Imagine a semi-controlled landing. The 16km biggie comes down onto a desert world, never to rise again. Several thousand kroot, hounds, and krootox survive this, and spread out around to colonize the planet. Human slaves, a few tau advisors, and misc other aliens on board were in the mix. This was 80 years ago. The sphere will never fly again, and eventually Hrud showed up as traders , tinkers and scavengers, and have a trading post nearby. The planet is a desert, but habitable.
Some of the flavor text says that Kroot will plant spheres where they want to colonize. But that was not the plan here, and the core structure of this monstrosity was damaged, and the warp-drive melted into the bedrock before cooling. Now 120 megatonnes of scrap metal (or apartment blocks, depending on your view) lay in the desert. With a town sprung up around.
Then the RT party shows up.
Thoughts? Questions ? Adventure ideas ?