It's been covered in science fiction a number of times - what comes to mind immediately is Marc Laidlaw's take. https://www.marclaidlaw.com/online-fiction/leng-

It's been covered in science fiction a number of times - what comes to mind immediately is Marc Laidlaw's take. https://www.marclaidlaw.com/online-fiction/leng-along/ https://www.marclaidlaw.com/online-fiction/leng-along/ (He's a talented writer; if you know his name, it might be because he wrote for the Half-Life games.)