Trevelyan felt the bay's heat rise. He looked towards the cockpit and saw what was left of Red, strewn all over the cockpit. He immediately dove towards the cockpit, wiping blood from the controls. "Hang on!" he said. He looked out and saw a curving line of blue, a river. A second rod of plasma hit the tail of the dropship, rendering it useless. The Airman veered left to crash-land in the river, minimizing the force of the impact. "This is gonna get wet" he said. "Grab hold of something!" Trevelyan dropped the warthog just before impact. The pelican plunged into the water, burying itself into the river bed. Only the rear hatch was above the water level.
Trevelyan was knocked unconscious by the force of the impact.