<p>Page 7 of the official rulebook states in relation to <strong><em>Ancient Ship Parts</em></strong> (which are the special type of parts you are referring to):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>you may place this part in any of your Ships (returning an exist­ing part 
  if needed); you may also keep the part next to your
  board and place it later with the Upgrade action; if you later want to
  replace an Ancient Ship Part, it is discarded.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So to answer your question they are discarded.</p>

<p>Source: [<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5496950/Eclipse-rules/Eclipse_rules_EN_compr.pdf">Official English Rulebook</a>]</p>

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TabletopKnight
<p>With <em>special</em> I mean ship parts which you get as a reward, not the ones you have researched.</p>

<p>So what do you do to the <em>special</em> ship parts when you remove them (to make space for other ones)? Do you remove them from the game or do you keep them for re-installation later?</p>

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Can you remove a special ship part and keep it for later?
Witek
# Can you remove a special ship part and keep it for later?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-07)

With *special* I mean ship parts which you get as a reward, not the ones you have researched.

So what do you do to the *special* ship parts when you remove them (to make space for other ones)? Do you remove them from the game or do you keep them for re-installation later?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-06-08. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Page 7 of the official rulebook states in relation to ***Ancient Ship Parts*** (which are the special type of parts you are referring to):

> you may place this part in any of your Ships (returning an exist­ing part
> if needed); you may also keep the part next to your
> board and place it later with the Upgrade action; if you later want to
> replace an Ancient Ship Part, it is discarded.

So to answer your question they are discarded.

Source: [[Official English Rulebook](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5496950/Eclipse-rules/Eclipse_rules_EN_compr.pdf)]


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