Javelin-Class Carrier: Difference between revisions

The '''Javelin-Class Carrier''' (aka Squadron Carrier) is a [[Capital Ship|capital ship]] designed as a base of operations for [[Squadrons]]. It has similar functionality as a [[Drake-Class Carrier]], but more than double the cargo capacity, 32 landing pads and additional management options. It's the largest and most expensive vessel available to [[Commander|commanders]]. It was included with the free [[Squadrons|Vanguards]] update on 19 August 2025.

Only a Squadron leader can purchase a Javelin-Class Carrier. Once bought other squad members can interact with it to varying degrees. Anyone with Navigation permissions can plot a [[Hyperspace]] jump to another [[Star system|system]].

 

 

 

 

The Javelin-Class operates similarly to a [[Drake-Class Carrier]], though it's considerably larger with twice as many [[Landing Pad|landing pads]] (32 in total: 16 large, 8 medium and 8 small). The squadron carrier's capacity is 60,000 units (tonnes), which is also used to store goods and maintain the infrastructure for various additional services. In addition, the capacity is spent on what is stored in the squadron bank. Despite the squadron bank, the carrier has its own balance of credits, from which funds are debited for weekly maintenance, hull maintenance after jumps, and for trade (like a Drake-Class). The main maintenance of the squadron carrier is twice as expensive - 10,000,000 credits. The max jump range is 500 ly. All other technical aspects are similar to the Drake-Class.

 

 

The Squadron Carrier has a bank for sharing resources between squadron members, including credits, ships, commodities, personal assets and goods. Ships stored in the bank can be leased to other members and they can be outfitted with any purchasable module (such as a fully A-rated vessel). Engineered and unlocked modules cannot be added. Access and control of bank assets have rank-based restrictions and weekly withdrawal limits that can be configured by the squadron leaders.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-N8Fly9HTc Elite Dangerous | Frontier Unlocked | May Highlight] - 30 May 2025 - YouTube</ref>

 

* ''The Squadron Treasury is a communal pool of credits which can be donated to, withdrawn from and used to purchase a carrier.''<ref name=":0">Bank Overview in-game description</ref>

* ''The Squadron Inventory is a communal storage space for Squadron members, to donate and store ships, commodities and personal assets.''<ref name=":0" />

 

Items stored in the bank do not affect the available capacity of the medium (unlike goods and ships), but additionally the Carrier Capacity is limited to 60,000 units of ships, goods and items stored. Permission groups can be created by squadron leaders, which allows them to set which player ranks are available for what's stored in this group. Accordingly, when transferring something to the bank, a squadron member can choose whether it will be available to all or only some members. The group may have restrictions on input and output per week (you can limit any resource - loans, ships, goods and items). The Transaction Log records the activities in the bank.

Any ship can be transferred to the bank if its acquisition does not require unlocking a rank of the [[Federal Navy]] or [[Imperial Navy]], or if it doesn't have [[Engineers|engineered]] [[Outfitting|modules]]. When another player retrieves a ship from the bank, he or she gains full utilization as if it were purchased.

Acquiring a Squadron Carrier costs 25 billion [[credits]] from a [[Fleet Carrier Outfitting Service|Carrier Management system]]. The base weekly upkeep is also higher at 10 million credits per week. Despite the higher base costs, additional upkeep costs with added services are similar to a standard Drake-Class Carrier's, plus an additional maintenance cost for hyperspace jumps. Hyperjump maintence is also double, adding 200 thousand per jump.

 

 

 

Can be set to either '''Squadron only''' or '''All''' which allows docking for all players.