Ships

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Ships are used to traverse space and perform a variety of different tasks between traversing. As with previous Elite games, there are a variety of designs.

Currently there are 31 ships (29 in the base game and 2 in CQC), built by a number of manufacturers - each having its own unique style. Initially it was planned to have a total of 30 playable ships and some variants in addition to some non-playable ships. Each ship has access to a range of different modules which they can fit to help specialize as traders, smugglers, bounty hunters, pirates, etc. Of the unreleased ships, every ship listed as upcoming is already represented in game data. Every ship in the speculated ships column is something we have concept art for or developer comments, but is not currently present in the game data.

All commanders begin the game with a Sidewinder MkI. The player may upgrade components or purchase an entirely new ship based upon their needs and available funds. New ships can only be purchased at Stations with the Shipyard service and modules can only be changed or upgrades at stations with the Outfitting service.

<poll> What new ship do you like most in 1.5 & 2.0? Cobra MkIV Viper MkIV Keelback Asp Scout Federal Corvette Imperial Cutter </poll>

Released Ships

Upcoming Ships

Speculated Ships

Ship Types

Multipurpose

Multipurpose ships are a jack-of-all-trades in that they can easily be fitted for whatever role the player needs; whether it be hauling cargo, ship-to-ship combat, or exploring the stars, multipurpose ships can do it all.

Combat

Combat ships are typically faster, more agile and more heavily armed than other ships of the same size. The exception to this would be gun boats, which have more weapon mounts designed for turrets, but sacrifice their agility for them.

Freighter

Freighters are typically slow, cumbersome and lightly armed, but provide extreme hauling capabilities. Useful for traders and smugglers alike.

Explorer

Exploration ships typically come with large default jump ranges, large Fuel Tanks for ships of their size, and should be fitted with lots of low class Internal Compartments for scanners to optimize jump distance. These ships are designed to be able to equip the multitude of scanning equipment needed for an expedition, then fly long distances into the void without the need for regular refuelling through the use of Fuel Scoops.

Passenger

Couriers who fly passengers and valuable items with small storage requirements have a special class of ships available to them. These ships are elegant and fast, designed to quickly and comfortably get from one system to the next. You can think of them as giant space-limousines. However, as of now, passenger ships have no significant use in the game as passengers themselves have yet to be implemented.

Ship Stats

Sidewinder can be obtained for free.

Model	Role	Unladen Jump Range (LY)	Laden Jump Range (LY)	Manoeuvrability	Cargo (T)	Landing Pad Size	Speed [Boost]	Armour	Shields	Cost (CR)
Sidewinder MkI	Multipurpose	7.56	6.96	8	4	S	220 [321]	108	52	32,000
Eagle MkII	Combat	8.47	8.27	10	2	S	239 [349]	72	78	44,800
Hauler	Freighter	9.87	8.08	6	8	S	206 [309]	90	65	52,720
Adder	Multipurpose	9.12	8.47	8	6	S	220 [321]	162	78	87,808
Imperial Eagle	Combat	8.22	8.03	6	2	S	298 [397]	108	104	110,830
Viper MkIII	Combat	6.92	6.66	6	4	S	324 [405]	126	137	142,931
Cobra MkIII	Multipurpose	10.46	9.78	6	18	S	286 [408]	216	92	379,718
Viper MkIV	Combat	10.36	9.69	4	18	S	271 [342]	270	103	426,990
Diamondback Scout	Combat Explorer	11.35	11.35	8	0	S	283 [384]	216	92	564,330
Cobra MkIV	Multipurpose	9.37	8.38	4	34	S	200 299	216	125	745,610
Type-6	Freighter	12.39	10.07	3	50	M	223 [355]	162	77	1,045,945
Diamondback Explorer	Combat Explorer	14.15	13.74	5	12	S	242 [316]	270	115	1,894,760
Imperial Courier	Light Multipurpose	8.83	7.69	7	12	S	280 [380]	144	230	2,542,931
Keelback	Combat Freighter	10.94	9.48	2	38	M	202 303	198	80	3,048,000
Asp Scout	Combat Explorer	11.69	10.84	8	16	M	223 304	324	105	3,862,130
Vulture	Combat	7.93	7.75	9	8	S	215 [348]	288	293	4,925,615
Asp Explorer	Multipurpose	13.12	12.07	6	38	M	254 [345]	378	152	6,661,153
Federal Dropship	Multipurpose	7.25	6.77	2	56	M	183 [304]	540	104	14,314,210
Type-7	Freighter	10.68	8.95	2	104	L	181 [301]	216	60	14,314,210
Federal Assault Ship	Combat	8.33	7.69	6	32	M	214 [357]	540	133	19,814,205
Imperial Clipper	Multipurpose	8.98	8.05	2	74	L	306 [388]	486	186	22,295,860
Federal Gunship	Combat	6.66	6.54	2	16	M	171 [282]	630	186	35,814,210
Orca	Passenger	7.44	6.81	2	72	L	304 [385]	396	114	48,539,887
Fer-de-Lance	Combat	7.00	6.59	6	24	M	265 [357]	405	271	51,567,040
Python	Multipurpose	8.23	7.36	6	82	M	234 [305]	468	294	56,978,179
Type-9	Freighter	7.71	6.62	0	220	L	131 [201]	432	88	76,555,842
Anaconda	Multipurpose	9.41	8.52	2	114	L	183 [244]	945	362	146,969,451
Federal Corvette	Superheavy Fighter	6.31	6.03	2	76	L	198 257	666	516	180,327,022
Imperial Cutter	Superheavy Multipurpose	8.21	7.57	2	164	L	202 323	720	705	203,745,220

