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Anything you can tell us about the Carrack cargo pods being detachable?
John Crewe · Vehicle Director

Yes. So there's a lot of talk about the Carrack ones. They were never designed to be fully openable whilst they're within the ship. If you look at the ship, the belly of the ship comes down halfway down the pods. We did some work last year, early this year, to improve the opening, but they're never supposed to fully open whilst in the ship. You're supposed to drop the whole pods out, and then they open. If you look at the very original concept art, you'll see them dropped on the planet side. That's where that ship's modularity comes from. And to do that requires quite an extensive rework of that belly area. So we're going to save that for when we have time to spend more on the Carrack, because, again, it can take cargo. I'm fully aware of how annoying it can be. It's not supposed to be your mainline cargo ship. It's an explorer ship or expedition ship that can take cargo. Aware of the problem. The solution is slightly more work than I think people tend to think.

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