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Can you scoop Woma fuel pod? Dead thargoid robot? It would be nice also to take dead ships like hognoses do ;-)
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A dead Thargoid is scoopable, becomes 'Alien item'
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ArkanoiD wrote:
Can you scoop Woma fuel pod? Dead thargoid robot? It would be nice also to take dead ships like hognoses do ;-)
I don't know about Woma fuel pods, but you can certainly scoop thargons. They turn into 1 tonne alien items. Sometimes though the bounty for shooting them (50cr) is more than you'll get for selling them once scooped.

I believe aegidian is thinking about a method for capturing abandoned ships (search the bb for "remora").
It is generally inadvisable to eject over the target you just bombed.
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Rxke wrote:
A dead Thargoid is scoopable, becomes 'Alien item'
Do i still get 50cr if i scoop him instead of shooting?
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No. For scooping you get nothing, you have to sell the Alien Items to make any money.
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It depends on where you sell it, prices go in the 22-56 cr range, best of all is to sell 'em to a Behemoth if you've got the OXP
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Evil Juice wrote:
It depends on where you sell it, prices go in the 22-56 cr range, best of all is to sell 'em to a Behemoth if you've got the OXP
So if there is no Behemoth nearby, it is best to blast them.
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I've seen prices around 80 somewhere, but yeah, if you can't really be bothered, just shoot them.
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I've seen normal system prices for Alien Items as high as 65.x credits. I believe the higher tech systems tend to pay more for them, though I can't prove it. I tend to scoop those items (not quite proficient enough to go Thargoid hunting yet) and save them up until I run into a Behemoth. Of course, flying a Python with plenty of cargo space helps.

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