Loading ships properly – Star Citizen Academy

BalduursGATE Field ManualLoading ships properly4.10.0 (11644) · Version 1 · Sourced
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BalduursGATE Citizen Hub Academy Ships Loadout Mission Control Player Help Tactical Map Pirate Ops Diplomacy Downloads Deutsch ACADEMY CARGO / HAULING LOADING SHIPS PROPERLY BalduursGATE Field Manual · Academy · Edition 1 Cargo / HaulingLevel: Advanced Loading ships properly Four steps: plan, stage, load, verify. What of it is game mechanics and what is a BalduursGATE recommendation is stated. Valid from patch 4.10.0 Game data version 4.10.0 (11644) Version 1 Updated 2026-09-11 Review statusSourced Every control function and game object used exists in the current game version. The statements come from the sources listed. Review path and sources Editorial in-game review Nobody from the editorial team has flown it in game yet. The information comes from the sources listed below. What you will learn Stow a load in a sensible order. Check before departure that everything is aboard and reachable. Prerequisites GuideCargo grid & stowageSourced What this is about Loading is manual work under time pressure. Four steps keep it manageable: plan, stage, load, verify. DiagramLoading flow UNCONFIRMEDFour steps of loading: plan, stage, load, verify. The sequence is our recommendation.Own graphic · claude-entwurf, 2026-09-11 Plan BALDUURSGATE RECOMMENDATION. Before the first container flies: which goods have to come out first at which destination? That order decides what goes in last. Stage Request the goods at the freight elevator and have them brought onto the platform – see freight elevator. Only when everything is up top do you start loading. That is not pedantry: every container you request separately costs you the whole trip again. Load Onto the cargo grid with the tractor beam: tractor beam & moving cargo. According to the game data, automatic loading takes between 2 seconds (1 SCU) and 18 seconds (32 SCU) per container, plus a base time for the process.^q1 If your ship has a ramp: set containers down at the foot of the ramp and push them in one by one. That is slower than the big throw – and faster than a box drifting off into space. Verify BALDUURSGATE RECOMMENDATION. Count once before the ramp closes: does the amount match the contract? Is nothing lying on the ramp or half inside the grid? That half minute saves the second approach. training.cargo-beladen.01AdvancedUNCONFIRMED Goal Load a ship completely. Preparation A ship with a cargo grid, several containers at the freight elevator. Task Load the ship to plan: the containers needed last go in first. Count at the end and note what did not fit. Success criterion The planned amount is aboard. Partner not required Functions needed Tractor Beam - Increase Distance Tractor Beam - Decrease Distance Interaction Mode Toggle Inventory (short press) mobiGlas (Toggle) Next: transporting cargo Checklist You know which containers have to come out first. All containers are staged at the ship. Everything is loaded and sits on the grid. You have counted the amount before departure. On your Stream Deck These functions belong to this topic. Which key that is for you is shown by the BalduursGATE plugin based on your own bindings – on purpose, no key is listed here. Profile page TRACTOR Tractor Beam - Increase Distance Tractor Beam - Decrease Distance Profile page FPS INTERACTION Interaction Mode Profile page MOBIGLAS Toggle Inventory (short press) mobiGlas (Toggle) The profile page TRACTOR, MOBIGLAS is part of OMC Stream Deck 0.9.0. Go to the Download Center → Read next Guide · Continues inTransporting cargoSourced Guide · See alsoTractor beam & moving cargoSourced Guide · Links hereCargo / hauling – operations checklistSourced Guide · Links hereFreight elevatorSourced Guide · More in Cargo / HaulingUnloading & deliveringSourced Guide · More in Cargo / HaulingCargo / hauling – basicsSourced Guide · More in Cargo / HaulingHauling as a teamSourced Guide · More in Cargo / HaulingUnderstanding hauling missionsSourced Guide · More in Cargo / HaulingUnderstanding SCU & containersSourced Guide · More in Cargo / HaulingPreparing a hauling contractSourced Cheat sheet · PDFQuick guide: cargo Links are stored in the hub entry – the index computes the reverse direction. No address is hard-coded here. ← Back to the Academy Sources q1GAME DATAChronist-Auszug CARGO – Containergrößen mit Lade- und Entladezeit, Ladeflächen von Freight Elevator, Schiffen und Wagen (chronist/cargo.json)Build 4.10.0-hotfix (55227)Gezielt gelesen mit hub/werkzeuge/cargo-auszug.py aus dem DataCore-Export und der global.ini (EN/DE), jede Quelldatei mit Prüfsumme. Rohwerte in Metern und Sekunden, nicht gedeutet. Patch and version information Valid from 4.10.0 Valid until open Game data version 4.10.0 (11644) Version 1 · EN Version 1 Review entries none Identifier `guide.cargo-beladen` In the learning path: Cargo learning path LEVEL 1 BASICS Cargo / hauling basicsSourced The runSourced Understanding SCUSourced Cargo and containersSourced LEVEL 2 CONTRACTS Hauling missionsSourced Prepare the contractSourced Check start, destination, amountSourced Several destinationsSourced LEVEL 3 LOADING Freight elevatorSourced Tractor beamSourced Moving containersSourced Organise the load hereSourced LEVEL 4 TRANSPORT Prepare the shipSourced Cargo gridSourced Secure the loadSourced Several deliveriesSourced LEVEL 5 UNLOADING & OPERATIONS UnloadingSourced Complete the contractSourced Group haulingSourced Cargo operations checklistSourced Where the information comes from Every statement carries a mark showing its source. Without a source it shows as “not yet confirmed” – visible, not hidden. Source marks in this guide OFFICIALOfficially confirmed0Published by CIG (patch notes, support, Comm-Link, staff). GAME DATAFrom game data1Read from the game files – measured, not explained. TESTEDTested by us0Tried by us in game, with date and patch. COMMUNITYCommunity report0Reported by players or community projects. UNCONFIRMEDNot yet confirmed2No source. Take with care. Player feedback Not connected yet. Player feedback will be counted here later – it never replaces the editorial review and can never raise a guide to “confirmed”.

