Standard Cargo Unit
Unit of cargo volume
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Standard Cargo Unit (SCU) is a unit used to describe the volume of cargo in game. It is commonly used to describe cargo capacity of vehicles in the Verse. It is based on the size of 1 m3 stored inside a container with a standard thickness of 0.125 m, making the total size of 1 SCU 1.25 m3.[1][2]
Currently there are a variety of containers that range from 1 to 32 SCU in volume.
Conversion
editSCU adopts metric prefixes in game to indicate a multiple or fraction of the unit. One Storage Point (SP) is the equivalent of one microSCU.
| SCU | centiSCU (cSCU) | milliSCU (mSCU) | microSCU (μSCU) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 1000 | 1,000,000 |
| 0.01 | 1 | 10 | 10,000 |
| 0.001 | 0.1 | 1 | 1000 |
| 0.000001 | 0.0001 | 0.001 | 1 |
Trivia
edit- One twenty-foot equivalent unit (often TEU) used in standardized shipping containers occupies a space of 38.26 m3.[3] Their in-game equivalent is the 16-SCU container, which occupies a volume of 31.25 m3.[4]
- Although the litre is the most common unit of volume used in many countries, the real SI unit of volume is indeed the cubic meter. Litre is accepted for use with the SI because it is defined as a cubic decimeter.[5][6]
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editSee also
editReferences
edit- ↑
Comm-Link:Cargo Interaction. Engineering - Comm-Link
- ↑ The Shipyard:SCU and Cargo Capacity - A Guide to the New Ship Matrix. Engineering - Comm-Link
- ↑ LIS: Logistics & Transport Lexicon - ISO-Container
- ↑ Star Citizen: ATV Anniversary Special - Anvil Aerospace & Hawk Reveal. Retrieved 2022-12-08 on YouTube
- ↑ Bureau International des Poids et Mesures - The International System of Units (SI)
- ↑ Resolution 6 of the 12th CGPM (1964)
