Thread: Stranded {jadeshaw88 and silverknight}

Lily supposed that she should be impressed by how much they had managed to accomplish in just a few weeks. They had managed to salvage what was left of the ship and turn it into a small village that was steadily growing. They had also managed to save most of the ships stores and they were working on creating self powered generators to run the power once the ships generators died out completely. The pilot had done a decent job setting the ship down despite the emergency landing. The thing would never fly again but pretty much everyone survived and the rest of the ship still worked. After the initial work she had done to help the other doctors with the injured though, she had begun to feel that her time was being wasted here in the village. She preferred a faster pace environment after her work with the military and giving out cough medicine was boring. It wasn't like she would be leaving them short handed or anything. They had had several doctors from several different fields on board, which wasn't entirely surprising with the size of the ship. So when she was offered the opportunity to join the scouting expedition, she had jumped at the chance before one of her colleagues decided to take her spot. With a group that small, there was really only need for one doctor and she had been determined to be it. Considering that most of the other members of the party had some kind of military background, her credentials were quickly accepted. Now she was inspecting her gear that had been placed in the hover wagon with the rest of the parties supplies. She had just brought a basic kit...or basic for her but she wanted to ensure that it was secure so as not to damage what equipment she had brought along as some of it was expensive and irreplaceable now that they were stranded. ------------- Jon whistled as she loaded his bags onto the wagon, ignoring the look that he got from the blond woman that was also standing there. Then he walked toward the outskirts of the village to get a better look at the plants at the edge. He had inspected them before but he had wanted to see if there had been a change. So far they hadn't seen any animals on the planet other than the ones that had been brought with them so he couldn't tell if the plants had been eaten or not. That would really be the only way to tell if they were edible or not...at least until he could get some samples. He had been so excited when he found out that they were going to be exploring the area. Some of the foliage looked familiar but not quite right. They had already discovered that some of the berries in the area where safe because of some errant children. It had been lucky though and he had heard that one of the doctors had freaked out when she heard what they had done. Kids would be kids. It wasn't their fault that their parents hadn't been watching over them. He wasn't a doctor though. He guessed that if would be concerned about someone ingesting unknown berries as well if there were no antidotes if they turned out to be poison. Anyway, now there was a strict border around the ship and even adults weren't allowed to pass it. Until now anyway. He wondered what else they would find. Would their be lifeforms on this planet? Would they meet their first aliens? There had to be some kind of life. He had already run some soil tests and it was almost the same mineral-wise as Earth had been. Surely, there was something out there. Really though, he was just happy to be free of the ship. He always felt claustrophobic when he was indoors for too long. --------- Cat tossed her sea bag in the supply wagon carelessly and just glared back at the woman that scoffed at her. Then she carefully loaded the trunk and large cases that she had brought with her and checked on the other weapons that had already been loaded. She also had quite a few on her person but she wasn't the only one so she didn't know what the woman's problem was. It wasn't like she was threatening to shoot her...yet. Maybe she would let whatever was out there eat her. No, probably not. She looked important. She would wait to see if she was useful or not. Once she was sure that everything was there, she wandered off to find the leader. She found that it was always best to introduce yourself to the person in charge on a mission like this one. Obviously the man already knew what she could do but it was one thing to read a file and another meet someone face to face. She didn't really care what he thought of her but she wanted to make sure that he could handle something like this. She wasn't about to follow a fool and get herself and the others killed. She had been going crazy on the ship. It was too loud and there were too many people. That and it was so boring that she had been tempted to just sneak past the perimeter guard and head off on her own. She could handle herself. There was also her family. She had had the misfortune of discovering that her mother and father were on board and she had been taking great pains to avoid them ever since. This would make it easier. The very last thing she wanted was for her mother to try and stuff her back in one of those dresses like some dress up doll that she could play with. Although it would almost be worth it when the woman saw the tattoos on her back, sides and hips. She couldn't have any that showed due to military protocol...and her own safety, snipers were twisted bastards and if they had a target... but she had plenty that didn't. --------- Alana didn't really have any gear to take with them but she did have some clothes and a few weapons. She thought that she would let the boss man decide whether or not he wanted her armed though....well beyond her own personal weapons anyway. She had primarily had a noncombat job as the translator but she had been in the field a few times. It was a requirement to go through basic training no matter what job you had and she still had PT regularly while she was on base. Plus she kind of liked being able to defend herself. It always pissed her off when people just assumed that she didn't know how to fight just because of her job. She was still Army. She hadn't really seen a reason to go on the trip though. She hadn't applied for it...at least she couldn't remember applying for it. In fact, she had applied to be a housing coordinator due to her background in languages but somehow she had been selected for this mission instead. She guessed that she really didn't mind all that much since she got to meet new people. Plus this kind of seemed like it would be fun. This seemed like it would be pretty exciting. She had some tech in her bag that could help break down the language if they met any natives so it would be easier to communicate. She waived happily to the woman at the wagon and placed her bag in with all the other stuff, then strolled off to greet everyone else. She was going to try to keep her chatter to a minimum but once she got going, it was hard to stop. She was sooo happy too which probably wouldn't help things. She was still going to try. It would be bad if she got on anyone's nerves before they even left the village.