If you refuse your first freighter, a certain fight will 100% spawn a capital freighter. People say it's the second, but it was the third for me. Each system has its fixed capital freighter. When it spawns a capital freighter, it will be the exact same model, with different stats. The system's economy level affects the spawn rate for different ... More @Wikipedia
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