omegablast wrote:seriously it isn't going to disappear without at least leaving scrap metal or something and right now theres no reward for victory(other than surviving) I propose allowing some debris to be salvaged after battles and skilled science officers being able to salvage ship equipment (rarely) this would allow acquisition of some weapons you cant buy
hey, as you noticed, anytime you find equipment that you can't put on your ship it turns into a unit of salvage. so if you get something you can't buy in the store from one of the 7 factions you can get into space-battles with .. that would likely happen.
unless you could leave things on planets (unsafe) or buy/rent storage space elsewhere, even install it on a planet you buy - if it has corporate infrastructure already. probe engines could locate and even push loot units slowly towards home. all so you could install something you found.. later

meanwhile, drifiting loot -- post battle.. great idea.