Repairing my ship on this planet hasn’t been easy; I am getting there.
I really thought I could fly out this time, but I failed. Radakee even said we would make a short landing on the polar region, so that we could watch the sunset on Metaphoris, one last time before we fly away. But she wasn’t keen on staying in orbit for long after seeing my piloting skills. She flew away, re-keying her transponder.
I haven’t flown for a long time. There were no ship wanting rendezvous in orbit for such a long time, I became restless. I mean, otherwise, who in their right mind tries to use momentum engines to boost themselves up, it’s a bad idea! I didn’t have enough fuel that would allow that kind of prolonged burn. I should have switched to ion drive and be more patient, and slowly go up the orbits. I didn’t even have enough to do a retro burn, I couldn’t slow down. I used up all my fuel for one last ditch effort to catch up with Ostraflex. And I crashed.
I crashed pretty bad this time. The atmosphere on Metaphoris is thick, like Earth to skim velocity. But a crash is still a crash. The hull is manageable. But the most important thing that needs repairing is my flying skills.