No Man's Sky: 13 Little-Known Facts You Need To See

If you manage to hold onto your ship for any decent amount of time, you'll start to notice persistent visual details as a permanent reminder of how far you've come with your ship.

Rust, scratched paint and battle damage will appear depending upon how long you've had the ship and how many conflicts you've been involved in (as well as how decisively you escaped from the situation), and while not a necessary flourish for the game to succeed, it's nevertheless a further example of how much ridiculous detail Hello Games have meticulously put into their title.

But let's face it: most players are probably going to get blown to pieces time and time again before their ship ever really gets much "character".