Talking about priorities… 
This beaten up ship was originally intended
as a short range transporter with a small crew.
So even if they would have “landed” without
loosing pressure they probably would only have
enough suits for 2 or 3 lucky dwarves.
And even that wouldn’t have saved em in the long run
IF there wasn’t any breathable atmosphere.
So literally just plummeting to the surface and hoping
for the best was as good a plan as there ever was.
Teb
At least there’s plenty of mushrooms to eat and swamp water to drink. Perfectly safe.
I hope they turn out to be sentient. Ahh, the screams of fresh picked mushrooms, not quite as loud as momewraths.
But no beer, poor wee fellars =(
They could try fermenting the mushrooms, a la Fallen London.
There is a dutch Shitake beer I once tried. Not too bad.
Shit ake? Ah yes. Beer. Right.
Mushroom beer! I bet that packs a punch, especially with giant alien mushrooms. So this is the proper drinking style on this planet: 1) Lick the back of an orange spined toad (be careful, those horns are sharp); 2) knock back a mug of fermented swamp mushroom beer; 3) hallucinate that a horde of alien bugs is crawling all over you; 4) sober up and realize there was a horde of alien bugs crawling all over you, but in your drunken frenzy, you killed them all. Repeat as needed.
I smell Orks…
All in favor of a save the beards fund raiser say “aye”
If you shave a dwarf all you get is a short temper.
Isn’t plummeting to the surface and hoping for the best part of standard Beardy landing procedures? Seriously, the ship just broke at the weak points along the spine of the cargo hold. The solid chunks are intact. Good old Bastard engineering designed for the rigors of dwarfy usage.
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Hopefully no-one will mind but I just wanted to mention that Jamie Robertson, artist of webcomic Clan Of The Cats is making a comeback!
I’ve been a fan of this comic for years. Janie has fought bouts of blindness over the years to keep going but it’s gotten the better of him for the past few years. Never-The-Less he’s planning a short story this June 8th to try and come back into the groove. I’d greatly appreciate the effort of anyone here who took the time to hop on over there and cheer this battler on with some encouragement for keeping at a webcomic for nearly 13 years.
…Where it bubbles all the time like a giant, carbonated soda!
S-O-D-A, Soda