The best random encounter ever.

[Syrahl696]

Out of all the random encounters I have had while playing this game (Rebel cargo ship in Sector 2 carrying a Glaive Beam comes to mind), this encounter takes the cake:
Edit: First post on these forums, I didnt resize properly. Please forgive me and rightclick->View Picture to see all of the picture.

[Number43]

There are other encounters that similarly just give you a weapon and loot without any options. Most of them say something about it being given to you by federation loyalists. They tend to be particularly common at exit beacons.

[Cocapelli]

my absolute favorite is the nice group of homesteaders that give you a pre-igniter just for being a good chap and killing a scrummy 6hp drone that had a ion blast and a crappy missile.

[jamotide]

This event text is one of my favourites.

[Hoa_Binh]

My best was in section 1 or 2, a rebel ship surrendered and offered a Weapon Pre-Igniter! No screenie of it though, didn't think to do that.

[TheAzryte]

Oh I can top it.

End of sector one, you pass by a friendly space station, and tell them you're running from the rebel fleet.

They give you a glaive beam.
I think I took a screen shot, I'll have to add it in.

[EdenNov]

Kinda off-topic, but how can I take a screen shot? whenever I click PrtSc (print screen) I get the start-up loading screen image for some reason (I use full-screen).

[Number43]

Once I got a free scrap recovery arm the first jump, an ion blast 1 the second jump, and a burst laser 2 the third jump. In the second sector I got 3 more free weapons, including pegasus missile and ion bomb. It gave me several more free weapons in the rest of the run, and I set a record of 16 crew hired with all the free crew it gave me. I bought a weapon pre-igniter from a store that run, went to the crystal sector (thanks to the fact I was using the crystal ship), and repeated the slug unlock quest.

[ClockALock]

I've had the "random weapon floating in space" be a glaive beam before. Twice. I also just got one from giving a random rock 3 fuel.
Which is... 9 scrap?

For a 120 scrap weapon?

Yes. Yes I will take that offer.

[dirtyfool]

Oh I can top it.

End of sector one, you pass by a friendly space station, and tell them you're running from the rebel fleet.

They give you a glaive beam.
I think I took a screen shot, I'll have to add it in.

I think I got this one before too, which was how I first got to use the Glaive Beam. New favorite weapon. This plus a good ion gun/bomb to take care of the shields = massive fun times.