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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shadowbloodmoon" data-source="post: 2131870" data-attributes="member: 9986">Dave hands out a PPG and an extra cap to those who followed him. Eventually, all meet in the cargo area on the bottom part of the ship. Rasheed's voice comes over the intercom. "We're making planetfall, I suggest hanging on to something."Rasheed's words ring true as the ship enters the atmosphere. You almost immediately begin feeling your own body weight pressing on your muscles as gravity takes hold. An incredible sinking feeling grabs you until you are able to adjust once again to normal gravity. Before you are ready though, the ship lands with a resounding thud. "We're here. Dave and I will go with you and Rasheed will stay with the ship. Put these on." Alison hands each of you a breathing mask as she puts on her own and opens the hatch. Levana IV Beta is a rocky world with a rough desert surface. A few scrubby bushes and thorny plants dot the area, but nothing that would provide any significant cover. The scientist's camp is about a mile away, over a high windswept ridge. The distant sun is a bluish orb on the horizon, casting an odd glow over everything. The temperature is about 10 degrees Celsius, cool but not terribly uncomfortable. Alison and Dave pull on heavy jackets as you get going, hiking upwards towards a visible pass between two high hills.As you walk, you note that the desert around you does indeed harbor its own ecosystem. Several hard-shelled insects scatter out of your way as you move. Here and there, you can see mounds built by some kind of unknown creature. A scaly, tailless lizard-like creatue watches you from the top of a rocky outcropping, but runs as you get clos. Nothing seems to fly in the air however, and the landscape is silent, without even a gust of wind to disturb the peace. The only sound is that of your boots crunching the sand below you.</blockquote>

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