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| image1 = [[File:LoaderHorizontal.png|120px|frameless|alt=Loader Sprite]]
| image1 = [[File:LoaderHorizontal.png|120px|frameless|alt=Loader Sprite]]
| grid_size = 1 x 2
| grid_size = 1 x 2
| inputs = Resource [[canister]]
| inputs = [[Container]]
| outputs = Resource
| outputs = Container
}}
}}
'''Loaders''' are used to transfer [[:Category:Resources|resources]] from a [[canister]] to a [[pipe]]. They are used to add resources to [[:Category:Equipment|equipment]] and systems that require resources such as [[fuel]], [[water]], and other fluid resources.
'''Loaders''' are used to transfer fluids and gases from a [[container]] to a [[pipe]], so that they can be supplied to the systems that require them. Loaders can be set to unload, in which case they work in reverse, bottling fluids or gases provided by the pipe. Whether loading or unloading, the empty containers will appear/disappear automatically.
 
Loaders load, or unload, 20 units per second.


Loaders are an item listed in orange bought from [[trade]]rs or salvaged by [[Logistics Drone]]s.
Loaders are an item listed in orange bought from [[trade]]rs or salvaged by [[Logistics Drone]]s.
== Specialist Variants ==
==Specialist Variants==
=== Fuel Loader ===
===Fuel Loader ===
{{Infobox object
{{Infobox object
| name = Fuel Loader
| name = Fuel Loader
| image1 = [[File:FuelLoaderHorizontal.png|120px|frameless|alt=Fuel Loader Sprite]]
| image1 = [[File:FuelLoaderHorizontal.png|120px|frameless|alt=Fuel Loader Sprite]]
| grid_size = 1 x 2
| grid_size = 1 x 2
| inputs = Fuel
| inputs = [[Fuel]] Container
| outputs = Fuel
| outputs = Fuel Container
}}
}}
The '''Fuel Loader''' exclusively puts in and takes out fuel from the network. It is automatically provided in every ship upon creating one and features in the tutorial of the [[Praxis]].
The '''Fuel Loader''' exclusively puts in and takes out fuel from the network. It is automatically provided in every ship upon creating one and features in the tutorial of the [[Praxis]].
=== Oxygen Loader ===
===Oxygen Loader===
{{Infobox object
{{Infobox object
| name = Oxygen Loader
| name = Oxygen Loader
| image1 = [[File:OxygenLoaderHorizontal.png|120px|frameless|alt=Oxygen Loader Sprite]]
| image1 = [[File:OxygenLoaderHorizontal.png|120px|frameless|alt=Oxygen Loader Sprite]]
| grid_size = 1 x 2
| grid_size = 1 x 2
| inputs = Oxygen
| inputs = [[Oxygen]] Container
| outputs = Oxygen
| outputs = Oxygen Container
}}
}}
'''Oxygen Loaders''' work with oxygen cannisters only. Unlike the Fuel Loader, it is only automatically provided on Praxis and [[JMC Mining Station]].
'''Oxygen Loaders''' work with oxygen container only. Unlike the Fuel Loader, it is only automatically provided on Praxis and [[JMC Mining Station]].


== Production ==
==Establishing Input Type==
It delivers 20 units per second from any provided container to its output.
While fuel and oxygen loaders have pre-defined input types, generic loaders inherit their input type from the pipe connected to them. This presents a problem when the pipe itself has no type, such as when a player would like to load [[water]] into an empty [[tank]] purely as a more efficient way of storing it. The workaround for this is to temporarily connect the pipe to an equipment input/output labelled water. Once the loader begins filling the tank, the type will be established and the equipment can be disconnected.


== History ==
==History==
{{Prehistory|Update 1.rc2|Introduced.}}
{{Prehistory|Update 1.rc2|Introduced.}}
{{Prehistory|DEMO3A|Added Fuel and Oxygen loaders.}}
{{Prehistory|DEMO3A|Added Fuel and Oxygen loaders.}}


[[Category:Equipment]]
[[Category:Equipment]]