Guide to Cargo

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Supply Department

Departmental Head
Quartermaster

Supply Roles

Quartermaster •

Miner •

Explorer •

Cargo Tech

Supply Guides

Guide to Cargo •

Guide to Mining •

Guide to Lavaland •

Lavaland Elite •

Autolathe •

Paperwork •

Purchasable Shuttles •

Supply Crates •

Abandoned Crates

Space Exploration •

Station Economy •

Supply Items

MODsuits •

Supply SOP

Return to Supply Portal

Supply department is what keeps the station moving, thanks to constant deliveries from NAS Trurl and Lavaland. It can be divided into two parts:

• Miners, who are constantly risking their life on a hellish planet, to supply highly desired ore to your station.
• Cargo bay and office, responsible for supplying goods, distributing mail and handling crate shipments.

Working in cargo is rather simple, which makes it a perfect starter department. This guide is meant to explain the second part, cargo and how to handle it.

Tools of the trade

Cargo contains a lot of unique items with various functions. Getting to know them is one of the keys to being a successful Cargo Technician.

See also Supply Items

Supply Items

Office Supplies

Name	Description
Rapid Crate Sender	Used to teleport crates and lockers to cargo telepads. Can be emagged.
Destination Tagger	Used to set destination of packages when disposal mailing. Choose a destination and click a wrapped object with it! More can be made in the autolathe.
Approval Stamp	Used for approving paperwork and manifests.
Denial Stamp	Used for denying paperwork.
Quartermaster's Stamp	Used to make paperwork look more official. Quartermaster's office starts with one.
Wrapping Paper	Used for wrapping crates and other objects. Needed for disposal mail. More can be found in an Artvend.
MULEbot	A delivery robot, used to deliver crates to special dropoff sites. Can be controlled with a cargo PDA. More can be ordered from CC. It can also be hacked.
Filing Cabinet	Used for storing paperwork. More can be ordered from CC.
Clipboard	Used for storing paperwork. More can be ordered from CC.
Shipping Manifests	Comes with every Cargo Shuttle order. When stamped, can be exported for money.
Space Cash	Can be withdrawn from and deposited into ATMs. It is extremely important for ordering goods.
EFTPOS	Once set, any crew member can swipe their ID to transfer money to the linked account. Can be used if you are running a side buisness of sorts.
Crates	Used to store items and make exports. Can be found all around the station.

Mail Supplies

Name	Description
Mail Scanner	This device allows you to log mail deliveries in exchange for financial compensation. Scan a letter to log it into the database, then scan the person you wish to hand the letter to. Correctly scanning the recipient of the letter logged into the database will add credits to the Supply budget.
Mail Crate	A plastic crate used to store mail.
Mail Bag	A bag for storing envelopes, stamps, pens, and papers.
Letter	What you will be delivering to crew. You can get more letters via the cargo shuttle.

