I was in Lyrius as a Galcom cruiser and a bunch of hostiles came into the system I ignored two fighters and set my sites on a BCMK3 near a jump gate. I engaged the hyperdrive then got a warning from my Engineering Officer that we're really low on Radine, I ignore him then prepare the ship for combat.
I come out of hyper space close to the BCMK3 and I start pounding him with my guns.
The BC blows up and I orient my ship back to the station to get some more Radine...then the Nuclear Reactor runs out of Radine! After a couple dumbfounded moments I get some solar power to my launch control and let my shuttle tow me back to base, the shuttle still had Radine I guess. So I learned not to run out of gas!