As the economy careens toward a possible recession, government belt-tightening has already begun. Nowhere is this more in evidence than in the United Federation of Planets (quaintly called ‘Space Force’).
Already their dilithium crystal fuel has been replaced by chakra crystals from Mt. Shasta and the photon torpedoes have given way to faster-than-light paper wads. Now the well-known shuttle craft used to ferry passengers when teleportation isn’t practical are gone. In their place are space-worthy 18-wheelers.
“It was a simple cost-benefit analysis,” explained Admiral Hideki Sarasota. “Shuttles go for $118 billion each and Mack trucks…don’t. Fitted with impulse drive rockets and spiffy 1950s fins, they’re perfectly suitable for short hauls to Alpha Centauri and similar nearby destinations.”
The first trips are already being hailed as successes, save for that one unfortunate incident with the chili dog and the antimatter generator.
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