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== Freight container == | == Freight container == | ||
Freight containers are most commonly used as organizational tools in freighters and jump freighters. While they do not have the same volume expansion that standard containers have, they are the only types of containers that can be placed in a | Freight containers are most commonly used as organizational tools in freighters and jump freighters. While they do not have the same volume expansion that standard containers have, they are the only types of containers that can be placed in a (jump)freighter's cargo hold while assembled. | ||
Packaged freight containers may be launched from a ship's cargo hold or fleet hangar, after which they will automatically assemble to provide their full storage capacity anywhere in space. Unlike secure containers, however, freight containers cannot be anchored or secured with a password, and will only survive in space until downtime unless they are in range of an onlined [[Player-owned starbases|control tower]].<ref>[https://forums-archive.eveonline.com/message/4207248/#post4207248 CCP Eterne on EVE Forums]</ref> Freight containers will not repackage upon scooping them back up, and can only be collected from space if the ship's cargo hold or fleet hangar is large enough to hold the entire assembled container. This means that the giant and enormous freight containers can only be retrieved from space by freighters and jump freighters, as no other ship has the needed cargo space to do so. | Packaged freight containers may be launched from a ship's cargo hold or fleet hangar, after which they will automatically assemble to provide their full storage capacity anywhere in space. Unlike secure containers, however, freight containers cannot be anchored or secured with a password, and will only survive in space until downtime unless they are in range of an onlined [[Player-owned starbases|control tower]].<ref>[https://forums-archive.eveonline.com/message/4207248/#post4207248 CCP Eterne on EVE Forums]</ref> Freight containers will not repackage upon scooping them back up, and can only be collected from space if the ship's cargo hold or fleet hangar is large enough to hold the entire assembled container. This means that the giant and enormous freight containers can only be retrieved from space by freighters and jump freighters, as no other ship has the needed cargo space to do so. | ||