Kaboom

Alarms shrilled in the starship. “Oh, zark,” K’Pid swore. “Chief Engineer, why isn’t my ship moving? The asteroid’s almost here!”

“Captain, the warp drive’s completely shut down!���

“Well, restart it!”

“It isn���t that easy, captain! It’s not like my great-grandmother’s car; I can’t just give the crank a spin and take it from there!”

“Well���.reverse the polarity then!”

“Captain, what does that even��mean?”��

“Oy.”

This story was written for the Chimera 66 challenge at Grammar Ghoul Press. Thanks for reading!��