kzt wrote:There isn't a whole lot of need for hyperspace transit for S&R in Basilisk.
Nobody travels very far outside the hyperlimit unless they are in hyper. Non-warships apparently rarely enter/exit hyper more than a light hour outside the hyper limit. If you exit hyper more than a trivial distance outside the hyperlimit you are too far to even signal anyone.
If there is something gone wrong between the planet and the junction I'd assume that they can order a civilian ship to assist.
In the home system there are requirements for hyper due to the various mining complexes and the population of the belt. So I'd guess there are various bases with SAR capability scattered across the A & B system, plus the Navy.
Plus the home system has the detection network, so they will respond to people dropping out of hyper a light month or two out. Though that is done by the Navy.
From the Semi-canonical Jayne's RMN:
When the Series 248 was first placed into service, light attack craft were heavily used as system pickets and scouts, freeing up hyper capable hulls for more nodal formations. As King Roger’s naval buildup has progressed, the hyper limit picket duty has been shifted to destroyers for the Manticore system, backed up by by high endurance reconnaissance satellites and the passive system arrays.
and
In 1887 a number of Highlander-class hulls were stripped of their armament, modified heavily internally and sold to Astro Control as search and rescue platforms. The project itself was only a partial success, not quite attaining the cost savings over custom built hulls that Astro Control had expected. While Astro Control soon eliminated the SARLAC from their inventory, the shipping cartel who made the modifications enjoyed moderate success in the export market.
