Sorry for you man, I didn't know it was possible to engage silent running while in supercruise (assuming you were)...
My sympathies to the OP. My longest journey so far was only ~2 weeks, and I was nervous coming back into inhabited space with just that small amount.
For everyone, and for any future thread-readers, un-binding Silent Running isn't necessary to prevent this. You can switch it off in the cockpit - you don't have to remember the binding:
Thank you all for your sympathy. I'm going to go and play South Park: The Stick Of Truth since it's been sitting unplayed since I grabbed in a Steam sale on boxing day.
Already half planning my next trip though, so I'll be back in a couple of weeks![]()
4 months of play gone.
I took a picture, I alt-tabbed to rename the file. I alt-tabbed back in. Somehow I turned on silent running. I died before I found the key to turn it off.
4 months I've been out.
I'm going to play something else for a while.
ED is a cruel, cruel game. I'm just going to unbind silent running. I don't need it for exploring.