Chasing Dawn

RiST #6: Pandora Sahar always followed the rules, anxious to avoid accidents and disaster. But the worst happened anyway: the death of her crewmates; an alien abduction. Alone, dealing with the aftermath and her father's passing, she is broken. But in the vast, wild universe, where change is a constant, what does 'broken' really mean?
This is the sixth story in the linked short story series Ripples in Space-Time, written for the Ultimate SciFi Smack Down (2021-2022).