Escape Pods

Cost (in BP): 1
Escape pods give the crew of a severely damaged or destroyed starship a way to avoid imminent death. An escape pod fits one Large creature, or two Medium or smaller creatures and has enough supplies and life-support capacity for the crew to survive for 7 days. It is also fitted with a distress beacon that is easily identified by long-range scanners. An on-board computer automatically detects the nearest hospitable celestial body, and the crew can use the crafts minimal thrusters to get the craft there (though an escape pod can’t participate in starship combat)

An escape pod has heat shields that allow it to crash-land on a planet with an atmosphere, and minimal propulsion to allow it to safely land.

A single expansion bay can be converted into six escape pods.