1 Spanners: I've had enough. I'm pressing this button here.
1 Iki Piki: Stand back!
2 GM: It works! Holographic displays give you access to the accumulated wisdom of a million years of alien culture!
3 Spanners: It works perfectly after aeons buried in the irradiated soil of a dead planet.
3 Iki Piki: Alien tech is like that.
4 Iki Piki: it either works perfectly or blows up. No middle ground. You never hear of an enigmatic alien device eating someone's ATM card.