The wreck is yours
A destroyed ship can still be valuable. Recover its cargo, cut out useful parts or turn the remaining hull into materials.
Cut out the valuable parts
Leave your ship in an EVA suit and work directly on the wreck with a cutter. Careful recovery can uncover valuables, intact modules and knowledge toward ship or equipment blueprints. These finds are not guaranteed, which makes a promising section worth examining.
Put a Reclaimer to work
Once you can afford a dedicated Reclaimer, let it pull in wreckage and recycle it on site. This is the industrial approach: processing the remaining hull for materials, rather than searching individual sections for equipment and blueprint knowledge.
Collect what the battle leaves behind
Destroyed enemies can also leave loot containers holding valuables, damaged parts and, occasionally, intact equipment. Fly through a container or draw it in with a tractor beam. Labels such as Uncommon describe the quality of salvage valuables; ship modules use their own rarity scale.
Find out more
Ship modules
Weapons, shields, armour, power and engines: learn the module types, fitting classes, rarity tiers and ways to acquire better equipment.
Economy and industry
Mine resources, trade between stations and build modular factories. Organize your ships and production into a business of your own.
Combat and boarding
Fly fast dogfights, command heavier warships and board enemy ships and bases with a trained and equipped assault force.