# Tips & Tricks **URL:** \ **Category:** NMS Beyond - Help A Fellow Traveler\ **Created:** [August 14, 2019, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/tips-tricks/6521 "2019-08-14T11:24:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 118
**Author:** ![Mad-Hatter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/mad-hatter/32/61657_2.png) [@Mad-Hatter](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Mad-Hatter)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/tips-tricks/6521/118 "2019-09-05T15:35:04Z")
> [@PC/Non-VR --Cheated by expensive Drop Pod Module](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/beyond-pc-non-vr-cheated-by-expensive-drop-pod-module/6624/10): > > Early on in the game, it’s not really economic to build up your backpack with drop pods. The extra slots from space stations are cheap, but the materials and effort to get a slot from a drop pod are both difficult and expensive. As you gain more backpack slots, however, the space station puchase price increases - up to millions. Then drop pods become much more attractive. As a general rule, drop pods are not nearly as common as they once were. This relative scarcity increases the chance of a s… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/tips-tricks/6521)._