Retro boosters burning bright, the assault pods strike alien earth with a thunderous concussion. Smoke and flames billow as the pod doors burst open, spilling their occupants out into the unknown. Lola sees swirling dust, a shadowed settlement ahead, a parched and barren landscape of rocks and bare earth, devoid of cover. She sees blue light, strobing and flickering, seeking and stabbing. One sears past her; she feels its awesome heat through her suit; hotter even than the fires of re-entry that still burn around her grounded pod.
She hears Amy's feed-back laden scream over the internal comms, blasted directly into her ear. She doesn't look back.
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