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CLIENT DISTANCE MEASURED IN LIGHTYEARS

Every now and then, a Cmdr falls asleep in supercruise and wakes up to flashing red lights and a drained and shutdown ship on lifesupport. In really bad cases, the client may find himself lightyears from the mainstar. 

You can calculate an approximate time for distances measured in LY using this formular:

( distance in LY * 365d * 24h ) / 2001c  = hours of travel + ½ hour to account for acceleration to max speed.

Examples:

Client beacon is 0.1LY from mainstar:  (adding a bit less here on result, since we likely won't (or barely will) reach max.speed)

(0.1 * 365 * 24) / 2001 = 0.44 hours (about 26 mins) + 15mins = About 41 minutes to reach client

Client beacon is 0.5LY from mainstar:

(0.5 * 365 * 24) / 2001 = 2.19 hours + ½ hour = About 2:40 to reach client

Client beacon is 2.5LY from mainstar. 

(2.5 * 365 * 24) / 2001 = 10.94 hours + ½ hour = About 11½ hours to reach client

Going far distances in your ship will require quite a bit of fuel. It'd be advised to shutdown unneeded modules while travelling to extend your range, such as shields and anything else with a power consumption you might not require to continue supercruise. (obviously be careful not to accidentally shutdown your thrusters or frameshift drive and you'll still need your sensors active).

Estimate about 1-2t fuel per hour in Asp/Conda with everything unneeded shutdown at bestYou can look at your fuel usage gauge to estimate how much fuel will be needed for the trip once you have an idea of how long it should take. For example running at 1.5t/h would make you need 12 tonnes fuel for an 8 hour supercruise, then add estimated limpets needed + enough fuel left to jump to nearest system. Note again, that you can likely get the usage down when turning off unneeded modules during the flight.