Spillthrough

A cargo craft pilot struggles to keep his crippled vessel alive after a reactor jacket blows out during hyperspace travel, hurling crates into space and triggering automatic seals and system failures. With only a marginal hyperdrive tube and worsening damage, he improvises repairs while weighing whether to attempt a painful, slow transition into normal space or to hold course for contract obligations. Radio exchanges with a distant lifecraft and a passing freighter underscore the hard choices, and the narrative focuses on mechanical detail, tense problem-solving, and the cost of risk.