Cargo Shuttle Bay

Component Information
Type	Core
Class	Commercial
Tech Branch
Specifications
Size (HS)	100
Size (Tons)	5000
Crew Required	10
Production Cost
Wealth (BP)	20
Duranium	10
Neutronium	{{{necost}}}
Corbomite	{{{cbcost}}}
Tritanium	{{{trcost}}}
Boronide	{{{bocost}}}
Mercassium	{{{mecost}}}
Vendarite	10
Sorium	{{{socost}}}
Uridium	{{{urcost}}}
Corundium	{{{cdcost}}}
Gallicite	{{{gacost}}}

Cargo Shuttle Bays are components that reduce the loading time of Cargo Holds, Cryogenic Transports and Troop Transport Bays on ships. They also allow Maintenance Supplies to be transferred from ship to ship.

Usage

Cargo Shuttle Bays can be used on cargo ships, colony ships and troop ships to enable faster cargo loading or unloading. There is only one kind of component, but technologies can be researched to make them more effective.

The total cargo handling value of all cargo shuttle bays is added together on any given ship design, to produce the ship's Cargo Shuttle Multiplier (visible in the Class Design screen). The basic load/unload time of the ship is then divided by this value, so a ship with a multiplier of 4 will unload in 1/4 the time of a ship with a multiplier of 1. This can be further improved by Spaceport and Cargo Shuttle Station installations on colonies, by the Logistics skill of the ship's commander and Naval Admin Commands, and by the governor at the colony where loading or unloading is taking place.

Technologies

Cargo Shuttles technology tier

Tier	Conventional	Trans-Newtonian	Improved	Advanced
Handling Multiplier	1	2	3	5
RP cost	N/A	5,000	12,500	40,000