Cargo Department

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 cargo 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

There a large list of objects and equipment that can be purchased through the cargo request console. The list is as follows:

Object	Cost	What it contains
Air canister	$1100	1 air canisters.
Airlock Kit	$1100	6 door electronics, 1 LV cable coil, 30 steel sheets.
Antimatter containment jar crate	$2000	3 AME fuel jars.
Armor crate	$725	3 bulletproof vests.
Art supplies	$500	1 crayon box.
Artifact container	$500	1 artifact container.
AutoDrobe restock crate	$2500	1 AutoDrobe restock box.
Bartending supplies crate	$750	2 lime juice glasses, 5 metamorphic glasses, 2 milk creams, 2 orange juice glasses, 2 shakers, 5 shot glasses, 2 tomato juices, and 2 water bottles.
Beverage vender restock crate	$1200	2 beverage restock boxes.
Big pet carrier	$500	1 big pet carrier.
Bike horn implants	$1000	3 bike horn implanters.
Board game crate	$1500	6 bags of dice, 6 character sheets, 1 checkerboard, 1 chessboard, 1 grass battlemap, 1 moon battlemap, 1 parchis board, 1 sand battlemap, 1 ship battlemap, 1 snow battlemap.
Body bags crate	$700	2 body bag boxes.
Bomb suit crate	$1000	1 bomb suit, 1 bombsuit helmet, 1 gas mask, 1 multitool, 1 screwdriver, 1 wirecutter.
Books crate	$1000	10 random empty books.
Booze dispenser refill crate	$750	1 beer growler, 1 caccavo guaranteed quality tequila bottle, 1 captain pete's cuban spiced rum, 1 coffee liqueur bottle, 1 cognac bottle, 1 doublebearded bearded special wine bottle, 1 goldeneye vermouth bottle, griffeater gin, magm-ale growler, mead jug, uncle git's special reserve, vodka bottle.
Booze-O-Mat restock crate	$3500	1 Booze-O-Mat restock box.
Boxes crate	$400	6 empty cardboard boxes.
Boxing crate	$500	3 boxing shorts, 3 boxing shorts with top, 1 blue boxing gloves, 1 green boxing gloves, 1 red boxing gloves, 1 yellow boxing gloves.
Brass crate	$3000	90 sheets of brass.
Brass instrument ensemble crate	$2500	1 euphonium, 2 french horns, 2 saxophones, 2 trombones, 2 trumpets, 1 tuba.
Bulk cable crate	$750	60 LV wires, 60 MV wires, 60 HV wires.
Bulk lizard plushie crate	$500	3 lizard plushies, 3 space lizard plushies.
Bulk Plant-B-Gone crate	$750	5 jugs (plant-B-gone)
Bureaucracy crate	$1000	2 clipboards, 1 envelope box, 3 folders, 1 hand labeler, 1 newton cradle, 15 papers, 2 pens.
Candles crate	$500	2 candle boxes, 2 small candle boxes.
Carbon dioxide canister	$2200	1 carbon dioxide canister.
Cardboard crate	$750	60 cardboard sheets.
Cat crate	$1200	1 cat.
Chang restock crate	$1200	2 Mr. Chang's restock boxes.
ChefVend restock crate	$680	1 ChefVend restock box.
Chemicals crate (D)	$750	1 copper jug, 1 gold jug, 1 iron jug, 1 mercury jug, 1 silver jug.
Chemicals crate (P)	$850	1 aluminium jug, 1 carbon jug, 1 chlorine jug, 1 flourine jug, 1 iodine jug, 1 nitrogen jug, 1 oxygen jug, 1 phosphorus jug, 1 silicon jug, 1 sulfur jug.
Chemicals crate (S)	$750	1 hydrogen jug, 1 lithium jug, 1 potassium jug, 1 radium jug, 1 sodium jug.
Chemistry supplies crate	$750	1 beaker box, 2 bottle boxes, 2 droppers, 1 pill canister box, 1 syringe box.
ChemVend restock crate	$3820	1 ChemVend restock box.
Chicken crate	$4000	4 chickens.
