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	Mining	Scientific	Industrial	Military
Water				769
Copper				240
Food Cartridges				92
Semiconductors				70
Power Generators				18
Computer Components				65
Ceramic Composites				500
Insulating Membrane				345
Medical Diagnostic Equipment				13
Titanium				5603
Fruit and Vegetables				51
Polymers				498
Superconductors				109
Water Purifiers				37
Non-Lethal Weapons				12
Liquid Oxygen				1759
CMM Composite				3912
Steel				6473
Aluminium				477
CMM Composite				4584

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