Bulkheads: Difference between revisions

{{Quote|Standard protection against all types of attack.|In-game description}}All ships in Elite use '''Bulkheads''' to protect their hulls, making them the main form of defense. Heavier Bulkheads offer better protection at the cost of mass and ship value, i.e. Credits.

Values that determine hull protection are hull points and damage-type specific resistances: thermal, kinetic and explosive. In Addition there is [[hull hardness]] determined by ship model which can not be changed in any way. There are five different bulkheads available for every ship:

* Free [[Lightweight Alloys|Lightweight Alloys]] equipped by default to every ship, offering some hull points.

* Cheap [[Reinforced Alloys|Reinforced Alloys]] offering more hull points.

* Moderately priced [[Military Grade Alloys|Military Grade Alloys]] offering the maximum amount of hull points.

* Expensive [[Mirrored Surface Composite]] offering the maximum amount of hull points with better thermal resistance, mainly at the cost of lower kinetic resistance.

* Expensive [[Reactive Surface Composite]] offering the maximum amount of hull Points with better explosive and kinetic resistance, at the cost of lower thermal resistance.

Bulkheads are available for purchase at Outfitting. However, no bulkheads will be available to purchase for a particular ship if it is not also sold at that location's shipyard.

== Specifications ==

!Hull Point boost

!Kinetic resistance

!Thermal resistance

!Explosive resistance