In Hardspace: Shipbreaker, space is the final frontier, and it’s going to take a lot of brave folks to tame it. Are we going to pay them a fair salary for risking their necks in the inhospitable depths of space? Goodness, no. And they’d better not even think of unionizing. Don't they know how much we already care about them?

Scrapping old hardware is a dangerous job in Hardspace: Shipbreaker. With nothing but some glass and fabric separating you from the void, you need to work safely to stay alive. Of course, dying just means that Lynx Corporation boots up another one of your clones and sends you back to work, but doesn’t that just send chills down your spine? Also, it adds up against your pocketbook. Here are some tips to get you to work and back with minimal workplace accidents.

Don’t sweat the debt

Right out of the gate in Hardspace: Shipbreaker, you’re saddled with colossal debt. Over a billion in costs, just for taking the job. It’s a great way to give all the adults playing instant anxiety. Stay calm. Although you’re given the goal of paying off the debt and actually starting to make money at your job, additional goals open up in later chapters that are a lot easier to feel optimistic about than digging your way out of a mountain of debt and the daily reminders of it.