It's very rare that we experience an actual deus ex machina. I've been around long enough now that when I get that sinking feeling something is going to come to pass, it does. So if the ship's systems are shot, if power and oxygen are rapidly dwindling and we're far too many clicks away from a habitable atmosphere, much less a spaceport? I think I'd bunker down and treasure whatever thoughts I'd like to take with me into eternity. But I know others would rage against dying starlight and others still would spend their remaining moments on pea pod upkeep in hydroponics. Do I let them be, or do I seek comfort in their presence at the very end? If played with a group, I imagine that's the critical decision to make.