ordered.

The giant hangar door slowly closes itself "Shit" Faith curses as she doubles her speed trying to make it out of the door before it closes.

As she continued running, the soldiers began firing their rifles at her but not using bullets, instead they were using electric stun bullets to try and slow her down. Faith kept on running towards the door as fast as she could, but one of the bullets hit her on the back. It was quite painful and it slowed her down from reaching the door. She then ran inside one of the parked smaller ship's inside the hangar, then closed its hatch entrance. She then tries to find something to help her break the cuffs bounding her hands. She found a lockpick and used it to break free.

"Finally" She rubs her hands after breaking free of the cuffs. Then she looked outside the cockpit window. The soldiers have surrounded the ship and the hangar door is still slowly closing, but will soon be too small for the ship to pass through "Now how do I get out of Here?"

<Priad Perspective>

He ran inside the hangar and found that there were soldiers surrounding one of the parked ship's. He ran to one of them to ask about the situation.

"What's the situation?"

"Faith is in there right now. We're trying to..."

The parked ship suddenly turns on and starts hovering in the air. It then flew quickly past the soldiers and headed towards the hangar door. However, the door was already too small for the ship to pass through and as a result, its wings were almost cut from it, making the ship fly a short while toward the trees before finally crashing down. The ship's hatch entrance then opens up and Faith can be seen leaving the ship and running deeper inside the forest.

"Damnit. 2nd and 3rd squad, you're with me. Everyone else, secure the ship" Priad ordered.

The soldiers then ran out of the hangar. Priad and some of the soldiers split off and chase after Faith, while the others head toward the crashed ship. The soldiers kept on chasing Faith, running past the trees and bushes. After some time, Faith disappears from their sight.

"We lost sight of her. Anybody see where she went?" Asked Priad.

"No idea" Then one of them looks up to the sky, seeing as it becomes dark and night time "It's getting dark right now, should we call off the search?"

Priad looks off into the darker areas of the forest "Negative, we keep looking for her. But if it gets too dark, then we head back to the ship"

"Copy that"

"Alright boys, let's get busy. Night Vision on" He ordered while turning on the night vision on his helmet's visor.

The rest of them did the same, and then they each spread out into smaller groups and began their search.

<Faith Perspective>

Faith kept running from her pursuers through the forest. Suddenly she fell down a small landslide and landed on her back, lying down. Suddenly Faith felt tired and was about to lose her consciouness. She tried to stand up and continue walking, only to fall again shortly afterward. She feels really weak and couldn't even stand up again. Just before she fell unconscious, she saw a person walking towards her. "Sis...ter?" She said before finally giving in.

<Several hours later, Priad Perspective>

The soldiers along with Priad returned to the crashed Frigate. The sky is already dark and without their night vision visors, they wouldn't be able to see anything. 553 along with the others who stayed behind are there waiting for them.

"How's the search?" 553 asked.

"We lost her"

"Shit. So what's the call now?"

Priad looks at the crashed ship that Faith used, which is now being dragged by the soldiers back into the frigate hangar "We find out where we are and fix that frigate if we want to get off-world. What about that ship that Faith just used?"

"Its wings have been clipped off and we don't have the materials to fix it"

"That's a shame, what about the other ships that are still in the hangar?"

"Only one dropship but it's badly damaged. We'll need time to repair it"

"Good. For now, we should establish a base and rest for the night"

"I'll let the others know" 553 turns around and starts walking away "Commander"

Priad paused for a moment, then continued "Temporary Commander, until we found out where we came from and orders from our superiors"

"Heh, whatever you say...Sir" 553 said jokingly while waving his hand and walking farther and farther away towards the frigate.

After he left, Priad then smiled a little "Heh, there's gotta be someone more qualified for this than me" Then he walked off towards the frigate as well, to join the others in setting up their base.