stranded without food and water theme
A character experiences what it would be like to be, for example, shipwrecked or otherwise stranded somewhere, with inadequate food and water supplies or suchlike necessities that they are otherwise accustomed to obtaining from the society in which they live.
Examples
Captain Picard, Wesley, and the cantankerous mining shuttle captain Dirgo crash-landed without food and water on the desert moon Lambda Paz in tng4x09 "Final Mission".
6 total · 2 choice · 1 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ldr2019e3x03 | choice | Kivelson found herself stranded on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io with a dwindling oxygen supply and slim hopes of being rescued. |
| tz1959e1x15 | choice | The story follows a trio of astronauts who were stranded without much in the way of supplies on what they presumed to be a barren asteroid. |
| movie: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | major | During Lawrence's trek to Faisal, and then again to Aqaba, we imagined what it'd be like to get lost in the desert. |
| movie: Red Planet (2000) | minor | After surviving a crash-landing, the protagonists found themselves on the surface of Mars without food, water, and oxygen. However, this challenge did not amount to much as they soon found the Martian atmosphere to be breathable, etc. |
| tz1959e2x01 | minor | James saw a dropped water flask and chided his absent crewman for discarding such a necessity. |
| tz1959e2x24 | minor | DeCruz and Mr. Farwell found themselves in the unenviable position of having to carry sacks of gold bars through the desert with little water. |