Obtain and Salvage

Obtain

Obtain verb - To receive as return for effort.

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Salvage and obtain are semantically related. in get topic. In some cases you can use "Salvage" instead a verb "Obtain".

Nearby Words: obtained, obtainable, obtaining

Salvage verb - Save from ruin, destruction, or harm.

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Obtain and salvage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Obtain" instead a verb "Salvage".

energy	obtain energy	salvage energy
body	obtain body	salvage body
material	obtain material	salvage material
parts	obtain parts	salvage parts
Other words: gear, equipment, item, data, ending, gun, weapons.

In both HW1 and Cataclysm, it is possible to use your salvage units to pick up enemy ships, often ones that you can't build until later or that you can't obtain at all.

Source: Video Game / Homeworld
Money Spider: Justified; the only thing useful as currency is scrap metal, which you can obtain from every ship you destroy (and you can salvage even more if you kill the crew and leave the ship intact).

Source: Video Game / FTL: Faster Than Light

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