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If you're very lucky, a local planet will catch you in an orbit.

Or the local "Space Coast Guard" will board the vessel.

A local planet will not catch an object going 0.2c, and there isn't a way to slow it down significantly.

> A local planet will not catch an object going 0.2c

Maybe not gravitationally, but there's always the chance the planet will get in the way.

Ugh. Are we prepared for relativistic reprisals?

How about the star itself?