I played 15 hours in the first two days after I got it
gaem good 
I was thinking about treating myself and buying no mans sky since its $60 but apparently it was randomly on sale so I got it for $24, fuck yeah
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Be aware that all the salvaged parts must be from the same archetype: shuttle, fighter, explorer, hauler, solar. You can check this type on the starship comparison screen. (further reading: https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Starship#Starship_Archetypes ) A fighter will generally serve you best, though you may want multiple starships if you really want to specialize.
Once you have all the parts you need, bring them to the Starship Fabricator, the conspicuous landing pad at the back of a space station. Select the class, insert the parts, customize the coloration, and confirm the fabrication.
If you care about maximizing power over looks, try swapping out different parts of the starship. The arrangement of supercharged slots depends on what parts you use, and will change if you use different ones.
I’ve looked at the ship builder pad before, but I never knew how to obtain the actual parts, is salvaging old ships the only way. or is there some way to craft them? also I just got the launch auto charger and its so good, getting launch fuel was so annoying
also first freighter being free sounds crazy, but might as well check that myself
Salvaging ships is the only way to get the necessary parts. If you have enough navigation data, you can buy Emergency Cartographic Data maps from the space station cartographer and use them instead of the Minotaur. Technically, any ship that the fabricator can assemble can be salvaged for parts, regardless of the source.
If you find a crashed ship that you can't salvage for wings/engines/cockpit, you can also salvage it for reasonably valuable scrap. If you're having trouble finding the right ship to salvage, you can use that money to buy the right ships to salvage. Fighters are more common in Vy’keen systems, haulers are more common in Gek systems, and explorers are more common in Korvax systems.
got it, thank you!
You're welcome!