Shipkit, not to be confused with a ship in a kit or an ill-fated way to pack sailors into boxes, is the quintessential travel companion for intergalactic hitchhikers aspiring to a semblance of reliability in their whimsically uncertain travels. It's the Swiss Army knife of the cosmos, assuming that knife also included a towel, a babel fish dispenser, and an emergency pangalactic gargle blaster synthesizer for when conversations with Vogons become unbearably sober.
If you plan to traverse the wild yonders without a shipkit snug in your satchel, you might as well be waltzing in your birthday suit through the Lesser Magellanic Cloud. Not recommended unless you've got a strong penchant for celestial streaking.
Shipkits are commonly found at the legendary Hitchhiker's Bazaar, located on the flip side of Betelgeuse, just past the Infinite Improbability Drive thru. Remember, it's only accessible every second quantum leap year, during the Festival of Misplaced Socks.
Steer clear of counterfeit shipkits sold by disreputable vendors. They are often cobbled together from discarded parts of space elevators and sentient toasters with severe identity crises.
The term 'shipkit' was reportedly coined by a renowned spacefarer after his vessel disintegrated around him, leaving only his toolkit which, by sheer coincidence, had a complimentary mini-ship inside. He later admitted that this was a blatant lie but by then the name had stuck.
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