Malfunctioning transport pod

The malfunctioning transport pod is a structure added by the Odyssey DLC. Its contents are ejected when opened.

Occurrence[edit]

The malfunctioning transport pod is only found in orbit. It has a 50% chance of spawning instead of an ancient transport pod in the orbital transport rooms found in orbital ancient platforms, orbital settlement platforms, abandoned platform quest sites, orbital wreck quest sites, and orbital item stash quest sites.

Summary[edit]

As a loot container, the malfunctioning transport pod can be opened by any pawn capable of manipulation, excluding ghouls. Opening the container can be done either by selecting pawns or by selecting the container:

With one or several pawns selected, right-clicking on the container shows an Open action in the context menu. Selecting it sends the pawns to the container where one of them will open it. This works whether pawns are drafted or not. Ghouls ignore the command and do not move with the others, even when drafted.
Alternatively, selecting the container shows an Open command with shortcut J. Once the container is marked for opening, it will be opened by any suitable pawn assigned to Basic work. Selecting a pawn and right-clicking on the container will only work if the pawn is drafted or assigned to Basic work.
Note that the Open command in the Orders menu does not apply to loot containers.

Opening a loot container takes 100 ticks (1.67 secs). The contents are dropped next to the container and the container's texture is changed to its empty variant.

A malfunctioning transport pod randomly drops resources, drugs, food, a corpse or a live space pirate when opened.

Loot[edit]

One of the following items is dropped on opening:

Item	Description	Amount	Chance
Resource	Random choice of raw resource or textile, excluding hyperweave	45-75	25%
Drug	Random choice of: ambrosia, beer, flake, go-juice, luciferium, smokeleaf joint, wake-up, yayo	15-25	25%
Food	Random choice of raw food or meal, excluding insect jelly and fertilised eggs	4-8 nutrition	25%
Corpse	Belongs to the Traders guild faction, with an equal chance of being a citizen, a gunner or a heavy gunner.^{[Pawn table?]} The corpse is 5-10 days old.^{[Apparel/Weapon?]}	1	15%
Pawn	Belongs to the Salvagers faction. Is always a salvager pirate.^{[Pawn table?]}^{[Apparel/Weapon?]}	1	10%

Analysis[edit]

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Version history[edit]

Odyssey DLC Release - Added.

Ruins

Ancient concrete barrier • Ancient lamppost • Ancient band node • Ancient basic recharger • Ancient exostrider cannon • Ancient exostrider head • Ancient exostrider leg • Ancient exostrider midsection • Ancient large mech gestator • Ancient mech gestator • Ancient standard recharger • Ancient toxifier generator • Ancient ATM • Ancient air conditioner • Ancient barrel • Ancient bed • Ancient car • Ancient car frame • Ancient comms console • Ancient container • Ancient crate • Ancient cryptosleep pod • Ancient display bank • Ancient dropship • Ancient dropship engine • Ancient enemy terminal • Ancient engine block • Ancient equipment blocks • Ancient fence • Ancient generator • Ancient giant wheel • Ancient hydrant • Ancient jet engine • Ancient kitchen sink • Ancient lamp • Ancient large crate • Ancient locker bank • Ancient long crate • Ancient machine • Ancient macro-engine block • Ancient mech drop beacon • Ancient mechanoid shell • Ancient mega-cannon barrel • Ancient mega-cannon platform • Ancient microwave • Ancient nav beacon • Ancient operating table • Ancient oven • Ancient pipeline section • Ancient pipes • Ancient pod car • Ancient postbox • Ancient razor wire • Ancient refrigerator • Ancient ruined APC • Ancient ruined tank • Ancient security turret • Ancient shopping cart • Ancient small crate • Ancient storage cylinder • Ancient stove • Ancient system rack • Ancient tank trap • Ancient terminal • Ancient toilet • Ancient troop carrier • Ancient truck • Ancient unstable fuel node • Ancient vending machine • Ancient warspider remains • Ancient warsprinter remains • Ancient warwalker claw • Ancient warwalker foot • Ancient warwalker leg • Ancient warwalker shell • Ancient warwalker torso • Ancient washing machine • Ancient wheel • Ancient antenna • Ancient armchair • Ancient brewery • Ancient butcher table • Ancient chembarrel • Ancient chembarrel pallet • Ancient chemtruck • Ancient cold storage • Ancient crate pallet • Ancient defender turret • Ancient drill rig • Ancient drug lab • Ancient electric tailor bench • Ancient excavator • Ancient explosives crate • Ancient fueled smithy • Ancient hand tailor bench • Ancient heat vent • Ancient industrial shelf • Ancient machining table • Ancient military barrier • Ancient military generator • Ancient mining charge • Ancient pipe • Ancient plant pot • Ancient smoke vent • Ancient toxic vent • Ancient transport pod • Ancient tunneler claw • Ancient tunneler husk • Ancient uplink • Ancient wind turbine; Broken autocannon turret • Broken uranium slug turret • Busted mortar • Busted television; Ruined crane arm • Ruined crane arm • Ruined crane base • Ruined crane column • Ruined forklift; Rusted bed • Rusted double bed • Rusted industrial truck • Rusted lockers • Rusted metal crate • Rusted microwave • Rusted open container • Rusted safe