alarm failure

Roger "StarWolf" Myhre writes:
>The chances of hitting something out there that would seriously harm the
ship
>is virtualy nil. And most sensors are good enough to pick up something that
>will. And thus the sensors and the controls can be rigged to alarm units
that
>will wake up the pilot.

Of course such things have been known to malfunction . . .
 from time to time.                 Oh dear.

Flying along and with no warning a shuddering CRUNCH reverberates throughout
the ship.  After picking themselves off the deck (assumming g-controls
haven't
failed the crew eventually arrives at the bridge to discovered they have mede
a high-velocity landing with a fair-sized piece of debris.  Could be an
interesting start to an adventure :)  Thanks for the idea!

PBJuzyk