Adding a second ship and crewing it?

[Buttbutt]

I've jumped into a system with a derelict ship, and another ship that the game says I can add to my fleet. I tried to salvage the derelict first and it went south. and I had to start a new game, so I never got a chance to try and add a second ship to the fleet.

How does adding ships to your fleet work and is possible to assign crew to specific ships?

[Bobucles]

Currently you can have up to 8 map tiles of ship on the map. The default 2x2 square layout is 4 tiles.

Bigger ships are usually better but in this version defensive structures have diminishing returns with ship size. So it may be useful to have more tiny ships and use them as combat vessels? Dunno.

[Chompman]

To add a second ship simply start a new one with the "Build a new ship" button on the top left menu area or if you find a claimable ship you go to the tactical map and click on it and claim it.

You will need to fix it up before you can use it fully usually as they are damaged or have limited equipment on it but often times they are not worth it as much as building your own.

I prefer to claim them then destroy everything they have on them for the valuable resources that gives you as it's full blocks then instead of scraps like derelict ships do normally and then scrap it and leave it behind.

As for assigning crew to your second ship go to crew management and have the crew sent to the other ship from the ships submenu but make sure it's been fitted with the right equipment that the crew will be able to survive there.

[Buttbutt]

Originally posted by Chompman:

To add a second ship simply start a new one with the "Build a new ship" button on the top left menu area or if you find a claimable ship you go to the tactical map and click on it and claim it.

You will need to fix it up before you can use it fully usually as they are damaged or have limited equipment on it but often times they are not worth it as much as building your own.

I prefer to claim them then destroy everything they have on them for the valuable resources that gives you as it's full blocks then instead of scraps like derelict ships do normally and then scrap it and leave it behind.

As for assigning crew to your second ship go to crew management and have the crew sent to the other ship from the ships submenu but make sure it's been fitted with the right equipment that the crew will be able to survive there.

thank you!