A Breaking Point

[Cat]

A small natural platform was conveniently situated about a hundred meters away from the crashed ship. Landing there would mean having to walk that hundred meters over the rubble created by the bombardment. But then, there weren't any better options, unless one wanted to land 10 meters away from the crashed shuttle and then climb up to reach it.

The ship itself was badly damaged, and the front window was covered with splits. With enough force it could easily be crushed. Apparently, the Pathfinder's starboard access hatch could also be reached, although that'd require getting some rubble of the shuttle.

The signal of the artifact that caused all the trouble was now diminishing, until the point that it was also possible to detect one faint lifesign aboard the crashed ship. It cost Linn her shuttle, and might as well cost her more than that just to deliver that thing to Sprague.

The pilot of the Marauder saw all of this while slowly flying in a loop above the crash site. But then the scanners started picking up a ground vehicle slowly approaching the site. The vehicle was several kilometers away, and apparently it wasn't moving fast, but even at the current speed it would arrive in 10 minutes maximum... But did Linn have even that little time?