User blog comment:Void Samukai/Tenelapis/@comment-11135771-20150116021401

At the northernmost end of the Fissure, eight EAF Condor-class transport vessels drop out of warp, escorted by two Ashfall-class battlecruisers and six Mantis II-class battlecarriers. Three of the transports and two of the battlecarriers descend into the darkness of the chasm, while the rest begin unloading equipment to set up a base in the walls of the Fissure itself.

Below, the EAF vessels reach the bottom of the Fissure, surrounded by darkness save for the strip of light to the south that marked the path of the massive canyon. The battlecarriers float within the Fissure walls, launching their aircraft to fly at low velocity and survey the surrounding area with their radar. Meanwhile, the transports settle into a low hover before gently descending to contact the deep, clear water, their engines ensuring that only the bottom of their cargo bays is submerged. The ships open their bay doors to release their cargo; a squadron of twelve Albatross-class light battlecruisers and thirty Lightning-class destroyers.

Four of the destroyers drop anchors at an eight kilometre wide pillar just west of the Fissure's edge, deploying landing parties to explore the area and set up a base camp. The other ships set off to explore the surrounding area in two groups; one heading down along the length of the Fissure, and the other moving due east.