What you will learn

Stow a load in a sensible order.
Check before departure that everything is aboard and reachable.

Prerequisites

GuideCargo grid & stowageSourced

What this is about

Loading is manual work under time pressure. Four steps keep it manageable: plan, stage, load, verify.

DiagramLoading flow UNCONFIRMEDFour steps of loading: plan, stage, load, verify. The sequence is our recommendation.Own graphic · claude-entwurf, 2026-09-11

Plan

BALDUURSGATE RECOMMENDATION. Before the first container flies: which goods have to come out first at which destination? That order decides what goes in last.

Stage

Request the goods at the freight elevator and have them brought onto the platform – see freight elevator. Only when everything is up top do you start loading. That is not pedantry: every container you request separately costs you the whole trip again.

Load

Onto the cargo grid with the tractor beam: tractor beam & moving cargo. According to the game data, automatic loading takes between 2 seconds (1 SCU) and 18 seconds (32 SCU) per container, plus a base time for the process.^q1

If your ship has a ramp: set containers down at the foot of the ramp and push them in one by one. That is slower than the big throw – and faster than a box drifting off into space.

Verify

BALDUURSGATE RECOMMENDATION. Count once before the ramp closes: does the amount match the contract? Is nothing lying on the ramp or half inside the grid? That half minute saves the second approach.

training.cargo-beladen.01AdvancedUNCONFIRMED

Goal: Load a ship completely.
Preparation: A ship with a cargo grid, several containers at the freight elevator.
Task: Load the ship to plan: the containers needed last go in first. Count at the end and note what did not fit.
Success criterion: The planned amount is aboard.
Partner: not required
Functions needed: Tractor Beam - Increase Distance
Tractor Beam - Decrease Distance
Interaction Mode
Toggle Inventory (short press)
mobiGlas (Toggle)

Next: transporting cargo

Checklist

You know which containers have to come out first.
All containers are staged at the ship.
Everything is loaded and sits on the grid.
You have counted the amount before departure.

On your Stream Deck

These functions belong to this topic. Which key that is for you is shown by the BalduursGATE plugin based on your own bindings – on purpose, no key is listed here.

Profile page TRACTOR

Tractor Beam - Increase Distance
Tractor Beam - Decrease Distance

Profile page FPS INTERACTION

Interaction Mode

Profile page MOBIGLAS

Toggle Inventory (short press)
mobiGlas (Toggle)

The profile page TRACTOR, MOBIGLAS is part of OMC Stream Deck 0.9.0. Go to the Download Center →

Sources

q1GAME DATAChronist-Auszug CARGO – Containergrößen mit Lade- und Entladezeit, Ladeflächen von Freight Elevator, Schiffen und Wagen (chronist/cargo.json)Build 4.10.0-hotfix (55227)Gezielt gelesen mit hub/werkzeuge/cargo-auszug.py aus dem DataCore-Export und der global.ini (EN/DE), jede Quelldatei mit Prüfsumme. Rohwerte in Metern und Sekunden, nicht gedeutet.

Patch and version information

Valid from: 4.10.0
Valid until: open
Game data version: 4.10.0 (11644)
Version: 1 · EN Version 1
Review entries: none
Identifier: guide.cargo-beladen

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