Mission abort

-Salvage-

The group trekked onwards through the treacherous jungle until landing their gaze upon what remains of the australis "do you think anyone survived" chimed max, trying to be optimistic, "are you joking" chuckled the sergeant, "the ship basically got pulverized! id be high off my ass to think someone survived that blast" max ignored her negativity as they approach the wreckage. "hey guys take a look at this!" Shouted Chloe, pulling off what seemed to be a large tarp out of the ruins. "Thats perfect" you say, admiring her find "we can use this as shelter form the rain and heat!" The discovery of this simple tarp cheers up the groups mood and encourages them to keep searching.
You dig around in the rubble for about 30 minutes before your hand lands on something a bit leathery, you pull up on it hoping it ends up being useful but are quickly taken back by what you find, out of pure shock you throw the crispy arm up into the air" f-fuck oh my god!" You yelp backing up from your discovery, Everyone looks at you and walks over to see what you found "whats up rookie?" Asks Morgan. You shamble back to your feet and look to get a better idea of what you found, "Jesus you guys are slow" scoffs Chloe, walking over and pulling a large piece of metal from next to you revealing your horrific find "i-is that the captain?" asks cliff, slowly reaching a hand out to touch it, the sergeant slaps his hand away "are you mad rookie! Yes that's captain! So why in the hell are you trying to touch him!?" cliff steps back, realizing how dumb that decision was gonna be, Morgan pokes it with a stick "oh yeah, no one fucking survived this" she says, sounding a bit angry. as this was going on max managed to find a few useful objects that would help in the long run "hey guy, check this out!" He yells, excited to show off his findings, the group gathers around and you look down at the items he dropped "is that a fucking fire axe!" You say, knowing life just really turned around for you and the team "it sure is, and take a look at this!" Says max, opening a crate revealing almost 3 months worth of rations "oh hell yeah!" Chimes Chloe as she reaches to grab one, she opens it up and takes a bite "mmm, aw yeah guys, these are absolutely bland, just how they like them!" she says, taking another bite, soon after everyone gathers around for a nice lunch.
"So what do you guys miss most from home" asks cliff, attempting a little smalltalk, "oh man, without a doubt, the food" laughed max "honestly, i guess i miss flavor in general haha" everyone laughs "what about you sergeant?" Max asked to Morgan, who seemed in high spirits "me? Well i really miss the beaches, being able to go out on a sunset and just listen to the waves, that's what i miss most" max and cliff nod in agreement "and what about you crackshot? Says Morgan looking over to you "oh um, i miss a comfortable bed" you laugh, max laughs with you "and lastly about you foxy?" Says max, jokingly teasing Chloe, she gives him a sarcastic smirk before answering "honestly, i miss my old job" Morgan quickly looks at her and subtly waves her head not to continue too the others, noticing this Chloe realizes she did say a bit too much "what was your job back then?" Asked max, looking a bit curious "um, i uh, i worked at an old coffee shop downtown where i lived" said Chloe, quickly improvising.
"Well i guess we all have our preferences" said max as he finishes up his rations.
After a moment of silence you decide to ask Morgan a big question "um hey sarg?" She looks over and softly replies "yes rookie?" you look at max and back at her "i was wondering, why am i a soldier? I took a job in weapons management" she looks up at you and smirks "that means you would be on board 24/7" you look at her, confused "so what, i loved that ship!" She laughs and responds "so, that means you wouldn't have survived the explosion" everyone stops and looks at Morgan "wait, did you know the ship was gonna get fucked?" Asked cliff, looking worried "of course not. If i did, i would have evacuated all important personnel first and warned the others to jettison from ship immediately" everyone calms down a bit assuming it was all a joke "so why am i a soldier" you asked again, she got a bit more uptight "did you even see yourself at the range, you are the best shot in the crew" you think back and remember what she's talking about "i guess you're right"
after a while a faint hum could be heard, growing louder and louder "do y'all here that?" Asked max "yeah, it sounds like the-" cliff is cut off by another red laser firing from the planet you all look up and see a tiny explosion way out above the atmosphere "oh my god!" You say, in awe and horror of what you saw "we need to find that thing!" Yelled max, morgan nodded and stood up "and we need to find it quick" added the sergeant, you and the others get up, max filled his and cliff's bags with rations for the journey and Chloe came back, no one realizing she left "oh hey Chloe! Said max, still always being cheerful "whats up dork" she said before throwing him a standard hand gun "you can shoot right?" She asks "i sure can, im used to shotguns though" she sighs and gives him an older looking double barrel, he smiles "where did you find this stuff?" he asks as he admired his new weapon "found the weapons vault back there" she then hands you and the general handguns, and cliff an assault rifle "nice" chuckled cliff "alright rookies remember what you learned, wait Chloe are you armed" she points to a long rifle on the ground "yes ma'am" said Chloe mockingly" the general smirked and looked at you and the others "alright recruits lets head out and find ourselves a big ass laser!" she yells as she starts to walk in its direction, everyone follows and heads back into the jungle for another journey....