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[[File:ContainerSizes.jpg|thumb|Ingame symbols for different sizes of containers, from left to right: small, medium and large.]] | [[File:ContainerSizes.jpg|thumb|Ingame symbols for different sizes of containers, from left to right: small, medium and large.]] | ||
'''Containers''' (often referred to as '''cans''') are ingame items that can be assembled in the Item Hangar of a station or citadel, placed in a ship's cargo hold or deployed in space as a way to store, share and sort items. There are five different container types that can be bought on the market, which differ in their functionality and purpose. | '''Containers''' (often referred to as '''cans''') are ingame items that can be assembled in the Item Hangar of a [[Station|station]] or [[Citadels|citadel]], placed in a ship's cargo hold or deployed in space as a way to store, share and sort items. There are five different container types that can be bought on the market, which differ in their functionality and purpose. | ||
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{{quote|A standard cargo container, used for common freight.}} | {{quote|A standard cargo container, used for common freight.}} | ||
Standard containers are comparatively small and used in ships that dont have the capacity of a hauler or freighter to increase the size of their cargo space. Since standard containers have a higher capacity than volume, pilots can actually gain space by putting them into their ships. Getting mutiple smaller ones instead of a bigger container is less efficient and thereby standard containers are generally not used to sort or seperate cargo. | Standard containers are comparatively small and used in ships that dont have the capacity of a [[Freighter#T1_Industrials|hauler]] or [[Freighter#Freighters|freighter]] to increase the size of their cargo space. Since standard containers have a higher capacity than volume, pilots can actually gain space by putting them into their ships. Getting mutiple smaller ones instead of a bigger container is less efficient and thereby standard containers are generally not used to sort or seperate cargo. | ||
Although there is the option to 'Launch for Self' when right-clicking them in the cargo hold of a ship in space, this will simply jettinson them in their assembled state. This does not anchor them and other pilots can scoop the container, though doing so in a High-Sec system will generate a [[Timers#Suspect_Timer|suspect timer]]. Be advised that the now assembled container is much larger and might not fit into the cargo hold again, since items can only be repackaged in a hangar. | Although there is the option to 'Launch for Self' when right-clicking them in the cargo hold of a ship in space, this will simply jettinson them in their assembled state. This does not anchor them and other pilots can scoop the container, though doing so in a High-Sec system will generate a [[Timers#Suspect_Timer|suspect timer]]. Be advised that the now assembled container is much larger and might not fit into the cargo hold again, since items can only be repackaged in a hangar. | ||