[MOD IDEA] Outpost resource storage limiter

[Rhyalto]

It would be nice to be able to limit the maximum of each resource stored in the outposts, either by having them mysteriously disappear or by selling them automatically. There would also need to be a way to be able to load resources stored in the stand into the ship without having to search each container, and a centralized place to feed the builders.


My idea is a control panel and a robot. The robot is just for immersion, as it is supposed to be the one handling the storage.


The control panel has several functions


- Create outbound links to the fabricators.

- Create outbound links to send excess resources to cargo links.

- Configure resource storage limits, e.g., allow only 500 units of each resource to be stored. If there is no output to a loading link the excess resources disappear for good. The idea is to avoid accumulating so many common resources that they take up all available space.

- Loading the ship from the post storage, showing the total resources stored.

Optional: show the structures that can be built on the posts to automatically load the necessary resources, and thus make it more comfortable to load the ship with what is necessary to build posts.




Additional related: cargo link for automatic sale. A cargo link structure that has only the outbound warehouse. To avoid large imbalances you would sell very cheaply, like 1/10 or 1/20 of the price you would get at a vendor. When you accumulate 500 or 1000 of mass in the outbound store, the ship takes off and you get the money, either directly in character or in a safe in the outpost.