Editing The Anointed (section)

== Repairing the Rameses==
[[File:Arania 1.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Arania McLaren]]
Arania proved to be a helpful companion to the men as they worked hard to repair the Runabout. Now that she had witnessed the advanced technology, there was little reason to send her away. She hunted and gathered local foods for their consumption. Her contributions allowed the team to work nearly non-stop.

[[John Linskens]] worked hard to perform the complex calculations necessary to allow McLaren to recalibrate critical systems. Matthew was assisted by Moctatso.

On the third day, Skeel became irrational. He lost all semblance of reason and attacked Arania. When Matthew intervened, the man then shifted his attentions to the engineer. Twice the [[Operations Officer]] attempted to brain him with a club. Finally forced to defend himself, Matthew struck the man. Skeel fell onto a broken branch which had been sheared during the crash.  He died when the shaft of wood pierced his lung. unable to render sufficient first aid, Matthew and John buried him on Iradon at the crash site.

later that night the two managed to complete the make-shift patchwork on the shuttle craft enough to get it operation. They then took off, taking Arania along with them, to recover the away team in the hopes that they could then locate Eva straton and use the transporters to capture her.

They did not know that the away team had been captured and that things were about to get very interesting.