A recently discovered Starfield bug makes the argument that a spaceship can be anything, even a cockpit with nothing else attached to it.
When Reddit user Denubtheredditor flipped the switch to launch their ship into space, Starfield decided to tweak a few things before liftoff. The ship's UI confirms that all systems are ready to go and the engines burn bright, but most of Denubtheredditor's ship stays behind as the cockpit lifts up into the air and floats toward space. It's as if they smashed the eject button by accident.
The short clip ends before the loading screen that sends you to space, so it's unclear what happens to Denubtheredditor once they break through the planet's atmosphere. In the comments, Dieser paints a picture of their experience: «I naturally couldn't move anywhere, but I also found out that the cockpit itself doesn't have a hitbox as the enemy ship kept hitting me but doing no damage. I could also activate boost and shoot weapons, but only the sounds would play and would not actually do anything.»
Kieranjames2 added that the bug also prevents you from moving at all. «You literally cannot move in space as your thrusters are still on the ground, so I hope you've got some fast travel points,» they said.
«That should save on gas.
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