Final Failsafe

It was the final failsafe, one that promised technical survival but a low chance of ever waking up. The passenger (it was only viable for one being) would go into stasis and the ship would go into deep sleep and drift. Hopefully towards a star, so when enough solar energy fed into the ship it could wake up and try for a rescue.

But otherwise, if there was a collision or a wake from a passing celestial body, well, one might never be awoken.

A terrible fate, considering that for most beings, stasis kept you alive, but awake, unmoving, still...