Elite Dangerous: Ships
Tutorials
excellent guide on ship configuration, parts, etc https://www.elite-dangerous-blog.co.uk/post/Tips-for-beginners-Shipyard-and-Outfitting
Common Tasks
Refuel
Can be performed at any station for a fee,
but with a fuel scoop, can refuel for free. very useful for long trips!Using the galaxy map filter for stars of class O,B,A,F,G,K,M (only stars that can refuel).
Landing
Hexagonal Base
The base always rotates along the axis of the landing pad.
Look for engine trails to determine the side with the docking bay.Planet
- activate headlights/nightvision in panel 4
- stay in supercruise as long as possible to get near
Find a Shipyard
You need to find a dock with a shipyard to purchase ships,
or a ?? to outfit them with parts.You won't know for certain where to find parts, but you can make some educated guesses.
- filter starmap by commodity for refinery/high tech economies
- filter starmap by politics (ignore politics) and configure population from med-large
- read description of system. If economy is booming, and mentions refinery/high tech that is a strong indicator.
- Giant hexagonal space stations are more likely to have shipyards and parts.
Insurance
You automatically have insurance for your ship.
Always make sure you are either flying a sidewinder (which you'll get for free if you run out of money)
Or you have enough money to pay your insurance if your ship is destroyed.Transfer Ships
You can relocate your ships to other stations.
Find a shipyard, and choose a transfer.
Upgrades
Grading System
- 1-8 indicates the class (higher is better)
- A-E indicates the efficiency
Hardpoint Styles
- fixed -- highest DPS and lowest energy, but always fire forwards
- gimball -- higher energy cost, but auto lock on to targets and fire in a forwards arc. (can be jammed, making them useless!)
- turret -- higher energy cost, full rotation dome to continue firing automatically once a hit is made
NOTE:
~2016, I believe I read something about being able to disable gimbal and fire forwards, but it may have just been un-targeting the enemy ...
Alt Vehicles
Ground Vehicles
Dockable Fighter Vehicles