Mining Items

See: Guide to Mining

Supply Machinery

Name	Description
Autolathe	A fabricator of tools materials, and other objects. The most commonly used machine in supply department. For what it can print, see Autolathe. It can also be hacked.
Photocopier	Used for copying documents and other papers.
Ore Redemption Machine	A machine that turns ore into usable material sheets. Rewards mining with points that can be spent at the mining vendor.
Cargo Telepad	Destination for crates and lockers to teleport to. Necessary when using the RCS. More can be printed by the research department.
Mining Equipment Vendor	A vending machine containing mining equipment. Contents include: Item Point Price Gear Advanced Scanner 800 Explorer's Webbing 500 Fulton Beacon 400 Mining Conscription Kit 1500 Jetpack Upgrade 2000 Jump Boots 2500 Lazarus Capsule 800 Lazarus Capsule Belt 200 Mining Hardsuit 2000 Tracking Bio-chip Kit 600 Consumables 10 Marker Beacons 100 Brute First-Aid Kit 600 Fulton Pack 1000 Jaunter 750 Lazarus Injector 1000 Point Transfer Card 500 Shelter Capsule 400 Stabillizing Serum 400 Survival Medipen 500 Kinetic Accelerator Kinetic Accelerator 750 KA Adjustable Tracer Rounds 150 KA AoE Damage 2000 KA Cooldown Decrease 1000 KA Damage Increase 1000 KA Hyper Chassis 300 KA Minebot Passtthrough 100 KA Range Increase 1000 KA Super Chassis 250 KA White Tracer Rounds 100 Digging Tools Diamond Pickaxe 2000 Kinetic Accelerator 750 Kinetic Crusher 750 Resonator 800 Silver Pickaxe 1000 Super Resonator 2500 Minebot Nanotrasen Minebot 800 Minebot AI Upgrade 1000 Minebot Armor Upgrade 400 Minebot Cooldown Upgrade 600 Minebot Melee Upgrade 400 Miscellaneous Absinthe 100 Alien Toy 300 Cigar 150 GAR Meson Scanners 500 Laser Pointer 300 Luxury Shelter Capsule 3000 Soap 200 200 Credits 2000 Whiskey 100
CargoDrobe	A vending machine containing cargo uniforms. Can be hacked. Contents include: Item Amount Price Cargo Technician's Jumpsuit 6 50 Cargo Technician's Jumpskirt 3 50 Cargo Winter Coat 3 75 Cargo Bomber Jacket 3 75 Hazard Vest 3 50 Cargo Cap 3 20 Orange Hard Hat 2 30 Fingerless Gloves 6 20 Cargo Armband 6 20 Black Shoes 3 20 Work Boots 3 20 HACKED Quartermaster Action Figure 1 FREE Cargo Technician Action Figure 1 FREE
Recycler	Shreds any small items into pieces, extracting materials from them in the process. Can be emagged.
Recharger	Used to recharge any small items. In cargo, most commonly used to charge the RCS.
Cell Charger	Used to recharge power cells.
Suit Storage Unit	Secure equipment storage. Can be found in the Mining Outpost and the Quartermaster's Office.
Nanotrasen Merch Vendor	A public vending machine containing toys and other merch. Contents include: Item Price Toys Snap-Pops 100 Dungeons & Dragons Set 100 Dice Set 100 Candles 100 Nano-Mob Hunter Trading Card Booster Pack 125 Crayons 175 Smoking Pipe 175 Miniature Gibber 200 UNUM! 200 Replica Katana 250 Space Violin 250 Guitar 250 Electric Guitar 250 Banjo 250 Piano Synthesizer 500 Banhammer 1000 Decorations Slime People Flag 500 Skrell Flag 500 Vox Flag 500 Synthetics Flag 500 Diona Flag 500 Human Flag 500 Greys Flag 500 Kidan Flag 500 Tajaran Flag 500 Unathi Flag 500 Vulpkanin Flag 500 Drask Flag 500 Plasmaman Flag 500 Nian Flag 500 Ian Flag 750 SolGov Flag 750

Supply Computers

Name	Description
Mining Shuttle Console	Control panel of the mining shuttle. Required to travel between the station and Guide to Lavaland#Lavaland.
Supply Shuttle Console	Used for making cargo orders, approving (and denying) already existing orders, and controlling the Cargo Shuttle. It can also be hacked.
Supply Ordering Console	Similar to the supply shuttle console but public, and cannot control the cargo shuttle.
Mining Camera Console	Used for spying on inspecting the mining outpost from afar. A useful tool to make sure there is no trouble planet-side.
Stacking Console	Grabs leftovers from the recycler and turns them into material sheets.
Supply Management Console	A tool that allows the Quartermaster to fire their staff, as well as allowing them to hire more.

Autolathe

An autolathe is a fabricator of tools and materials. It must be filled with a certain amount of metal or glass before being able to create these items, and it can also recycle these items if needed. Managing your autolathe is a task that's both important, and easy to pick up.

People will come to your office, asking for certain items. As a Cargo Technician it is your duty to answer those requests!

Using the Autolathe

After clicking on the Autolathe, it will present you with this window:

BasicVisual Explanation

This is how the window looks by default

This is a breakdown of autolathe buttons

If a position is grayed out, it means autolathe is out of either metal or glass.
To find an item, either look for it in the correct category, or use the search bar.

What items can the Autolathe print?

See also Autolathe

ToolsElectronicsConstructionCommunicationSecurityMachineryMedicalMiscellaneousDinnerwareImported Items

Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials
Analyzer	Metal: 210 Glass: 140	Bucket	Metal: 400	Cable Coil	Metal: 15 Glass: 10
Emergency Welding Tool	Metal: 200 Glass: 50	Fire Extinguisher	Metal: 200	Flashlight	Metal: 200 Glass: 100
Geiger Counter	Metal: 210 Glass:150	Industrial Welding Tool	Metal: 400 Glass: 300	Multitool	Metal: 300 Glass: 140
Crowbar	Metal: 300	Screwdriver	Metal: 350	Spraycan	Metal: 100 Glass: 100
T-ray Scanner	Metal: 300	Toolbox	Metal: 500	Welding Helmet	Metal: 1750 Glass: 400
Welding Tool	Metal: 400 Glass: 100	Wirecutters	Metal: 370	Wrench	Metal: 600

Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials
Air Alarm Electronics	Metal: 100 Glass: 100	Airlock Electronics	Metal: 100 Glass: 100	APC Electronics	Metal: 100 Glass: 100
Destination Tagger	Metal: 250 Glass: 150	Fire Alarm Electronics	Metal: 100 Glass: 100	Firelock Electronics	Metal: 100 Glass: 100
Hand Labeler	Metal: 150 Glass: 150	Intercom Electronics	Metal: 100 Glass: 100	Bar Sign Electronics	Metal: 100 Glass: 100
Machine Board (Vendor)	Metal: 250 Glass: 750

Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials
AI Status Display Frame	Metal: 6000 Glass: 2000	Camera Assembly	Metal: 400 Glass: 250	Compressed Matter Cartridge	Metal: 16000 Glass: 8000
Conveyor belt	Metal: 5000	Conveyor Belt Placer	Metal: 5000 Glass: 1000	Conveyor Belt Switch	Metal: 450 Glass: 190
Entertainment Monitor Frame	Metal: 6000 Glass: 2000	Glass	Glass: 2000	Light Bulb	Glass: 200
Light Tube	Glass: 200	Metal	Metal: 2000	Metal Rod	Metal: 1000
Newscaster Frame	Metal: 6000 Glass: 2000	Rapid Cable Layer	Metal: 5000	Rapid Construction Device (Rcd)	Metal: 30000
Rapid Pipe Dispenser (Rpd)	Metal: 75000 Glass: 37500	Reinforced Glass	Metal: 1000 Glass: 2000	Safe Internals	Metal: 1000
Status Display Frame	Metal: 6000 Glass: 2000

Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials
Radio Headset	Metal: 200	Remote Signaling Device	Metal: 400 Glass: 120	Station Bounced Radio	Metal: 200 Glass: 100

Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials
Beanbag Slug	Metal: 250	E-Revolver Charge Pack	Metal: 20000 Glass: 6000	Rubber Shot	Metal: 4000

Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials
Basic Capacitor	Metal: 100 Glass: 100	Basic Matter Bin	Metal: 100	Basic Micro-Laser	Metal: 100 Glass: 50
Basic Power Cell	Metal: 700 Glass: 50	Basic Scanning Module	Metal: 100 Glass: 50	Micro Manipulator	Metal: 100

Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials
Automender	Metal: 1000 Glass: 1000	Beaker	Glass: 1000	Bone Gel	Metal: 1000 Glass: 6000
Bone Setter	Metal: 4000	Cautery	Metal: 2500 Glass: 750	Circular Saw	Metal: 10000 Glass: 6000
FixOVein	Metal: 5000 Glass: 3000	Health Analyzer	Metal: 500 Glass: 50	Health Sensor	Metal: 800 Glass: 200
Hemostat	Metal: 5000 Glass: 2500	Large Beaker	Glass: 2500	Medical Hypospray	Metal: 500 Glass: 500
Pill Bottle	Metal: 80 Glass: 20	Retractor	Metal: 6000 Glass: 3000	Scalpel	Metal: 4000 Glass: 1000
Stethescope	Metal: 500	Surgical Drill	Metal: 10000 Glass: 6000	Syringe	Metal: 10 Glass: 20

Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials
Box of Foam Darts	Metal: 500	Box of Sniper Foam Darts	Metal: 900	Cultivator	Metal: 200
Desk Bell	Metal: 4000	Earmuffs	Metal: 500 Glass: 500	Hatchet	Metal: 15000
Igniter	Metal: 500 Glass: 50	Infrared Emitter	Metal: 1000 Glass: 500	Mail Scanner	Metal: 1500 Glass: 500
Mirror	Glass: 2500	Painter	Metal: 5000 Glass: 2000	Mousetrap	Metal: 800 Glass: 200
Noise Analyser	Metal: 210 Glass: 50	Plant Analyzer	Metal: 210 Glass: 40	Proximity Sensor	Metal: 800 Glass: 200
Shovel	Metal: 200	Spade	Metal: 200	Tape	Metal: 40 Glass: 10
Timer	Metal: 500 Glass: 50	Universal Recorder	Metal: 180 Glass: 90	Voice Analyzer	Metal: 500 Glass: 50
Spray Bottle	Metal: 2000 Glass: 5000

Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials	Item	Required Materials
Drinking Glass	Glass: 100	Fork	Metal: 100	Kitchen Knife	Metal: 12000
Shaker	Metal: 1500	Shot Glass	Glass: 50	Spoon	Metal: 100
Spork	Metal: 100	Serving Tray	Metal: 3000

Explanation:
Science Department can copy some designs to the autolathe with usage of design disks. Only items made out of metal and glass can be copied. To do so, first import design from RnD console to the disk, then insert it into an autolathe.
In addition, Free Golems start with a Golem Creation Disk, that lets them create more of their kind.

