I just had an idea that when a ship is destroyed and
the owner escapes in a pod, that the ship wreck
should stay in the sector. The goods on board would
not automatically be transferred to the attacker.
Special "salvadge ships" could be created that would
come to the sector and scavenge for undamaged
weapons, tech, and goods that were on the ship.
Also, the credits would stay with the ship in the
captains safe until the salvadge ship gets to the area.
Once a wreck is salvadged then the ship would no
longer appear in sector.