Repairing a wrecked ship?

[Allie Rin]

Hello, I found a large wreckage, is it possible to make it mine and fly it? Thanks

[Sparrowhawk65]

Wrecked ships buried in the ground or water are actually bases. But you can put a core on them and use them as bases. Ships wrecked in space I'm not sure of. I think they may be actual ships.

If you start a Creative game, you can look over the blueprints for the wrecked ships and convert them from base to ship but is is not simple. Google... "Empyrion convert base to ship" to see how it's done.

[Sparrowhawk65]

That's something I did for a decorating project. I converted the black MS Titan to ship and repaired most of it. Way unfinished though.

[Allie Rin]

Thanks you saved me a capital ship block, im also curious is salvaging or retrieving parts for things like thrusters, better to try to retrieve? or just salvage, thanks

[bad coffee]

Put a core on the wrecked ship, then you can retrieve anything - except the core when done.
Best to retrieve thrusters. They can be used to contribute rare resources to blueprints. Or put into a deconstructor and used to build other things.

Just be mindful of structural integrity when tearing the wreck apart.

[Sparrowhawk65]

And some thrusters will need a decent amount of storage space if you have weight enabled.