diff --git a/sc2/src/sc2code/starbase.c b/sc2/src/sc2code/starbase.c
index 90aa649fc..0cec46444 100644
--- a/sc2/src/sc2code/starbase.c
+++ b/sc2/src/sc2code/starbase.c
@@ -502,6 +502,8 @@ VisitStarBase (void)
 TimePassage:
 			SET_GAME_STATE (GLOBAL_FLAGS_AND_DATA, (BYTE)~0);
 			DoTimePassage ();
+			if (GLOBAL_SIS (CrewEnlisted) == (COUNT)~0)
+				return; // You are now dead! Thank you!
 		}
 	}