How exactly does armour and damage work in Elite: Dangerous

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This is a follow up to How exactly do shields work?

Once shields are down how do armour and damage work in Elite: Dangerous? (I realise that this is several interconnected questions):

  • How is armour calculated for a ship?
  • What difference do different types of bulkheads make?
  • What do Hull Reinforcement Packages do?
  • Does armour affect protection of modules or just the hull percentage?
  • How does ship size affect damage calculations?





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