Loose Module (M)

Loose Module (M)

T2

Cargo Depot module for transferring loose materials (such as Bauxite). It can be built in any empty slot of a Cargo Depot. Unloads cargo 50% faster comparing to the basic module.

Construction	60
Workers	5
Electricity	40 KW
Maintenance	3.0 / 60
Footprint	10x5
Cargo	Sulfur or Quartz or Uranium Ore
Storage	360
Required Research	Cargo Depot II
Designation	Cargo Docks
Variants	Loose Module (S) Loose Module (L)

The Loose Module (M) is a medium-capacity storage for loose products which automatically unloads Cargo Ships. It features storage for 360 units and two output connections for U-shape Conveyors (or their variants).

The throughput of unloading the compartment of a Cargo Ship with this module is 180 / 60 . This rate can be matched with one U-shape Conveyor II. It should be noted that ship transit and docking also take time:

• 180 (3.0 months) for round trip if "Reduce ship speed & save fuel" is disabled
• 360 (6.0 months) for round trip if "Reduce ship speed & save fuel" is enabled

("Reduce ship speed & save fuel" is a setting in Cargo Depot)

• 10 (5 days) for docking and undocking

The summarized information is shown in the below table.

Throughput of cargo modules (version 0.4.11)

Module	Time ()			Throughput ( / 60 )
	Unloading	Over total cycle		Unloading	Over total cycle
		Standard	Save Fuel		Standard	Save Fuel
Fluid Module (S)	240	430	610	110.0	61.4	43.3
Fluid Module (M)	120	310	490	220.0	85.2	53.9
Fluid Module (L)	60	250	430	440.0	105.6	61.4
Loose Module (S)	240	430	610	90.0	50.2	35.4
Loose Module (M)	120	310	490	180.0	69.7	44.1
Loose Module (L)	60	250	430	360.0	86.4	50.2
Unit Module (S) Unit Module (M) Unit Module (L)	Same as Loose Modules

Resource selection

After construction, Cargo Dock modules require the desired cargo to be set in the module's UI window. The player may choose from Sulfur, Quartz, or Uranium Ore if they have discovered and repaired the Sulfur Mine, Quartz Mine, or Uranium Mine outposts respectively.

The cargo selection of adjacent modules, and even the types of modules themselves, can be mixed-and-matched as desired. It should be noted that modules which share a Cargo Dock are frequently built in identical pairs for ease of Cargo Ship management. As a Cargo Ship will wait idle for several months before venturing back out if not fully unloaded, mixing of module types can result in a situation where the ship waits for extended periods for the less-utilized cargo type to be empty before departing, causing reduced throughput or shortages of the more-utilized cargo type.

Module throughput vs resource extraction

Given the averaged download speed of a small Cargo Module is 38.0 units /60s and the following outpost extraction rates we can calculate that...

• Sulfur Mine at 9 units /60s per shift:
  • One small Cargo Dock module can continuously outpace production from a 1-shift outpost producing (at 23.7% duty cycle)
  • One small Cargo Dock module can continuously outpace production from a 2-shift outpost producing (at 47.4% duty cycle)
  • One small Cargo Dock module can continuously outpace production from a 3-shift outpost producing (at 71.1% duty cycle)
• Quartz Mine at 15 units /60s per shift:
  • One small Cargo Dock module can continuously outpace production from a 1-shift outpost producing (at 39.5% duty cycle)
  • One small Cargo Dock module can continuously outpace production from a 2-shift outpost producing (at 79.0% duty cycle)
  • Two small Cargo Dock modules can continuously outpace production from a 3-shift outpost producing (at 59.2% duty cycle)
• Uranium Mine at 18 units /60s per shift:
  • One small Cargo Dock module can continuously outpace production from a 1-shift outpost producing (at 47.4% duty cycle)
  • One small Cargo Dock module can continuously outpace production from a 2-shift outpost producing (at 94.7% duty cycle)
  • Two small Cargo Dock modules can continuously outpace production from a 3-shift outpost producing (at 71.1% duty cycle)

See also

• Outposts
• Cargo Ship