This federated stuff is going to remain niche unless somebody figures out a way to make it approachable.

And also make the layout attractive. I view Lemmy via a Web browser on my desktop (yeah, I know, my age is showing) and it is...I'll be polite and call it "a work in progress".

I am giving it a shot, and have created a NMSGlyphExchange community.

I'll create a "Resources" post and add this to it. Eventually. Soon.

Feels like something that would make a good resources post.

Made that decision easy, I guess. :)

but do people really enjoy picking up ships, multi-tools, companions, and all that stuff that other people have found?

Yes. And there may be lots of reasons for it.

For example: you may be looking for a certain ship configuration that you like. Maybe that combination is rare (e.g., a shielded ball hauler aka a "glowball"), so you just aren't likely to stumble across it on your own. Or, maybe you do find one, but it has other configuration aspects you don't like (tail style, nose style, whatever). Or the colors are garish. At some point in your search for the ship that you want, you get frustrated, and start asking for help. The search has stopped being "fun". I've been there. Most of my ships are my own finds, but two are the result of this frustration, and seeking someone else's find on the Exchange.

Another example: you don't like certain ship styles (hauler, living, explorer, whatever), but someone posts a find and that particular configuration and color really jumps out at you. You didn't know you wanted that until you saw it. And you want specifically that. Now you go get it.

Yet another scenario: you want to build a base to share with others, and you want it on a planet with specific attributes. Color, biome, weather, general look and feel, etc. The base is the point, not the exact planet, though the planet's parameters still matter. Why delay the base build until you stumble across the right planet if someone has already found what you need?

You stay there until you explicitly leave for another galaxy.

So far, they have not. I replayed Atlas Rises a few months back and a ship turned up that I wanted. Got the glyphs and claimed it in the current/modern game. I also found one while playing Pathfinder. Used a signal booster to get coordinates, converted those to glyphs, and it was still there as well.

What can change is the "first wave" ships at space stations.

I updated the guide to reflect this.

You do one image as the title image and put the others in the message body.

Class for freighters is random.

I spend most of my time in Calypso. Those are the only days I've got.

I should add that this is a very shitty planet, even by Calypso's standards. Do not go AFK while on foot unless you are inside a building (with doors--this planet has extreme wind events, and they will blow you out of a trading post).

The only two relevant variables are the staff's head and the terminal. Those two determine class, color, and supercharged slot layout.

Not for a staff. It is purely terminal + staff head.

Thanks!

I will do that. Thank you!

Agreed. Lemmy doesn't have a very compact layout (at least on a desktop browser) so I'll probably use just a single sticky post with resources, and use that to link to individual guides.

Can you do me a favor and edit the subject to have "Resource/Derelict Freighter:" at the start?

Thank you!