Cartographics & Exploration

The Department of Cartographics & Exploration uncovers the locations of all of the wonders of the galaxy, both natural and intelligently made. Our researchers travel the vasts reaches of space, and plains of distant worlds, on the lookout for anything unusual and noteworthy. Our catalogs provide an invaluable resource for the other Canonn departments, recording where they might continue their research.

For a chronological view of events and discoveries, visit the Canonn Timeline in the Lore pages.

Department Head: Molan Ryke

Tourist and Visitor Beacons

19th January 2023

Guide, Index, Tourist Beacon, Visitor Beacon

Tourist and Visitor Beacons are found all across the galaxy, but mostly within the human inhabited bubble. These beacons tell the stories of commanders, some no longer with us, history and lore of the Elite Dangerous universe, and mark beautiful sites to visit. Canonn has put together the following spreadsheet to collect these beacons into…

Charon Crashed Ship

22nd December 2022

SovereignWinter

Crash Site, Crashed Ships, Surface Site

This is a crashed Anaconda on Charon in Sol. This persistent crash is marked as “Human Signal (0)”. On the ground around the wreck are a number of cargo racks that can be shot or cut open with a Maverick Suit and a few manufactured materials for engineering. There is a Caine-Massey cargo pod alongside…

Mercury Crashed Ship #2

22nd December 2022

SovereignWinter

Crash Site, Crashed Ships, Surface Site

This is a crashed Anaconda on Mercury in Sol. This persistent crash is marked as “Human Signal (0)”. Note that this ship resides in a Trespass Zone, remaining in them or attacking the skimmers will result in a bounty. On the ground around the wreck are a number of cargo racks that can be shot…

Mercury Crashed Ship #1

22nd December 2022

SovereignWinter

Crash Site, Crashed Ships, Surface Site

Sandra’s Workshop Christmas Event

16th December 2022

SovereignWinter

3308, Christmas, Corrs, Sandra

A Galnet article, “Corrs Toy Emporium Calls for Help” was released on the 15th of December 3308, containing a request for help from Sandra Corrs, CEO of Sandra’s Workshop. Special thanks to CMDR Goidbyte for putting this article together who in turn thanks CMDR LilacLight, CMDR Alton, CMDR Disemboweled Ego, CMDR Stringtheery, and CMDR Arkighor…

The Trial

17th November 2022

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Abandoned Settlement, Listening Post

This is a set of Listening Posts and abandoned surface settlements in Guarijio that can be scanned to reveal a story, This was originally part of a Halloween 3308 event – the locations and lore remain but the event rewards are no longer active. This was found via a Galnet article with an embedded codeword.…

Winking Cat Caches 1-3

21st October 2022

SovereignWinter

Surface Site, winking cat

The Galnet article released on the 16th of December 3307 contained a message from the Winking Cat, stamped upon the back of the playing card stolen from Joker’s Deck: The hunt is on! ‘1, 2, 3: 16th to 30th’ ‘4, 5, 6: 23rd to 6th’. Since the Galnet also mentioned a break-in at WorldCraft, a…

IEA Helium-Rich Gas Giant Guide

26th July 2022

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CMDR Arcanic of the Independent Explorers Association has produced a guide to Helium Rich Gas Giants, reproduced here with permission. IEA can be found on Twitter and Discord The live document is availabe in the cloud What is an HRGG? The Helium-Rich Gas Giant, aka “HRGG” (which we will refer to them as from now…

Oath of Tyndareus

4th July 2022

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Azimuth, Capital Ship, Hogan-class, Megaship, salvation

The Oath of Tyndareus is a retrofitted Hogan-class Hauler.Differently to the standard Hogan-class Hauler it has two additional Defense Turrets on the Cargo Pod Module mounted along the central axis, and one additional Turret on both Cargo Pods mounted directly against it, bringing the number of Defense Turrets to eight instead of four.Its Cargo Hatches…

Quarantine Site UC-001

6th June 2022

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Quarantine, Settlement

Quarantine Site UC-001 is an abandoned settlement on HIP 86908 3a at: -23.0028, -38.2893. It was found on the 5th June 3308 by Commander Imonix who contacted Canonn to report his discovery. The Human signal source appears as a location on planet 3a during a system scan and the actual location of the settlement appears…