Research

Weapon Damage Partition Analysis

10th April 2019

1. Executive Summary The partition of the different types of damage (i.e. thermal, kinetic, absolute) has been determined for Railguns, Incendiary Multi-Cannons, and Plasma Accelerators. The results are summarized in the table below. The community has long suspected that Railguns have a damage partition of roughly 60% thermal and 40% kinetic, with different institutions within…

A study into target selection in the Thargoid attacks of 3305

19th March 2019

factabulous

Research, Thargoid Attack

This research paper by Redden Alt-Mer and factabulous looks at the thorny issue of how the Thargoids are selecting their targets for attack. In 3305 this has been more difficult as there is greater diversity in the selected systems, and has broken assumptions made in earlier times. The paper puts forward the theory that the…

Optimal Supercruise Flight Paths

4th March 2019

Canonn Research

Research, supercruise

We are privileged to have been asked to host Cmdr Heisenberg6626's study of the Optimal Supercruise Flight Paths, which examines this key element of space travel in detail

The Canonn Science Primer

26th August 2017

Starbeaver

Research, Scientific

A paper by Prof. Sindri Arcturus, Director of the Freeman Dyson Institute. The aim of this document is to provide a basic, generalized overview of topics which are relevant to the science of Elite: Dangerous. The goal here is not to delve too deeply into the topics, or to expound on the subtleties or sub-topics…