Megaship

A Megaship is a class of massive ships that travel through the galaxy, and are utilized in a wide variety of roles.^[1] Megaships were introduced in Elite Dangerous: Horizons update 2.3, "The Commanders".^[2]

Megaship Types

There are various models of Megaships categorized into three main types. Most Megaships are Bulk Cruisers and cannot be docked with. Flight Operations Carriers are Megaships with docking facilities. Generation Ships, which predate contemporary Megaships, are derelict and also lack docking facilities.^[3]

Bulk Cruiser

Flight Operations Carrier

Generation Ship

Known Megaships

A number of Megaships are mobile with a rotating flight plan, and every week they will jump to the next system on the list, while other Megaships are stationary and can reliably be found at the same location.

Bulk Cruisers

All Bulk Cruisers feature one or more text or audio logs that can be downloaded from Ship Log Uplinks using a Data Link Scanner. They possess no docking facilities, but commodities and materials can usually be salvaged near them. Some have unique names in addition to a class and ID code.

Note that some Bulk Cruisers with no Flight Plans may be moved to a different system without warning, and locations listed below may be out of date.

Name	Class & ID	System(s)	Planet	Notes
Traveller	Sagan Class Tourist Ship NJI-400	Flight Plan: Njikan (*), Audusi, Xangew, Taurawa, NLTT 52560, 73 Rho Cygni	Njikan 5
Aida	Hogan Class Bulk Cargo Ship PTK-179	Electra	6	Attacked by Thargoids; distress call reported by Galnet;^[5]^[6]
AIE Anzac Honour	Dionysus Class Agricultural Vessel	Pleiades Sector GW-W c1-15	11	CG reward^[7]
Blazin' Dynamo		Kemurukamar
Cargo Vessel Ford Prefect	Banner Class Bulk Cargo Ship TIH-562	Flight Plan: Gurney Slade, Proxima, Obates, Ramito, Sagar, Anotchadiae
Cave Johnson Memorial Science Lab	Lowell Class Science Vessel	Flight Plan: Irusan, Hyades Sector BQ-Y d91, HIP 18833, Maia, Hyades Sector AF-Z b4, HIP 21918		Constructed by PMF Candy Crew Guild CG
GCS Sarasvati		IC 4604 Sector FB-X c1-16	A 1 A
Nemb	Samson Class Bulk Cargo Ship	LP 892-51	3 A	Attacked by pirates
Survey Vessel Pandora	Survey Vessel	HIP 21478	A 1 F
Survey Vessel Victoria's Song	Survey Vessel	HIP 17125	A 3
The Artificers Clan Dredger	Dredger	Reorte		Missing as of 2.4
The Cete		Col 173 Sector LJ-F c12-0	A 3
The Phagos Clan Dredger	Dredger	Lugh		Missing as of 2.4
The Zurara		Syreadiae JX-F c0	1	Previously part of Project Dynasty.
Welcome Deviation		Kachirigin		Attacked by pirates; logs point to Relay Station JE-6060 in Guara^[8]
	Alcatraz Class Prison Ship JJF-048	HIP 17692	A 3	Attacked by Thargoids
	Alcatraz Class Prison Ship SSC-852	Flight Plan: Milscothach, Luyten 347-14, LHS 332, LFT 926, LHS 332, Luyten 347-14
