Suddenly, Jump and Die...
Message:And tonight I started on a new audio drams, which began with a recruit being given about 15 seconds of verbal briefing before her transport ship came out of hyperspace and she was unceremoniously dropped from orbit. Good sound mixing. Sounded painful when, for plot reasons, she got deviated from her drop path, her suit's thrusters failed, and she hit the ground. Ok trees broke her fall.
Orbital drops in suits are such a fun idea.Heinlein nailed it in Starship Troopers, The Expanse did it well (ok that was really Jetty and Die), Battle Born makes it integral, and Dalek Empire III made it work in audio. Only JJ Abrams screwed it up, but that whole 2009 Trek reboot was pretty terrible.
Yours,
IronMike
30-Sep-2022