Cargo

Welcome to the Cargo department!

The Cargo department is responsible for keeping the station stocked with all necessary materials and equipment that keeps the station running. Make vital purchasing decisions for the station such as a choice between 15 moth roach crates or a pizza party!

Cargo is a large department that is composed of a few sections. The sections that are under the science department includes Supply and Salvage. There are three jobs typically associated with the cargo department. The jobs that are associated with cargo includes Cargo Technician, Salvage Specialist, and Quartermaster.

Sections of Cargo

Supply

Supply is the lead distribution of minerals in the station.

Supply plays a vital role in taking order requests, managing finances, completing bounties, and trading at the Automated Trade Station(ATS). Supply mainly focuses on managing spesos (The galactic currency). Spesos can be gained by selling items at the ATS and completing bounties.

Salvage

Salvage is the main source of rare materials and equipment.

Salvage mainly operates through mining and scavenging useful equipment for the station. Salvage's main goal is to provide as many rare minerals and scrap to the station as they can early on so that they can turn it into valuable materials that supply can distribute.

Jobs of Cargo

Quartermaster

Quartermaster (QM) is in charge of the Cargo Department and mainly focuses on managing the employees within the Supply and Salvage sections.

In regards to the supply section, the QM will be expected to manage tough financial decisions, who will operate the desk, and efficiently assigning supply employees. In regards to the salvage section, the QM will be expected to direct the task decisions and mineral acquisition from the salvage employees. Leadership, task assignment, and organization are all highly valuable traits to aspire for when playing the role of QM.

Cargo Technician

Cargo Technicians operate as the labor force within the supply section.

Jobs that a cargo technician will operate includes operating the front desk, delivering goods, taking order requests, moving crates, delivering bounty requests, and delivering crates to/from the ATS. The main goal of a cargo technician is to follow the orders and leadership of the QM and ensure that cargo department is earning a steady income of spesos.

Salvage Specialist

Salvage Specialists operate as the main role that obtains rare minerals and bulk base materials.

Salvage specialists will constantly put their lives in danger to fight off hostile xeno creatures so that they may acquire minerals, scrap, and equipment. There are a few ways that salvage specialists can acquire the loot including salvage magnet, expeditions, and going to the "grid" asteroid. The salvage specialists must follow orders from QM and ensure that orders for specific minerals and materials are fulfilled.

Automated Trade Station

The automated trade station(ATS) is a remote satellite station that allows for the ability for the exchange of cargo that was bought and sold.

Typically the way to reach the ATS is by using the cargo shuttle. The green-hashed area within the ATS is for selling object for spesos. The orange-hashed within the ATS is used for retrieving objects from order purchases made on the cargo request computer.

Cargo Sale Computer

The cargo sale computer is held within the ATS. The cargo sell computer is currently the only way to sell objects.

The buttons along the bottom perform various functions:

Button	What does it do?
Appraise	All objects that are on the green-hashed sale area will be appraised.
Sell	All objects on the green-hashed sale area will be sold.

Equipment

Cargo comes equipped with a plethora of equipment. The equipment you can find within the cargo department includes:

Equipment	Department Section
Autolathe	Supply
Cargo request computer
Cargo shuttle console
Ore processor	Supply and Salvage
Salvage Vendor	Salvage
Salvage expeditions computer
Salvage magnet
Mass scanner computer
Recycler

Autolathe

The Autolathe is useful for crafting a significant amount of basic items. The autolathe is a great place to store large quantities of basic materials such as glass, steel, cloth, wood, and plastic. As a cargo technician the autolathe is the main crafter you will use to supply crew members with any equipment they might request.

Cargo Request Console

The cargo request console is a valuable piece of equipment that handles the purchasing of difficult to obtain objects and equipment.

By clicking on an item within the console you will open the Order Form UI

The fields within the order form are as follows:

Field	What does it affect?
Name	Allows for the documentation of the original requester of the order.
Reason	Allows for the documentation of the original requester's reasoning for the order.
Amount	Controls the quantity of items ordered.
OK	Confirms the order and puts it in the request section of the cargo request console

The cargo request queue is the pending orders that are awaiting approval by an employee of cargo. For complicated, expensive, or illegal items please consult the Quartermaster before purchasing.

The order can either Approved or Canceled. The order will be announced over supply radio communications if approved.

Cargo Shuttle Console

The cargo shuttle console is the main operator of the cargo shuttle. One console will be found by the docking port at the loading bay and the other will be found on the cargo shuttle itself.

Cargo shuttle

The default keys for piloting the cargo shuttle is as follows:

Default Key	Direction of Movement
W	Strafe up
A	Strafe left
S	Strafe down
D	Strafe right
Q	Rotate left
E	Rotate right
Space	Brake

The direction of movement is dependent on the rotation of the cargo shuttle console, which is south by default. The piloting keys can be rebound in the settings under settings/control/shuttle.