Moonage Daydream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE2GCa-_nyU
I wipe my brow and sweat my rust
I’m breathing in the chemicals
Late the previous solar cycle, a message came through to Frontiers Corps headquarters. A team had gone missing. They were exploring a solar system in the space Rimward of both the Silver Sanctum Coalition and the Primeval. There is a sector out there that has many planetoids that have been a curiosity for some time. The worlds are of varying sizes and climates, but the one we’re looking at?
This is the fifth moon in one of the seconds, she is a green gem, a forest world. Mostly deciduous trees and conifers, nothing too exciting. No bears. But there was a massive instrument reading that went off. Someone was doing something down on the world. A Forerunner-class frigate had found the world, but the Corps had lost contact with the ship. Forerunners are designed to be able to land on a planet and are equipped with the weaponry needed to create a landing zone.
Your vessels will have the option to land, unless you are launching from another vessel of the Frontiers Corps. They will be sending shuttles to the surface, as the pair of Forerunners sent to this mission are going to be orbiting with some weapons swapped out for tractor beams. The Corps does not want to lose anyone they send planet side. You will have time to check out the landed ship, and it is strongly recommended you start there.
From there, we will discuss what you find. Where you may be interested to go. And what lies in wait beyond the trees. The ship will remain on the planet, however, the Corps is dispatching several tugs to bring her home, where she will be taken to a shipyard and investigated. The only things the Frontiers Corps knows about the world is there is extensive tech, and an atmosphere that experiences odd fluctuations and uneven gas and vapor distribution. The world? She’s green. She is full of coniferous and deciduous forests. Mountains, lakes, and rivers make up that which isn’t covered by foliage.