I was trying to look at the game from a new perspective and now that there are so many different drops and different drops have importance I suggest the following color coded catagories for the standard crates. I think it would help with finding things and it would also expand the crate art industry

ores (dark green)
bot drops (red)
scrap metal (yellow)
trade goods (cyan)
ship weapons/equipment (magenta)
ctc (dark blue)

I'm flexible on the colors

[EDIT] yes I mean the ones floating out in space so if a bot drop four crates you have a bit of a hint which of the four contains the orun processor, and which has the scrap metal, etc.

this kindof follows a general movement towards better identification of items within direct view, aside from the radar.

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[edit] oh and make ctc crates White and visible from 10 kilometers

Aww christ, not MORE colors. My eyes still hurt from the clown-attack copy I struggled through last night...

not to seem like a n00b or anything, what the heck is ctc?
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Although I'd prefer subdued as opposed to bright colors. Something like

ores (#b6ceac)
bot drops (#cfabcb)
scrap metal (#cfcdab)
trade goods (#b6abcf)
ship weapons/equipment (#cfb1ab)
ctc (#acbbce)

Wait, is this on the radar, or on the screen? Because I'd really like to have the cargo crates glow different colors visually, and bright colors would be just fine for that, as you described them. For the radar, I don't know if that would prove as useful. More colors on the radar is likely to lead to more confusion rather than clarity.

I agree, keep the cargoes the same color on the radar, but change the colors of the crates and the glow.

That was how I had interpreted it...

Yay to coloured widgets!

Have there been many special drops added to the game?