Clothing restock crate	$2400	1 Wardrobe restock box.
Cold food cart	$2000	1 cold food cart
Compressed matter crate	$2500	3 compressed matter.
Condiment station restock crate	$300	1 condiment station restock box.
Containment field generator crate	$1000	1 containment field generator flatpack.
Corgi crate	$1200	1 corgi.
Cow crate	$3200	1 cow.
Crab crate	$3000	3 crabs.
Crate of bees	$7000	8 bees.
Crate of butterflies	$4400	5 butterflies.
Crate of mothroaches	$5000	4 mothroaches
Crew monitoring boards	$2000	2 crew monitoring computer boards, 2 crew monitoring server boards.
Dartboard box set	$900	1 dartboard, 2 darts boxes.
Deployable barrier	$1000	1 deployable barrier
Disaster pizza delivery	$1800	16 pizza boxes.
Discount Dans restock crate	$1200	2 Discount Dan's restock boxes.
DIY smokeables crate	$1000	8 cigarette filters, 4 ground tobacco, 1 match box, 1 pack of rolling paper, 1 pipe.
Donut restock crate	$1200	2 Robust Donuts restock boxes.
Duck crate	$4000	6 ducks.
Electrical supplies crate	$4500	2 electric toolboxes, 2 insulated gloves.
Emergency advanced kit	$1200	1 advanced treatment kit.
Emergency bio suit crate	$800	2 bio hoods, 2 bio suits, 2 gas masks
Emergency brute kit	$600	1 brute treatment kit.
Emergency burn kit	$700	1 burn treatment kit.
Emergency O2 kit	$600	1 O2 treatment kit.
Emergency pizza delivery	$450	4 pizza boxes.
Emergency radiation kit	$600	1 radiation treatment kit.
Emergency toxin kit	$600	1 toxin treatment kit.
Emitter crate	$3000	1 emitter flatpack.
EngiVend restock crate	$3200	1 EngiVend restock box.
EVA kit	$5000	2 EVA helmets, 2 EVA suits.
Exotic seeds crate	$1000	2 packets of bungo seeds, 2 packets of cannabis seeds, 2 packets of egg-plant seeds, 2 packets of fly amanita spores, 2 packets of nettle seeds, 2 packets of tobacco seeds, 2 packets of tower cap spores.
Fax machine crate	$2000	1 fax machine flatpack, 1 screewdriver.
Firefighting crate	$1500	2 fire extinguishers, 2 fire suits, 2 flashlights, 2 gas masks, 2 oxygen tanks, 2 red hard hats.
Fuel tank	$1500	1 fuel tank.
Getmore Chocolate Corp restock crate	$1200	2 GetMore Chocolate restock boxes.
Glass sheet crate	$1500	90 sheets of glass.
Goat crate	$1200	1 goat.
Good Clean Fun restock crate	$750	1 Good Clean Fun restock box.
Goose crate	$2100	2 geese.
Gorilla crate	$1100	1 gorilla.
Guidebooks crate	$1300	1 bartender's manual, 1 chempendium, 1 engineer's hankbook, 1 How To Cook For Forty Spacemen, 1 how to keep station clean, 1 how to rock and stone, 1 how to survive, 1 leaf lover's secret, 1 medical reference book, 1 scientist's guidebook, 1 security 101, 1 space encyclopedia, 1 space law, 1 the book of control.
Gyroscope crate	$4000	1 gyroscope flatpack.
Hamster cage	$2800	1 hamster cage, 1 hamster.
Happy Honk restock crate	$2100	2 Happy Honk restock boxes.
Helmet crate	$550	3 helmets.
Hot food cart	$2000	1 hot food cart.
HV cable crate	$300	90 HV cables.
Hydroponics equipment crate	$500	1 mini hoe, 1 pest spray, 1 plant clippers, 1 Plant-Be-Gone, 1 scythe, 1 spade, 1 weed spray, 1 hatchet, 2 bottles (EZ nutrient), 1 botanist leather gloves, 1 apron.
Inflatable wall crate	$500	1 inflatable wall box.
