The neverending story
As you start to climb out of the cockpit, a soft contralato voice speaks out of the wall.
"Here's your credit card, sir."
A white card extrudes out of a slot beside the doorway, and you take it, crawling back, down the corridor, to the hatchway.
The hatchway opens automatically on your arrival, and you step out of the ship, and make your way to the nearest circular platform.
Once it's full of waiting sapient beings, the platform drops rapidly past floors of shops, restaurants, and other businesses. Eventually, it stops, and everyone gets off.
You are on one of many levels of a huge shopping mall, maybe a hundred stories tall. Nearby you see several restaurants, an appliance store, and a weapons supply shop.
"Here's your credit card, sir."
A white card extrudes out of a slot beside the doorway, and you take it, crawling back, down the corridor, to the hatchway.
The hatchway opens automatically on your arrival, and you step out of the ship, and make your way to the nearest circular platform.
Once it's full of waiting sapient beings, the platform drops rapidly past floors of shops, restaurants, and other businesses. Eventually, it stops, and everyone gets off.
You are on one of many levels of a huge shopping mall, maybe a hundred stories tall. Nearby you see several restaurants, an appliance store, and a weapons supply shop.