It was the incredibly loud "Splash" that alerted everyone they hit the ocean. Quickly the flotation device on the pod was activated to keep everyone alive and breathing. "We have 300 engineers here, and from what I can tell we landed close to an island which must mean this is the coast, and it should not be too deep. Also, we aren't burning or anything so this must be water. We are safe for now." 350 able engineers were on the pod, and all were sent to begin working four large stilts. A fifth would be added once everyone had something to live on. Since the water was so shallow, it didn't take more than a day to erect the poles, and using supplies on the pod it was relatively easy to make a very large and sturdy platform. Every able citizen was employed to build structures, and by the end of the first week of Planetfall the Pirates had a large central HQ, a mass of houses crowding around it and a long-range satellite that would allow contact with the continent to the north and west, as the initial Unity scans showed that there was land near the small island they thought they were near. The blueprints salvaged were for a Transport Foil, a basic battleship for defense, a scout patrol with very light weapons, and Terraformers for land and sea. Using what little material was left, the engineers managed to make a Sea Terraformer, though it would likely break down a lot and was slow because it was very bare-bones. They had it go off and plant the Kelp seeds they had, and make a mine for minerals. "It ain't much, but I suppose it will have to do." Was all the engineer said.
As the Pirates worked to get the materials to make a transport, and get to their island a signal was detected on the Commlink. No, two! Lal and Morgan had established contact. Lal greeted the Pirates, though with a clearly astonished voice after he heard Svensgaard and he told him that there was no "University" and they were in the place of Zakharov. It seemed he was just establishing contact with everyone, he was the "Peacekeeper" after all, right? "Hello, Svensgaard. We hope for peace in the following years and with you we trust there will be luck. Do not attempt to interfere with our plan for the ultimate monopoly." Was all the Morganites said though.
It took some waiting, but after a while the scientists of the Pirates had discovered important data on what was left of the Unity, basically now a colony pod torn-up for metal. The materials collected was enough to float the colonists of Dexamenus to shore. Already a safe haven was being set up, and for the first time in 40 years Svensgaard was going to touch dry land. "The beginning of an empire… The beginning of a new humanity.