No grey area for them is there ? <| sep |> asking the important questions <| sep |> Quin blew that <| sep |> Sorry was a little drunk a d actually posted on thr wrong spot . But can you explain how people get permafried ? <| sep |> You can ' t save any money with the $ 0 upgrades , those are just for CCUing between ships which cost the same amount . If you want to save money , your best bet is buying cheap CCUs for ships expected to increase in price . Then you ' ll get free CCU value . For example , a Constellation to Caterpillar upgrade cost $ 20 back when the Caterpillar was $ 245 . Now that the Caterpillar is $ 295 , the value of the CCU is $ 70 . So you could have saved $ 50 on one of the $ 300 ships by buying an Andromeda to Caterpillar CCU earlier . Other candidates for price increases are Dragonfly cheapest CCU $ 0 , Herald $ 15 , Merchantman $ 0 , and any ship listed as coming in a near patchreport . The Dragonfly and Herald will be flyable soon so they ' re more likely in the short term , but the Merchantman will likely have a huge jump within the next year because it ' s a ~ 100 m alien ship and CIG said they underpriced it . By best advice for your particular circumstance would be Buy an Aurora LN to Dragonfly Black CCU . It will cost you $ 0 . While the ship is overpriced already so they might not increase its price more , it will become flight ready soon so it is a potential price increase candidate in the near future . No risk even if it is a low chance of pay off .