The further her ship is pulled towards Pern, the more she's glad that she opted for abladive armor on the belly of her ship, as the friction and heat increases on her glide path through the upper atmosphere and through to the lower atmosphere.<br/><br/>As warning sirens go off, she does everything she can to increase power to the engines, but they remain at 20%. "Come one, pull up dammit", she says angrily, hoping against hope that she can save her ship, or at least ensure that it hits land instead of water. The ships manouvering thrusters are enough to keep the entry angle correct, but its not enough to allow her to regain her orbit.<br/><br/>The heat and fire around her ship get brighter and brighter while her ships speed towards Pern's Terra Firma increases.<br/><br/>"Terminal velocity..Terminal velocity", the voice of the ships systems repeats over and over while her altimeter shows 30,000 feet above the surface and dropping fast.<br/><br/>"Sorry baby, its time to part company", she says even though her ship isnt alive,and leaps out of her seat to run down the corridor, through access doors to the escape pod.<br/>