Landrey’s Crash-Landing
Lily Landrey’s ship, trailing fire and smoke, smashed through the tree canopy and impacted the surface of VGG-904, a ring of dirty snow erupting all around the crash site. With blood trailing from her eyebrow, Lily shook off the shock of the crash, and unsnapped her emergency restraints. With a quick glance out the viewport in front of her, seeing nothing but tree trunks and snow, the young woman scrambled back through the bulkhead that separated the pilot’s node from the body of the craft. She jogged the length of the cargo bay, which took up most of the body of the craft, only stopping to key in a few commands at a console. At the rear of the bay was a locker, which was opened by a small string of code entered by her …