Some obvious examples
- the holodeck gets a fatal software error and people are stuck in a classic novel
- a shuttle breaks down and crashes into a habitable planet
- the federation loses a space battle, but thankfully there’s some space jungle (nebula, asteroid field, etc) to hide out in, thankfully within sub light distances
I laughed out loud.
“There’s a diplomatic crisis in the region and we need to ferry our resident horny milf to the summit for the third time this week”
Oh, would you look at that, only the Enterprise is available for such a dangerous mission!!
Kirk smirks. Clearly he and the smoke show ambassador “know” each other. Spock raises an eyebrow.
Next time it happens, it’s some “alien” and Bones gets to work on some exotic antibiotics that the captain is going to need soon.