1A Military Grade In Storage - So which ones do I own again???

[DNA-Decay]

There seem to be some misunderstandings here.

Hull Hardness was indeed tested by the inimitable Frenotx but the test results were superseded when the Devs added HH to the right panel as an in-game displayed value.

If you want to see your ship's Hull Hardness look at the right panel - or at Coriolis or ED Shipyard, which show the official value for every ship.

Hull Hardness has nothing to do with bulkheads or engineering. It can't be changed. It's the same by ship for military, lightweight, reactive, whatever.

Nor is Hull Hardness hit points. It's a modifier applied to incoming weapon damage only.

Weapon APV / Hull Hardness = % damage taken, capped at 100%.

I hope this is helpful, o7

It is, but Coriolis doesn't show it as Hull Hardness, it shows it as Armour points (it also shows . . . ).

Okay FINE. I used to have my signature "If a job's worth doing it's worth half doing twice".

I'll be back.

Okay so that data again (culled from Coriolis)

Most Armor to Least:

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https://coriolis.io/	Reinf Cost	Mil Cost	STD Arm	Rnf Arm	Mil Arm	Rnf Wgt	Mil wgt	Rf-A/kCr	Rf-A/T	Ml-A/kCr	Ml-A/T	STD HFV
Anaconda	$58,787,780.00	$132,272,510.00	945	1323	1838	30	60	0.023	44.10	0.014	30.63	65
Imperial Cutter	$63,587,790.00	$188,072,510.00	720	1008	1400	30	60	0.016	33.60	0.007	23.33	70
Federal Corvette	$75,187,790.00	$169,172,510.00	666	932	1295	30	60	0.012	31.07	0.008	21.58	70
Federal Gunship	$14,325,690.00	$32,774,790.00	630	882	1225	44	87	0.062	20.05	0.037	14.08	60
Federal Dropship	$5,725,680.00	$12,882,780.00	540	756	1050	44	87	0.132	17.18	0.082	12.07	60
Federal Assault Ship	$7,925,680.00	$17,832,780.00	540	756	1050	44	57	0.095	17.18	0.059	18.42	60
Imperial Clipper	$8,918,340.00	$20,077,780.00	486	680	945	30	60	0.076	22.67	0.047	15.75	60
Python	$22,791,270.00	$51,280,360.00	468	655	910	26	53	0.029	25.19	0.018	17.17	65
Type-9 Heavy	$30,622,340.00	$68,900,260.00	432	605	840	75	150	0.020	8.07	0.012	5.60	65
Fer-de-Lance	$20,626,820.00	$46,410,340.00	405	567	788	19	38	0.027	29.84	0.017	20.74	70
Orca	$19,415,950.00	$43,685,900.00	396	554	770	21	87	0.029	26.38	0.018	8.85	55
Asp Explorer	$2,664,460.00	$5,995,040.00	378	529	735	21	42	0.199	25.19	0.123	17.50	52
Asp Scout	$1,584,460.00	$3,565,040.00	324	454	630	21	42	0.287	21.62	0.177	15.00	52
Vulture	$1,970,250.00	$4,433,050.00	288	403	560	17	35	0.205	23.71	0.126	16.00	35
Viper Mk IV	$175,180.00	$394,140.00	270	378	525	5	9	2.158	75.60	1.332	58.33	35
Diamondback Explorer	$800,000.00	$7,635,700.00	270	378	525	23	47	0.473	16.43	0.069	11.17	42
Cobra Mk III	$151,890.00	$341,750.00	216	302	420	14	27	1.988	21.57	1.229	15.56	35
Diamondback Scout	$225,700.00	$461,340.00	216	302	420	13	26	1.338	23.23	0.910	16.15	40
Cobra Mk IV	$305,890.00	$603,740.00	216	302	420	14	27	0.987	21.57	0.696	15.56	35
Type-7 Transporter	$6,988,900.00	$15,725,030.00	216	302	420	32	63	0.043	9.44	0.027	6.67	54
Keelback	$1,250,460.00	$2,813,540.00	198	277	385	12	23	0.222	23.08	0.137	16.74	45
Adder	$35,120.00	$79,030.00	162	227	315	3	5	6.464	75.67	3.986	63.00	32
Type-6 Transporter	$418,380.00	$865,790.00	162	227	315	12	23	0.543	18.92	0.364	13.70	35
Imperial Courier	$1,017,200.00	$2,288,600.00	144	202	280	4	8	0.199	50.50	0.122	35.00	30
Viper	$57,170.00	$128,640.00	126	176	245	5	9	3.079	35.20	1.905	27.22	35
Sidewinder	$25,600.00	$80,320.00	108	151	210	2	4	5.898	75.50	2.615	52.50	20
Imperial Eagle	$66,500.00	$222,760.00	108	151	210	4	8	2.271	37.75	0.943	26.25	28
Hauler	$42,180.00	$185,050.00	90	126	175	1	2	2.987	126.00	0.946	87.50	20
Eagle	$26,880.00	$90,050.00	72	101	140	4	8	3.757	25.25	1.555	17.50	28

