Claimed a broken ship

[BookerGrimm]

I claimed a broken ship but seem now to have lost the original ship I started with. I saved the game and it was right next to the broken ship. On reload it was gone.

Can I find it again and strip the parts to fix the new ship then sell it?
Or is it gone for good?
And do I have to repair everything on this new ship?

[Lindy Bomber]

If you "claimed" the new ship and didn't "trade" you still own the old ship. When you exist the save or move away from the area where your old ship was parked it will respawn on your freighter.

You can use the X menu to summon your old ship if it has launch fuel.

[dreamrider]

Repairs for scrapping:
You only HAVE to repair the Pulse engine and the Launch Thrusters. That will get the ship off the ground, able to go to the local station. (And there is a way around even that, but it involves some extra travel steps.)

Many people just do that, then scrap for the 'value as discovered'.

However.

a) If you are going to fly the ship to the local station to scrap, there is a small chance that you might be ambushed by Pirates on the way. To give yourself a better chance at either fighting them, or taking the hits while you RUN to the Station (or to the called Anomaly), you MIGHT want to consider repairing the guns and shield.

If you are scrapping, then there is NO reason to repair any other TECHNOLOGY slot.

b) You can greatly increase the value returned from scrapping by repairing Cargo slots. Scrap value at the ship modification terminals is largely (VERY largely) determined by the number of functional Cargo slots. Further, the overall scrap value increase of the ship from repairing Cargo slots is generally significantly greater than the value of the materials that you use to repair. So you may want to repair as many Cargo slots as you can conveniently.

I would skip the slots that require Activated Copper unless you are flush with the stuff. And you might want to think twice, or do some experimenting to compare before/after values, before you invest a lot of Platinum.

Be sure to strip any working upgrade modules (or ones you have repaired) out before scrapping. Re-sell those separately for nanites.

Me? I always repair the ships systems, because, well, it just isn't a 'live' ship otherwise. (OK, stupidly sentimental about a game. Sue me.)

And I carry several thousand of the various repair materials in my maxxed out backpack all the time, on general principles. So I usually repair ALL of the Cargo slots.
400K =U= worth of materials can make a 3M+ =U= difference in the scrap value of the ship.

[frazzled]

When you claimed the broken ship, did you claim it? Or did you exchange it? If you claimed it, then you still own your original ship. Travel to the Anomaly and see if you can summon your original ship. If you do still own it, it will be swapped in for the broken ship. (Which you can then swap back.) Also, if/once you get a freighter, your extra ships will be in the docking area. Further, on any planet surface, you can summon your extra ships and see them side by side.

However, if you exchanged ships, rather than claiming the broken ship, then at this point your original is likely gone. Consider it a lesson learned and move on. To be honest, there is no end of ships in this game, once you get going. Heck, you could track down a system that has duplicates of your original if you really want to.

Best wishes.

[Captain.Jartyk]

When you start the game, only the ship you last used will be there.
The other ships you own can be called down on a planet with the X menu, or if you are on the freighter or the anomaly, you can shift your ship out to another with the same function.

When you find a crashed ship, you don't have to fix it, claim it, jump back into your regular ship, fly to the Anomaly (or your Freighter), shift to the crashed ship there, teleport to the space station, and there scrap the crashed ship.

Flying to the space station in a broken ship can be dangerous, for example pirates can attack.
Repairing increases the ship's value somewhat, so if you have materials on hand, it may be worth doing some repairs before scrapping.
Sometimes there is an undamaged upgrade, for example an S shield, these can be taken out and moved to another ship, selling such an upgrade only gives a fraction of the value, better to use in your ship, if you can.

[BookerGrimm]

Thanks folks. I definitely claimed the ship. Launcher repaired and I got to the anomaly. I'll see if I can summon my old ship, repair the cargo holds on the claimed one, strip it of anything, then sell it. Cheers.