Vasari Salvage- How does it work?

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There isn't a very good explanation anywhere in the game for how Vasari Salvage technology works.  I understand it has something to do with recovering resources from destroyed capital ships and orbital structures, but I can't tell when it's doing it, or see any influx of resources when my capital ship is near destroyed orbital structures or capital ships.

Also, the first technology is "improved" salvaging; is that to say that you start out with some sort of salvaging to begin with?  And the second salvaging technology is "automatic" salvaging, I assume that means that previously you have to do something to get salvaging to work manually, but I can't find what that is.

Any idea?
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Am I totally on the wrong track, does it have something to do with resources recovered from scuttling your own stuff?
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
The first tech for that improves "scuttling."

You can already scuttle ships by clicking on them, then clicking on a little yellow and black bar underneath their portrait. You can scuttle pretty much everything in the game, it takes about 60 seconds, and you get back a small % of the resources used to build it.

The first tech just decreases the time to scuttle, and increases the amount you get back. A little better than you might think. It lets you move around your frigate factories to best make use of logistic structures and whatnot. You can also scuttle things before the enemy destroys them to get a boost in resources.

The second one gives you a % of the cost the enemy used to build capital ships and structures when you destroy them. I'm not sure when you get the resources, if it's spread over the time you damage it, or if it's a lump sum when it dies. I quite frankly have just never researched the second one.

Hope that helps.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
I would think its some kind of sum made available when the enemy ship is destroyed; you can`t collect raw materials while those raw materials are in use by the enemy (!).

This isn`t a scientific evaluation to any degree, but I think I have noticed a tremendous influx of ore after a large battle in which I was victorious. It would seem to be instantaneous at the moment or near the moment of destruction. I think also *you* have to be the one to have caused the destruction... you can`t arrive on-scene and scoop up remnant debris from another battle.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Make a small map, give yourself all the tech... don't build any resource structures... and you'll be able to see what it gives and when it gives it :)

... if you can do that w/ Galaxy Forge, that is!
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

I want more explanation about this. any skilled know how it really works?

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

If you destroy an enemy capital ship or structure, and you have a capital ship of your own in the gravity well, you earn some money for the destruction.  This technology is actually quite expensive to unlock, making it impractical in most situations.  It's actually quite good if you're making lots of bombers and regularly knocking out structures, but otherwise you're better off putting your money into trade ports if you want to increase your income.  Most of the time if you're causing enough damage to actually profit from this, you're probably going to win anyways because you're dominating the battlefield.

 

Also, if the thread is more than a year old (lass post was March 2008) please make a new thread rather than bump the old one.