Posted by: spoongoon
« on: August 14, 2014, 06:46:14 AM »Actually, you can use them on your designs directly, though you will be limited by the number of components you have. So if you found 20 fusion engines, you could build 4 ships with 5 each, etc.
To do this you need to untick the 'Own Tech Only' checkbox in the Design View page of the ship design page. This should make these kinds of 'captured/salvaged/found' components show up. After this just design the ship normally, and then make sure you have those components on the planet with the shipyard when you order it built.
Thank you. This was exactly what I needed.