Completely wrecked ship, I replaced with my core....

[NewStart101]

So heres the story, 

I found a ship that was completely crashed on my tile, I replace the core with one of my cores, it should in essence be mine to claim seeing as it was fully rusted and looked like wood. It was an eyesore on my land. Now the problem is that I repaired the entire ship and I cannot claim the ship as mine. Not too sure if thats how its supposed to work, however I would like your guys' input on this because I just wasted a solid hour.

Anyone else know of any fixes for this?

[Gottchar]

if the ship is abandoned, as in, the owner rightclicks the name on the map interface and clicks abandon, you can repair it and own it.

 

if it is just fully destroyed but in safe space, you do not gain ownership if you repair it.

 

Quick way to check, see if you can enter build mode, if you can, it is abandoned.

 

edit: sorry if you meant to discuss a possible change, not talk about the current mechanic.