Elite: Dangerous/Engineers

Engineers can be used to improve various components of your ships.

Each engineer must first be discovered through either common knowledge or via another engineer, and then unlocked by completing their requests.

List of Engineers

Below is a table showing all 20 engineers, how they can be discovered and unlocked, and what blueprints they have.

Blueprints shown in bold are the highest tier of that blueprint available. For Life Support this is G4, for all others this is G5.

Engineer Name	Method of Discovery	Location	First Requirement	Second Requirement	Blueprints
Elvira Martuuk	Public Knowledge	Khun Long Sight Base	Travel 300LY from starting location.	Donate 3 Soontill Relics.	G1 Shield Cell Bank G3 Shield Generator G2 Thrusters G5 Frame Shift Drive
The Dweller	Public Knowledge	Wyrd Black Hide	Use 5 Black Markets.	Donate 500,000 CR.	G3 Beam Laser G3 Burst Laser G4 Pulse Laser G5 Power Distributor
Liz Ryder	Public Knowledge	Eurybia Demolition Unlimited	Become Friendly with Eurybia Blue Mafia.	Donate 200 Landmines.	G3 Mine Launcher G5 Missile Rack G5 Torpedo Pylon G1 Hull Reinforcement Package G1 Armour
Felicity Farseer	Public Knowledge	Deciat Farseer Inc.	Achieve an exploration rank of Scout.	Donate 1 Meta Alloy.	G1 Shield Booster G1 FSD Interdictor G3 Detailed Surface Scanner G1 Power Plant G3 Thrusters G5 Frame Shift Drive G3 Sensors
Tod "The Blaster" McQuinn	Public Knowledge	Wolf 397 Trophy Camp	Earn 15 bounty vouchers.	Donate 100,000 CR in bounty vouchers.	G2 Cannon G3 Fragment Cannon G5 Multi-Cannon G5 Rail Gun
Zacariah Nemo	Elvira Martuuk	Yoru Nemo Cyber Party Base	Get an invitation from the Party of Yoru.	Donate 25 Xihe Companions.	G5 Fragment Cannon G3 Multi-Cannon G2 Plasma Accelerator
Lei Cheung	The Dweller	Laksak Trader's Rest	Use 50 commodity markets.	Donate 200 Gold.	G3 Shield Booster G5 Detailed Surface Scanner G5 Shield Generator G5 Sensors
Hera Tani	Liz Ryder	Kuwemaki The Jet's Hole	Achieve an Empire rank of Outsider.	Donate 50 Kamitra Cigars.	G5 Detailed Surface Scanner G5 Power Plant G3 Power Distributor G3 Sensors
Juri Ishmaak	Felicity Farseer	Giryak Pater's Memorial	Earn 50 combat bonds.	Donate 100,000 or 1,000,000 in combat bonds. (Unknown reason for discrepancy.)	G5 Mine Launcher G3 Missile Rack G3 Torpedo Pylon G3 Manifest Scanner G3 Frame Shift Wake Scanner G3 Kill Warrant Scanner G5 Detailed Surface Scanner G5 Sensors
Selene Jean	Tod "The Blaster" McQuinn	Kuk Prospector's Rest	Mine 500t of ore.	Donate 10 Painite.	G5 Hull Reinforcement Package G5 Armour
Marco Qwent	Elvira Martuuk	Sirius (needs permit) Qwent Research Base	Get an invitation from Sirius Corporation.	Donate 25 Modular Terminals.	G4 Power Plant G3 Power Distributor
Ram Tah	Lei Cheung	Meene Phoenix Base	Achieve an exploration rank of Surveyor.	Donate 50 Classified Scan Databanks.	G5 Chaff Launcher G5 Electronic Countermeasure G5 Heat Sink Launcher G5 Point Defence G4 Collector Limpet Controller G4 Fuel Transfer Limpet Controller G3 Hatch Breaker Limpet Controller G4 Prospector Limpet Controller
Broo Tarquin	Hera Tani	Muang Broo's Legacy	Achieve a combat rank of Competent.	Donate 50 Fujin Tea.	G5 Beam Laser G5 Burst Laser G5 Pulse Laser
Colonel Bris Dekker	Juri Ishmaak	Sol (needs permit) ???	Become Friendly with the Federation.	Donate 1,000,000 or 10,000,000 in combat bonds. (Unknown reason for discrepancy.)	G4 FSD Interdictor G3 Frame Shift Drive
Didi Vatermann	Selene Jean	Leesti Vatermann LLC	Achieve a trading rank of Merchant.	Donate 50 Lavian Brandy.	G5 Shield Booster G3 Shield Generator
Professor Palin	Marco Qwent	Maia Palin Research Centre	Travel 5,000LY from starting location.	Donate 25 Unknown Fragments.	G5 Thrusters G3 Frame Shift Drive
Lori Jameson	Marco Qwent	Shinrarta Dezhra (needs permit) Jameson Base	Achieve a combat rank of Dangerous.	Donate 25 Kongga Ale.	G3 Manifest Scanner G3 Frame Shift Wake Scanner G3 Kill Warrant Scanner G4 Auto Field-Maintenance Unit G4 Fuel Scoop G4 Refinery G5 Detailed Surface Scanner G3 Shield Cell Bank G4 Life Support G5 Sensors
Tiana Fortune	Hera Tani	Achenar (needs permit) Fortune's Loss	Become Friendly with the Empire.	Donate 50 Decoded Emission Data.	G5 Manifest Scanner G5 Frame Shift Wake Scanner G5 Kill Warrant Scanner G5 Collector Limpet Controller G3 FSD Interdictor G5 Fuel Transfer Limpet Controller G5 Hatch Breaker Limpet Controller G5 Prospector Limpet Controller G3 Detailed Surface Scanner G5 Sensors
The Sarge	Juri Ishmaak	Beta-3 Tucani The Beach	Achieve a Federal Navy rank of Midshipman.	Donate 50 Aberrant Shield Pattern Analysis.	G5 Cannon G3 Rail Gun G5 Collector Limpet Controller G5 Fuel Transfer Limpet Controller G5 Hatch Breaker Limpet Controller G5 Prospector Limpet Controller
Bill Turner	Selene Jean	Alioth (needs permit) ???	Become Friendly with the Alliance.	Donate 50 Bromellite.	G5 Plasma Accelerator G3 Manifest Scanner G3 Frame Shift Wake Scanner G3 Kill Warrant Scanner G3 Auto Field-Maintenance Unit G3 Fuel Scoop G3 Refinery G5 Detailed Surface Scanner G3 Life Support G5 Sensors