So, about those salvageable wreckages...

[marx]

I wasn't there at this year's LaveCon, but those that were said that Steve Kirby (lead designer) talked about a minor overhaul of salvaging wreckages, with the new search and rescue contact. The latter was added, but there was also a picture showing a large salvageable wreckage, visible as a targetable POI:


Has anyone seen one of these yet, or did they not make the cut for 2.4?


Also, about that contact. Are the rewards static, or are they dependent on distance? I've only checked in 200-400 ly so far, and there was no difference there - but that's a very short distance. I'm currently taking some stuff to Rohini, ~7000 ly away (from where I have gotten the salvage). Did anyone else check to see if there are better rewards, or are they static? Because in the latter case, the rewards would be so low that it wouldn't be worth to bother with.

 

[Raygun]

I wonder how you could salvage wreckage. To me it would be great if you could fix it with limpets and transfer a pilot or AI and bring it to a station via follow the beacon. From the station you could either keep it or dismantle it for any upgraded modules then sell it. This is totally doable now. The key is in your pic, to be able to identify and select the wrecked ship. Now for a salvageable capital ship [yesnod]

 

[marx]

Yup, but as the picture also showed, salvaging now involves scooping up canisters. In some cases, shooting up targetable parts. More active gameplay than that would be pretty good - especially if it came to salvaging alien wreckages for parts.

And hey, who said you can't make wreckages?[arrrr]

But anyway, the picture above was supposed to be implemented in 2.4. Any word on this?

 

[marx]

Well, as it turns out, the survey data caches that you can find in the farthest degraded SS-es aren't counted as search & rescue stuff, but simply sold as a commodity at the market. As such, there's still no reason to pick those caches up.

So, what's the farthest out that anybody found escape pods and such planetside? I tried to do that at 2000 ly out, but found none even at that distance.