Imperial Eagle

Template:Quote The Imperial Eagle is an Imperial variant of the Eagle MkII that has been produced by Gutamaya since 3199. While the Imperial Eagle can easily exceed the speed of an Eagle MkII, this enhancement comes at the cost of manoeuvrability. Unlike other Imperial ships, the Imperial Eagle does not require any Imperial Navy rank to purchase.

Overview

The Imperial Eagle boasts superior armour and shield strength in addition to one medium Hardpoint replacing one of the three small hardpoints on the regular Eagle MkII, however it is not as maneuverable as the original Eagle MkII. It is one of the fastest ships in the game; in fact, with EP thrusters and Engineer upgrades, it may have the highest potential normal-space speed of any playable ship.

The weapon hardpoints are located as follows: a single medium hardpoint on the top of the ship behind the cockpit and two small hardpoints mounted side-by-side on the underside of the main fuselage in front of the bump that contains the cargo scoop.

Purchase Locations

System	Station	Date Seen	Notes
Shinrarta Dezhra	Jameson Memorial	Always available	10% discount, Founders Permit needed
Brestla	i Sola Prospect	Always available	20% surcharge
V374 Pegasi	MacKellar Hub	May 15, 2017
Caspatsuria	Binney Dock	Feb. 21, 2017
Hollos	Bingzhen Hub	Jan. 17, 2017
Warwa	Stevenson Hub	Jun. 27, 2016
HIP 20277	Fabian City	Aug. 26, 2017
Vaka	Zenbei Orbital	Feb. 6, 2016
Herthans	Henry Vision	Mar. 15, 2016
Yimanbin	Farkas Port	Apr. 4, 2016
CPC 22 212	Roed Odegaard City	Mar. 6, 2018
Arigens	Ordway Ring	Mai. 6, 2018

Outfitting

Main article: Outfitting

All ships are highly customisable through the Outfitting menu of Station Services. Listed below is the default load-out for the Imperial Eagle.

Category	Default System	Default Rating	Default Class	Max Class
Small Hardpoint	Pulse Laser	F	1	1
	Pulse Laser	F	1	1
Medium Hardpoint	Empty	--	--	2
Utility Mount	Empty	--	--	0
Bulkheads	Lightweight Alloys	I	1	8
Reactor Bay	Power Plant	E	3	3
Thrusters Mounting	Thrusters	E	3	3
Frame Shift Drive Housing	Frame Shift Drive	E	3	3
Environment Control	Life Support	E	1	1
Power Coupling	Power Distributor	E	2	2
Sensor Suite	Sensors	E	2	2
Fuel Store	Fuel Tank [x4]	C	2	2
Internal Compartments	Shield Generator	E	3	3
	Cargo Rack [x2]	E	1	2
	BDS	E	1	1
	Empty	--	--	1
Military Compartments	Empty	--	--	2

• (L) = Loaned
• [x#] = Capacity
• BDS = Basic Discovery Scanner

Trivia

• The Imperial Eagle was added in the v1.4 update CQC on October 6th, 2015. The first concept art was shown during Frontier's Q&A session at Lavecon 2015.

Videos

• File:Rivalry - Elite Dangerous Eagle
• File:Imperial Eagle - Gutamaya Elite Dangerous

Gallery

• Concept art
  Concept art
• Newsletter #84: Peek of the Week
  Newsletter #84: Peek of the Week
• File:Imperial Eagle sneak peek over rings.jpg
• File:Imperial Eagle action artwork 01.jpg
• Imperial Eagle in the dark
  Imperial Eagle in the dark
• Imperial Eagle Fuel Scooping I
  Imperial Eagle Fuel Scooping I
• Imperial Eagle Fuel Scooping II
  Imperial Eagle Fuel Scooping II
• Imperial Eagle Fuel Scooping III
  Imperial Eagle Fuel Scooping III
• Imperial Eagle Front View
  Imperial Eagle Front View
• Imperial Eagle looking funny at a cargo canister
  Imperial Eagle looking funny at a cargo canister
• Imperial Eagle with the two drum style heat radiators on its underside exposed
  Imperial Eagle with the two drum style heat radiators on its underside exposed
• Gutamaya Imperial Eagle Blueprint
  Gutamaya Imperial Eagle Blueprint