Newcomer / Intro Shooting cargo canisters

[ruger_shooter]

Any advantage to me to shoot and destroy cargo canisters that I encounter? I think I recall from the original Elite that they counted towards your kill count, is this the case in ED? They make a nice metallic clang when the bounce of the hull don't they

 

[Trader38]

To my knowledge there is no benefit, try to find an unguarded outpost with a Black Market then collect a few and make a trip for cr's

 

[insanephoton]

The only benefit might be a better graphical frame rate if you encounter a cloud of them. It has been known that large number of canister will slow things up.