Floating items
Powerup
A powerup is a randomly spawned item floating in space that will replenish your hull, shields, ammo, fuel, and energy.
Tip: It is useful to grab after being in a dogfight, or after being cloaked for a long time.
Cash box
A cash box is a randomly spawned item floating in space that will grant 500 credits as soon as you fly into it. By default these credits are automatically donated to your commander. You can keep them only if the commander has disabled your donations.
Unsecured tech
Certain kinds of tech are randomly spawned. Otherwise, they may be dropped by enemy ships when they are destroyed. In either case, they are often useful to grab and return to base. Once you have done that the technology will be secured for your team and you will be able to start using it. This saves both time and money for your team because the technology is free, instead of waiting for it to be researched.
Note If the item requires a techbase to be used, your team will still need to construct that techbase before you can use it.
Secured tech
Once a tech has been secured the icon will change to this. If you have your radar mode set to 'All', and the item can be used by your ship, then the name of the tech will be displayed beside it.
Tip: Community core allows the icons of certain types of secured tech to be modified so they can easily be seen on-screen. There are two main versions:
Note If "Treasures" are set to OFF in the game settings then powerups, cash boxes, and random tech will not spawn (although enemy ships will still drop them).
