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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Toric_Arthendain" data-source="post: 855251" data-attributes="member: 9833">As the shuttle careens out of control, the group springs into action.  Oraltor does his best to calm the few passengers who are no immediately jumping up to help.  Knowing that the explosion was located on or in the engines, Leo moves to a panel that he pops open after a moment of struggle.  Inside are wires, hoses, and other things associated with the engine system.  The whole system is fried, and a small amount of smoke begins trickling into the cabin from the burnt circuitry.  Assessing the damage, he sees that restarting the engines is going to be impossible without the right parts.  However, the stabilizers might be able to be repaired, or at least jury-rigged to give some control back to the pilot.  Leo begins repairing the stabilizers.  Izon, watching over the droid's shoulder, finds that the droid is doing the only thing he can to help the shuttle.Up in the cockpit, the human pilot has accepted Ryn's offer of help and Ryn is strapped into the empty co-pilot's chair.  A few moments later, Andre and Calven join Ryn and the shuttle pilot in the small cockpit.  Miraculously, after struggling with the controls, Ryn pulls the ship out of its uncontrolled dive and levels it off, making the descent much smoother.  (OOC:  Pilot roll of natural 20!)As the shuttle passes through 8,000 feet, Leo manages to bring the stabilizers back online.  (OOC: another roll of natural 20, this time on repair!)  While the shuttle still has no power to the badly damaged engines, the ride does smooth out even more.  Ryn notices that he doesn't have to fight with the controls as much as he did prior to Leo completing the repair.With the shuttle going down with no engines, despite being under some small amount of control, the landing is going to be a hard one.  No water of any sort can be seen from the altitude that the shuttle is at.  In fact, the shuttle is going down into a forest, a large one.  Below, with the shuttle passing 3,000 feet, can be seen miles upon miles of forest.  The pilot turns the controls completely over to Ryn and then makes an announcement that the passengers should strap in and prepare for impact.Ryn does his best to control the shuttle and make the landing as painless as possible, but it does come down hard, smashing through the canopy of trees.  The cabin rocks to the left and right as it hits the trunks of massive trees but Ryn somehow keeps it from turning over.  A few seconds later, the shuttle hits the ground hard, causing the passengers to be tossed around in their restraints before the shuttle comes to a stop.  The noise of the landing is replaced by an almost unnatural quiet...</blockquote>

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