	Amaethon Class Agricultural Vessel BTA-011B	Pleiades Sector IR-W d1-55	4 A	Attacked by Thargoids
	Amaethon Class Agricultural Vessel HDO-638	Nankul	3	Attacked by Thargoids
	Aquarius Class Tanker ALF-895	HIP 17225	A 2	Attacked by Thargoids
	Aquarius Class Tanker FBY-8839	Deciat	6	Attacked by Thargoids
	Aquarius Class Tanker KGD-684	Flight Plan: Maya, Sete, Nima, Ngandii, Tjapan, Dilati
	Aquarius Class Tanker KTF-895	Flight Plan: Robigo, Ceos, Sothis, Ceos, Robigo, Almagest
	Aquarius Class Tanker PDP-399	Flight Plan: Carcosa, Sollaro, DiggiDiggi, Metztli, Colonia, Tenjin
	Aquarius Class Tanker WKS-559	California Sector BA-A e6	4	Attacked by pirates
	Banner Class Bulk Cargo Ship BTG-237	Pleiades Sector IR-W d1-55	5 A	Attacked by Thargoids
	Banner Class Bulk Cargo Ship LNL-257	Flight Plan: Randgnid, Asura, Macrath, Colonia, Luchtaine, Coeus
	Beckett Class Science Vessel GUC-649	Gree	B	Attacked by Thargoids
	Bellmarsh Class Prison Ship DLV-812	Flight Plan: Pohnpet, Timocan, Heretia, HR 1613, Heretia, Timocan
	Bowman Class Science Vessel RKHU-01	Flight Plan: Plaa Ain FF-Z d76, Plaa Ain KS-A b2-5, Plaa Ain FF-Z d76, Plaa Ain KS-A b2-5, Plaa Ain FF-Z d76, Plaa Ain KS-A b2-5		Constructed by the Rekohu Project^[9]
	Bowman Class Science Vessel ZZW-101	Flight Plan: Asgaa, Dagr, CN Bootis, Tiris, Cantjarisni, Sveinbarn
	Collionson Class Asteroid Ship	Gateway	Hope	Missing as of 2.4
	Demeter Class Agricultural Vessel DGL-436	Flight Plan: Peckollerci, Hayar, Feuma, Gateway, Adenets, Olgrea
	Demeter Class Agricultural Vessel HXO-889	Flight Plan: HIP 8396, Takurua, Almagest, Robigo, Almagest, Takurua
	Demeter Class Agricultural Vessel KSL-878	Pleiades Sector HR-W d1-57	A 5	Attacked by Thargoids
	Dionysus Class Agricultural Vessel DSL-327	Flight Plan: Nyx, Sigma Pegasi, Gilgamesh, LP 347-5, Inti, Ursitoare
	Dionysus Class Agricultural Vessel FGK-342	Synuefai LX-R d5-28	4	Attacked by pirates
	Dionysus Class Agricultural Vessel GTP-8846	Flight Plan: Sothis, Ceos, Robigo, Almagest, Robigo, Ceos
	Dionysus Class Agricultural Vessel KTB-2673	Nankul	2	Attacked by Thargoids
	Freedom Class Survey Vessel CTC-023	Flight Plan: Rohini, Gandharvi, Kashyapa, Colonia, Kashyapa, Gandharvi
	Freedom Class Survey Vessel MLK-0115	Altair		Seen in 3.0 beta
	Freedom Class Survey Vessel MRM-629	Flight Plan: Sothis, Robigo, Takurua, HIP 8396, Almagest, Ceos
	Freedom Class Survey Vessel PNF-542	Flight Plan: Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31, Boewnst KS-S c20-959, Colonia, Gandharvi, Rohini, Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10
	Freedom Class Survey Vessel SFCT-001	Flight Plan: Alpha Centauri, Asellus Primus, LHS 3447, Eravate, Conneda, Alpha Centauri
