>>91321174>A billion kilometresYeah but that's like only 2 AU, and the computer can receive a message from corporate but not send out an SOS (that may take several months to a year to arrive, sure) with their last known location? That was like a 30 second right turn that was unaccounted for, but immediately recorded when their pay was docked
>company going bankruptUmm sure, but there's no space police in this universe? No government or medical institution, or even a salvage company that will go collect the wreck and sell it for scrap on the way back from their route from point A to point B? Not even once over 20 years? Really?