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# Reduce speed until movement lines in the scoop helper interface are blue. Failure to correctly align or reduce speed may damage your ship and/or your cargo.
# Reduce speed until movement lines in the scoop helper interface are blue. Failure to correctly align or reduce speed may damage your ship and/or your cargo.
# You must be at 5m or less from the cargo and it will be picked up by it self
# You must be at 5m or less from the cargo and it will be picked up by it self
==See Also==
* [[Commodities]] for information on legal goods
* [[Black Market]] for information on illegal/stolen goods
* [[Trader]]
* [[Smuggler]]
[[Category:Equipment]]
[[Category:Equipment]]

Revision as of 21:06, 1 January 2015

The Cargo Scoop is a standard piece of equipment mounted to the ship that enables the collection of cargo canisters that are freely floating in space into the cargo bay of the ship.

When the cargo scoop is deployed and a valid cargo canister is selected as the current target, the target schematic is replaced with scoop helper interface.

How to scoop cargo

  1. Press the corresponding button. Default: Home
  2. Position the ship so that target cargo is centered in the scoop helper interface.
  3. Fly towards the cargo, ensuring that the representation of the canister remains centered in the crosshairs.
  4. Reduce speed until movement lines in the scoop helper interface are blue. Failure to correctly align or reduce speed may damage your ship and/or your cargo.
  5. You must be at 5m or less from the cargo and it will be picked up by it self

See Also