Extracts from Capt. Walker's memory sync.

First memory three hours before the power failure.

My whole ship's crew was cheering as I announced "that's right, were landing on the first planet not only that but the first nonhuman inhabited planet mankind has ever seen" the cheers became louder "now let's make sure we get the best landing spot "the crowd soon parted and went back to their stations talking cheerfully among themselves.

The communications officer spoke up "Capt., you know that Valley with the lake in it. The ship Intrepid just asked if we wanted to join them. They're taking the Gabe and the Celestial as well if we join them. They'll have the four required ships needed to make a town"

I'd cheerfully agreed "yes, I saw pictures of that place. It looked amazing. It's also far enough from the native towns that will be able to fully set up before any of them get near.

Time skip 5 minutes before power failure:

Lucy is on board ship AI announced "All ships are in sink beginning dissent into the atmosphere" the ship started to rumble. I watched one of the screens displaying the outside as we went through atmospheric entry.

There was something odd though. the fire coming off the ship from entry was normal, but there was an additional blue tinge to it. I thought to myself "Is there something in the atmosphere, giving it that tinge. The drone test all came back normal. So we should be fine. Maybe I'm just worrying too much"

We were three minutes out from the landing site when Lucy announced "captain the fusion core is working at max capacity and the power levels are still dropping this started happening 10 seconds ago and I was unable to correct the error"I looked up from the monitors and answered Lucy "what are you saying were losing power faster than the fusion core can make it?" Lucy replied and monotone voice "yes Captain the engines will run out of power in another 45 seconds"

I was worried that shouldn't have happened. The fusion core is meant to supply power to ships four times our size. the Fusion core is even meant to be pulled out and used to power a city. I called out in order "Lucy order an emergency evacuation" we were to crash and crash hard. I needed everybody either in escape pods or cryo pods before we hit.

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Lucy "Capt. I sent out the evacuation order, but many of the escape pods have already lost too much power and are unusable" that's not good if the escape pods were running out of power. That meant most of the cryo pods were going to run out of power soon. I order the crew inside of the captain's deck "all hands go to your cryo pods now" one of the crewmen tried to argue. But before he could say anything I pulled out my gun and shot his terminal three times. I yelled loudly at everyone in the room "all crew to cryo- pods now that's in order" the crew quickly got up and into their pods.

When the crew was in their pods I gave Lucy another order "Lucy locked down all hatches and brace for impact" Lucy then tried to answer " caaaptain the life pods willlll be out of power in another 10 seccconds. Youuuuuu" I watched as the doors to the command deck locked down. at the same time, Lucy's voice slowly faded away.

One of the monitors on my right-hand side showed the Intrepid suddenly burst into flames and break apart scattering debris. The ship's engines gave out and I felt gravity loosen its hold as my ship went through freefall.

The ship began shaking more violently as it brushed against the treetops. When the ship hit the ground I was slammed against my harness and I felt my ribs break. The ship slid into the lake and was violently stopped by the water. The ship slowly sank into the water.

My chest ached as I coughed up blood, something was wrong with my lungs. I kept coughing even as I spoke up "Lucy wake up the cryo pods... Lucy?" The monitors around me slowly began to flicker out. The power failure had spread to the bridge. I tried to unbuckle my harness but every time I tried my vision would go dark. I spoke with a rasp in my voice "noooo, if I don't open the cryo pods... They'llllllll"