The Locked Room: Starship Titan-1C

In the 22nd century, star travel is pretty mundane. The crew sets a course, turns on the autopilot, and settles in for a 30 year sleep.

Sure, there’s always a fixer on board, someone the computer will wake if it senses anything has gone wrong, but it’s been decades since a fixer has been needed.

And so as you leave the Earth’s orbit, it doesn’t bother you that you have absolutely no idea how a starship functions…