There are several ways to recicle an shipwreck.shanejfilomena wrote:I can see this as a feature but the playership would require something like the micro factory on board, http://xelerus.de/index.php?s=mod&id=439 or otherwise have to have a salvager / tinker involved....the player would, in the story line not have the ability or technology by themselves with a standard ship : maybe a new ship that can ID the wrecks for conversion to cargo as ore?
that will require a true code brain of an author so I will just sit and wait for it to be done : I am sure my simple ways can do close to it , but this requires some fantasy line behind it : like Ancient technology from the player's homeworld (or) you find a wreck of a ship you used to play on as a kid...(or) it can be something from the Ventari....
1- If you have a large ship, you just recycle the entire shipwreck at once.
2- If you have a smaler ship, you cut down the shipwreck into smaller pieces, drag the pieces to the ship cargo hold and sell them as junk or recycle them.
About the technology, if you have nanotechnology is sure that you are able to do it.
Note: If the process is not done at an station, the recycled material could have impurities and being seen as ore.
So you don't need a big history to explain the origin of this device.