Outside of the occasional sun-
jumper, you
seldom run into anything truly
splatterable
except in the most distant reaches
of space.
Radioactive natterjacks, leap-
frogging
from black hole to black hole;
anti-matter
bactroids; clouds of migrating
AI
heading toward the galactic
core to join
their fellow manumits; or even,
heaven forfend,
quantum medusae (a ramscoop of
these and you
can pretty much kiss your present
timeline goodbye).
Regardless, however, of constitutional
makeup, impact
with just about anything at light
speed will
pit, corrode, or otherwise gunk
up your
vehicle big time, so be sure
to keep
your scrapeware activated
no matter
how much your ship protests
(older models
will still use the raincoat in
the shower analogy)
and under no circumstances
attempt to
turn a chance encounter with
anything quasi-
forkable into an impromptu
spaceside BBQ.