Trade Data and Military Plan = 1 Ton of Cargo?
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Well, I guess the canister himself weights one ton... This is the only thing that makes sense to me
This is what I was thinking. It's probably a fairly small SSD holding a lot of information, so is placed in a physically and electronically sealed container to ensure no tampering.
It's a shame that the old Elite variables were not maintained e.g. 1g of precious gemstones, 1kg of gold/silver etc, 1t of grain. There's no reason why this can't be implemented, and no reason why scoopables have to use 1t of cargo space if they are merely data storage devices.
Maybe the devs will look into this soon?
Well it standardizes shipping, and it makes sense for the price differences. imagine the market prices now but you only got 1 gram of gold. Also, when mining from asteroids, there is HUGE deposits you are getting at once. It makes sense that you would mine 1t of rock, and then that rock would be traded about.
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Maybe they are plans on paper, harddrives and other devices. 1 ton of them sounds much, but its the container size. It might not be full, just its stockable in 1 size fits all. Man, we old timers come up with awesome explanations for everything. Our imagination rules!
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I disagree. It makes sense to standardize containers, but it doesn't make sense to only have one size of container available.
Containers all weigh the same, so you're wasting as much fuel on a piece of paper as you are on 1 ton of steel. Completely illogical, more so when you consider that ships vary in size.
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My point is, you don't ship 1 piece of paper! Shipping through space is expensive, it is likely ONLY done in large quantities, and in the case of military plans and such, I would again say the container's weight comes from the fact that it protects the plans from physical or electronic manipulation.
I don't know... It kind of makes sense to have everything in standardized containers. Like the containers on a boat. They're all the same and it makes the job much simpler for everyone.
Also, If there was 1g of precious gemstones floating around in space, I don't think you'd be able to even see it, let alone scoop it effectively.
Maybe when we have the walking module they could enable us to get out of the ship and take individual things out of the canisters. But then it would also make sense to have them locked for security reasons, so..
Edit: When I think about it, since they have the same volume, cargo canisters should all take the same cargo space but have different weight. Ships would then have maximum cargo space instead of maximum cargo weight. This way, if you fly with 100 units of tea, your ship would be a lot lighter than if you flew with 100 units of gold.
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I've been having some trouble understanding this myself. I got this one mission that said this guy and a 'couple' of his friends pitched in to get a little coffee and were wondering if I could bring them some. It only paid like less than 2k credits but they wanted me to bring 3 coffee (so 3 tons). So a 'little' coffee for him and his friends is more than a lifetime supply? lol...
What you don't know is that they are all addicted to playing a Online Space Sim. You go through a lot of coffee with that addiction.