A crash landing was necessary, the New Manchester to Io City transport shuttle pilots had informed us over the intercom system. Why the crash landing was necessary is another matter entirely. The explanation they provided was so vague, that I half-suspected that they didn't have a clue as to why we were losing orbit.

As if this information didn't panic us enough, the shuttle attendants had then taken it upon themselves to plaster utterly unconvincing smiles across their faces and circulated the shuttle, attempting to assure everyone that there was nothing to worry about. I presume their intentions were to calm us down, but invariably they had the complete opposite effect.