Escape pod

The escape pods are your friends in need. If your shields got down to zero and you have an escape pod(sold in nearly any AI stations)you will get into a pod. If you equipped the right Gear Glue you won't lose even any goods. If you haven't equipped Gear Glue you may lose some of your goods. Equipped shields, engines and energy generators will never be dropped, although equipped weapons can be flop out of your ship when you die.

Also the Escape Pod prevents you from getting a Spirit, that also means you won't lose any money and you won't get into Death Debt.

But also your Escape Pod can be destroyed. If you are fighting AIs you don't have to worry about getting your esace pod destroyed, but if you fight players you have to look out, they might destroy your pod because you will turn into a Spirit after your shields of the escape pod went to 0.

There are also many types of escape pods that aren't sold in any AI station e. g. Slave Mastery Pod or Rasputin Pod. They all have their own specialities, a few have more shields, another ones have more top speed etc.