Gazing out the triple strength canopy at the lush, green world that was Pern, Katherine Boll ran scans and tried not to keep from leaping out of her seat and leaving her ship in the one person shuttle that was in the cargo bay.<br/><br/>After 5 years in cold sleep, and a lot of risks, she was here, at last, the world that her ancestor had arrived on. She missed her parents, and even the repair yards on the orbital station that her father worked out of. Here she was, and she wasnt about to leave until she had answers<br/><br/>Her scans showed that the atmo was breathable, earth-like, stable, so what  could have killed them all, she asked herself. The dark green jumpsuit and jacket that she was wearing kept her warm in the barely heated ship.It would keep her cool down on the planet, or cool if it was warm.It would also produce water that one could drink, just by walking, similar to suits made for desert environments<br/><br/>The probe that she sent off picks up the celestial body in close contact with Pern, and from the images that she's getting, theres some kind of transferance between them, but what, she asks herself.<br/><br/>Before she can get any clear images from the probe,she's nearly tossed out of her chair as an explosion goes through the engineering compartment.As she quickly sits back up and taps controls on the panels in front of her, the ships diagnostics tells her what she didnt want to see.Several of the fuel cells have exploded somehow, blowing one engine pod from the ship and sending it out to be grabbed by Perns gravity.<br/><br/>Its drawn closer and closer to the planet, and to anyone looking up at it, would look like a meteorite.Her hands tap controls to try to pull the ship into a higher orbit, but with little power going to the engines, the gravity grabs the VENTURER,  what she named her ship, and pulls it down towards the planet as well.