https://elite.mistflux.co.uk/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=72.12.211.66Elite Dangerous Wiki - User contributions [en-gb]2026-10-31T00:41:47ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.46.2https://elite.mistflux.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Standard_Docking_Computer&diff=28557Standard Docking Computer2014-08-05T14:23:47Z<p>72.12.211.66: /* Uses */ Added details on how to employ the computer in-game.</p>
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<div>A '''standard docking computer''' is a ship module that automates docking with a space station. They first appeared in Standard Beta 1 and cost 4,500 CR.<br />
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== Uses ==<br />
Docking computer can be used with any ship and might be especially handy for players who find the docking process to be hard or don't want to keep doing it every time they dock. It is very useful to dock larger ships too, as those require more precise maneuvering.<br />
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The docking computer is automatically activated when docking permission is granted. If the ship is moving a message will appear to slow down before the docking computer will take control of the ship. When the throttle is set to zero or if the ship was initially stopped, the docking computer will begin maneuvering the ship.<br />
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== Specifications ==<br />
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!Weight<br />
| -<br />
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! Power<br />
|39<br />
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! Value<br />
|4,500 CR<br />
|}<br />
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== History ==<br />
Docking Computers first appeared in the original [[Elite]] game. They were costly, but worth the investment as docking was - for the time - a complex process, during which even experienced players occasionally crashed their ship. Automated docking also was faster.<br />
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During automated docking, the computer would play "The Blue Danube" by Richard Strauss. Note that this was a pun onto the (very slow) docking scene in movie ''2001: A Space Odyssee'' by Stanley Kubrick.<br />
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