batron352 wrote:Say said ship is an orbit around a 'quiet' planet in a 'quiet' backwater region. Say said ship is a Redoubtable class battlecruiser, 'on a diplomatic mission'. And the rest of the mixed squadron is off doing reconnaissance, looking for bad guys, drilling, etc. So for whatever reason, the BC is in a parking orbit with its wedge/nodes off. Then say all of a sudden, bad guys/evil doers come barreling over the hyper limit heading for the planet your orbiting.
You'd certainly be able to maneuver long before they get in range. I'd guess 15-30 minutes based on the books. It depends on the crew and what was going on at the time. You can certainly do other useful things during this, recon drones come to mind...
It should be noted that if you are in orbit and cold the ship that just crossed the wall has no idea you are there unless someone has told them that. IIRC, It's possible to hide behind the planet so they don't see the wedge coming up.