Captive princess

The humanoid set at the vehicle's controls and pressed the power icon. The vehicle turning away from the starship, shot forward with the telltale low whirring sound coming from its engine, as the vehicle raced across the vast plain. While captain Maguire set relaxing in the back seat watching the Bydanian landscape rush past to right and to the left.

He could see the starship far receding into the distance as the vehicle raced towards the city which seemed to rise out of the ground as they approached.

Once again it struck him they had not come across another living being. At first captain Maguire put it down to the isolation of the space port. It seemed logical that apart from the port personal, there would be no reason for anyone else to be present.