FC are your death repawn locations... yes if you die and the nearest last location was the FC then you go back to the FC with the same rebuy screen but with the FC as the rebuy location...I assume FC dock counts as a station for last saved dock right? Haven't had a rebuy when last docked on my FC, so not sure.
I can see the pros and cons of it either way. If it counts, then deep exploration is basically trivial given you can die and respawn on your nearby FC (vs before FCs introduced if you died while exploring it was back to the bubble).
If it doesn't count, then while that adds to the exploration challenge, it also kinda sucks in that your FC is now however many thousand LY away, while your ship is back in the bubble.
Anyone know for sure if FC dock counts as last saved station?
Yes Ive tested it..
Took out a cobra to see how long ships last Vs FC fire (extremely short time) and respawn on FC..