What about a unique ship that only appears for a few days after friday the 13th it will drop cool artifacts like

Uncommon

Hockey mask

Adds 30 hull and 15 defense (Helmsmen)


Rocket Propelled Chainsaw

Installs a Rocket Propelled Chainsaw on your ship when used Damage 20 4 times a powerful against players (Limit 3)

Rare

Cursed trap

Lasts 7 days
Next ship to attack infects damage overtime (Up to 33% total damage) while attacking the same ship

Rocket Propelled Chainsaw V2

Installs a Rocket Propelled Chainsaw on your ship when used Damage 40 twice times a powerful against players (Limit 3)

EDIT: Updated the trap and weapon

Personally I would love to see a Friday the 13th related drop, cause those movies are awesome. But I think the hockey mask is the only one that makes any sense. Reflecting damage is a definite no, a gag krio trap is more likely to occur

Jason NPC* ?

i like the idea of it as well. i think everyone enjoys getting new/limited NPCs
hockey mask sounds like a good drop
the others.. not so much

i like the idea of a friday the 13th NPC but im not to sure about the drops your proposed. the hockey mask sounds ok, but im not a fan of the others.

Could decrease the amount to 2 for the weapon

I to would like to see something for the Friday the 13th, but they should be serious things, not jokes, like your suggestions.
Adding new ships, that are made by a race of psycho's (like The Reavers in Serenity) could be pretty cool.

Ghost Ship or Derelict Ship.
Make it a "Raid" only.
The ship has a chance to appear on Friday the 13th.
Not to sure on the item drop.

So, to clarify, in case i dont understand you correctly: You encounter an already disabled ship, and raid it for a chance of an item drop?

Remember Silent Extraction?

Mission Briefing
The interface is ready. Locate as many Litheor ships as you can find, and download their databases.
The location to the beacon is certain to be stored in at least one of them.
Do not use force - the Litheor cannot suspect that we are aware of their plans.

There would be nothing to battle since it's a derelict ship.
You went to actions to steal the data, so, why not raid it for an item?
It could be a set item, or a chance of certain items.

The theme of friday the 13th itself, not the movie, is misfortune right? how about a high risk, high reward mission that has a high chance of the risk occurring? or an NPC that drops an artifact that increases the chance of planetary events, Like blockades, since they are unfortunate in effect, but result in worthwhile artifacts themselves.

Thats a really good idea.
And Dan has loads of time to implement it, as the next Friday the 13th, isn't till September 2013.