That sucks mate, I lost my first ship but more through lack of information had only been playing maybe 3 days... i tried sweating the bot lol, and didn't even have any weapons.
Cheer up it happens you will find another and most people will wait a while before claiming to see if a miner turns up, sucks that the guy rubbed it in though.
Keep dropping and if i see any claims of his i'll leave him a mob surprise
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Norb