Escape Pod to locall System Dock OR wait Player recovery if non. Else NPC recovery next day.

[X-Terminator]

Re. Bounties, Ship has the data explans need to dock to claim but how is the Escape Pod travelling across many Systems without an FSD? Why not go to the nearest Dock in system or put out a Recovery Beacon for other Players to have a mission for. So you die in unpopulated space you must wait for real help or play the next day by NPC recovery!
Then add an Escape Pod ejection to ship's destruction which does as above. It either shoots off to the Dock (or gets recovered by local forces) Or just sits there in unpopulated space for Player/NPC recovery.

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

While it would boost immersion, I would hate it.
If I died and had to wait 24h to play again.
No thanks! I don't get enough time to play as it is.