This is why you ALWAYS decline the first free freighter offer

[Gojak_v3]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2003921073

Cause the second one will always be a capital freighter. This is probably the most important thing you can tell a new player, or for those that don't know.

And now I can start making tons of moneys.

[L1mit]

The game devs never thought you would decline the first offer. So naive.

[Doc_McStabbins]

Originally posted by Gojak_v3:

Cause the second one will always be a capital freighter. This is probably the most important thing you can tell a new player, or for those that don't know.

Gojak, you are my Hero!!!

I had no idea about this, and I've been playing NMS pretty much since it was first released. I only recently came back to the game to see the living ship update and restarted. I saw your message completely by accident, and decided "eh, what the heck, I'll give it a shot.

So, I declined the first freighter I was offered, against every instinct in my body. I didn't come across another one in trouble for about 24 hours, then found another being attacked, and helped it wipe out the pirates.

THIS is my reward...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2005109649

I've never seen anything so beautiful... much less owned one!

[Orion Invictus]

What's a "Capital Freighter"? All freighters are called "Capital Ships" once you own them.

[Varagonax]

Originally posted by Orion:

What's a "Capital Freighter"? All freighters are called "Capital Ships" once you own them.

There are two variants of different sizes: The star destroyer, and the mother ship. These are the rarest, and the largest, capital ships by a land slide. Even the smallest ones are nearly always larger than the normal ones by a ton. If you get the space sentinels mad enough, I believe they send a mother ship after you, which is the knife looking one.

They are more about looks and rarity.

[Doc_McStabbins]

Originally posted by Orion:

What's a "Capital Freighter"? All freighters are called "Capital Ships" once you own them.

So, after a thorough reading of the Freighter Wiki, apparently "Capital" Freighters have the ability to defend themselves well against pirates. They pack a battery of guns and stuff, whereas regular Freighters do not.

The primary indicator is the length of the thing and how many segments is has.

[Gojak_v3]

Originally posted by Doc_McStabbins:

Originally posted by Gojak_v3:

Cause the second one will always be a capital freighter. This is probably the most important thing you can tell a new player, or for those that don't know.

Gojak, you are my Hero!!!

I had no idea about this, and I've been playing NMS pretty much since it was first released. I only recently came back to the game to see the living ship update and restarted. I saw your message completely by accident, and decided "eh, what the heck, I'll give it a shot.

So, I declined the first freighter I was offered, against every instinct in my body. I didn't come across another one in trouble for about 24 hours, then found another being attacked, and helped it wipe out the pirates.

THIS is my reward...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2005109649

I've never seen anything so beautiful... much less owned one!

Glad I could help. The second one is always a capital freighter. This is one of those, "I wish I knew when I first started playing" type of things. Anyway, maybe the biggest advice you can give new players.

As for those asking the difference between regular ones and capital; I think the most practical difference is number of slots. A normal freighter gets you like 15-18 slots. A capital freighter gets you like 30-35 slots. There may be other things as mentioned above.

[Gumsk]

I'm pretty sure the only statistical differences come with letter class (S,A,B,C), not with ship class. It might be that capital ships are only higher letter classes, but the capital part isn't what gives it more inventory.

[Gojak_v3]

Originally posted by Gumsk:

I'm pretty sure the only statistical differences come with letter class (S,A,B,C), not with ship class. It might be that capital ships are only higher letter classes, but the capital part isn't what gives it more inventory.

IDK, as class really isn't that important when it comes to freighters as the only stat modified is hyperdrive range. And as you can see my B class gets 115 w/o upgrades, and his class A is 128 w/o upgrades. So it's not really much of a difference. Also like another poster said a key difference between a normal freighter and a capital one is hull size. Capital freighters are very large, even the small ones. But hull size is purely cosmetic.

[Gumsk]

I mostly retract my statement; there are entries in the files for small, medium, and large that do affect inventory slots. The hyperdrive is the same across letters, but you are definitely right about inventory.

[AdamUntouchable]

about how many hours in game are you guys seeing the first freighter under attack? im a ways in and havent seen any yet

[xPEDx]

Freighter fights happen after so many warps i believe , 10 warps or something like that .

[BenieTheDragon]

I'm sorry, but I think I'm missing something here.
...Who's giving out free freighters? They just started showing up in various systems I visited, and I was never offered a free one. "If you have 10 mil credits, it's yours" is the only option I see when speaking to the captain, which I do not have... yet (those missions from the Nexus are really helping with that).

[xPEDx]

Originally posted by Benie:

I'm sorry, but I think I'm missing something here.
...Who's giving out free freighters? They just started showing up in various systems I visited, and I was never offered a free one.

when you warp enough times in your small ship you will some times encounter a space war where pirates are attacking a freighter, killing the pirates to help the freighter will award you with the freighter when you talk to its captain.

[JUDADIAO]

Originally posted by Benie:

I'm sorry, but I think I'm missing something here.
...Who's giving out free freighters? They just started showing up in various systems I visited, and I was never offered a free one.

Every couple of hours when you warp into a new system, there is a chance you enter a freighter rescure mission, which is indicated by getting into a battle as soon as you enter the system. After defeating the pirates you can board the freighter you saved and talk to the captain to purchase the freighter. If you never had a freighter before in this save file, you can purchase this freighter for free, no matter how much it costs (Capital Freighters often cost 50 to 100 millions of units).

[BenieTheDragon]

Originally posted by xPEDx:

when you warp enough times in your small ship you will some times encounter a space war where pirates are attacking a freighter, killing the pirates to help the freighter will award you with the freighter when you talk to its captain.

Thank you very much for the clarification.