Pipe

Pipes carry liquid or gaseous materials between components that produce or need the materials. A pump can be attached to a pipe network to move a material through the network, or attached to a tank to move liquid or gaseous material into or out of the tank.

For example, a pipe can carry recycled oxygen from a CO2 collector to an oxygenator on the same network, which disperses the oxygen into the ship. A pump attached to a tank full of fuel can carry fuel into a pipe network, which can carry the fuel to a rocket, which will combust and expel the fuel to create thrust.

The content and flow of materials through pipes can be visualized and managed at a materials terminal.