Derelict Freighter... in space?!

[voidCaster]

I have no idea what the point of this thing is, and a websearch only turns up info about the ones found on planets.

While pulsing around a sector, I got that "object of interest" notice and dropped out of pulse. There's a derelict/ruined freighter in front of me. No cargo pods, no landing bays, just a big hunk of crap hanging in space. I wait around a bit, since this same graphic is used as a waypoint/battle start in the "Rebel Star" missions, but nope, after a whole minute it's still just a big hunk of crap hanging in space.

Am I missing something?

[Jaggid Edje]

There are 3 kinds of derelict freighters in space.

1 is just a derelict, with absolutely nothing you can do with it. (sounds like this is the type you found)

The 2nd is like the first, but it has a few cargo pods that you can shoot and collect the contents. Usually pirates warp in and attack you when you shoot the pods on these. (The one from Under a Rebel Star is this type)

The 3rd has landing pads, and you can land on it and go inside to explore and loot. The terminal at the very end has a choice of rewards, of freighter upgrade modules, cargo bulkhead or nanites.

All 3 of those types can be randomly encountered when pulsing, though that last one is very rare as a random encounter, most commonly those are visited by buying and using emergency broadcast receivers from the scrap dealer.

[Caramirdan]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

. . . All 3 of those types can be randomly encountered when pulsing, though that last one is very rare as a random encounter, most commonly those are visited by buying and using emergency broadcast receivers from the scrap dealer.

I seem to find these when the "Lost in Space" mission suddenly shows up fortuitously in my Log.