"Adrenaline, morphine, everything a growin' boy needs." Curtis called as his fingers flew across the console. In seconds line was traced across the heads-up-display, plotting their course to enter a geosynchronous orbit around the planet. They would need to endure a controlled burn into the planet's gravitational pull and use the slingshot to gain the momentum needed to stabilize their orbit and release their cargo. At least then they would have a chance to recover the contents when rescue came.<br/><br/>The shot seemed to lessen Moore's suffering, his death-grip on the armrests of his chair relaxing somewhat, and as the empty needle was plunged into his chest, air from chest cavity rushed out, allowing his lungs to re-inflate again. He raised a hand to take the needle from her, looking weak, but maintaining his composure, nodding gratefully at her. His breaths were rapid and shallow but quickly slowed and became more full, his eyes closing from relief and exhaustion.<br/><br/>The planet ahead looked very strange. From their approach close to the dark side they could only faintly make out the faint edge of the sunny side of the orb, growing larger in the viewscreen every second until it nearly took up the entire panel. The atmosphere was blue, with a slight note of violet, likely from the red light spilling into it from the larger of the two suns. Green strands of light danced in the atmosphere, an aurora visible denoting strong radiation from the sun. It was difficult to say what the surface would be like from this altitude, but there was green and blue, land and ocean. Perhaps it was an ecosystem not entirely unlike that of Earth.<br/><br/>Andrijan turned back from his seat to face his crew. "Curtis, we're going to be passing over the day side. I need you to run a scan and tell us everything you can about the planet. Everyone else, eyes out the window. Look for shapes of continents, mountain ranges, anything we need to avoid on our way down."<br/><br/>Curtis tapped his console again. "Sensors ready. Think we can map the topography at least as we cruise over. It'll be crude but it should give us an idea of where we can put this bird down."<br/><br/>Andrijan exhaled loudly. "Alright everyone, strap in. Burning in 10 seconds."