	Gordon Class Bulk Cargo Ship FPR-42	HIP 18077		Attacked by pirates
	Gordon Class Bulk Cargo Ship LWY-129	Flight Plan: Ra'Takakhan, Luchtaine, Colonia, Tenjin, Ratraii, Trakath
	Gordon Class Bulk Cargo Ship MKZ-892	Flight Plan: Colonia, Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31, Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10, Tikurua, Rohini, Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31
	Gordon Class Bulk Cargo Ship MSZ-405	Flight Plan: Avikarli, Suessi, Cambal, Siluruba, HIP 64131, Negasta
	Gordon Class Bulk Cargo Ship QLR-562	Flight Plan: Almagest, Robigo, Ceos, Sothis, Ceos Robigo
	Gordon Class Bulk Cargo Ship SOD-7416	LP 581-36	B 3	Attacked by Thargoids
	Henry Class Bulk Cargo Ship ALC-339	Flight Plan: Itzam Nawe, Taimin, Nokotaikuyu, Shalatucas, Hajarage, Chaualkyrja
	Henry Class Bulk Cargo Ship AR-005	Pleiades Sector IR-W d1-55	4 A	Attacked by Thargoids
	Henry Class Bulk Cargo Ship BFS-396	Flight Plan: Lembava, Eagle Sector IR-W d1-117, Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31, Colonia, Boewnst KS-S c20-959, Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31
	Hercules Class Bulk Cargo Ship ALL-4659	Flight Plan: Gateway, Tambe, Purui Hari, Olwain, Akheilos, Alcor
	Hercules Class Bulk Cargo Ship KAS-093	Flight Plan: Ceos, Robigo, Almagest, Takurua, Almagest, Robigo
	Hercules Class Bulk Cargo Ship KPX-3397	Pleiades Sector IR-W d1-55	5 A	Attacked by Thargoids
	Hercules Class Bulk Cargo Ship NLS-088	Flight Plan: Zhao, Rohini,Gandharvi, Kashyapa, Colonia, Skaudai CH-B d14-34
	Hercules Class Bulk Cargo Ship TFD-013	Flight Plan: Oduduro, Oto, Wong Sher, Nima, Yoruba, Alrai
	Hogan Class Bulk Cargo Ship DAL-658	Flight Plan: Tapirape, Keiadir, Summerland, Sherones, Pandemonium, Sifjar
	Hogan Class Bulk Cargo Ship ELI-272	Flight Plan: Kaline, Blu Thua AI-A c14-10, Eagle Sector IR-W d1-117, Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31, Kashyapa, Colonia
	Hogan Class Bulk Cargo Ship GRN-452	Flight Plan: Hamlet's Harmony, Alberta, Colonia, Trakath, Desy, Tir
	Hogan Class Bulk Cargo Ship HDS-1953	Carnoeck	4	Attacked by pirates
	James Class Bulk Cargo Ship AAN-331	Flight Plan: Grebegus, Arikara, Dxui, Gamma Horologii, Kremovi, Kurichime
	James Class Bulk Cargo Ship LNP-723	Flight Plan: Boewnst KS-S c20-959, Colonia, Gandharvi, Skaudai CH-B d14-34, Boewnst KS-S c20-959, Colonia
	James Class Bulk Cargo Ship SOD-7164	Deneb Algedi	A 8	Attacked by Thargoids
	James Class Bulk Cargo Ship VKN-091	Flight Plan: Colonia, Kashyapa, Skaudai CH-B d14-34, Rohini, Gandharvi, Colonia
	Lichfield Class Prison Ship FXS-495	Flight Plan: Harpetet, Jangbon, Mongira, Rusamai, Mongira, Jangbon
