Alloy Steel
Alloy Steel feels worth the slot when a real craft, upgrade, or sale plan is already waiting for it after extraction.
Mechanical Parts is the component stack to keep when the next Trampler upgrade or research unlock is already waiting on it.
Mechanical Parts feels worth hauling out when the next Trampler build step is already blocked by this exact component. If no current craft, research unlock, or upgrade is going to spend it soon, the stack stops feeling like progress and turns back into cargo that competes with fuel, healing, repairs, and the ammo the crew will actually burn before extraction.
Found through specialized boxes.
Alloy Steel feels worth the slot when a real craft, upgrade, or sale plan is already waiting for it after extraction.
Scrap Metal is worth keeping when the next cheap craft or ammo batch still needs base metal before rarer parts take over.
Pneumatic Parts is the kind of rare Trampler material you keep when a real build step is waiting on it, not simply because the drop color says rare.
Weapon Parts are worth carrying only when you already know which gun craft or upgrade is waiting for them; otherwise they lose cargo priority fast.
Its best value is solving the exact Trampler craft or research gate that is keeping the next upgrade from happening.
When no upgrade is waiting on it, this stack becomes easy to overvalue. Fuel, healing, repairs, and matching ammunition usually protect the current run better.
Keep it when the next confirmed Trampler craft, upgrade, or research step already needs Mechanical Parts and you expect to spend the stack soon.
Mechanical Parts comes from specialized boxes.