Designer Uilai has had many close calls, that is the nature of being a scout pilot. This time however it was sure that there was no way out, no clever trick and no lucky break. The best a pilot could hope for, exploring the farthest reaches of known space was when the time came, to go down with its ship.

Today was the day that Designer Uilai was going to die.

Alien-in-Equestria story. Borrows elements from various Sci-Fi stories/shows.