How do I get hull blocks?

[FireNinja474]

I can't complete the hyper drive because I lack hill blocks. I can't dismantle any hull either. I am I screwed, and have to start a new game?

[Luzilyo]

hull blocks can be acquired in three ways:
1. dismantle anything that used hull blocks in it's construction (everything except actual hull, your last airlock and occupied shuttle pods can be dismantled)
2. have a recycler and hull scrap
3. have an assembler and steel plates (for steel plates you need a metal refinery, carbon and base metals)

if none of those things are possible for you and you can't jump into systems where the required resources can be found, then yes, you will need to restart.

[Wantoomany]

Yes, you get a full refund of materials when you deconstruct your own stuff. The only exception is your own hull.

However if you have over built, or made your hull too large, you can dismantle parts of it for hull scrap, then recycle that scrap into blocks with a recycler.

[Luzilyo]

yeah, true, forgot about this. you actually can dismantle the hull itself as well. go to the build menu, click on the "edit" button, then on the "hull" tab and there you will find an option called "remove hull"

however, as wantoomany said, you will not get hull blocks from that, only hull scrap, so you will need a functioning recycler to reconvert this into useable hull blocks.