Alex is a girl here, so they don't need her help.

"Splashdown in 10 seconds, hold on to something!"

As it approaches the planet, the flying city slows down dramatically, both from atmospheric drag and a valiant effort from the stardrive, before coming down on the surface of the water with a splash.

Impact knocks around people in the control room (and throught the city), but most manage to stay standing.

"And we're landed, good job Carson."

"Thanks Rodney. Where the hell are we?"

"What's our status, Dr. McKay?"

"I have no idea where we are, hyperdrive is bust, stardrive barely hanging on, and we're down to 60% of ZPM power. Other than that, surprisignly fine."

"Can we contact Earth?"

"Not until we figure out where we are to configure the gate, at least."

"We should check out the planet, maybe something will tell us what the hell happened."

Nope. Not his problem.

(The sound of crickets. A brook running between rocks. Definitely not the sound of care given.)

"Handsies, dears!" The rest of the party grumpily forms a circle and prepares for the spell.

Teleport. "Oh, nice we are exactly (1d100 = 71) on target today"

Fort Landing is as dilapidated as ever, but it's a pleasant summer day and the breeze that blows from the nearby shore is keeping the temperature acceptable.

Sana unrolls a scroll and takes a moment to read it.

Communal Phantom Steed.

Four translucent horses that look like they are made of water appear next to the four of them. The scroll does not crumble to dust.

They start riding towards the fallen star, and when they meet the waves their steeds keep trotting as if they were on land.

They keep a slow but steady speed, fast enough to get there quickly but also slow enough to allow them to start studying the object as they approach.

Over the next half an hour, Atlantis Expedition recovers from unexpected landing, reparis are begun on various systems damanged in the process, people pass through the infirmary to be checked up by Dr. Keller, and the city prepares to face the unknown.

"There's something approaching, four entities, ETA 30 minutes."

"Should we cloak the city?"

"Let's do it, and see what happens when they get close."

The city-ship's modified shield array activates, and the city appears to vanish, as if it wasn't there at all.

"Yupp, it's still there boss! It's some kind of invisibility effect, would need to get closer to tell you more."

"Thank you dear!" She blows him a kiss.

Could she not while they're in public?

It's a fight he knows he can't win, so he doesn't say anything.

"Well, they're still approaching."

"Marcy, dear, take the lead for the last part. Bring us close but just outside fireball range."