Door to Tomorrow
05 Feb 2021Rectorek
I've decided I need to log interesting things before I forget about them. This one's a short one.I was in LTT 9472, fighting against Zachary Hudson's forces in a Security Operation zone, when I got the call from Command to join another war in <REDACTED>. My FC, the TFCS Alba Elephantus was in orbit around the binary planets <REDACTED> 3A & 3B. As I approached the FC in supercruise, watching the countdown timer hold around 6 seconds, and with the Ls quickly dropping, I became distracted. Who knows what thought crossed my mind at that point, suffice to say I hadn't yet finished my morning coffee. Next thing I know, I have less than 500 Km left to toggle the drop from supercruise. My coffee did not go flying as I quickly set it down in order to toggle the drop from supercruise, but I was too late.
I dropped, and my vision was briefly filled by an incomprehensible scene of browns and unformed objects. Then it all came together, and my stomach turned as I pulled up on the stick and throttled down to a stop, 106 meters above the surface of<REDACTED> 3 A.
They say in space, nobody can hear you scream. Thank goodness.