"Alright, alright, fine, fine," he replies, clearly not pleased at the situation. "We were sent here to study the localized effects of malleable energy fields on controlled space, over the course of a single cycle, and then report back our findings. Unfortunately, the barriers to keep the controlled space from affecting us weren't up to specifications, and we were forced to detour to this terrestrial location. We secured this location, and prepared our distress signal, but it's been running for more than seven cycles, now, and nothing's replied. The rest of the crew gave up hope, and abandoned the mission, the traitorous bastards, and tried to convince me to, as well, as 're-purpose our materials' to 'improve our situation planetside.' HAH. Noone's re-purposing the<em>Eranikus</em>, beyond what we've already put her through, if I have my way! I can only assume something's happened at home, given the lack of response, but I'm not giving up; this is valuable material, and needs to be delivered, no matter what."