The dragons seemed mostly receptive; it was a large enough group, and his dragons kept to themselves enough, that the opinions was mostly neutral, or generically positive. Most of them hadn't known much of him or his constructs, neither before, nor currently, and had very little to say on the topic.<br/><br/>His scouts reported that, as the colony ship approached the barrier, Barid was<em>not</em>pulling it back. The ship hurtled towards it, and... passed right through, as if it weren't even there. All manner of recordings were taken, for analysis, but... it was as if the barrier simply didn't register the massive spacecraft passing through it.<br/><br/>The rest of its landing was relatively uneventful, as it came to rest on the northern edge of the continent, digging a deep gouge into the earth.