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Would the escape pods work in hyeperspace? What about the fighters are they in the main hangar too?
The ship is still in ‘realspace’, its just travelling much faster than everything else. A person leaving the ship would need to lose about 80% of his speed to have a chance of being picked up by a conventional drive ship. A pod hasn’t got the sort of power to go lose that speed and get anywhere: it can brake to a halt, but not speed up again. The shuttles however, can meaning the pick up vessel can be a lot futher away, and so easier to hide. Also, since the shuttle is armed, a vengeful crew could use it to attack and destroy a escape pod. Ergo, it’s easier to escape via the shuttle. The fighters are also in the Main bay, but are not prepped to launch. It would take several people a couple of minutes at least to get them ready.
The pods might do In a pinch, but a shuttle would be a much better option.
And yes, I am aware that there is no top speed in space. But this is si-fi, so there is.
Oh, btw, you only just failed the opposed roll to break the hack.
more to come in the morn.