When an entity is "unstowed" in a shard (it physically exists in the shard), it exists permanently within that shard until the player "stows" the entity into an inventory. This can be done by picking up a gun and placing it into your backpack, or by landing a ship on a landing pad, which will stow the ship into a specific landing-pad inventory. Once an entity is within an inventory, it is stored in the global database and can be unstowed into any shard. This allows players to move items between shards.

We also plan for a mechanic called 'Hero Item Stow/Unstow.' This will take any player-owned hero items and automatically stow them into a player-specific shard-transition inventory. The automatic stow usually happens when no other players are around and the entity is streamed out. Items in this shard-transition inventory will follow a player automatically, so when a player logs into a different shard, we will take entities and unstow them back into the new shard at the position where the player left them.

When you land your ship on a moon and log out, the ship will stream out and automatically be stowed if no other players are around at that moment. Now, when you log into a different shard, your ship will be unstowed into the new shard. If, for some reason, the ship stayed in the old shard longer and got destroyed while you were logged out, you may wake up in a med bed.