The Shape Shifting Copy Machine

The crystal modulator was stuck in neutral, as the plasmic manipulators ran on pure Zirconium fumes, almost completely denying any chance of a return home to their home planet, Gangulon-7. The Gangulon's were in a state of complete isolation and fear, having being chased by the Evil people of the planet Pancipitron, their very own race teetering on annihilation. The whole crew remained loyal to their captain, the brave Xerox. Xerox had been known for his unusual display of comedy in times of crisis; it was the only way to calm the spirits of his people. This seemed like a perfect time, he thought. So the captain, unbeknownst to the other crew members, shape shifted into a large copy machine. At first, the crew ate the joke up (being that their Captain's name was a famous copying company way back in the 21st Century). But after a while(5 days to be exact), they forgot that this copier was, indeed, the Captain and after it stopped working for their overhead projection printouts they loved ever so much, the crew quickly made space trash of their beloved captain. After they had realized what they had done, the crew went into a tailspin that eventually lead to the extinction of their species.