The Galactic Brew and the Unexpected Visitor

Previously

…"Oh, dear," Zorp murmured, their voice suddenly strained. "It appears my vessel is experiencing… a more significant navigational anomaly than I initially reported." They looked at Barnaby, their expression a mixture of apology and dawning dread. "It seems my diplomatic tasting may need to be… temporarily postponed." Barnaby, still basking in the glow of a successful Earl Grey service, felt a familiar knot of anxiety tighten in his stomach. This, he had a sinking feeling, was precisely the sort of complication he’d always managed to avoid. And now, it seemed, it had landed, quite literally, on his doorstep.