Talk:Aneph Enterprises Consolidated Fleet/@comment-12161342-20140918114259

Triton

''Wearing an environmental suit, John Harrison stands on the frozen surface of Neptune's biggest moon, outside the edge of a large transparent colony dome. A large number of small, squat buildings, all showing dark windows, lay clustered around three larger facilities. On the other side of the colony, the ship Harrison and his frozen crewmates were found on sits isolated, but with light blazing from every viewport. Harrison looks up, seeing the Great Dark Spot of Neptune, looking for all the world like a giant dark eye staring balefully at their colony. Suddenly, Harrison hears a chime in his helmet. ''

John: "Go for Harrison."

Crewmember: "We've refrozen everyone but you and me and loaded them into the ship. Explosive charges have been set. We are just waiting on your order."

John: "Good. I am coming back inside immediately. Get onboard the ship, and take off once I am onboard."

''Several minutes later, the ship leaves through a giant airlock on the side of the dome. Harrison and the last conscious crewmember both enter their cryotubes and freeze themselves. The ship, now operating on programmed instructions, reverses course and prepares to do an automated entry into the airlock, but several explosive charges on the hull of the ship destroy critical maneuvering systems while leaving the life-support system intact. The ship's autopilot, unable to compensate, smashes through the airlock and crash-lands inside the dome, which is rapidly venting its atmosphere. The cryotubes, which are secured with their own internal power supply, survive the crash, as does the ship with only minor damage. Soon after the crash, the ship begins sending out continuously looping distress signals on every frequency and in every direction. As its final programmed task, It activates its scanners to detect any incoming ships, and prepares to send a signal to the cryotubes if a rescue vessel comes.''