A Drop in the Ocean <Open>

It had been a few days, spent drifting in outer space, the young girl letting the ship guide her back to Earth's last known coordinates. In that time, she'd gained a taste for the simple dehydrated food packets that were stored in the little shuttle, and begun to appreciate plain water over the flavour of sweetened sodas. She'd also been bedazzled by a few cosmic sights, here and there, but in reality, she spent much of her time snoozing away or scribbling notes down for future ideas as they came to her. The serenity of being in a silent cockpit gave her more time to think than she could've imagined. But soon enough, that silence was marred by an array of lights and cacophony of warning buzzers going off. She awoke from her sleep with a start, slapping her hands about the control panel, trying to figure out what had happened in a daze.
"Bwuh-uhhh?!" she groaned, before pressing her face up against the glass of the canopy. There was nothing in the immediate vicinity, no rocks, comets or nearby suns. She clearly wasn't in any danger. So she turned to her controls, taking a few moments to process just what was buzzing away at her. Soon, she came to realize it was simply the autopilot preparing for a landing. This both startled and excited the young girl, this situation could only mean she was finally home at last. Earth, where she'd get to see her parents again and show them all that she'd learned and accomplished while away!

She smiled, looking around for the big blue marble but was instead met with the sight of a somewhat green looking marble instead. She blinked a few times, deliberately, before rubbing them, hoping it was just part of her daze. Obviously, it wasn't.
"This isn't Earth... just where...?" she stated obviously, before catching sight of another blinking light beside a communications panel. She promptly tapped it, and was met with the face of her uncle. She promptly grimmaced.
"You may be wondering where you are right now, Tetra. As it stands, your old uncle knows a few technical tricks too. I knew it wouldn't take you long to hotwire a shuttle and high-tail it out of her, so I reprogrammed the shuttles to head straight for this planet, Namek. Your parents didn't want you to go back to Earth, because they knew it wasn't safe for you, and I can't just willingly let you..." the recording played on. Tetra went through a mix of confusion, frustration and fear. This marked her first alien planet, and a situation she wasn't prepared for. Naturally, for a kid, this was scary. She clenched her fists, watching as the green orb ahead grew much larger, thoughts whizzed through her mind about what kind of horrible creatures could lurk on the planet beneath her.

"... the people that live there are peaceful, hopefully the Nameks will see their usual kindness and watch over you until I can come pick you up. You wont get much of what you want from them, but don't do anything stupid until I get there, comprende?" the recording finished, before blinking out. For a moment, the young girl felt fury over her uncle. She slammed a hand down on the control panel, giving an angsty growl toward the screen. Her whirlpool of emotions would continue until the shuttle finally began to glow with an orange light. The sounds of wind rushing intensely over the craft gave her pause, as she'd never experienced re-entry before. Sudden panic followed, as ambiguity to her fate began to encapsulate her. The shuttle was in auto, so her attempts to tamper with the controls proved effortless. But soon, the heat passed, the shuttle began gliding in to Namek's atmosphere, aiming for a relatively empty location but not far from any particular villages.

"By the way, I didn't program it for a smooth landing. Consider that your punishment for stealing my ship." came another warning from the monitor. Tetra was still for a moment, before immediately diving under the panel, wrenching off covers and fumbling away at cables underneath.
"Master control circuits... got it... need to bypass autopilot control... gonna have to shut that down entirely... need to activate steering column and stabilizers... oh crap crap crap..." she mumbled as she began digging through the mass of cables, as well as the mass of thoughts tumbling through her mind. Unfortunately, she peeked up to see that no matter how quick she was, she wasn't able to stop her ship from clipping the side of a mountainside. As it did, the shuttle began a spin in the air, making it all the more obvious to distant observers that the shuttle was crashing.

She tumbled about in the cockpit for a while, bumping back and forth, until she felt her head slam hard into the seat, a terrible crashing sound surrounded her. The shuttle shook and rumbled, as dirt and dust showered over the canopy, darkening the interior for a while, until the ship finally collided with forest trees. As it came to a halt finally, the ship was in an absolute wreck. Smoking from the damage of the crash and parts torn asunder and scattered along the gouge it'd made in the landscape. Tetra seemed to fare much better. She was in a daze once more from all the knocks and bumps, but thankfully she'd made it through without a cut to her flesh.
"Auuuuu.. gggck...." she moaned and groaned, as she tried to right herself from her awkward position. She soon was upright, sitting upon the console. She tapped a few buttons beneath, but nothing happened. "Oh... did he trap me in here until he arrives..." she said quietly to herself, unable to muster up an emotion in her state. As she did, she heard a hiss. The sounds of the canopy opening followed, bathing her in light once more...