Gravy Train

An elderly couple retire to an isolated, man-made planetoid and place a routine order for an automatic bather. A relay-system message conflation swaps their consumer request with a diplomatic communiqué, prompting bureaucrats and a corporate office to categorize the planetoid as strategically important and to send excessive aid and promotional cargo. The resulting delivery of oversized crates, paperwork, and official attention turns a quiet retirement into a farcical conflict between red tape, commercial opportunism, and the quirks of automated and interstellar systems.