Sorry guys, but if Maria's parachute doesn't open, we have a VERY bad situation.<br/><br/>Namely the mission is compromised.<br/><br/>Lyn hitting the ground at terminal velocity would not be a problem, because a dead body is a dead body. By the time the cops solved it, it would have been too late.<br/><br/>An indestructible super-soldier drilling a bloody great crater in the ground is a little harder to hide, especially when the cops arrive and pull a live, dazed and totally naive woman from the hole!<br/><br/>Oni, it's a question of logistics. They dropped from the blimp at point X. Between there and parachute deployment there would be very little horizontal movement - point Y. After parachute deployment - these chutes are almost like hang-gliders, they will move to point Z before landing.<br/><br/>X----Y---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Z<br/><br/>Now, given that deployment is only 700' up, if someone's chute fails to open, they are going to hit the ground not far from Y.<br/><br/>There is no way the team can get back there in time to stop the cops finding her first! In fact, they would be unlikely to even know where she hit, and would have to search for her!<br/><br/>So sorry, I am exercising GM's veto. Everyone's chute opens unless they want out of the game!