“Dear Passengers, we are experiencing some problems with our stabilisers. Please return to your cabins and we will proceed to initiate landing procedures on a planet nearby to finish the repairs of the said stabilisers. It would delay our arrival but it would be fatal if we did not do these repairs.”

That was the message that was broadcast on board the USS Sierra, a Monolith class transport who was moving 76 passengers.

The landing was not so difficult but the passengers were not happy with this development in their journey.

GM