Rarely can you get all these combinations in a single route. Most planets will be visited once, twice, or even more, to ensure the best profitability. Here you set up your route for a particular ship by clicking on the planets in the order you want to visit them. Up to 6 planets can be on a single route, and after visiting the last, the ship will automatically return to the first to start again. Clicking on the cargo button from that screen allows you to determine what cargo will be transported.
Icons representing each cargo type are on the screen.
Clicking on it makes that cargo active. Clicking on an empty spot in the ship's hull tells the ship to pick up that cargo while on the planet. While fairly easy to use, having to clear out a cargo spot before inserting another was time consuming and irritating. A much better feature would have been the ability to replace one piece with another. From the main screen's menu, you can view a list of your ships.