Player Questions for the Far Horizons Game Moderator

[paway]

Q. My understanding was that CU (Colonist Units), IU (Colonial Mining Units), and AU (Colonial Manufacturing Unit) each take up 1 cargo space. So if I built a TR5, which has a cargo capacity of 60, I can only put, say, 30 CU, 15 IU, and 15 AU on board.

I question this belief, because the Game Manual routinely seems to break this rule. From section 6.2 TRANSFER ORDERS:

"START PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION PL Earth
; Enter your production orders for planet Earth here.
; Build 120 colonist units and transfer them to a transport.
Build 120 CU TR6 Belly Laugh"

It shows the loading of 120 colonist units onto a Transport that has a carrying capacity of 78.

In section 7.3 STARTING THE COLONY:

"START PRE-DEPARTURE
; Place pre-departure orders here.
Name 13 24 7 3 PL Dickory Dock
Tra 50 cu TR5 No-one Here, PL Dickory Dock
Tra 22 iu TR5 No-one Here, PL Dickory Dock
Tra 28 au TR5 No-one Here, PL Dickory Dock
Inst 22 iu PL Dickory Dock ; Mining base will be 2.2
INst 28 au PL Dickory Dock ; Manufacturing base will be 2.8
END"

It shows unloading 100 total units (50 CU, 22 IU, and 28 AU) from a TR5, which can only hold 60 units.

Am I incorrect about how much stuff I can fit on a TRx or is the Game Manual cheating when it issues these commands?