Chapter VI: Descending into chaos
I pointed the Kaze in the direction of where the orange ship had been firing. From above, it appeared to be a coastal region on the largest continent on this side of the planet. As the Kaze zoomed through Scroma's atmosphere, the temperature of the shields outside increased rapidly, but for this high-tech shielding it was nothing. The view from out of the cockpit window was amazing. As I got closer to the continent, which, after checking on the starmaps, was called Gidantii, I could see beautifully-shaped clouds and, on the ground, there were vast expanses of rainforest and desert. Getting closer to where the mysterious orange ship had fired, I could see a large city, ablaze with a spectrum of red and orange. I witnessed a few emergency medical ships race by, and decided to slow the Kaze slightly as to cause as little disruption to the rescue operations going on below me. I slowed the Kaze to a full stop, and watched everything below me through the screen in the cockpit. After a few minutes, I slowly descended down towards the chaos and flames underneath me.
As I prepared the Kaze for landing, outside I saw various-coloured flames leaping out of windows in many of the black towering buildings above, below and around me. The computer aboard the Kaze found the safest place to land , and the automatic systems took control of the maneuvering and steering. Slowly going past a small square-shaped area with trees of varying sizes, I could just about see groups of people huddling together. Suddenly, I heard an almighty crash and the ship's sensors started bleeping at me. Observing the area around me through a handheld holographic tactical device, I found that several buildings roughly a mile away had collapsed. The Kaze slowed, and came to a full stop. The automatic systems slowly took the ship down, and landed with a slight jolt.
The door behind and to the left of me opened. I got out of the pilot's chair, put a jacket hanging near the door on, and stepped outside.