Salvaging

Salvaging essentially means stripping down a spaceship or station for all of its resources, taking down hull pieces, walls, wall mounts and facilities and turning them to scrap materials. The acquired scrap materials can be transformed back into usable resources using the Recycler facility.

Salvaging derelict spaceships and stations

Spaceships and stations can be marked as derelict, meaning they are abandoned and left behind or all of their crew died on board. Once a spaceship or station is marked derelict, it is possible to salvage them.

The Recycler

The Recycler is key facility in turning the salvaged scrap materials back into usable resources again. All of the scrap materials can be hauled to the Recycler, and it can be assigned to produce various building blocks from the scrap materials.