Shipment

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The broker's management window.

A broker is able to send commodities to cities in other solar systems using shipments. Once setup, shipments are automatically fetched from the broker's city and sent to the destination city.

Shipment Scheduling

To schedule a shipment.

Scheduling a shipment is done in the sending city at the broker using the City (F10) window.

The shipment can be set to be repeated a specific amount of times, or be continuous.

Shipment Limit

The broker can have a total number of shipments being processed equal to the number of building levels.

TEU

An important note! Does not matter before shipment delivery jobs are implemented.

Shipments from brokers are packed into TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit). There is 1360 cargo unit of storage in a TEU. Delivery fees for broker shipments are based on whole TEUs shipped.

A spacecraft can carry a set amount of TEUs, based on the size of the spacecraft's hold.

Scheduled Shipments

Shipments that have been scheduled will first be filled with commodities from the broker's city. Commodities are taken to the broker every 6 minutes, at the same interval that normal city trade takes place.

Waiting Shipments

Container icon. Will likely be used for a container commodity once player shipments are possible.

Once a shipment has gotten the commodities it needs, it is ready to be sent. Shipments are automatically sent out by the broker every hour.

Delivery Jobs

An important note! Shipment delivery jobs are not yet implemented.

Shipments that are waiting to be sent out will be available to avatars with a spacecraft as delivery jobs. This works as a way of getting the shipments to their destination faster, and as a way to make money.

Upon delivery the avatar is payed the delivery fee as payment, plus a possible bonus if delivered faster than the normal shipment travel time.

Shipments Enroute

The shipments are sent automatic will take time to be delivered. This time is equal to the distance to the destination travelling at 5x lightspeed, which is the equivalent 2 minutes per parsec. The TL of the broker further increases the speed by 5% per TL, equaling 10x lightspeed at TL21 and 12.75x lightspeed at TL32.

Once at the destination the shipment's commodities are added to the city's storage. Any commodities that exceed the storage capacity of the city is lost after attempting to replace inferior TL and Q commodities of the same kind.

Quotes from patch notes

Related patch notes

Update 2017-03-31 Designer: Broker TL Speed of freight was increased from 2x light speed to 5x light speed, which is equivalent to warp 1. Update 2017-03-31 Designer: Speed of Freight Speed of freight is now increased by shipping broker TL, at 5% per TL. Update 2017-03-14 Trade Between Systems: Broker Shipments Brokers can now be configured to send shipments to cities in other solar systems. You will find the controls for this on the city window when you are at a broker. You schedule a shipment of a certain commodity to a specific city. Minimum Q and TL can be applied. The shipment may be filled a specified number of times or it may be a continuously recurring shipment. A broker can process a number of shipments equal to the number of building levels. Shipments are filled on the same six minute interval that brokers import stuff to the city. When a shipment is full, it begins waiting for shipment. Shipments awaiting transport are sent out hourly, if the broker can track more shipments. This interval is roughly one game-universe day. Shipments are en route until they arrive at their destination, speed based on direct travel at 2X lightspeed. A broker can track en route shipments up to the number of building levels. Once full, shipments awaiting transport will continue waiting until something gets delivered, thus stalling the order filling process. When a shipment arrives at the destination, as much as possible is added to the city's stockpile. Excess is lost. Better stuff replaces worse stuff like when stuff is manufactured. Players are intended to be able to pick up shipments awaiting transport but that part is not finished yet. This would enable you to move the materials more quickly and it lets the city fill the orders more frequently. As of this update, automated delivery is in place but you cannot help them. Spacecraft encounters can be generated to coincide with these shipments. This will enable players to notice those trade activities more than they do now. It's very rare to cross paths with a trade ship. This aspect is also not finished; until then you will not see any visible spacecraft as a result of broker shipments.