Present Day
Near planet Kor'Daren
Imhari system, Inner Laskaris Arm
Calrose was given the co-pilot's seat beside Keona, while the others
strapped in behind them. Driz and Arabel occupied seats in front of data
terminals where they could monitor the ship's systems and do their best to aid
in the execution of the plan. But it was really down to Captain Keona and her
piloting skills to get the tethered ships moving and manage to control the
metal monstrosity toward the surface of Kor'Daren.
The engines of the Dasaq'Wen fired and the mass of the two ships slowly
began to move. Driz's short child-like fingers played over the control panel as
he bypassed systems that Arabel had worked hard to design. Though he wore no
CDT, he was using very similar skills to jack into the GRV's control system. He
fired up the solitary engine that Uden had managed to get running and opened
the throttle.
The conjoined ships twisted as Keona tried her best to control the
direction of the ship, while engines of vastly different strengths pumped out
thrust in slightly different directions. The stars in the front viewport spun
and twisted before slowly steadying. Keona managed to angle the connected ships
toward the planet, visually sighting it in the window and trying to keep it in
place. The cockpit she sat in hadn't changed, but she could feel the difference
in the shape of the ship. Her view no longer sat in the center of her thrust
vector, but was off to one side. It threw her off, but innate piloting skills
and years of practice on numerous ships allowed her to quickly adapt.
