Enter The Constant
The unfathomable darkness outside the universal bubble leaked in as a massive ship, red wood and tarnished bronze plating, came hurtling through the tear.
As soon as the ship was through, the tear in the bubble began to seal, but it was hard for the ship’s captain to see through the cloudy sky.
Shouted warnings were issued as the ship zoomed through the dense clouds, its landing location unseen as an attempt was made to slow the descent.
“HARD LANDING, ZERO VIS, HOLD ON!” Yelled the captain as the ship’s few sails spread wider, slowing the ship slightly, but not enough to prevent serious damage, the balloon was punctured, and there wasn’t enough air inside of it to keep it in the air.
The was the horrible creaking of metal as the sails began to bend at the mast, and the solar sails themselves were losing durability, evidenced by the ripping sounds.
As suddenly as they came in, the land below came into sight, and the ship crashed down onto the edge of some forest and skid through the earth for about two hundred feet. The gouge in the soil was huge enough to qualify as a ravine.
When the ship stopped, the world fell silent again, despite the mostly intact crashed ship.