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Hand-crafted with an impressive combination of skill, craft, love, and rocket surgery, the current powerhouse of the ring-racing circuit isn't available through any dealership. The Bald Eagle relies on gimballed RCS for reliable rotation thrust, but the combination of four torches and a low relative mass give it unparalleled lateral translation and acceleration. -In-Game Description

Bald Eagle
Make	Custom-built
Low-Stress	2
Drone hardpoints	2
Crew	6
Dry mass	29,500 kg
Cargo bay	40 m^3
Processed cargo	14,000 kg
New price	10,000,000 E$
Hull Length	33.2 m
Hull Width	14.6 m
Min. Cargo Bay Width	4.9 m

The Bald Eagle is an extensively modified Eagle Prospector, designed solely for racing. The Prospector Series' dual main torches provide high acceleration, while side-facing torches give this craft incredible strafing. To save weight, the cargo bay has been mostly removed, and the grinder has been replaced with an excavator, making the ship a poor choice for bare-bay mining. Interestingly, the ship retains all of the hardpoints, crew, and processed storage of the Eagle, making it surprisingly usable in most contexts.

Notes

The Bald Eagle must be bought in-ring from the racer NPC for 10,000,000E$, and will never appear in the dealership.
Despite having a massively reduced cargo bay, processed cargo capacity remains the same.

Variants

Name	High-Stress	Low-Stress	Drone hardpoints	Crew	Dry mass	Cargo bay	Engines	Stripped hull price	Variant
Eagle Prospector	0	2	2	6	27,500 kg	125 m^3	2	184,099 E$
Bald Eagle	0	2	2	6	29,500 kg	40 m^3	4	297,499 E$	Racing
Peacock Prospector	0	2	2	4	27,500 kg	125 m^3	2	297,949 E$	Luxury interior influences crew morale towards happy
Vulture Prospector	1	2	0	6	37,500 kg	90 m^3	2	455,449 E$	Drone hardpoints replaced with a high-stress hardpoint
Pelican Prospector	0	2	2	6	62,000 kg	240 m^3	2	860,449 E$	Larger cargo bay, grinders replaced with excavator

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 <blockquote>Hand-crafted with an impressive combination of skill, craft, love, and rocket surgery, the current powerhouse of the ring-racing circuit isn't available through any dealership. The Bald Eagle relies on gimballed RCS for reliable rotation thrust, but the combination of four torches and a low relative mass give it unparalleled lateral translation and acceleration.