Ore Redemption Machine

Your colleagues working in mining regularly deliver materials, and put them inside of this giant smelter. After they leave, it becomes your job to dispense those goods to the ever-hungry crew. Certain jobs can access the ORM freely, but, for example, assistants, cannot. Those kind of crew need your help with getting what they need.

Stations needs those materials for research, saving lives, or even simply redecorating.

Taking and Filling Orders

Request console is the ever-beating heart of cargo. People can spend their hard-earned money (or corporate funds) on items that cannot be found anywhere else.

Using the Supply Shuttle Console

After clicking on the console, it will present you with this window:

BasicVisual Explanation

This is how the window looks by default

This is a breakdown of console's buttons

Ordering Crates

In order to order a crate:

1. Choose the account.
   
2. Find what you are looking for. You can use both the categories, or the search bar.
   
3. Select amount of orders you are making, fill out the reason.
   
4. If you are a Cargo Technician, approve your order and wait for it to arrive.
   

What can be ordered?

See also Supply Crates#Crates

Approving Orders

Approving Orders (UI):

BasicVisual Explanation

This is how the UI looks by default

This is a breakdown of the UI

Personal Account Orders

If an order was placed with someone's personal account, any Cargo Technician can approve it. To do so, simply click the Approve button.

Departmental Account Orders

If an order was placed with a departmental account, only the appropriate command member can approve it.
Supply Account is different, as any Cargo Technician can also approve orders with it. Here is a table of which head may approve what:

Account	Can approve orders
Command	Captain, Head of Personnel, Nanotrasen Representative and Blueshield
Security	Captain and Head of Security
Engineering	Captain and Chief Engineer
Science	Captain and Research Director
Medical	Captain and Chief Medical Officer
Service	Captain, Head of Personnel, Nanotrasen Representative and Blueshield
Supply	Captain, Head of Personnel, Quartermaster, Any VIP and Cargo Technicians
Assistant	Captain, Any Head and Any VIP

Denying Orders

In case there is something sketchy about an order, you should consult the Quartermaster wether to approve it or not.
An example (shown in the UI pictures) would be Mr. Rob Banks, an assistant, ordering combat shotguns for "redecorating".

To deny an order, press the Deny button.

Bureaucracy

After any order is placed, a Requisition Form will be printed. You can stamp them appropriately and hide them in your cabinet or your clipboard.

It is done in case something unusual happens. Access to any paperwork should usually be granted to internal affairs agents for purposes of investigations.

After any order arrives on station, it comes with a Shipping Manifest. Those are needed when exporting goods.

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In addition, sometimes, the Quartermaster may enforce Paperwork for other goods.
It usually results in giving item request forms to public, and only then fulfilling their orders.

It is done to keep a better track of supplies being distributed, but otherwise it slows everything down and makes crew very annoyed.

It is highly advised to drop any paperwork once a massive, staion-wide threat is confirmed.

Deliveries

Delivering orders is a major part of your job! There is a mountain of ways to do so, some more effective than others.

Using a MULEBot

MULEbots are essentially delivery bots. You can load them up with crates and send them where they need to be at!

You can find two in the Cargo Bay, or order a few more!

Sending Crates

1. Drag the crate on to the MULE.
2. Set a destination with your PDA or on the control panel.
3. Send the MULE off!

MULEbot maintenance

To fix MULEbot's damage:

In the case your MULE has been injured but not destroyed you can repair it in 5 easy steps.

1. Unlock the Bot with an appropriate ID.
2. Screw open the maintenance panel with a Screwdriver.
3. Weld the bot until it is fixed.
4. Screw close the maintenance panel with a Screwdriver.
5. Lock the Bot with an appropriate ID.

To re-charge a MULEbot:

In the case your MULE has ran out of power, follow these steps.

1. Open up the maintenance panel with a screwdriver. (Make sure the controls are unlocked first!)
2. Take out the power cell. (Top entry.)
3. Insert charged power cell.
4. Close panel with screwdriver.
5. Turn the Mulebot back on.

