Although it was possible to travel far on your fancy hyperdrive only for it to fail and turn into several tonnes of rubbish, and the only spaceport nearby don't stock such fancy hyperdrives so you end up stuck that way.
Of course you'd just have to trade your fancy ship for the smallest available and jump back to civilisation.
Alternatively, use the 650(? ish?) light year trick to find a route home. Basically if you keep scrolling the map far away enough your low range hyperdrive inexplicably sees that bubble as being right next to you.
(, Sat 13 Nov 2021, 16:54, Reply)