Pickup Point

Pickup Point
Hit Points	100
Reactor Hit Points	0
Mass	0.10
Luminosity	none
Data Value (ID)	937

Pickup Points are special rail blocks that allow for automatic docking if a ship's Rail Docker is within 3 meters (3 block lengths) of it.

Item Description

The Pickup Point block will project a 3x3 detection sphere. When a ship's docking module enters that detection area, the entity will be guided to a Pickup Rail if applicable. Ships will remember the last used Pickup Area modules they dock to and if they're part of a fleet, they'll return to them when the "Carrier Recall" order is issued. The flagship is where they'll try to return, multiple carriers per fleet is not allowed yet.

Pickup Points can be deactivated via logic. But unlike most other rail block types, they can't be transformed into another rail type or get their orientation changed.

Production

Production Info
Produced in a			Advanced Factory
Requires			To create
Sintyr Capsule	x10		Pickup Point	x1

Usage

The Pickup Point will pick up an entity, if one of its Rail Dockers comes within the Pickup Points 3 metre pickup radius, and place it on an adjacent rail block. This does not work with Rail Turret Axis blocks, but does work with Shootout Rails, which would immediately launch the docked entity again.

Fleet Docking

Pickup Points are mainly intended to be used for fleet docking.

An entity that has previously docked to a Pickup Point, will remember the Pickup Point it has docked to. When the "Carrier Recall" fleet order is issued, all entities that remember a Pickup Point on the flagship of their fleet, will try to return to it. The carrier and the entity that should dock to it must be in the same fleet.

For more information, see Fleet Docking.