Engineer Capability Comparison

EDFM // Engineering / Engineers

A structured-data proof of concept comparing what each Engineer offers and what it takes to reach them, side by side.

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This article is still being written and may be incomplete.

Uncertain: Only 4 of the site's 38 Engineers currently have a canonical data record; the rest aren't compared here yet

Status

Draft

Last reviewed

2026-08-07

Reviewer

Structural backfill from already-published Engineer pages, not new research

Game mode

Both

Version coverage

Content architecture phase, 2026-08-07

Source quality

Every value here is copied from the corresponding Engineer's own already-sourced article — see that article's Sources section for citations

Known uncertainty

Only 4 of the site's 38 Engineers currently have a canonical data record; the rest aren't compared here yet

Draft: This article is still a work in progress and may be incomplete. You can help improve it by adding or expanding its content.

This comparison is a working proof of concept for EDFM's structured-data system, not yet complete. It draws from the same Module:Data/Engineers records as List of Engineers and each Engineer's own infobox — generated live, not hand-copied, so it can't silently drift out of sync with the source pages.

Comparison

Engineer	Specialties	Prerequisite Engineer	Unlock requirement
Felicity Farseer	Frame Shift Drive, Detailed Surface Scanner, Sensors, Thrusters, Frame Shift Drive Interdictor, Power Plant, Shield Booster	None	Deliver 1 unit of Meta-Alloys
Elvira Martuuk	Frame Shift Drive, Shield Generator, Thrusters, Shield Cell Bank	None	Deliver 3 Soontill Relics
Marco Qwent	Power Plant, Power Distributor	Elvira Martuuk	Deliver 25 Modular Terminals
Professor Palin	Thrusters, Frame Shift Drive	Marco Qwent	Provide 25 Sensor Fragments
Chloe Sedesi	Thrusters, Frame Shift Drive	Marco Qwent	Provide 25 Sensor Fragments
Lori Jameson	Sensors, Detailed Surface Scanner, Auto Field-Maintenance Unit, Fuel Scoop, Life Support, Refinery, Shield Cell Bank, Frame Shift Wake Scanner, Kill Warrant Scanner, Manifest Scanner	Marco Qwent	Deliver 25 Kongga Ale
The Dweller	Power Distributor, Pulse Laser, Beam Laser, Burst Laser	None	Pay 500,000 CR
Lei Cheung	Shield Generator, Detailed Surface Scanner, Sensors, Shield Booster	The Dweller	Deliver 200 Gold
Ram Tah	Chaff Launcher, Collector Limpet Controller, Electronic Countermeasure, Fuel Transfer Limpet Controller, Heat Sink Launcher, Point Defence, Prospector Limpet Controller, Cargo Rack, Hatch Breaker Limpet Controller, Guardian Gauss Cannon, Guardian Plasma Charger, Guardian Shard Cannon	Lei Cheung	Provide 50 Classified Scan Databanks
Marsha Hicks	Cannon, Fragment Cannon, Multi-Cannon, Collector Limpet Controller, Fuel Scoop, Fuel Transfer Limpet Controller, Hatch Breaker Limpet Controller, Prospector Limpet Controller, Refinery	The Dweller	Deliver 10 units of Osmium
Tod "The Blaster" McQuinn	Multi-Cannon, Rail Gun, Fragment Cannon, Cannon	None	Provide 100,000 CR worth of Bounty Vouchers
Selene Jean	Armour, Hull Reinforcement Package, Module Reinforcement Package	Tod "The Blaster" McQuinn	Deliver 10 Painite
Bill Turner	Plasma Accelerator, Sensors, Detailed Surface Scanner, Cargo Rack, Auto Field-Maintenance Unit, Frame Shift Wake Scanner, Fuel Scoop, Kill Warrant Scanner, Life Support, Manifest Scanner, Refinery	Selene Jean	Deliver 50 Bromellite
Didi Vatermann	Shield Booster, Shield Generator	Selene Jean	Deliver 50 Lavian Brandy
Petra Olmanova	Armour, Hull Reinforcement Package, Auto Field-Maintenance Unit, Chaff Launcher, Electronic Countermeasure, Heat Sink Launcher, Point Defence, Mine Launcher, Missile Rack, Seeker Missile Rack, Torpedo Pylon, Module Reinforcement Package	Tod "The Blaster" McQuinn	Deliver 200 Progenitor Cells
Liz Ryder	Missile Rack, Seeker Missile Rack, Torpedo Pylon, Mine Launcher, Armour, Hull Reinforcement Package	None	Deliver 200 Landmines
Hera Tani	Power Plant, Power Distributor, Sensors, Detailed Surface Scanner	Liz Ryder	Deliver 50 Kamitra Cigars
Broo Tarquin	Beam Laser, Burst Laser, Pulse Laser	Hera Tani	Deliver 50 Fujin Tea
Tiana Fortune	Collector Limpet Controller, Frame Shift Wake Scanner, Fuel Transfer Limpet Controller, Hatch Breaker Limpet Controller, Kill Warrant Scanner, Manifest Scanner, Prospector Limpet Controller, Sensors, Cargo Rack, Detailed Surface Scanner, Frame Shift Drive Interdictor	Hera Tani	Deliver 50 Decoded Emission Data
Etienne Dorn	Detailed Surface Scanner, Frame Shift Wake Scanner, Kill Warrant Scanner, Life Support, Manifest Scanner, Plasma Accelerator, Power Distributor, Power Plant, Rail Gun, Sensors	Liz Ryder	Deliver 25 Occupied Escape Pods
Juri Ishmaak	Detailed Surface Scanner, Mine Launcher, Sensors, Abrasion Blaster, Enzyme Missile Rack, Mining Laser, Seeker Missile Rack, Frame Shift Wake Scanner, Kill Warrant Scanner, Manifest Scanner, Missile Rack, Torpedo Pylon	Felicity Farseer	100,000 CR or 1,000,000 CR worth of Federal Combat Bonds — the determining condition is not established, so treat the value shown on your own Engineer invitation as authoritative
The Sarge	Cannon, Collector Limpet Controller, Fuel Transfer Limpet Controller, Hatch Breaker Limpet Controller, Prospector Limpet Controller, Rail Gun	Juri Ishmaak	Deliver 50 Aberrant Shield Pattern Analysis
Colonel Bris Dekker	Frame Shift Drive Interdictor, Frame Shift Drive	Juri Ishmaak	Provide either 1,000,000 CR or 10,000,000 CR worth of Federal Combat Bonds — the determining condition is not currently established; use the value shown in your own Engineer invitation.
Mel Brandon	Beam Laser, Burst Laser, Pulse Laser, Frame Shift Drive, Frame Shift Drive Interdictor, Shield Booster, Shield Generator, Thrusters, Shield Cell Bank	Elvira Martuuk	Provide 100,000 CR worth of Bounty Vouchers
Zacariah Nemo	Fragment Cannon, Multi-Cannon, Plasma Accelerator	Elvira Martuuk	Deliver 25 Xihe Biomorphic Companions

Related Field Manual Entries

List of Engineers Engineers Engineer Unlock Guide