Mechis III
Ten minutes before the transport is supposed to, it stutters, drops, picks back up, then slows and gently settles to the ground. Ronan walks back from the control cabin. "We walk the rest of the way. If I try to continue, the tram could be damaged and then we'd not have a way back to the surface. It's a three hour walk from here to the end of the rail, then we have to get through whatever architecture is there to the power core. Outside is going to be hot as we are kilometers into the mantle. However, the transport tube will protect us. My readings show it to be about 50 metric degrees outside."
He turns to Django, "Captain, we have plenty of power to try to get back to the surface, but it will take days for us to recharge the generators for another trip. I'll leave it to you to decide what we do now. I'm game for continuing on, though."
The women echo the engineer's sentiment.