Transport drone

Sizes

The Cargo Freighter also carries a surge drive, making it the only transport in this family that's suitable for interstellar routes on its own.

Interstellar transport without a freighter

If you'd rather not run freighters, deploy surge plates in the source and destination systems tagged taxi. Transport drones and haulers will hop between them for the interstellar leg of the route.

Commands

Transports take two commands: collect_resources at the source and deposit_resources at the destination. Send the drone to the relevant location first.

# pick up specific resources from the current location
$ curl -X POST https://api.replicant.space/v1/devices/7FE981A0 \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"command": "collect_resources", "resources": {"carbon": 50, "structural": 30}}'

The resources object is a per-type breakdown of what to load from the local stockpile.

# dropping the whole cargo - omit resources to empty the hold
$ curl -X POST https://api.replicant.space/v1/devices/7FE981A0 \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"command": "deposit_resources"}'

For deposits, the resources field is optional. Pass a breakdown to drop specific amounts, or omit it to empty the entire cargo hold at the current location.

Running a fleet

Once you've got more than a few transport drones running routes, hand them off to a Transport Controller to keep your transport routes and stockpiles organised automatically.