Most of you probably know this already but I missed these features somehow and only stumbled on them recently.
The freighter Manage Fleet interface (on the console opposite the captain) lets you put ships in “cold storage.” They retain their tech but you can’t use them until you pull them out into one of your 12 ship slots.
The same can be done for multitools with the buildable Weapons Rack base element.
You can archive 18 of each. I was excited to discover this as I totally missed the news in whatever update brought it.
Oh. Didn’t know that one, useful to know.
I wasn’t even sure what the “normal” cap was, I just assumed there was one and I’ve rarely had more than 4 or 5 ships on a save. With one or two scrapfodder slots.
The caps have increased several times.
You generally won’t find out unless reading the release notes for every update… which is why it’s great that players post these hints!