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| image = Lakon_Type_7_Salvage_Canisters.jpg
 
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| risk = Medium
 
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| reward = Low
 
| timeinvestment = Medium
 
| timeinvestment = Medium
| suggestedships = [[:Category:Freighter|Freighter]]; [[:Category:Multipurpose|Multipurpose]]
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| suggestedships = [[Adder]]; [[Asp Explorer]]; [[Cobra MkIII]]; [[Diamondback Explorer]]; [[Keelback]]; [[Krait MkII]]; [[Type-6 Transporter]]
 
| suggestedupgrades = [[Frame Shift Drive|FSD upgrades]]; [[Cargo Rack|Cargo Racks]]; [[Limpet_Controller/Collector|Collector Limpets]]
 
| suggestedupgrades = [[Frame Shift Drive|FSD upgrades]]; [[Cargo Rack|Cargo Racks]]; [[Limpet_Controller/Collector|Collector Limpets]]
 
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'''Salvage''' refers to retrieving [[Cargo Canister]]s found in space or on a celestial body's surface, using a [[Cargo Scoop]] or [[Limpet Controller/Collector|Collector Limpets]].
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'''Salvage''' refers to retrieving lost or stolen [[Cargo Canister]]s found in space or on a celestial body's surface, using a [[Cargo Scoop]] or [[Limpet Controller/Collector|Collector Limpets]]. Salvageable [[Commodities]] are divided into two classifications: "Legal Salvage" and "Illegal Salvage". An item's legal status is identified by the HUD when it is targeted. Trafficking in illegal salvage is a crime and may result in penalties from local security forces.
   
 
Cargo that a pilot both jettisons and abandons becomes legal salvage, while if they only jettison it, it becomes illegal salvage for everyone but them. Cargo that is already marked as stolen can only be jettisoned.
Whether retrieving an item is legal or not can be seen by the GUI text that appears when targeting it - either "'''Legal Salvage'''" or "'''Illegal Salvage'''".
 
   
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==Salvage Types==
Cargo that a player both jettisons and abandons becomes legal salvage, while if they only jettison it it is illegal salvage for everyone but them. Cargo that is already marked as stolen can only be jettisoned.
 
 
===Legal Salvage===
 
==Legal Salvage==
 
 
Legally salvaged cargo functions just like purchased cargo and can be sold to [[Commodities|Commodity Markets]] unless prohibited there. Some types of legal salvage can be handed in to a [[Search and Rescue Agent]].
 
Legally salvaged cargo functions just like purchased cargo and can be sold to [[Commodities|Commodity Markets]] unless prohibited there. Some types of legal salvage can be handed in to a [[Search and Rescue Agent]].
   
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* [[Non-Human Signal Source|Non-Human Signal Sources]].
 
* [[Non-Human Signal Source|Non-Human Signal Sources]].
   
==Illegal Salvage==
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===Illegal Salvage===
 
[[File:Scavenger-Salvage-Drone.jpg|thumb|250px|Scavenger and a drone]]
 
[[File:Scavenger-Salvage-Drone.jpg|thumb|250px|Scavenger and a drone]]
 
Illegally salvaged cargo is marked as stolen and functions similarly to [[Illegal Goods]] - it can only be sold to [[Black Market]]s and you can get a fine or bounty for being fully scanned by [[Security Forces|law enforcement]] while carrying it.
 
Illegally salvaged cargo is marked as stolen and functions similarly to [[Illegal Goods]] - it can only be sold to [[Black Market]]s and you can get a fine or bounty for being fully scanned by [[Security Forces|law enforcement]] while carrying it.

Revision as of 06:55, 5 December 2019

Salvage refers to retrieving lost or stolen Cargo Canisters found in space or on a celestial body's surface, using a Cargo Scoop or Collector Limpets. Salvageable Commodities are divided into two classifications: "Legal Salvage" and "Illegal Salvage". An item's legal status is identified by the HUD when it is targeted. Trafficking in illegal salvage is a crime and may result in penalties from local security forces.

Cargo that a pilot both jettisons and abandons becomes legal salvage, while if they only jettison it, it becomes illegal salvage for everyone but them. Cargo that is already marked as stolen can only be jettisoned.

Salvage Types

Legal Salvage

Legally salvaged cargo functions just like purchased cargo and can be sold to Commodity Markets unless prohibited there. Some types of legal salvage can be handed in to a Search and Rescue Agent.

Legal salvage can be found in the following locations:

Illegal Salvage

Scavenger-Salvage-Drone

Scavenger and a drone

Illegally salvaged cargo is marked as stolen and functions similarly to Illegal Goods - it can only be sold to Black Markets and you can get a fine or bounty for being fully scanned by law enforcement while carrying it.

Some missions on Bulletin Boards ask you to illegally salvage something floating in space in a certain system and smuggle it back into the starport.

Illegal salvage can be found in various System Signal Sources - especially Weak Signal Sources and Salvageable Wreckage.

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