Elite: Dangerous Blog

This week I have resumed work on the Vehicle Codex, doing a large number of the datasheets. I have modified my original format and unlike my blueprints, these are all to the same scale (1:2,450).

Yes; I know some don't have completed Codex pages yet (Saud Kruger). If you spot any incorrect stats, please let me know. Here are the ones I've done so far. More to come over the weekend and next week.

Here it is, as promised

4K version

Many thanks to the talented Ian Baristan (@IanBaristan) for this

Update January 2019 - all these blueprints have been superseded by the new "3305 Editions" here which include hard-point and utility slot locations.  

With the addition of the Dolphin, I have republished the full set with a few additions. There are size corrections on the Viper Mk III and I've added ZIP copies of all the JPEG version of each language. Additionally, the remaining translations have been applied, so this is the most complete set to date.

• English versions gb.zip (39.2 mb)
• French versions fr.zip (31.3 mb)
• German versions de.zip (27.9 mb)
• Spanish versions es.zip (35.9 mb)

Thanks to CMDR Noxa on reddit for finding out who manufactures the Corilios station.

Thanks also to all the others on Twitter, Reddit and the Frontier forums who have been spotting errors and mistakes and letting me know. It's been very helpful to have so many people proofreading this lot! As you can imagine, while most of this work has been done in my lunch hour, there have been a few nights where I burnt the midnight oil and almost certainly copied numbers from the wrong spreadsheet column!

Thanks to CMDR Aidan Abacus & the CMDRs of www.elitedangerous.de for German translations. Thanks to CMDR Nicou, CMDR Aymerix & CMDR Duita Rider of www.elite-dangerous.fr for French translations. Thanks to CMDR Nyra, with the help of CMDR Kimanuel and CMDR XPi2, from Corsarios de Heimdal for Spanish translations.

	Craft	Manufacturer	1920x1080	4096x2305
	Stinger-2 Attack Skimmer	Achilles Corporation
	S4 Sentry Skimmer	Core Dynamics
	S9 Goliath Skimmer	Core Dynamics
	Scarab SRV	Vodel
	F63 Condor Federal Fighter	Core Dynamics
	GU-97 Imperial fighter	Gutamaya
	Taipan Independent Fighter	Lakon Spaceways
	Sidewinder	Faulcon DeLacy
	Eagle Mk II	Core Dynamics
	Hauler	Zorgon Peterson
	Adder	Zorgon Peterson
	Dolphin	Saud Kruger
	Imperial Eagle	Gutamaya
	Viper MK III	Faulcon DeLacy
	Cobra Mk III	Faulcon DeLacy
	Viper Mk IV	Faulcon DeLacy
	Diamondback Scout	Lakon Spaceways
	Cobra Mk IV	Faulcon DeLacy
	Type 6 Transporter	Lakon Spaceways
	Diamondback Explorer	Lakon Spaceways
	Imperial Courier	Gutamaya
	Keelback	Lakon Spaceways
	Asp Scout	Lakon Spaceways
	Vulture	Core Dynamics
	Asp Explorer	Lakon Spaceways
	Federal Dropship	Core Dynamics
	Type 7 Transporter	Lakon Spaceways
	Alliance Chieftain	Lakon Spaceways
	Federal Assault Ship	Core Dynamics
	Imperial Clipper	Gutamaya
	Federal Gunship	Core Dynamics
	Orca	Saud Kruger
	Fer De Lance	Zorgon Peterson
	Python	Faulcon DeLacy
	Type 9 Heavy	Lakon Spaceways
	Beluga Liner	Saud Kruger
	Type-10 Defender	Lakon Spaceways
	Anaconda	Faulcon DeLacy
	Federal Corvette	Core Dynamics
	Imperial Cutter	Gutamaya
	Majestic Class Interdictor	Gutamaya
	Farragut Battle Cruiser	Core Dynamics
	Coriolis Station	Brewer Corp
	Thargoid Sensor	Thargoids
	Thargoid Marauder	Thargoids
	Thargoid Cyclops	Thargoids

Here it is! The Lakon Type-10 Defender blueprint.

Hats off to Frontier and whoever modeled this ship. It is one of the most detailed ships in the game. No copy-n-paste left side to right here!

1920x1080 PNG

4096x2305 JPG

I've made adjustments to scale since initial measurements were not accurate enough and I have also added the inner cylinder.

The two versions are now linked on the original BluePrint post here: http://www.elite-dangerous-blog.co.uk/post/Elite-Dangerous-Ship-Blueprints-23-Update

Following a request from CMDR Andrew Indelicate from Facebook's Mobius PvE page, I've stuck a Beluga Liner in the access corridor - CMDR Vincent Chu demonstrated that the Beluga's folding tail makes little or no difference to the overall height when the landing gear comes down.

My original assertion that the station was over 3km across was incorrect and the figure is a little over 2km, which makes it more or less as wide as the Farragut (which I have also recently redrawn). The pads in the cylinder are red for large, orange for medium and cyan for small. The diameter of the cylinder should be very accurate, but the length is an approximation based on the depth of the access corridor.

After publishing vectors of the ships and vehicles from Elite: Dangerous that I had compiled while drawing my ship blueprints over the last year or so, I had a lot of interest from other members of the community who wanted to use them in their own projects.

As long as my blog gets a mention (somewhere) and nobody tries to take credit for the work I've done, I'm very happy for anyone to do this and actively encourage such creativity. 

With this in mind, a CMDR had emailed me asking for vectors - this time of the isometric projections which were not included in the vectors I published previously. So, to address this I've created 256px x 256px icons for every vehicle in the game in PNG and SVG (vecor) formats. These are available to download in a single ZIP file here.

ed-vehicle-icons-png.zip (1.28 mb)

ed-vehicle-icons-svg.zip (5.74 mb)

And they look like this..

I have updated the set of Thargoid data obtained (can't say how) from the Federal Navy.

Thargoid Sensor

Previously the Unknown Artefact.

Thargoid Scout

The scout ship seen only at a crash site so far.

Thargoid Interceptor

The Cyclops variant Thargoid ship.

Comparative scale

To see the Thargoid vessels compared with the human vessels. (4K+ image)

After my blueprints update of last week I have had a LOT of requests for vector versions.

I am happy to do this, I only ask that my blog be credited wherever you use them. I'm also giving them all to http://edassets.org so they'll be available to the wider Elite:Dangerous community.

Enjoy!

I expect to see lots of illustrated user-guides and a bunch of wacky T-Shirts at Frontier Expo.

	Craft	SVG	PNG
	Scarab SRV	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	F63 Condor Federal Fighter	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	GU-97 Imperial fighter	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Taipan Independent Fighter	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Sidewinder	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Eagle Mk II	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Hauler	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Adder	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Dolphin	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Imperial Eagle	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Viper MK III	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Cobra Mk III	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Viper Mk IV	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Diamondback Scout	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Cobra Mk IV	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Type 6 Transporter	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Diamondback Explorer	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Imperial Courier	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Keelback	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Asp Scout	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Vulture	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Asp Explorer	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Federal Dropship	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Type 7 Transporter	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Federal Assault Ship	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Imperial Clipper	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Federal Gunship	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Orca	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Fer De Lance	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Python	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Type 9 Heavy	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Beluga Liner	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Anaconda	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Federal Corvette	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Imperial Cutter	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Majestic Class Interdictor	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap
	Farragut Battle Cruiser	SVG Vector	PNG Bitmap

Here's a (top secret) blueprint of the Unknown Artefact leaked from an intercepted Federation communique. Larger edition here