Hidden Functionality

Any MULEbot can be hacked to change it's behaviour. It is worth noting, hacking MULEs is against the SoP and may get you fired.

Disposals Mail

This is an alternative way of delivering items, and is usually preferable to MULE transport as long as the pipes are still intact.

1. Wrap your item/crate with package wrapper.
2. Pick up the destination tagger and click it to set a destination.
3. Use the destination tagger on the parcel.
   • Optional: Use a pen to write a message on the parcel, or custom set a destination.
4. Stick it on the conveyor, or dump it in a disposals unit, and let the system handle it.
   • Tip: Click and drag the large parcels to disposals units to put them in. This can only be done a few times however.

You can also gift wrap packages, but these cannot be tagged with a destination, and have to be delivered manually. This will not work with large objects. The process is slightly more complicated.

1. Pick up the item you want to wrap.
2. Hold a sharp object in your other hand. ( Wirecutters are the most common for this.)
3. Click the wrapping paper with the item you want to wrap.

Gift wrapping a human is also possible, but they must have a straight jacket on and you need the wrapping paper in your hand. This is usually not a good idea.

Request Console Shipping

Used for smaller, item-sized shipments. Does NOT support delivering crates.

1. Find the nearest Request Console
2. Click the "Print Shipping Label" button.
3. Select the destination.
4. Swipe your ID card on the console, press the "Print Label" button.
5. Put the item inside of the shipping package.
6. Seal the package. (Use the box in hand.)
7. Put it inside of a [File:Disposal bin.png|32px]] disposal unit.

The Telepads

Cargo Office and RnD start with a cargo telepad.
You can link the Rapid Crate Sender (RCS for short) with said telepads. RCS can then be used to teleport crates and lockers to that telepad.

Teleporting Crates

1. Link the RCS with a telepad. (Use it in hand.)
2. Click a crate while holding the RCS.

Recharging the RCS

1. Put the RCS into a recharger. (It can be found in your office.)
2. Wait.
3. Once the recharger starts glowing yellow, click it to take the RCS out.

Using the telepads efficiently

When a massive order arrives, a smart cargo employee may move their telepad to the delivery spot. To do so,

1. Unwrench the telepad.
2. Move it.
3. Wrench down the telepad.

A bored Cargo Technician may choose to grab the RCS and go Crate Hunting in Maintenance. It is a good idea to move the telepad closer to the Export Conveyor Belt in Cargo Bay.

Getting more telepads

To get more telepads, you can ask RnD for Telepad Beacons.
Use one in hand to summon a brand new telepad.

The Loader MODSuit

You can order a special MODsuit from Central Command. The Quartermaster starts with one in their office. Once activated, it allows the user to carry up to six crates.

See also MODsuits

Using a MODsuit

To use a MODsuit, place it on your backpack slot, where your satchel/backpack would normally go. You can also place items into the MODsuit as you would place them into a backpack, if it's equipped with a Storage Module. Deploy each part of the suit, and then activate it. 

Loading a MODsuit

1. Select the Loader Hydraulic Clamp module.
2. Hold the "ALT" button and click a crate.

Unloading a MODsuit

1. Select the Loader Hydraulic Clamp module.
2. Hold the "ALT" button and click on an empty floor tile.

By Foot

Extremely inefficient, but when everything else fails, grab the crate and take it straight to it's new owner!

To drag a crate, hold "CTRL" and click it.

Station Mail

This page needs to be reviewed/updated:
REASON: mail is real, needs an explanation

Exports

Exporting goods is an important part of your job too. It generates income for supply department, which you can then spend on goods! To correctly export an item, it needs to be on the Supply Shuttle. If an item isn't a crate, it needs to inside of one.

Here is a list of items that can be exported

• Crates - 15 Credits each to supply account
  • 25 space credits per secure crate.
  • 3 space credits per plastic crate.
• Stamped Manifests - 5 credits each to the supply account
• Plasma Stacks - 10 credits for every unit exported to the supply account
• Enemy Intel Documents - 750 credits each to the supply account
• Exotic Plant Seeds - Gives variable credits depending on plant seed type, rarity, and potency. The revenue is split 50/50 between service and supply.
• Research Levels - Stored in technology disks, they give variable credits depending on research type, rarity, and level achieve. The revenue is split 50/50 between science and supply.

For further explanation of pricing, see Station Economy.

Leftover Money

If supply account is filled with cash (read: there is about 2500 spare credits), and the Quartermaster allows it, as per your SoP, you can spend some of it on whatever you want!