With the arrivals of the Unidentified Interstellar Anomalies, we get to explore the confides of the 8 Maelstroms, and the titans within.

Realistically, you want a fast, agile ship that can manage heat efficiently. 

A good ship build should have the following properties:

• Corrosive Resistant Cargo Rack (4E is normal, 6E if you obtained it from a CG)

• Collector Limpet + Research Limpet + Repair Limpet

• Auto Field Maintenance Unit

• Heat Sinks & Xeno Scanner

• A hit-scan weapon with a Grade 5 Long Range modification applied to it

• Enough hull with withstand corrosive substances + explosions

• Decontamination Limpet + Pulse Wave Analyzer (Optional)

 If you don't want to theorycraft, you can use the Titankiller MK 2. Just replace the smallest module reinforcement package with a research limpet of course. https://edsy.org/s/vZo37p0

Clipper is also a viable build, however it is locked behind Empire reputation. It is the cheapest large ship to house a size 7 optional internal slot. The slot allows you to use the universal limpet controller as well as giving you that option for countless amounts of cargo to be held within your ship.

• Ram the maelstrom to emergency drop out instead of normally dropping in to be at the edge of the caustic zone so you can reduce damage.

• There might be Thargoid interceptors that patrol the region. It will shoot down sample limpets that attempt to sample these Caustic Generators.

• If you rupture Caustic Generators while a Thargoid interceptor is nearby, you will draw its aggro and have the  start attacking you.

• You should pack some Corrosive Resistance Cargo Racks to avoid having to lose your precious Caustic Tissue Samples from a simple Cargo Hatch malfunction.

• Guardian Hull Reinforcement Packages are the only Guardian module that will work in Maelstroms. Guardian Modules Reinforcement Packages will take damage.

• Glaives also drop caustic shards, and the rest can be found from blowing up the caustic generators and scooping them up.