It was time. After one month of planning and preparation, it was time. The ship was ready and the crew was chosen. Me, Zelkir, and Skoei were about to embark on the dangerous venture in centuries. We were to infiltrate the dreadnaught to learn of the Hive's plans. We met up in the loading bay of a ketch. We had been flown out to Mars, but the rest was up to us, seeing as the reef would obliterate any ketch that dared pass it. We exchanged goodbyes to our crews and we climbed in the skiff. Skoei started up the engines and we were off. We sailed straight through the reef, using specialized cloaking tech to hide us. Once we were through Skoei activated the experimental warp drive. [i]Later[/i] Even with the warp drive it still took us two hours to reach the dreadnaught. We reached it and Skeoi called out "You guys need to see this....". We walked up to the front and looked into the monitors,and saw a sea of destruction in front of us. Ketches and hive tomb ships floated destroyed and wrecked apart. We passed through and landed on an outcropping on the outer edge of the ship. We dropped down and looked around. "Stay close." I say over the comms. We walk slowly, alert for any movement. We alike through a doorway that would dwarf a Kell, stepping in piles of dust that had accumulated. We walk through hallways, seeing small bloated worms burrow into the dust and debris as we approach. We turn a corner and see acolytes kneeling in some sort of ritual. One of them notices us and yells, a echoing scream that spoke only of death. Suddenly the halls were alive with screams as thrall flooded in from unseen doors. "Run!" Someone yelled, and so we did. We ran from hall to hall, trying to get back to the skiff. We made a turn and saw a giant door, closed firmly. We turned around and saw thrall chasing after us. "Go!" I yelled at them. " I'll hold them off!" I pull out my shrapnel launcher and fire into the thrall, clearing a path for them. They run out through it, and call for me to follow, but the thrall close ranks and charge at me. I throw a shock grenade into the crowd and ran through the gap formed when it detonated. I got to the ledge but found the skiff was gone.