A-Class Frame Shift Drive, Thrusters and Power Distributor and lowest mass on everything else except Fuel Tank. All Internal Compartments are Cargo Racks. Power Plant is the lightest available with sufficient power.

Model	Unladen Jump Range (LY)	Laden Jump Range (LY)	Manoeuvrability	Max Cargo (T)	Speed [Boost]	Armour	Cost (CR)
Sidewinder MkI	22.08	17.21	8	10	220 [320]	60	370,550
Eagle MkII	22.36	18.58	10	14	240 [350]	40	1,112,225
Hauler	29.64	16.14	6	22	200 [300]	50	408,096
Adder	26.14	18.15	8	26	220 [320]	90	1,165,413
Imperial Eagle				20
Viper MkIII	18.58	14.69	6	22	320 [400]	70	1,318,860
Cobra MkIII	25.59	20.23	6	60	280 [400]	120	3,777,946
Viper MkIV				50
Diamondback Scout				28
Cobra MkIV				72
Type-6	29.10	18.62	3	112	220 [350]	90	4,591,030
Diamondback Explorer				52
Imperial Courier	26.92	16.5	6	30	277 [380]	144	3,759,191
Keelback				88
Asp Scout				52
Vulture				56
Asp Explorer	32.82	24.47	6	128	250 [340]	210	17,510,743
Federal Dropship	17.34	14.08	0	164	180 [300]	300	63,014,052
Type-7	24.42	16.73	2	232	180 [300]	120	28,578,265
Federal Assault Ship				96
Imperial Clipper	23.04	15.74	2	248	300 [380]	270	48,165,783
Federal Gunship				104
Orca	17.63	13.83	2	192	300 [380]	220	71,855,023
Fer-de-Lance				70
Python	22.62	14.72	6	292	230 [280]	260	88,412,096
Type-9	17.69	12.38	0	532	130 [200]	240	151,834,448
Anaconda	27.82	17.46	2	468	180 [240]	525	242,845,219
Federal Corvette	17.03	11.52	2	616			285,401,630
Imperial Cutter	21.94	14.53	2	792			435,747,300

A-Class Frame Shift Drive and lowest mass on everything else except Fuel Tank. Internal Compartments contain biggest size A-Class Fuel Scoop, Advanced Discovery Scanner and Detailed Surface Scanner. Power Plant is the lightest available with sufficient power.

