what if I could never go home theme
We imagine what it would be like to be far away and never able to return to our home, perhaps because we've been exiled from our country.
Examples
Captain Kirk and his crew found themselves trapped inside the Delta Triangle with no realistic possibility of escape in tas 1x12 "The Time Trap".
31 total · 5 choice · 18 major · 8 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ldr2019e1x07 | choice | A botched hyperspace jump left Thom and his crew hundreds to 150,000 light years off course with no prospect of getting back to their point of origin. |
| movie: The Wizard of Oz (1939) | choice | Dorothy was worried about getting home and at various points despaired over, as it seemed, never being able to do so. |
| tos1x21 | choice | John Christopher :: Christopher |
| voy1x01/02 | choice | The Voyager crewmembers were left to confront the harsh reality that they might never again see Federation space, once it became apparent they’d been catapulted to a distant region of the galaxy. |
| voy1x07 | choice | The Voyager crew's hope soared with the initial finding of a micro-wormhole, suggesting a potential means for them to return to Federation space. Alas, their hope proved forlorn, and the micro-wormhole ended up serving only as a stark reminder that they would likely never see home again. |
| as2020e01 | major | It seemed that Sam might never be able to return to his own time after accidentally traveling back to the year 1919. |
| ds96x24 | major | 18 year old feral Molly wished to return to the planet where she lived in a feral manner rather than live on space station with her estranged parents |
| movie: Assassin 33 AD (2020) | major | Ram, Amy, Simon, and a couple of Islamic extremists found themselves stuck in the year 33 A.D. |
| movie: Back to the Future (1985) | major | Marty McFly got stuck in the year 1955. |
| movie: ET the ExtraTerrestrial (1982) | major | E.T. was marooned on Earth. |