I had a run-in with a pair of black holes in a system I jumped into, after repairing everything on the inside and outside of my Anaconda with my AFMU's and limpets, there was one I couldn't repair. My powerplant, I still have a ways to go before reaching a DSSA carrier and was wondering if a repair/reboot might help? Does the AFMU kick in during this process?
You dont really have to bother with the PP
Below 80% integrity, any damage the PP might take can result in a PP failure which means the power output will drop to 40% for like 5 seconds.
So make sure you set your power priorities so 40% will be enough for Thrusters and shields, then eventually for life support, sensors, FSD, etc.
When PP reaches 0% integrity, its power output will be a constant 50% power.
The nasty part is if the PP takes further damage, it has a chance for catastrophic failure meaning your ship will go boom (and a forced drop from supercruise will damage internal modules with a possible chance of going Ka-boom)
Edit:
a repair reboot will bring any 0% integrity modules to 1% integrity, basically restoring the functionality of the module.
For example, if your Sensors reach 0% integrity and you dont have AFMU, you cannot ask for docking permissions so you cannot dock and repair.
So you need to do a reboot&repair to get the Sensors to functional status and be able to request docking
Edit2:
a reboot and repair will also restore broken shields (broken as in down) back to 50% (1.5 rings) as long during the reboot you dont take any damage and your speed is below 50
Very useful especially for ships that run prismatics shields that have very long recover timers, but not only