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Enormous Freight Containers
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Nobbler Hakuli
Doomheim
#1 - 2013-02-09 13:49:55 UTC
Do these have to be hauled into a hole assembled or can you assemble them in space?
Bugsy VanHalen
Society of lost Souls
#2 - 2013-02-12 15:58:16 UTC
Nobbler Hakuli wrote:
Do these have to be hauled into a hole assembled or can you assemble them in space?

You can have them in a ship in a packaged state, they will automatically assemble when jettisoned/launched. I have tested this, it works. An enormous frieght container can be hauled to location in any ship with at least 2500m3 cargo, and then launched to give a floating can with 250,000m3 capacity.

They can not be anchored or locked, but do not seem to despawn either. I have had several of different sizes sitting at safe spots for over 3 months and they are still there. the only real down side to using them other than not being able to lock them, is they have zero structural points. they can be destroyed in one shot from a noob ship with a civilian gun, just like jetcans.

The advantage they have is only when compared to jetcans, they are basically a jetcan as far as utility goes, but are much larger, and never despawn. They can not be scaned down, So using one at a safe spot for storage is fairly safe as they can only be found if they scan you down while you are on grid with it. they can also be dropped inside a pos shield for storage, but again can not be locked.
Phaderift
Girls Lie But Zkill Doesn't
Pandemic Legion
#3 - 2013-02-12 18:37:25 UTC
Bugsy VanHalen wrote:
Nobbler Hakuli wrote:
Do these have to be hauled into a hole assembled or can you assemble them in space?

You can have them in a ship in a packaged state, they will automatically assemble when jettisoned/launched. I have tested this, it works. An enormous frieght container can be hauled to location in any ship with at least 2500m3 cargo, and then launched to give a floating can with 250,000m3 capacity.

They can not be anchored or locked, but do not seem to despawn either. I have had several of different sizes sitting at safe spots for over 3 months and they are still there. the only real down side to using them other than not being able to lock them, is they have zero structural points. they can be destroyed in one shot from a noob ship with a civilian gun, just like jetcans.

The advantage they have is only when compared to jetcans, they are basically a jetcan as far as utility goes, but are much larger, and never despawn. They can not be scaned down, So using one at a safe spot for storage is fairly safe as they can only be found if they scan you down while you are on grid with it. they can also be dropped inside a pos shield for storage, but again can not be locked.



not totally true about the whole cant be scanned down. We once had a group of about 7 of them dropped at someones safe. using dscan and a 100mn micro fit vaga we were able to triangulate them and then burn to the cans and steal their content. though it took about a week to do. So they are safe .. but not impossible to find