Mara guides the ship down through the abandoned planet’s thin atmosphere and settles it beside a low, stone-covered laboratory entrance. No alarms answer the landing.
The concealed doors open to intact corridors, steady air pressure, and warm utility lights. Mara brings Tessa, Lokier, and Archive Echo inside before securing the ship and its sealed systems.
Mara Venn
The route data and command package stay aboard. We are not investigating anything else tonight. We are going to sleep, eat, and remember what quiet feels like.
Private quarters line the laboratory’s central hall, supplied with clean clothing, water, preserved meals, and functioning sanitation. A medical unit confirms that everyone is stable.
Lokier
This place is yours. Does resting here mean we stop being pursued, or only that we stop moving for a while?
Mara Venn
For now, it means we stop moving. The planet has been abandoned for years, and the lab is quiet. That is enough.
Beyond the sealed entrance, wind moves dust across the landing site. Inside, the laboratory lowers its lights into evening mode, and a vacant quarters panel waits with three available rooms.