Ice
Character
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpBuky70rMg
Taeli's data pad would suddenly ping her that a communique was inbound. It turns out it was a holo from a ghost out of her past. And not a live transmission, but a simple recording.
Static was all that she'd see at first. A fraction of a second later, the picture became clear. The face that appeared before her, she'd be able to recognize instantly. It was that of Ice. His expression was much different than what she'd remember him as though. There was a somber look to him. A line of dried blood ran down the middle of his face from a gash on his forehead. In the background, a haze of smoke could be seen floating through the inner confines of a ship most likely. Sparks were shooting forth at random intervals from exposed wires jutting out of a wall behind him. There was something odd about the time stamp of the holo as well. It was dated about the time he disappeared. While this seemed unlikely, the degradation of quality in the video seemed to be another testament to the trust of the stamp.
"Hey you." Ice said with a sad smile. "As you have no doubt guessed...I managed to get myself into quite a predicament. Well not me per se, but long story short, I was with an exploratory team checking out another newly discovered world. We're in the back of beyond on this one. While performing a routine scan of the planet from orbit, we got hit by an unexpected meteor shower. The officer on deck fell asleep at his post." His expression had turned to an angry one as he relayed that tidbit.
"He is no longer with us." Letting out a long sigh, Ice continued. "The shower crippled our vessel and pushed us into a decaying orbit which we were unable to break from before gravity brought us down. The...uh...landing, if you could call it that, was nothing short of disastrous." His gaze shifted away from the screen for a moment. "Most of the crew were killed on impact. One of the few pieces of semi working equipment we have left is this single comm probe. I'm uploading this message and coordinates to the planet we are on in hopes that someone picks up the distress signal and comes to save our hides."
Returning his face to the camera, his expression was again that of a sad smile. "To be honest with you. I doubt this will ever get to anyone in time. Without hyperspace capability, it'll more than likely be quite some time before anyone else "discovers" this system and gets the message from the probe floating around. And that's saying if it even still works by then. We're trying to jury rig a solar panel-ish type set up to give us some continuous power....but what systems are left are failing fast. I'm not sure we'll be able to make any retrofits to whats left of the ship in time before our remaining equipment is useless. The environment is not too terribly harsh... but I can't say the same about the local fauna. We lost two people just trying to get a perimeter sweep done and assess damage."
There was a long pause as his eyes lowered away again. After another sigh he looked back up and smiled. "Taeli. If you do somehow manage to get this message, and I am no more, I'd uh...well I want you to know how much I cared for you. I know at times it may have seemed more business like. But I enjoyed every minute of our time together and wouldn't have traded a second of it. The memory of all the blissful moments we had now come crowding over me, and I feel most deeply grateful to you for allowing me to share them with you for as long as we did. My greatest regret will be that I never told you this. I will miss you immensely Taeli, and can only say sorry for not being there to at least say good bye in person."
His words were cut off by a sudden roar in the background and the near panicked screams of men and rifle fire. His eyes closed for a second before reopening. "Got to go now darlin'. I hope to see you soon. And if not, then take care. I wish you all the happiness in the galaxy. I love you."
With that, she would see a rifle start to be hoisted over his shoulder before the recording cut out.
There was no further information to be gleaned by what managed to get to her, save the coordinates of Ice's last known location.
[member="Taeli Raaf"]
Taeli's data pad would suddenly ping her that a communique was inbound. It turns out it was a holo from a ghost out of her past. And not a live transmission, but a simple recording.
Static was all that she'd see at first. A fraction of a second later, the picture became clear. The face that appeared before her, she'd be able to recognize instantly. It was that of Ice. His expression was much different than what she'd remember him as though. There was a somber look to him. A line of dried blood ran down the middle of his face from a gash on his forehead. In the background, a haze of smoke could be seen floating through the inner confines of a ship most likely. Sparks were shooting forth at random intervals from exposed wires jutting out of a wall behind him. There was something odd about the time stamp of the holo as well. It was dated about the time he disappeared. While this seemed unlikely, the degradation of quality in the video seemed to be another testament to the trust of the stamp.
"Hey you." Ice said with a sad smile. "As you have no doubt guessed...I managed to get myself into quite a predicament. Well not me per se, but long story short, I was with an exploratory team checking out another newly discovered world. We're in the back of beyond on this one. While performing a routine scan of the planet from orbit, we got hit by an unexpected meteor shower. The officer on deck fell asleep at his post." His expression had turned to an angry one as he relayed that tidbit.
"He is no longer with us." Letting out a long sigh, Ice continued. "The shower crippled our vessel and pushed us into a decaying orbit which we were unable to break from before gravity brought us down. The...uh...landing, if you could call it that, was nothing short of disastrous." His gaze shifted away from the screen for a moment. "Most of the crew were killed on impact. One of the few pieces of semi working equipment we have left is this single comm probe. I'm uploading this message and coordinates to the planet we are on in hopes that someone picks up the distress signal and comes to save our hides."
Returning his face to the camera, his expression was again that of a sad smile. "To be honest with you. I doubt this will ever get to anyone in time. Without hyperspace capability, it'll more than likely be quite some time before anyone else "discovers" this system and gets the message from the probe floating around. And that's saying if it even still works by then. We're trying to jury rig a solar panel-ish type set up to give us some continuous power....but what systems are left are failing fast. I'm not sure we'll be able to make any retrofits to whats left of the ship in time before our remaining equipment is useless. The environment is not too terribly harsh... but I can't say the same about the local fauna. We lost two people just trying to get a perimeter sweep done and assess damage."
There was a long pause as his eyes lowered away again. After another sigh he looked back up and smiled. "Taeli. If you do somehow manage to get this message, and I am no more, I'd uh...well I want you to know how much I cared for you. I know at times it may have seemed more business like. But I enjoyed every minute of our time together and wouldn't have traded a second of it. The memory of all the blissful moments we had now come crowding over me, and I feel most deeply grateful to you for allowing me to share them with you for as long as we did. My greatest regret will be that I never told you this. I will miss you immensely Taeli, and can only say sorry for not being there to at least say good bye in person."
His words were cut off by a sudden roar in the background and the near panicked screams of men and rifle fire. His eyes closed for a second before reopening. "Got to go now darlin'. I hope to see you soon. And if not, then take care. I wish you all the happiness in the galaxy. I love you."
With that, she would see a rifle start to be hoisted over his shoulder before the recording cut out.
There was no further information to be gleaned by what managed to get to her, save the coordinates of Ice's last known location.
[member="Taeli Raaf"]