His first thought when he awoke was, "Why am I upside down?" As he sat up, wiped blood of his face, he realized that the ship was upside down. Which meant that real gravity was at work, other wise he would be sitting on the floor. And real gravity meant two things. First that environmental control was malfunctioning. Second, that they had landed. On what, or where, he had no way of knowing with every instrument panel both blank and out of reach. The next thing Daren noticed was that he was alone. He looked around carefully, his head throbbing. He almost panicked when he saw the meter wide hole in the wall, then logic kicked in once more as he realised that if the air was not breathable, he would already be dead, or at least short on oxygen. The gap was also the best explnation for why everyone was gone. I slowly made my way over to it and peered out. Sure enough the bridge crew was standing out on the ground, looking around at where they had landed.

"Glad to see you're alive afterall," Daren's fellow mapping ensign said. "Couldn't tell if you had a pulse or not."

"I'm a quarter Vulcan," Daren explained as he looked around himself. "Most people can't feel my pulse, but I've got one."

He was dismayed to see where he had landed. There was not a sign of life in sight. It was like being in a desert. It wasn't quite as hot as his instincts told him it ought to be with nothing aorund but miles and miles of different colored sand, soils, and rock. The only thing that broke the mononty of the view was a river winding down from mountains.

"At least there's water," the captain commented., as Daren looked up dismayed at the orange sky. Her hair was sticky and spikey with blood. The first officer, a male betazoid, seemed to have a broken arm. The steersman, or woman, was simply badly battered. Suddenly the captain was all business.

"Vek, you get everything thats not bolted down into a pile on the bridge, and anything working that you can. Nulu, you help him." Daren and the first officer 'yes sirred', and got to work.

"Thomson, you see if the jeffries between here and the rest of the ship are passable, put a priority on finding our medical officer." Daren's partner acknowledge his orders and began trying to figure out a way to get in the tubes.

"Captain, I'm going to need a leg up." Holly offered her shoulders instead, and Thompson got the the cover off. "Can't see any obstructions, captain."

"Good, get moving." Thompson hoisted himself in and left.

"Smith and Nulu sit here and rest. Did you find the first aid kit, Vek?"

"Yes sir, also some lose paneling, the panel off your command chair, a survey tricorder, some metal stripping, wires, and my data pad. The tricorder and data pad both work, for now."

"Good, I'll stay here with Jones and Nulu. You go see if you can find the rest of the crew and repair anything you can. Bring back anything useful."