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Cargo Handler

Cargo Hauler serves a single purpose: Gather and Haul the cargo drops from a combat sector to a safe station.

For example, in "Hatikvah's Choice" I typically build up a defense station next to the Xenon gate which will generate lots of cargo and inventory drops. The vanilla jobs are not very useful to automate this type of gathering and hauling.
Defense base example

Make sure your storage station is selling or using the accumulated cargo.

I prefer using medium size ships, but the large ships will also work if they are equipped with cargo drones.

The mod shouldn’t feel like cheating since it operates entirely through vanilla commands.

You will have to configure the default behavior of the selected ship:
(1) on your map screen select a suitable ship which has cargo storage.
(2) navigate to the "behavior" tab on the info panel and click on the default behavior button.
(3) on the popup screen select "Cargo Hauler" job.
(4) continue the job configuration by selecting the HOME sector which you want to keep 'clear'.
(5) then, select the drop off station next. This can be located in a different zone, but make sure this station has storage modules.
(6) select the cargo types you want to haul. If you do not select anything here, by default ALL cargo will get picked up.
(7) the "Cargo Only" option will limit the pickups to cargo. Turning it OFF will cause the ship to go for inventory wares as well (inventory wares are the small items held on player, pilots). You may want to use inventory gatherer mod to collect these wares from your hauler ships, or just visit them every now and then and ask the pilot to hand over the inventory to you.
(8) "notifications" will generate log entries on successful deposits.


It doesn't require a new game start.

There are no known compatibility issues with any other mods, also uninstalling shall not affect your save games.

Sector Explorer
Secret Stash
Fly-by Lockbox
Fly-by Looting
Mobile Repair Service
Capital Ship Loot Magnet
Inventory Collector