tlb wrote:I agree there are many possibilities for the extraction. What you say would work, but the one I favor is that they transitioned to hyperspace and traveled to a meeting place where the freighters picked them up.
Actually, no, this is quite important. If they didn't transition to hyperspace because they couldn't because they don't have hypergenerators and the ability to project Warshawski sails, that tells us something.
Though hypergenerators aren't difficult to have. Yachts have them. It's their ability to return home on their own that is in question.