The infinite abyss of space, the final frontier, the airless death trap in which Sid was stuck floating. She had remained in the same sector for days, but no ship had picked up her distress signal. A depressing light flashed just outside his vision, Sid only had one day to live. After that time, she would suffocate, her corpse would freeze, and some harvester would find her ship and use it for scrap. He yelled at his HUD, "Damn you station idiots!" Death was finally having his way, he didn't like being deceived and had chased Sid across six systems and several hundred years. No matter how advanced recycling technology was, the human brain still needed oxygen; without it, Death would move to kill. Even though death was always on Sid's to-do list, he wanted it to happen on his terms and not because of some top-level mechanic. Slowly and aimlessly, Sid flipped on the switch to record a captain's log. . Even at the point of death he followed the rules established by the Federation. A red light went on and off on i...