What to do if you find yourself stuck with no hope of rescue:
Consider yourself lucky that life has been good to you so far.
Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your present circumstances seems more likely, consider yourself lucky that it won't be troubling you much longer.
Good old H2G2.
But seriously, although I have not yet been in that specific situation, I have been trapped within black planetary rings that are difficult to see - a situation made worse by sometimes not even being able to escape by going into supercruise due to being "too close" upon entry to supercruise and crashing back into the same location, and this is something that could very well happen if trapped between stars in a near-contact binary, with even more hilarious consequences.
What helped me is to escape not into supercruise, but into hyperspace to a nearby system. The only thing you will need to make sure is that your destination is not obscured by either star on your way out, by choosing a nearby system visible to you, and that can be tricky in some situations, but it does work and you will escape. Heat sinks will help by making the escape somewhat less painful.
Consider yourself lucky that life has been good to you so far.
Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your present circumstances seems more likely, consider yourself lucky that it won't be troubling you much longer.
Good old H2G2.
But seriously, although I have not yet been in that specific situation, I have been trapped within black planetary rings that are difficult to see - a situation made worse by sometimes not even being able to escape by going into supercruise due to being "too close" upon entry to supercruise and crashing back into the same location, and this is something that could very well happen if trapped between stars in a near-contact binary, with even more hilarious consequences.
What helped me is to escape not into supercruise, but into hyperspace to a nearby system. The only thing you will need to make sure is that your destination is not obscured by either star on your way out, by choosing a nearby system visible to you, and that can be tricky in some situations, but it does work and you will escape. Heat sinks will help by making the escape somewhat less painful.
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