Model	Jump Range (LY)	Manoeuvrability	Cost (CR)	Value (CR per LY)
Sidewinder MkI	21.47	8	2,269,702	105,715
Eagle MkII	23.27	10	3,238,135	139,154
Hauler	28.55	6	2,907,482	101,838
Adder	27.40	8	3,277,509	119,617
Imperial Eagle
Viper MkIII	19.57	6	3,488,690	178,267
Cobra MkIII	26.43	6	6,615,091	250,287
Viper MkIV
Diamondback Scout	27.41	8	4,862,755	177,408
Cobra MkIV
Type-6	30.19	3	13,443,388	445,292
Diamondback Explorer	33.95	5	11,553,111	340,297
Imperial Courier
Keelback
Asp Scout
Vulture
Asp Explorer	34.91	6	42,070,652	1,205,117
Federal Dropship	19.21	0	73,115,656	3,806,124
Type-7	25.08	2	52,899,028	2,109,211
Federal Assault Ship
Imperial Clipper	26.48	2	119,691,555	4,520,073
Federal Gunship
Orca	18.97	2	84,086,745	4,432,617
Fer-de-Lance
Python	28.31	6	91,533,081	3,233,242
Type-9	19.30	0	381,482,393	19,765,927
Anaconda	38.48	2	254,041,466	6,601,909
Federal Corvette
Imperial Cutter

A-Class everything, Bulkheads as Reactive Surface Composite which is the most expensive part of a ship. Hardpoints, utility mounts and internal compartments empty except Shield Generator which is highest possible size.

Model	Jump Range (LY)	Manoeuvrability	Speed [Boost]	Armour	Cost (CR)
Sidewinder MkI	17.84	8	220 [320]	60	845,792
Eagle MkII	18.23	10	240 [350]	40	1,981,838
Hauler	22.14	6	200 [300]	50	1,365,147
Adder	20.76	8	220 [320]	90	2,520,740
Imperial Eagle	17.98	6	322 [430]	210	2,612,910
Viper MkIII	14.98	6	320 [400]	70	2,841,388
Cobra MkIII	21.21	6	280 [400]	120	8,070,829
Viper MkIV	22.06	4	299 [376]	525	8,181,690
Diamondback Scout	22.98	8	313 [425]	420	7,425,770
Cobra MkIV	19.11	4	214 [322]	420	9,346,220
Type-6	23.49	3	220 [350]	90	12,459,258
Diamondback Explorer	27.87	5	258 [337]	525	16,893,590
Imperial Courier	19.33	7	306 [415]	280	11,851,200
Keelback
Asp Scout
Vulture
Asp Explorer	25.45	6	250 [340]	210	55,553,113
Federal Dropship	14.11	0	180 [300]	300	184,925,684
Type-7	19.87	2	180 [300]	120	86,929,434
Federal Assault Ship
Imperial Clipper	18.22	2	300 [380]	270	133,254,728
Federal Gunship
Orca	14.27	2	300 [380]	220	209,958,627
Fer-de-Lance
Python	14.47	6	230 [280]	260	306,891,736
Type-9	15.31	0	130 [200]	240	505,433,857
Anaconda	19.74	2	208 [277]	525	825,479,020
Federal Corvette	13.62	2	213 [277]		962,815,660
Imperial Cutter	17.53	2	225 [360]		1,261,053,840

Ship Outfitting

All ships are highly customizable through outfitting. Each outfit slot has a maximum class that can be put into that slot. This only lists what type of outfit slots are available for each ship, their exact content has to be put on some other page. For example: Internal compartments can contain cargo space, where class 1 = 2t, class 2 = 4t, class 3 = 8t, class 4 = 16t... But Internal compartments can also contain shield cell banks, scanners, etc. Apart from classes, outfits also have a quality rating A-H, and other characteristics such as energy drain, armour piercing, etc.

Max class for each outfit slot in table below (more info on respective ship page):