Internals crate	$600	3 breath masks, 3 emergency EVA suits, 3 gas masks, 3 nitrogen tanks, 3 oxygen tanks.
Internals crate (large)	$2000	6 breath masks, 6 emergency EVA suits, 6 gas masks, 6 nitrogen tanks, 6 oxygen tanks.
Janitor bio suit crate	$800	2 bio hoods, 2 bio suits, 2 sterile masks.
Janitorial bomb suit closet	$1000	1 janitorial bomb suit, 1 janitorial bombsuit helmet.
Janitorial supplies crate	$560	3 buckets, 1 cleanades box, 1 mop, 1 mop bucket, 2 plungers, 1 soap, 2 space cleaner, 2 trash bags, 2 wet floor signs.
Janitorial trolley	$300	1 janitor trolley.
Jetpack crate	$1000	2 jetpacks.
Kangaroo crate	$2800	1 kangaroo.
Keyed/percussion instrument ensemble crate	$2500
Kitchen dinnerware crate	$750
Kitchen supplies crate	$750
Kobold cube crate	$2000
Lasers crate	$4800
Light implants	$1000
Liquid carbon dioxide canister	$4000
Liquid nitrogen canister	$2500
Liquid oxygen canister	$2500
Lizard crate	$1100
Luxury mining hardsuit crate	$15000
LV cable crate	$300
Medical supplies crate	$2400
Medicinal seeds crate	$500
MegaSeed restock crate	$3600
Mice crate	$4400
MindShield implant crate	$3000
Mini jetpack crate	$750
Monkey cube crate	$2000
Mousetraps crate	$500
MRE crate	$1000
MV cable crate	$300
Mystery figure crate	$4000
NanoMed restock crate	$1750
Nitrogen canister	$1100
Nonlethals crate	$4000
NutriMax restock crate	$2400
Ore box	$500
Oxygen canister	$1100
PA crate	$2000
Paper crate	$1000
Parrot crate	$3000
Particle decelerators crate	$15000
Party crate	$1000
Penguins crate	$2100
Personnel crate	$1000
Pig crate	$1100
Pirate chest	$400
Pistols crate	$5200
Plasma canister	$4000
Plasteel Chef restock crate	$2000
Plasteel crate	$4800
Plastic sheel crate	$2000
Plushie crate	$1000
PTech restock crate	$1200
Puppy corgi crate	$1200
Radiation collector crate	$1000
Radiation protection crate	$1000
Random artifact spawner	$2000
RCD crate	$800
Replacement lights crate	$600
Restraints crate	$1000
Robotech Deluxe restock crate	$1600
Sad trombone implants	$1000
Salvage restock crate	$1000
Scientist bio suit crate	$800
Sealant grenade crate	$2500
SecTech restock crate	$2200
Security bio suit crate	$800
Security supplies crate	$500
Seeds crate	$600
ShadyCigs restock crate	$1200
Shotgun crate	$7000
Singularity generator crate	$4000
Slimeperson life support crate	$350
SMG crate	$9000
Smokeables crate	$1500
Snake crate	$3000
Soda dispenser refill crate	$850
Softdrinks bulk crate	$2400
Softdrinks crate	$1200
Solar assembly crate	$525
Solar's Best restock crate	$1200
Solid plasma crate	$2000
Space heater crate	$350
Special instrument collector's crate	$10000
Station beacon bundle	$500
Steel sheet crate	$1500
Storage canister	$1010
String instrument ensemble crate	$2500
Swat crate	$7500
Tank dispenser restock crate	$1000
Tesla coil crate	$1200
Tesla generator crate	$4000
Tesla grounding rod crate	$400
Textiles crate	$1500
The grand lottery $$$	$10000
Theatrical performances crate	$1800
Thruster crate	$1500
Toy box	$900
Tracking implants	$1000
Training bombs	$3000
Variety instrument collection	$2000
Vendomat restock crate	$1200
Vial supply crate	$1000
Virology bio suit crate	$800
Water gun crate	$750
Water tank	$1000
Woodwind instrument ensemble crate	$2500

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.