Is this bharat bandh going to be in the national interest then ? <| sep |> Your comments just danced throughout my mind like a Shel Silverstein poem . Fuck these nosethumbing high horse riding muppets , thanks for keeping it real in this day and age . <| sep |> No . the customs will pay you for it . <| sep |> it was like 5 . 90 and some change for it <| sep |> Here ' s one piece of advice that I don ' t see mentioned often Know how to play the odds with the store inventory . It might be a little much for a newcomer , but it plays a major role in scrap management and is very important for surviving on higher difficulties or with ships that have huge early scrap deficiencies . For example , there are far more weapons than systems in FTL , but a store will only ever offer you a selection from 3 of each at one time . This is why it ' s usually advisable to buy an extremely versatile and efficient weapon in terms of damage to power requirement ratio like Burst Laser II when it does show up , as you can ' t depend on that occurring very often . Systems , on the other hand , are likely to show up several times in a single run , so if you don ' t need one right away , it ' s usually fine to wait and spend your scrap on more essential upgrades in the early sectors . Furthermore , stores will offer you duplicate weapons , augmentations , and drones , but they ' ll never offer you a system that you ' ve already installed . This means that you can buy one system now in order to make another one more likely to appear in a store later , as there will be fewer available systems left for you to purchase . This is why the Backup Battery is almost always an early purchase for me . 17 . 5 scrap per extra reactor power bar is very cost efficient , and while some players may not like the extra bit of management required to juggle that power as it becomes available , it ' s often ideal to use it in systems that have long cooldown times Teleporter or systems that aren ' t necessary for the entire duration of a typical battle Oxygen . Plus , while I almost always install Hacking onto my ships , it ' s not nearly as useful in sector 1 as it is in the mid to late game . By buying the Battery early , not only do I get a few extra power bars for cheap , but I make it more likely that Hacking shows up on the inventory list in later sectors when I need it .