In Starfield, shopping for a ship — or constructing your individual — isn’t the one method to get a brand new journey. You can even board and steal ships you encounter in house. (We’re simply going to name it simply “take over” right here, however you possibly can additionally use phrases like commandeer or steal relying in your explicit shade of morality.) After getting management of your new ship, although, you’ll need to register it to change, rename, or promote it.
Our Starfield information will educate you easy methods to register a ship and present you the place to promote ships, plus reply the massive query: Are you able to promote a stolen ship?
Methods to promote a ship in Starfield
Perhaps you’re sick of your ship, or possibly you simply occurred to accumulate a brand new one by less-than-legal means. When it’s time to promote a ship, you’ll have to go to a Ship Providers Technician at a spaceport. Select the “let me see what ships you’ve got on the market” choice, after which hit the Y button to modify to your fleet of ships.
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From there, all it’s important to do is choose the one to promote. The issue with stolen ships is that they need to be registered first — and, till they’re registered, they’re thought-about contraband by the UC and Freestar Collective factions. Registering a ship prices about as a lot because the ship is price — round 85% as a lot — so that you’re solely ever going to make a number of thousand credit at a time by stealing enemy ships.
Methods to register a ship
Earlier than you’ll be able to promote or modify that stolen ship within the Ship Builder — and even simply rename it — you’ll need to register it.
At Ship Providers, select both “I’d wish to view and modify my ships” or “let me see what ships you’ve got on the market.”
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In both of these choices, you’ll have the ability to discover the stolen ship in your listing of ships (within the “ships on the market” menu, you’ll need to hit Y first to modify over to your fleet). When you’ve got it pulled up, you’ll see the choice to register it.
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Registering a ship prices a lot of cash — about 85% of the ship’s worth. As soon as it’s registered, although, the ship is protected to fly wherever you need. You’ll even have the choice to promote it, modify it within the Ship Builder, or rename it.