MODULE:KNOWLEDGE-BASE■DATABASE:ENGINEERING-MATERIALS■CLASS:UNRESTRICTED
MATERIAL: TYPES
Material Types
Raw, Manufactured & Encoded
Engineering Profile
Signal Summary
Engineering materials are not cargo. Raw, manufactured, and encoded materials sit in separate inventories, come from different activities, and feed different blueprint requirements.
RawManufacturedEncoded
Key Concepts
Raw - Planetary and mining-adjacent materials used heavily for engineering and synthesis.
Manufactured - Components from ships, signal sources, mission rewards, and salvage.
Encoded - Data from scans, wakes, beacons, terminals, and mission rewards.
Field Notes
The right farming method depends on material category first.
A commander can be rich in one category and completely blocked in another.
Reference
| Signal | Value | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Physical minerals | Raw | Often gathered on surfaces. |
| Data inventory | Encoded | Gathered by scanning and data sources. |