	Lowell Class Science Vessel CMB-511	Flight Plan: Wolf 485a, LP 790-29, LP 58-247, Lawd 52, LP 634-1, GD 175
	Lowell Class Science Vessel HDR-617	Pleiades Sector OI-T c3-7	B 8	Attacked by Thargoids
	Lowell Class Science Vessel HLD-667	Pleiades Sector IR-W d1-55		Attacked by Thargoids
	Lowell Class Science Vessel SHP-391	Outotz BX-I c23-1	2	Attacked by Thargoids
	Naphtha Class Tanker FKS-981	Flight Plan: Okinura, Arinack, Bandizel, Saranyu, Gyton's Hope, Tollan
	Naphtha Class Tanker HTH-082	Flight Plan: Takurua, Almagest, Robigo, Ceos, Robigo, Almagest
	Naphtha Class Tanker IPD-038	Pleiades Sector IR-W d1-55	2 B A	Attacked by Thargoids
	Naphtha Class Tanker MAL-086	Flight Plan: Rohini, Skaudai CH-B d14-34, Boewnst KS-S c20-959, Colonia, Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31, Eagle Sector IR-W d1-117
	Naphtha Class Tanker WBN-4678	Ngauna	A 1	Attacked by Thargoids
	Riker Class Prison Ship RMS-619	Veroklist	2	CG reward^[10]
	Riker Class Prison Ship TFL-853	Flight Plan: Imiutli, Segobo, Guarada, Segobo, Imiutli, Yarrinic
	Sagan Class Tourist Ship CUR-6466	Flech	2	Attacked by Thargoids
	Sagan Class Tourist Ship JNY-092	Flight Plan: Blu Thua AI-A c14-10, Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10, Skaudai CH-B d14-34, Gandharvi, Kashyapa, Colonia
	Sagan Class Tourist Ship TEL-121	Flight Plan: IC 1805 Sector AV-O c6-6, IC 1805 Sector DQ-Y e3, IC 1805 Sector AV-O c6-6, IC 1805 Sector AV-O c6-5, IC 1805 Sector AV-O c6-6, IC 1805 Sector DQ-Y e3
	Sagan Class Tourist Ship TLS-051	Flight Plan: Gandharvi, Kashyapa, Skaudai CH-B d14-34, Colonia, Skaudai CH-B d14-34, Kashyapa
	Sagan Class Tourist Ship VOY-438	Flight Plan: Ceos, Almagest, HIP 8396, Takurua, Robigo, Ceos
	Samson Class Bulk Cargo Ship AK-302	California Sector BV-Y c7		Attacked by pirates
	Samson Class Bulk Cargo Ship GDZ-044	Boewnst KS-S C20-959	A	Traveling at around 60km/s. When approached in normal space, quickly appears as a Henry-class, then zooms out of reach.
	Samson Class Bulk Cargo Ship RUF-707	Deciat	3	Attacked by Thargoids
	Samson Class Bulk Cargo Ship ZAE-013	Flight Plan: Idununn, Mokosh, Ambiri, Chih Zhi, Lu Wang, Valta
	Sanchez Class Science Vessel SAM-197	Maia	A 4	Attacked by Thargoids
	Sanchez Class Science Vessel ZIG-097	Pleiades Sector IR-W d1-55	1	Attacked by Thargoids
	Thomas Class Bulk Cargo Ship DFX-056	Pleiades Sector IH-V c2-5	1 A	Attacked by Thargoids
	Thomas Class Bulk Cargo Ship EQU-676	Flight Plan: Equagei, Equagei, Muri, Equagei, Muri, Muri
	Thomas Class Bulk Cargo Ship KS-92	California Sector JH-V c2-12		Attacked by pirates
	Thomas Class Bulk Cargo Ship SOD-6497	Xihe	2 A	Attacked by Thargoids
	Thomas Class Bulk Cargo Ship ZKR-105	Flight Plan: Bilfrost, Har Pa Hsin, Damnon, Manawydan, Concani, Bukurnabal

