A red fissure opening into the fictional HEATSOAK inner core

SUBDUCTION TRANSMISSION // HS C01

HEATSOAK INNER CORE

Space was the wrong direction. The heat is underneath us.

Twenty buried strata. User controlled motion. Sound begins only when requested.
HS INNER CORE // CENTER MASS DESCENT
DEPTH0000KM
VELOCITY000M S
PRESSURE000GPA
HULL100PCT
SIGNAL0000PTS
STREAK00X
THERMAL LANCE100

VEIL // SUBSURFACE PASSENGER

I followed you down. The rock closed behind me.

STRATUM 01 // SURFACE WOUND
HS CAPSULE // HADES 01DEEP PRESSURE SYSTEM CAPSULE COLD
SHELL 024 COOLANT 099 STRESS 000 BORE LOAD 000

Arm the capsule. Hold the bore control. Raise throttle to descend. Left and right steer the bore and aim the lance. Up and down set throttle. Space fires. B releases ballast. R pulses seismic. Break the rock before it reaches the shell.