*Action* - "Perils of the purple forest"

The space next to a planet imploded, and then revealed a swirl of crimson and
blue. The Blue Dwarf sailed through the wormhole, it's hull frosty with the
condensation of wormhole space, which quickly evaporated. The mighty ship
slowed, and parked itself in orbit of the planet.
The Blue Dwarf's heavy hangerbay door grinded open and out came a Starbug. The
Starbug was the usual variety, with a large metal sensor dish strapped to the
front. The dish was so large that is partially obscured the view through the
cockpit window.
The ship headed for a small planetoid, it was mostly arid dessert and rock,
perfect for mining ore. A small section of the planet however was purple
woodland, and this was the part that they needed to scan before they started to
mine the planet. It was Space Corps rules that you needed to scan for life on
any planet before mining began.
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Who: Efof Yuwan'Kar, Jack Rockfield, Katrina Salter, other people (feel free to
mention yourselves here as part of this away mission)
Where: Starbug
When: As the Starbug is heading towards the planet
Efof piloted the Starbug, two hands on the flight controls, one hand on the
handbrake, and the other hand shoving a massive croissant into his mouth.
"These are good!" he complimented Jack Rockfield, the Frenchman who stood just
behind him, with a remote control in his hand.
"Oui, Oui!" Said Jack in his outragious French accent. "Ah cannot believe euh
ave never ad a croissant before!"
"Well... no. I actually thought Humans only ever ate three things. Big Macs,
fishfingers and jelly babies. It's amazing that there's a fourth option!"
"Euuh... zere is much more zan zat my friend!" Said Rockfield. "I'll introduce
you to a whole world of French cooking!"
Efof licked his lips.
The Starbug entered the atmosphere of the planet and flew high over the rocky
dessert. On the horizon they could see the purple forest rapidly approaching.
"Approaching position." Said Katrina from behind, who was manning the scientific
computer. "If there's any life on this planet it'll be in those trees."
"Oui." Said Jack, and pressed a button on the controls he held in his hand.
The dish underneath their Starbug came to life and an LED on the end flashed
every time it send out an invisible scanning pulse.
They flew over the trees, which were bizarre shades of purple.
"Anything?" Asked Jack, walking over to Katrina's computer and looking at the
scannerscope.
"No... wait!" Said Katrina.
There was an almighty rip sound and the Starbug shook. The large satellite dish
on the front had come off, it clanged as it hit the rear landing leg and they
left It behind.
"Merde!" Said Jack. "Who didn't secure ze satellite?"
Katrina looked sheepish. "Don't worry. We can go back and find it."
"What?!" Said Efof. "In the creepy purple forest?! Hey I know I'm a weird blue
colour, but surely trees everywhere are supposed to be green. That's just weird
right?"
"We have to finish the scan! So zat we can mine ze planet!" Said Jack.
"You really take your job seriously don't you?" Said Efof.
Everyone stared at the blue pilot and eventually he turned their ship around and
back to where they lost the satellite dish.
The Starbug descended through the violet forest canopy and landed on the ground.
"Sorry guys and gals, there's just too many trees." Said Efof. "You'll have to
get out and look for it on foot."
"You mean 'WE'." Said Katrina.
Efof moaned. "Yeah.... I suppose so."
The Ship landed, and Efof unstrapped himself from his seat.
Very suddenly, the ship lurched to the right, throwing the crew against the
wall.
Katrina quickly peered out of the window.
"Oh good job Efof, you've landed us in a swamp!" She sarcastically said.
There was a thud on the windscreen, and then another. They all looked to see two
large squid-like tentacles wrapping around them, gripping the Starbug and
pulling them down into the swamp. Everyone froze as panic set in.
"When can we start on those sandwiches?" Asked Efof.
<OOC – Tag everyone. This is just an easy Action post to ease us into this
storyline. If someone could get us free of the swamp-squid and out of the
Starbug and onto dry land, I'll post the next action post. Also feel free to
start exploring the surrounding forest.>