[ there was no indication of any hostile peoples or pre-warp civilizations on this world. there was an overabundance of species of plant and animal life, however, and none of them were coming up on their sensors as anything they'd run into beforehand. jim didn't have any reason to think that anything untoward would happen---

like a random em storm that formed while they were coming in for a landing.

they weren't due back for a few hours, but they had sent a distress call, along with their last readings before the crash. they should be able to find a way to beam them out through the interference, or send another shuttle once they figure out what happened. only being a little banged up from the crash, the more immediate thing to work out was shelter in case it got dark, and a fire to keep wildlife away. ]

That's hilarious, Spock. You've been hanging with Bones a lot.

[ he isn't actually all that upset about it, though. he expected it, just in more vulcan terms. ]

Anyways, even if I go when I'm not supposed to, it doesn't mean you have to follow me, so I don't really get how you're putting this all on me.

You could be up there comfy in the captain's chair instead of tromping through the brush with me.