Help! I've run out of fuel!

I got a mission from Wyrd to deliver 5 algae to LHS 3262. It said I could make the trip...
There was no path once I got the 5 algae to get there.
I had to jetison it, and finally found a jump I could make to LHS 3006 I stopped in G239-25 to refuel. I picked up some cargo there, because there was jumps I could make with it to Lalande 29917 and then to dn draconis. But I didn't have enough fuel to make it to LHS 3262. I dropped some cargo and back tracked a little... should have went forward... there's no stations in Lalande or dn draconis... I wasn't thinking I should check economy in Lalande for 'none' ... and it was slightly shorter so I dnidn't have to drop as much cargo I had picked up in G239-25... would have had to drop like all cargo to make the jump to LHS 3262.

But now I'm stuck in lalande. I have no fuel to jump anywhere, I have no base to refuel. I tracked down a few unknown signals... and found scrap and explosives... was hoping it would maybe be fuel... and maybe if I search long enough I can find fueld.. but likely it would be cargo and not actual fuel.

I thought that's what the reserve tank was for; but seems in my hauler I'm always using reserve fuel even for a single jump

So... how do I suicide? There's been no interdictions... was hoping the unknown signals would be encounters to kill me.

Should include in the map logic 'you can't jump this far without refueling'

Ahh; turn off life support! grr that'll take 10 minutes.
Better idea, hold silent running mode; drop out of warp drive; stop, engage warp drive and don't throttle up. That only took a minute to die.
 
In the functions window activate your distress beacon. A passing ship will respond and sell you some fuel. I'm pretty sure that the reservoir is used for super cruise and normal flight. The other fuel bar is used only for jumping.
 
you can deploy a navigation beacon.
then a message will come up that offers you fuel at a cost.
if you can pay it your of again.
otherwise you have to reset I guess.
 
As people have said, there is a distress beacon in the right UI which should summon help. At the bottom of the same screen there is a self destruct option.
 
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