The UMS Rushmore is a perfect example of this: equipped with an early-model reality drive unit, it suffered a catostrophic accident while at high FTL, forcing it into realspace and into the gravity well of Cestus VII, where it impacted the surface with the loss of all hands.

However, the damaged reality drive has served to trap it in a collision loop of sorts, continually impacting the surface and being destroyed. A tug sent to recover it was quickly trapped in the same collision loop, being repeatedly smashed against the larger ship’s hull.

It has been in this state for 17 years, and it is unknown for exactly how long it will persist. The event forced a change in emergency transponder signal protocols, as the bands were being flooded with repeated distress calls from the Rushmore that could not be answered.