Whats the deal with hull integrity?

[Zaphod86]

For 1, why is the damn repair hidden in advanced maintenance?

Does fuel scooping cause damage? I left SOLbubble for 2 days 10,000ly trip. I took no damage of any kind. No overheat no neutron stars no shield damage either.
After my trip my hull was 74% . Just curious how the the hell that happened and how would my asp even survive a long distance exploration.

Or is this another Feeeeaaturee where your ship just randomly breaks down. Last week disengaging docking clamps inside a starport made my Asp exploded.
There was no npc docking I just exploded... undocking.. 3A shields suck but they were 100%

 

[Xious]

Never had any issue with my Asp exploding at lift off. With full shields yet? Doesn't sound right...

 

[Dommarraa]

Integrity is damaged by distance travelled in SC. Just honk scooping will do virtual no damage to it as you don't travel far.
Even when it is 0% it only represents a weakening of your hull to other damage by iirc about 30%

 

[Vedmo]

Just flying around in super cruise does it. You can't avoid it. I don't know what it does for sure, but have heard the lower it is, the more damage you take from combat or running in to stuff.

 

[Zaphod86]

I didn't get into any fights. No interdictions no emergency stops.
1 day of supercruise and a hull loss of 26%? Whats the Asp made from, balsa wood?

 

[Pendergast]

Just flying around in super cruise does it. You can't avoid it. I don't know what it does for sure, but have heard the lower it is, the more damage you take from combat or running in to stuff.

Your overall hull health at 0% integrity is 70% of what it is at 100% integrity. Was added to the game as a money sink for flying your ship (like road tax) and at one point was very expensive; dialed way back now like only 10% of what it was, so more a nuisance really to remember to do it.