	Hardpoints					Power Plant	Thrusters	FSD	Life Support	Power Distributor	Sensors	Fuel Tank	Internal Compartment
	S	M	L	H	Util	Power Plant	Thrusters	FSD	Life Support	Power Distributor	Sensors	Fuel Tank	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7	C8
Sidewinder	2	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eagle	3	-	-	-	1	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Hauler	1	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Adder	2	1	-	-	2	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Imperial Eagle	2	1	-	-	1	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-
Viper MkIII	2	2	-	-	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Cobra MkIII	2	2	-	-	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	-	3		3	-	-	-	-
Viper MkIV	2	2	-	-	2
Diamondback Scout	2	2	-	-	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	4	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-
Cobra MkIV
Type-6	2	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	2	3	2	4	-	2	1	2	2	-	-	-
Diamondback Explorer	-	2	1	-	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	5	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-
Imperial Courier	-	3	-	-	4	4	3	3	1	3	2	3	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
Keelback	2	2	-	-	2
Asp Scout
Vulture	-	-	2	-	4	4	5	4	3	5	4	3	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-
Asp Explorer	4	2	-	-	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	-	2	3	-	1	1	-	-
Federal Dropship	-	4	1	-	4	6	6	5	5	6	4	4	-	1	2	1	2	1	-	-
Type-7	4	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	4	3	3	5	-	2	-	2	2	2	-	-
Federal Assault Ship
Imperial Clipper	-	2	2	-	4	6	6	5	5	6	5	4	-	2	2	2	-	1	1	-
Federal Gunship
Orca	-	2	1	-	4	5	6	5	6	5	4	4	-	2	1	1	2+1^[r]	1^[r]	-	-
Fer-de-Lance	-	4	-	1	6	5	5	4	4	6	4	3	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-
Python	-	2	3	-	4	7	6	5	4	7	6	5	-	1	2	1	2	3	-	-
Type-9	2	3	-	-	4	6	7	6	5	6	4	6	1	-	2	2	1	1	1	1
Anaconda	2	2	3	1	8	8	7	6	5	8	8	5	-	1	-	3	3	3	1	-
Federal Corvette	2	2	1	2	8
Imperial Cutter	-	4	2	1	8
^[r] = Reserved slot for Cargo Rack or Hull Reinforcement Package: default system cannot be changed.

* Note: All ships currently have a max Bulkhead class of 8.

Manufacturers

Core Dynamics Eagle MkII F63 Condor Farragut Battle Cruiser Federal Assault Ship Federal Corvette Federal Dropship Federal Gunship Vulture	Faulcon DeLacy Anaconda Cobra MkIII Cobra MkIV Python Sidewinder MkI Viper MkIII Viper MkIV	Lakon Spaceways Asp Explorer Asp Scout Diamondback Explorer Diamondback Scout Keelback Type-6 Transporter Type-7 Transporter Type-9 Heavy	Gutamaya Imperial Clipper Imperial Courier Imperial Cutter Imperial Eagle Majestic Class Interdictor	Saud Kruger Beluga Liner Dolphin Orca
Zorgon Peterson Adder Fer-de-Lance Hauler Panther Clipper

Faction Ships

Frontier are developing a family of ships for the navies of each faction in the game. Examples:

Imperial Courier - Empire Scout
Imperial Cutter - Civilian version of Empire Light Warship
Imperial Fighter - Imperial Fighter
F63 Condor - Federal Fighter
Farragut - Federal Capital Ship
Majestic Class Interdictor - Empire Capital Ship

The fleet-class ships that are available to the game’s major factions follow a hierarchy.^[1]

Cruisers (Battlecruisers, Battleships, Interdictors)

Long range, independent ships that are capable of controlling entire systems. Heavily armed and capable of deploying large fighter squadrons. The capital ships already shown are an example of this class. In the Empire they are usually known as “Interdictors” – named after the first successful class of cruisers. Currently the most common and most successful is the Majestic class – generally referred to as a “Majestic class Interdictor”. As ships that can also carry out ambassadorial missions they can be used for ‘soft’ power projection, as well as hard.

Frigates

These are large ships designed for escort duties. The actual vessels vary greatly between navies, but are all designed to engage multiple small, fast enemies (typically fighters and missile swarms) and are loaded with point defence batteries. They will also have some anti-ship capability, but are not designed to go up against other warships.

Destroyers

These are anti-warship vessels, but are generally no longer used in the front line, though some are still in service.

Carriers

Designed for the deployment of fighter squadrons. Obsolete in the fleets of the major factions due to the popularity of Cruisers, but small navies still make use of them and some have even been converted into transporters.

Transporters (Couriers)

Armoured warships designed specifically for transporting valuable assets and cargo quickly and safely.

Corvettes (Cutters)

Light multi-role warships, capable of reconnaissance, incursions and escort missions. These small warships are also popular with smaller factions, organizations and even wealthy individuals due to their adaptability. The Imperial Cutter is a lighter and faster Corvette-class ship, which players will be able to get their hands on in the final game (assuming they can make the right contacts).

Fighters

Small short-range craft that generally cannot operate independently due to having no jump capability. Their main roles include the defence of stations and the large warships that they are deployed from. Commercial fighters are typically jump-capable and are therefore much more flexible than their faction-specific counterparts.