LiterateHellspawn
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Admittedly this is not a wholly original idea but can be traced back to some early classic science fiction, however it is very doable to use while creating great original stories of your own and I bring it up because of just how perfect for writing it can be. A huge colony ship is loaded with the people on their way to a newly terraformed world on the far side of the galaxy. Thousands of people are being kept in suspended animation for the duration of the trip which takes decades. The ship is ran by it's computer and various droids in the meantime, and is equipped to house everyone temporarily once landed for a few years while their colony is built around it. It has everything they need for several years to establish themselves. But there is some malfunction, or one passenger sabotages his machine and awakens early in the trip. On purpose or not, he finds himself unable to go back into suspended animation. He realizes he could awaken anyone else on board if he chooses. Or perhaps the way he was awakened will repeat. Maybe he awakens one or two females at a time, and as he gets bored with them he puts them in an airlock and sucks them into space before picking another. The options are yours to choose. I love this story.