[aia]

Traditionally, rescues have been done by volunteers, without any charge.

I once got a call from someone who needed help, he hadn't checked the oil he had on ship so he got stuck at Howling Mines. Unfortunately I was on the other side of the universe by then.

A problem with rescues in space on volunteer basis is probably the time it takes if someone is stuck on a "neutral space station" as he probably wants to be taken to a planet, and you have to fly both to the rescue and fly back and meanwhile you have nothing else to do. (For rescues on Calypso you can teleport out to the "dunghole" and then you can hunt your way back a bit, or fly him. Anyway it's usually not a long distance anymore to nearest TP since the vehicles came.)