Antimatter Scoop

"The Antimatter Scoop is an experimental armor layer that can capture stray Antimatter particles that would otherwise be lost in combat."

General
The Antimatter Scoop is a special type of armor that increases the amount of Antimatter obtained from a battle (not cargo collection). This amount stacks additively, meaning that 6 ships with Antimatter Scoop III will result in 60% extra Antimatter.

Note that each ship can only equip one Antimatter Scoop regardless of its level.

Advantages
Antimatter Scoop enables you to improve the ratio of Antimatter collected through farming NPC Targets: the amount of Helium-3 and Mineral Ore dropped remains the same, while the amount of Antimatter increases.

In addition to its special ability, Antimatter Scoop is actually more mass-efficient than Zynthium. Thus, they should be equipped on each of your ships regardless of whether you actually need extra Antimatter.

Disadvantages
If you only want other types of resources, refrain from using Antimatter Scoop as the resource ratio will be heavily skewed towards Antimatter, preventing you from obtaining the desired resources.

Trivia

 * This was released prior to a major base update, during a time when Antimatter was abundant and ubiquitous. After the update, resources became a valuable asset, increasing the value of the Antimatter Scoop.