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 configured in taxi-mode. 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" \
    -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" \
    -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.