Can I use hatch breaker limpets to steal commodities for Engineer upgrades?

[BlackSpaceCowboy]

I don't want to kill innocent traders in hauler ships but I need conductive components. Can I scan cargo ships, find the commodities I need and then steal them using hatch breaker limpets? Or can I just target the hatch and shoot it open.

I'd rather be a pirate thief than a pirate murderer.

Also, any suggestions on how to have fun while going through the engineering upgrade process would be appreciated.

I read the pinned thread in the Engineer sub section about how to avoid grinding while upgrading. Thee problem is you can't really store commodities the way you store materials. If keep commodities in my hatch it creates a lot of problems.

 

[MissMeYet]

You don't need commodities anymore for engineers, just materials., and the only way to get the materials from ships (and only NPC ships because player ships don't give up materials) is to destroy them.

 

[CMDR R SWIPE]

Look for combat aftermath USS. Sometimes you can find the conductive components in encoded as well (and high grade).

My general rule of thumb, of it's anything other than degraded, I stop and check it out.

System state can play a role in what's in the signal in any case.

no shooting is involved with this either