Naomi and the Hooded Technician dive into the escape pod as the deck shudders around them. The pod bay lights flicker red, then amber, while the launch cradle locks into place beneath their capsule.
The Ship AI
Initiating containment sequence. Unauthorized egress detected. All remaining sectors will be sealed.
The technician slams a palm against the pod console, forcing the targeting display to bloom open. A glowing marker appears at the colony module landing center, dead ahead of the ship's planned descent path.
Lead Engineer
There. Center point. If the modules survive release, that is where we meet groundside.
Below them, the pneumatic launch tube vents a long hiss of pressurized gas. The pod shivers once, then settles as the cradle clamps bite shut.
Naomi Katsuragi
The launch system is armed. One clean firing gets them out before the AI seals the bay.
The Ship AI
Launch authorization pending. Structural collapse accelerating.
The pod sits in tense silence, loaded and waiting inside the tube, while the ship's final lockdown crawls closer through the walls.
✓ Quest Accepted
Launch the escape pod
✓ Quest Accepted
Reach the colony module landing center
“I slam my hand onto the launch trigger to fire the pod.”
SUCCESS (Great Agility, rolled -2)