Essentially, you have a ship of some sort, be it an oceangoing vessel or a Cool Starship. At some point the ship suffers some catastrophe that makes it a very good idea not to remain there, because it is about to explode, fall to the planet below, go careening uncontrollably into the nearest star, or, you know, sink. What are the passengers and crew to do? Why, they must Abandon Ship! Bonus [...] [tvtropes.org]