This table compares Frenotx's experimentally derived HFV value vs the Armour listed on Coriolis.

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HFV - Frenotx	Armour - Coriolis
Imperial Cutter	Anaconda
Federal Corvette	Imperial Cutter
Fer-de-Lance	Federal Corvette
Anaconda	Federal Gunship
Python	Federal Dropship
Type-9 Heavy	Federal Assault Ship
Imperial Clipper	Imperial Clipper
Federal Gunship	Python
Federal Dropship	Type-9 Heavy
Federal Assault Ship	Fer-de-Lance
Orca	Orca
Type-7 Transporter	Asp Explorer
Asp Explorer	Asp Scout
Asp Scout	Vulture
Keelback	Viper Mk IV
Diamondback Explorer	Diamondback Explorer
Diamondback Scout	Cobra Mk III
Viper Mk IV	Diamondback Scout
Viper	Cobra Mk IV
Vulture	Type-7 Transporter
Cobra Mk III	Keelback
Cobra Mk IV	Adder
Type-6 Transporter	Type-6 Transporter
Adder	Imperial Courier
Imperial Courier	Viper
Imperial Eagle	Sidewinder
Eagle	Imperial Eagle
Hauler	Hauler
Sidewinder	Eagle

Key differences: Fer De Lance.
Frenotx found that the FDL took as much punishment as Cutters and Corvettes. But the raw Armour data ranks it 9th - below Pythons and Clippers, and well below the Cutter.
I also did a comparison ranking of the Armour per Ton. Obviously there are diminishing returns, so the value of buying Military seems to be about 70% of the value of buying Reinforced (that's armour per weight). But there's a few outliers - The Orca - just hates military hull 34%. The Adder and Viper you get like 83% 77%

 

[Truesilver]

but Coriolis doesn't show it as Hull Hardness, it shows it as Armour points

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Key differences: Fer De Lance.
Frenotx found that the FDL took as much punishment as Cutters and Corvettes. But the raw Armour data ranks it 9th - below Pythons and Clippers, and well below the Cutter.

Sorry DNA, but you're looking at the wrong stat - if you want to reference Frenotx's thread, that is. You're looking at Armour, which is hull hp.

On the front page of Coriolis is a column called 'HRD'. This is Hull Hardness and corresponds (not perfectly but mostly) to Frenotx's tested hardness. The HRD column is taken from the in-game right panel.

Note that the FdL has hardness of 70. There's nothing higher.

Armour (hull hp) was not a hidden value when Frenotx did his testing. Frenotx's thread wasn't about that.

It was about discovering the (then hidden) Hardness factor, which as I set out above acts as a potential negative multiplier to incoming weapon damage.

I'm afraid that Hardness has nothing to do with military bulkheads.