Collect scrap from destroyed ships

BanksySan

B
When a ship is destroyed, there are lots of bits of ship floating around.

Can I collect these bits and sell them? If so, is it just a case of lowering the cargo scoop and flying over them?

Cheers all.
 

aRtFuL

A
You can't in this Elite.

But we should be allowed too - because the old Elite: Frontier does have that feature.
 

Hellhawk666

Hellhawk666
Precisely this sort of thing was the subject of a DDF discussion on salvage which has not made it into the game at this point, except in a very minimal way. Salvage was originally presented by the devs as including cutting up derelicts using mining lasers and gathering the bits of metal, cargo and modules. A lot of the DDF argued strongly for an even more sophisticated system.

Whether all this is permanently on the cutting room floor or will be overhauled later, who knows? I can't see why not. Maybe when first person activity is possible salvage might come back in a much enhanced manner.
 

Hekantonkheries

Hekantonkheries
Hellhawk666 said:
Precisely this sort of thing was the subject of a DDF discussion on salvage which has not made it into the game at this point, except in a very minimal way. Salvage was originally presented by the devs as including cutting up derelicts using mining lasers and gathering the bits of metal, cargo and modules. A lot of the DDF argued strongly for an even more sophisticated system.

Whether all this is permanently on the cutting room floor or will be overhauled later, who knows? I can't see why not. Maybe when first person activity is possible salvage might come back in a much enhanced manner.
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ooo, cutting up larger ships, even derelicts of capital ships could be fun

maybe once ground-activity is added, you could dock with the derelicts, go on board for maybe some exploration or military data thats onboard to steal, or establish power to the cargo bays to evacuate the goods in the case of a ehavily armored capital ship, maybe getting some high-value components with a handheld torch, all the while your buddies scrap the outside (or at least you hope they are your buddies when it comes time to decide whether to scrap the section your working in XD )
 

DoubleDee

D
Just came across this Debris Field, so who knows... You may be able to soon.

Debris Field - Chick Ek.jpg
 
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