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
| 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$, and will never appear in the dealership.
- Despite having a massively reduced cargo bay, processed cargo capacity remains the same.
- The Bald Eagle shared the same enlarged excavator as the Pelican Prospector and Cothon-211 "Chonker".
Variants
| Name | High-Stress | Low-Stress | Drone hardpoints | Crew | Dry mass | Cargo bay | Engines | Stripped hull price | Variant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Prospector | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 27,500 kg | 125 m^3 | 2 | 184,099 E$ | |
| 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 |