Encounters

Summary

In short, encounters are in game events such as structures spawning in space.

Types

There are two main types of encounters the first is cargo ships which are large grid ships that attack on sight. (notice that they can spawn owned by your faction and will attack other ships). The second are crashed ships which can be any size and usually have active turrets.

types of cargo ships

Cargo Ship	Category	Mass (Kg)	Speed (M/s)	Booby Trapped	Exterior Defences	Interior Defences	Game Version
Private Sail	Private	72 447	25	No	2x	-	01.045.000
Business Shipment		184 972	17	No	2x	-	01.045.000
Commercial Freighter		463 395	10	No	3x	1x	01.045.000
Mining Carriage	Mining	266 084	25	No	1x	-	01.030.000
Mining Transport		401 953	17	No	2x	1x	01.031.000
Mining Hauler		1 540 908	10	Yes	4x 2x	2x	01.030.000
Military Escort	Military	350 048	25	No	2x 2x	-	01.030.000
Military Minelayer		1 637 990	17	Yes	5x 2x	-	01.030.000
Military Transporter		5 578 454	10	Yes	5x 3x	5x	01.030.000

While its behavior differs slightly from that of cargo ships, the recently-added Argentavis pirate carrier is another possible encounter. It is rather heavily armed and spawns drones but carries a substantial reward for any players who successfully defeat it.