Outpost

File:Outpost.png

An Outpost

Outposts, sometimes called Orbital Outposts to distinguish them from ground-based facilities like Surface Ports and Settlements, are relatively small and modular space stations. They differ significantly from the vastly larger Starports and Asteroid Bases, which are usually the major hubs within a system. Outposts have between three and five Landing Pads, no docking support for large ships, and minimal security emplacements and patrols. They also lack any rotating habitation structures to simulate gravity for occupants, and docked ships are held in place magnetically.

Outpost Types

There are seven Outpost variants, each built to serve a specific economic role: Civilian, Commercial, Industrial, Military, Mining, Scientific, and Unsanctioned.

Name	Example	Image
Commercial Outpost		File:Commercial-Outpost.png
Civilian Outpost		File:CivilianOutpost 001.jpg
Scientific Outpost	Canonn Institute, Col 285 Sector IX-T d3-43	File:Outpost-Col-285-Sector-IX-T-d3-43-A-1-Canonn-Institute.png
Mining Outpost	Robigo Mines, Robigo	File:Robigo-Mining-Outpost.png
Industrial Outpost	al-Din Prospect, Alpha Centauri	File:AlphaCentaurial-DinProspect.png
Military Outpost		File:Outpost Military.jpg
Unsanctioned Outpost		File:Unsanctioned-Outpost-Pirate.png

Colonisation

Outposts are Tier 1 in Colonisation. If selected as the main (first) station, it can be constructed with the following resources delivered to the colony ship within 4 weeks. Each outpost type (as listed above) requires a slightly different amount of materials in order to be constructed.

Material	Commercial	Civilian	Criminal	Scientific	Industrial	Military
Water	706	621	621	769	771	729
Copper	234	218	218	240	251	242
Food Cartridges	94	94	94	92	91	91
Semiconductors	65	56	56	70	68	70
Power Generators	20	19	19	18	19	18
Computer Components	50	50	50	65	60	65
Ceramic Composites	504	497	497	500	502	530
Insulating Membrane	357	311	311	345	349	545
Medical Diagnostic Equipment	13	13	13	13	13	13
Titanium	5579	4843	4843	5603	5317	4843
Fruit and Vegetables	50	50	50	51	49	52
Polymers	545	497	497	498	543	497
Superconductors	107	100	100	109	114	108
Water Purifiers	39	38	38	37	38	36
Non-Lethal Weapons	13	13	13	12	13	13
Liquid Oxygen	1721	1553	1553	1759	1769	1553
CMM Composite	4539	3912	3912	4584	4680	5393
Steel	6936	5588	5588	6473	6619	6701
Aluminium	513	0	0	477	517	??

From a solo player POV, it takes 28 to 35 travels with an Imperial Cutter (728u of cargo [outfit]) to complete the commercial outpost. With a Fleet-Carrier, you can speed up these travels but putting the FC in front of the planet which holds the mining facility which produces CMM composites, titanium and steel. Getting 250 to 500 CMM C. one travel every two or three, the FC gets filled smoothly if you haul the three merchandises in parallel (when the FC is full you have what you need for the outpost in good proportions). But then count on 35x2 travels.

While trying to optimize everything and fly as fast as possible it took approximately 8 to 10h of play to complete the outpost, in the best conditions (FC in front of mining facility and near colonization ship).

Notes

• Based on the population data of systems that contain one Outpost and no other habitable structures, Outposts have an estimated population capacity ranging from as low as 10 to as high as 150,000, depending on their size and configuration.
• Unsanctioned Outposts are usually run by Anarchy minor factions and almost always have an active black market. Coupled with Outposts' bare-bones security, they make ideal hubs for Smugglers looking to sell illegal goods or take on missions that involve retrieving illegal salvage. It is also one of the few places that sells E-Breaches.

Videos

• File:Elite Dangerous Low Earth-Like Orbit, Time Lapse
• File:Exploring the Frontier in Elite Dangerous

Gallery

• Outpost inside
  Outpost inside
• Civilian Outpost
  Civilian Outpost
• Military Outpost
  Military Outpost
• Commercial Outpost
  Commercial Outpost
• Scientific Outpost
  Scientific Outpost
• Mining Outpost
  Mining Outpost
• Industrial Outpost
  Industrial Outpost
• Military Outpost
  Military Outpost
• Unsanctioned Outpost in the CR Draco system
  Unsanctioned Outpost in the CR Draco system
• Outpost
  Outpost
• Hauler and Outpost
  Hauler and Outpost
• Asp Explorer and Outpost
  Asp Explorer and Outpost
• Outpost icon
  Outpost icon