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Destroyed ships break apart into salvageable debris

v0.1.605 Jun 7, 2026

A destroyed ship now scatters into a field of hull fragments you can pick over with a salvage cutter, each piece settling where it falls.

  • When a ship is destroyed it now fragments into a scattered debris field instead of leaving a single wreck - several broken hull pieces pop out and settle where they fall.
  • Each piece is its own salvage - drag a salvage cutter across one to strip it for scrap, and they sit around for about an hour so you can come back for them.
  • Wrecks now render as jagged hull shards (a different broken shape for every piece) instead of a generic crate, so a kill site reads like an actual debris field.