Flight Operations Carriers

All Flight Operations Carriers support docking, but lack any Ship Log Uplinks or salvage. They can accommodate vessels of all sizes, and feature a variety of services with the exception of shipyards. Generic Rescue Vessels can be found in systems with recently-damaged stations. Detention Centres also function as Flight Operations Carriers and are open to public use.

Name	System	Planet	Notes
ACS Overwatch	CF 16001	A 9	The third Megaship controlled by a player faction^[11]
Damask Rose	Centralis	A 7 a
Dionysus	HIP 17044	2	The second Megaship controlled by a player faction, and originally planned to be located in 42 n Persei^[12]^[13]
Dove Enigma	Colonia	3 a	Named for CMDR DoveEnigma13^[14]
EFS Archangel	Shana Bei	6	The fourth Megaship controlled by a player faction^[15]
Fisher's Rest	Aldebaran	A	Named in honor of the actress Carrie Fisher^[16]
Foster Terminal	Coeus	A 2	The first Megaship in the Colonia Region
Keller's Resolve	Upaniklis	A 2 b	Permanently stationed in Upaniklis following the Federation's victory in The Golconda Interstellar Initiative
Malkendorf	Carini	A 2
Noah's Rest	34 Theta Geminorum	2 B
Overlook	HIP 22460		System is permit-locked with no known way to obtain the permit
Sadler's Song	Synuefe EN-H d11-96 or Zende		Part of a ferry service between Synuefe EN-H d11-96 and Zende^[17]^[18]^[19]
Still Krisi's Eclipse	Kpelidoog	A 1	Named for CMDR Still Krisi, who made the largest contribution to the CG for the ship's construction^[20]^[21]
The Conduit	Synuefe EN-H d11-96 or Zende		Part of a ferry service between Synuefe EN-H d11-96 and Zende^[17]^[18]^[19]
The Gnosis	See Flight Plan		The first Megaship controlled by a player faction, and the first mobile Flight Operations Carrier
The Harmony	Yum Kamcabi	A 11
The Indra	HR 1185	A 4
The Lucent Embrace	Agartha	2	Moved from Upaniklis to Agartha following the Empire's defeat in The Golconda Interstellar Initiative
The Midas	Zeus	1
Tiliala's Lament	Akandinigua	5	Permanently controlled by the Conservatives of Tiliala, one of two minor factions who provide the permit for the Tiliala system^[22]

Generation Ships

All Generation Ships feature audio logs that can be downloaded from Ship Log Uplinks. As they are ancient derelicts, they possess no docking facilities, nor any salvage.

Name	System	Location
Generation Ship Achlys	HIP 114458	Orbiting planet A 2
Generation Ship Artemis	Mu Cassiopeia	Orbiting planet C 1
Generation Ship Atlas	Charick Drift	Orbiting planet A
Generation Ship Demeter	Mizuchi	Orbiting planet 2
Generation Ship Epimetheus	HR 2351	Orbiting planet 4
Generation Ship Hyperion	Lalande 2966	4th planet, then 7k ls towards Yemaki
Generation Ship Lycaon	Alaunus	10th planet, then 22k ls towards Horae
Generation Ship Odysseus	Ross 859	Orbiting planet B 1
Generation Ship Phanes	Cephei Sector NX-U b2-0	Orbiting planet B 5
Generation Ship Phobos	Coelachi	3rd planet, then 1.8k ls towards HIP 10229
Generation Ship Pleione	Hez Ur	5th planet, then 8k ls towards Teuten
Generation Ship Spear of Hope	HIP 21654	Orbiting planet 1 A
Generation Ship Thetis	Nefertem	Orbiting planet 6 A
Generation Ship Venusian	Kitae	2.5k ls towards Zephyrus
Lazarus Expedition	Virudnir	Orbiting planet 6 A
The Golconda	Upaniklis	Orbiting planet B 3

Interaction

Initiating Interactions:^[23]

1. Megaships need to be scanned with the Data Link Scanner before any of the interaction objects become interactive.
2. Doing so will release a scan pulse which highlights all interaction objects attached to the vessel.
3. Interaction objects are added to your ships contacts panel and can be targeted and interrogated to discover how to interact with them.
4. Some of interactions utilise limpets of various types to allow you to activate, deactivate, damage, hack or simply operate an item. While others can be shot or scanned to interact.

All current interactions are considered illegal, tying in with the changes to Crime and Punishment. These interactions provide criminal pilots gameplay options as well as give lawful players new locations to find wanted pilots.

Players can scan certain revealed targets to uncover sub-targets. These can be interacted with in different ways depending on the type.^[24]
Players can damage generators to disable turrets.^[24]
Players can use recon limpets to activate data terminals and comms arrays.^[24]
Players can use hatch breaker limpets to open a cargo bay.^[24]