Random Encounters Question:

[Geek2theRight]

I don't remember exactly where this happened, but I'm talking about the enemy you get the fire-gun(like the blaster you get from the dude left of the starting area, but sometimes sets things on fire) from. I remember going through the spot they appeared a few times, and they definitely weren't there. But then one time I was going through, and bam - right in my way! Luckily they had a super easy pattern, so were more time-consuming than anything.

Anyway, is this the only such fight? Are there others? And if so, is each such fight tied to a particular spot, or can any "wandering" encounter show up at any designated place(or anywhere at all?)? This was surprising, in a very good way. I'm just curious how they work.

[chaos915]

I don't think the events are random

From my experience, some encounters only happen while you're holding ship parts(like a certain giant red skull that's optional), some may only show up on certain days, and others require you to trigger other events first.

There's also a mini-boss that roams one of the areas that takes several encounters to kill because it only stays for a limited time before retreating, then you need to find it again to continue the fight where you left off(damage done)

Same with character events.

I beat the game with several missing suit modules

[Mabec]

There are a few cases of random encounters, but in general for npc etc its based on when you are there.