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Are alternative forms of cargo, things like hazardous waste, radioactives, packed-up vehicles, time-sensitive stuff, small stuff and data, all still in the cards?

TL;DRData running is deflected, but other cargo types like radioactives, livestock and perishables are planned, with future certifications and challenges such as managing atmosphere or temperature.

Elliot MaltbyLead Mission Designer

Yeah, data running is its own beast. I'm not going to touch that. But all of the other commodities, definitely so. The future idea is we want these kind of certifications, gradings, where you have to sort of show that you can haul radioactive goods or haul livestock and look after it appropriately to then sort of unlock those missions. But yeah, that is the plan. That's something we want. We want you to be able to haul these different things because they all introduce their own challenge, right? Whereas a simple box mission from A to B might be quite simple and you think, well, I just sit in my ship. When you're like, right, now I've got a whole livestock, the atmosphere of your ship's got to be right so they can breathe the correct mix of oxygen, air and nitrogen, things like that. You've got to make sure that you feed them, stuff like that. That's the idea of what we go towards. Things like if we have perishable goods like food, you've got to make sure that it stays cold so that they are frozen. You make sure that their crate stays at a certain temperature so it can prolong the lifespan of the food so it doesn't go rotten by the time you get to your destination. Things like that.

Star Citizen Live›Q&A: Making Missions II-2·
Published on this date.12 Jul 2024