I wonder if you could spawn npcs with no shield that would just sit there? or you could have just regular ones with the loads you want. then you could have a few zones that had a low chance to spawn some npcs with the loads you want. you could use wrecks for the landmarks for these zones.
and in the infcoards go
"this fighter belonged sunny d doggy rimshot joe summers who was known for his sketchy combat. he was last seen in the [enter area you are in]. it was reported that there were some hacker ships testing new weapons in that vicinity and it was around the time that the ship was reported missing" bla bla bla. if you're lucky the npcs will spawn and you fight them for the weaponry.
so I recently started exploring Coronado. I must say you're all doing a wonderful job.
so I recently started exploring Koeln. I must say you're all doing an amazing job.
some time ago I explored Rousillon. Impressive. Particularly the music on the planet that was a nice surprise.
so I recently started exploring Omega-55. LOL... NOMADS. LOTS AND LOTS OF NOMADS. SHOOTING THINGS. I GOT THE HELL OUT OF THERE. (and I was thinking, jeez I can't remember what that one was from the news. I hope I don't run into a nomad system)
recently started exploring Omega-41. what did you guys do to the star? that new effect there, that's impressive.