Talk:Scavenger Crane/@comment-2605:E000:1205:6AA:0:6D69:E0A6:9846-20180827222408/@comment-454133-20180827235145

Scavenger crane only affects the ship that equipped it and its own upgrades, not other ships. Another ship dying is just what triggers its effects. Think of it as scavenging the scrap metal, fuel, etc from the dead ship to reassemble a used bomb, mod, torpedo, etc on your ship. It doesn't matter if the destroyed ship is friend or foe, or what that ship had equipped (if anything).

An example may work best: Let's say Constable Zuvio has already used his Proton Bomb, so it's discarded. Later a nearby Academy Pilot dies, and triggers Scavenger Crane. Zuvio turns his Proton Bomb faceup, then rolls a die to see if the crane is discarded.