By Budomonk
1. Destroying a ship → getting chips back
Step-by-step
Go to Ship Edit
Select your ship
Click Dismantle
This removes all components from your ship
Then go to:
Menu → Stash → Components → Destroy
Here you can permanently destroy items
What you get back:
upgrade materials
ship computers / chips
other resources you used
Important:
You must unequip or dismantle first, otherwise the item won’t appear in the destroy list
2. Using computer chips (upgrading)
Chips (computers) are used to:
strengthen your ship increase stats (damage, accuracy, etc.)
You can:
install chips on ships
get chips back by destroying items
reuse resources (so nothing is permanently lost) The game actually encourages destroying:
you get your upgrade materials back when you destroy items