I love that picture! What about a distress call from a damaged ship in a dangerous situation? All those salvage arms and stuff might be useful making a rescue. Maybe if they make a rescue, they get salvage rights. But the people they rescued might not be excited to see their ship get chopped up for parts to someone else’s benefit.

Ship like that might have lots of nooks and crannies to stash stuff. Maybe a former owner stashed something away behind a bulkhead and now someone’s trying to get on board to collect it. What about stowaways?

Salvage ships can haul stuff right? What if some of that scrap they’re hauling has an unfortunate pedigree–like it’s evidence in a case of piracy, or it came from a plague ship and now nobody wants to let you dock with it?