Guide to Cargo

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.

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Space Cash	Can be withdrawn from and deposited into ATMs.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?

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 ravenous crew. Certain jobs can access the ORM freely, but, for example, assistants, cannot. Those kinds 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:

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

What can be ordered?

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 place 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.
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, station-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

Drag the crate on to the MULE.
Set a destination with your PDA or on the control panel.
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.

Unlock the Bot with an appropriate ID.
Screw open the maintenance panel with a Screwdriver.
Weld the bot until it is fixed.
Screw close the maintenance panel with a Screwdriver.
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.

Open up the maintenance panel with a screwdriver. (Make sure the controls are unlocked first!)
Take out the power cell. (Top entry.)
Insert charged power cell.
Close panel with screwdriver.
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.

Wrap your item/crate with package wrapper.
Pick up the destination tagger and click it to set a destination.
Use the destination tagger on the parcel.
- Optional: Use a pen to write a message on the parcel, or custom set a destination.
Stick it on the conveyor, or dump it in a disposals unit. Remember to turn on the conveyors to make the system work.
- 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.

Pick up the item you want to wrap.
Hold a sharp object in your other hand. ( Wirecutters are the most common for this.)
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.

Find the nearest Request Console
Click the "Print Shipping Label" button.
Select the destination.
Swipe your ID card on the console, press the "Print Label" button.
Put the item inside of the shipping package.
Seal the package. (Use the box in hand.)
Put it inside of a 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

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

Recharging the RCS

Put the RCS into a recharger. (It can be found in your office.)
Wait.
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,

Unwrench the telepad.
Move it.
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.

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

Sick of sitting around in Cargo, waiting for the next order to come in? Mail is a great alternative to earning credits for cargo and it gets you moving around the station!

Obtaining Mail

Every 15 minutes, a mail crate will be delivered to the station via shuttle. It contains 5 letters to be delivered to crewmembers. These letters contain a random item and some amount of credits!
Take the crate off the shuttle and open it up. You can collect the letters with a mail bag, which can be found in a cargo locker, or can be made with cloth.
You can send the mail crates back to be sold on the shuttle!

Delivering Mail

Grab your mail scanner, which can be found in your pocket or be created in an autolathe, then scan the letters with the mail scanner to add them to the database. It's important to register them in the database, or they won't be valid for financial compensation. It is worth noting that mail scanner works at a surprisingly large range!
When you find the crewmember, scan them with the mail scanner. If successful, just hand over the letter! However, if it's denied, check if it's the correct name; it can also be denied if they are dead or SSD.
- Can't find the recipient? Luckily, your radio and PDA can help, and is an easy way of getting in contact with them! You can also check the manifest and see what department they are in, so visit there and ask their co-workers. The letters also have a wax stamp on them that indicates their department by colour.
Once the letter has been delivered, 100 credits will be sent to supply's account.

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 be 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!

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
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

Guide to Cargo

Tools of the trade

Supply Items

Office Supplies

Mail Supplies

Mining Items

Supply Machinery

Supply Computers

Autolathe

Using the Autolathe

What items can the Autolathe print?

Ore Redemption Machine

Taking and Filling Orders

Using the Supply Shuttle Console

Ordering Crates

Approving Orders

Bureaucracy

Deliveries

Using a MULEBot

Sending Crates

MULEbot maintenance

Hidden Functionality

Disposals Mail

Request Console Shipping

The Telepads

Using the telepads efficiently

Getting more telepads

The Loader MODSuit

By Foot

Station Mail

Obtaining Mail

Delivering Mail

Exports

Leftover Money

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