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'''Standard Cargo Unit''' ('''SCU''') is a unit used to describe the volume of [[StarCitizen:cargo]] in game. It is commonly used to describe cargo capacity of [[StarCitizen:vehicle]]s in the Verse. It is based on the size of 1 m<sup>3</sup> (1,000 L) stored inside a container with a standard thickness of 0.125 m, making the total size of 1 SCU 1.25 m<sup>3</sup>.<ref name="Cargo interaction">{{Cite RSI|text=Comm-Link:Cargo Interaction|int=Comm-Link:Cargo Interaction|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/engineering/14677-Cargo-Interaction}}</ref><ref name="Cargo capacity">{{Cite RSI|text=The Shipyard:SCU and Cargo Capacity - A Guide to the New Ship Matrix|int=A Guide to the New Ship Matrix|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/engineering/16204-The-Shipyard-SCU-And-Cargo-Capacity}}</ref>

Currently there are a variety of containers that range from [[StarCitizen::Category:Containers|1 to 32 SCU]] in volume.

==Conversion==
SCU adopts metric prefixes in game to indicate a multiple or fraction of the unit. One [[StarCitizen:Storage Point]] (SP) is the equivalent of one microSCU.
{| class="wikitable"
!SCU!!centiSCU (cSCU)!!microSCU (μSCU)
|-
|1||100||1,000,000
|-
|0.01||1||10,000
|-
|0.000001||0.0001||1
|}

==Trivia==
*One twenty-foot equivalent unit (often TEU) used in standardized shipping containers occupies a space of 38.26 m<sup>3</sup>.<ref name="Container size">[https://www.lis.eu/en/lexikon/iso-container/ LIS: Logistics & Transport Lexicon - ISO-Container]</ref> Their in-game equivalent is the [[StarCitizen:16-SCU container]], which occupies a volume of 31.25 m<sup>3</sup>.<ref name="16_SCU volume">{{Cite RSI|url=https://youtu.be/j-ZpTxWbi4k?t=1969|text=Star Citizen: ATV Anniversary Special - Anvil Aerospace & Hawk Reveal|accessdate=2022-12-08}} on YouTube</ref>
*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.<ref>[https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf Bureau International des Poids et Mesures - The International System of Units (SI)]</ref><ref>[https://www.bipm.org/en/-/resolution-cgpm-12-6 Resolution 6 of the 12th CGPM (1964)]</ref>

==Gallery==

==See also==

*[[StarCitizen:Cargo]]
*[[StarCitizen:Stor-All]]
*[[StarCitizen::Category:Containers|Containers]]

==References==
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{{Short description|Unit of cargo volume}}