@elite-dangerous-almanac/core / ships / ThrusterLoad

ThrusterLoad = "dry" | "unladen" | "laden"

Defined in: src/ships/loadout-validation.ts:50

A load a thruster rating is read against, lightest first.

dry is the fit alone — hull plus modules, an empty tank and no cargo. unladen adds a full main tank, and is the figure the game and every outfitting tool call a ship's unladen mass; ships!ShipLoadout.unladenMass is the dry figure, because that is what a journal's UnladenMass states. laden adds a full hold on top.

A ship cannot undock without fuel, so failing at dry or unladen is an error. Failing only at laden is a warning: the hold is the one load a pilot chooses.