Abonner for at downloade
Universal Cargo Unit (UCU), no mods

The Universal Cargo Unit or UCU is my personal standard cargo unit. I use it with all of my ships.

The idea behind the UCU is as simple as realistic. To have a cargo unit that is alwas the same size, so you can pick up and transport it with a lot of ships and vehicles. Just like the containers on nowadays naval cargo-ships.

I have some ships that work with the UCUs

- Grasshopper Cargo Lifter (can pick up 1 UCU)
- Packhorse Transporter (can transport 4 UCUs)
- Hercules Freighter (10 UCUs)
- Elephant Freighter (16 UCUs)

LOADOUT

- 10 large cargo containers (no need to explain)

- 1 connector at the top: This connector is not connected to the UCU's conveyor systems. It is only for connecting with the ship that is supposed to transport the UCU. (and to access the UCU's terminal)

- 1 connector at the bottom: This is the connector for loading and unloading the UCU.

- 4 landing gears (grouped): to make sure, your UCU doesn't fly away or fall over when not connected to another grid.

- artificial mass: you can activate it before dropping the UCU, so it will find it's way to the platform instead of hovering in space.
(Caution: artifical mass can cause the transporting ship to move downward. You should turn it of as soon as it reaches the ship. This problem doesn't occur on static platforms and stations)

- battery, so the UCU is always powered (it doesn't need much energy)

- small script that deactivates the UCU's beacon as soon as the UCU is beeing connected to another ship. I made this script because it's annoying to fly around with the Elephant freighter and having 16 beacons visible all the time.

HOW TO USE

- you can pick up the UCU with every ship that has a connector, as long as the connector sticks out of the ship enough.
- The UCU has 4 colored buttons on each side:
--> red button: unlock landing gears
--> green button: lock landing gears
--> blue button: switch lock of bottom connector
--> yellow button: turn artificial mass on/off


Alternative UCUs
Universial Cargo Unit - Light
Universial Cargo Unit - Hydrogen
Universial Cargo Unit - Light Hydrogen
Universial Cargo Unit - Light Oxygen

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