Tim.

It could be the Imperium drone Space seeding serves a number of purposes, only one of which is potentially identifying misjumped ships. It could be the way the drones are networked and data processed makes bureaucratic sense, but is inefficient, and someone's 'sticky fingers' can skim the data off the lower security network for later 'dirty work' of identifying misjumps more rapidly in a given sector using a new algorithm-type tool.

Recovery of a derelict may be worth something, but creating a potential rescue for a 'freshly' lost ship, and a live crew with only a minor security violation is a Space-wide news item even beyond 3I. That sort of 'brand' image is worth much more than 10%+ costs of Tigress.

Greg C