Crushed pirate

 This random event occurs
at a distress beacon.

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You arrive at the distress beacon near a small asteroid belt and find a ship with pirate markings partially crushed between two large rocks. It must have been illegally mining the belt without proper equipment.

1. Try to dislodge the ship by shooting at the rocks
   • You take a few careful shots but you expose a mineral patch in the rock that reacts violently with your weapon. A shockwave forces you back as debris pelts against your hull. When you regain control you find there is not much left of the ship.
     • You get some scrap and hull damage.
   • Ship is cut free and they reward you (random supplies)
2. Destroy and loot the ship. They're just pirates.
   • Get some scrap/resources
   • Another pirate jumps in to witness you destroying the pirate ship. Whether it's to avenge their fellow pirates or to just loot the ship themselves, they attack anyway.
3. (Beam Weapon) Carefully cut the ship out.
   • You use your beam to make a few precision cuts in the asteroid. The ship gives a quick burst of thrust and the rock crumbles away. They thank you and offer some of the resources they have collected.
     • Receive random scrap/fuel/missiles/drone parts
4. (Beam Drone) Have your drone cut the ship out.
   • You program the drone to work carefully around the trapped ship. In a short time it allows the ship to easily slip out of its cage. They thank you and offer some of the resources they have collected.
     • Receive fuel and scrap