I feel incredibly ignorant when it comes to VO.

Is there a command that I can assign a Droid button that auto opens my cargo?
Similarly is there a command that opens directly to chat?

Ultimately my goal is to be able to manage my cargo quickly and to review chat logs on a whim.

For cargo, you actually want the oddly-named "+Jettison" command in DroidButtons.

For chat... sorry, nothing. You could try using a plugin-based chat window, though? TabbedChat doesn't offer a command (and doesn't work in the condensed mobile UI anyways), but channel_log should work.

Just wanted to say thank you. Removing a couple unnecessary clicks may not seem like much but this little tid-bit with the cargo has just made my time in space much more enjoyable.