Imperial Eagle
The Imperial Eagle was added in the v1.4 update CQC on October 6th, 2015. The concept art image was shown during Frontier's Q&A session at Lavecon 2015 and it is variant of the Eagle MkII; also known as Eagle MkIII. It is faster than the Eagle MkII at the cost of a lower manoeuvrability.[1]
It boasts superior armour and shield strength in addition to one medium Hardpoint replacing one of the three small hardpoints on the regular 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
According to the Powerplay players' guide, all Imperial ships can be found on Zemina Torval's controlled systems (Not exploited systems, just controlled ones), Tested on Jan 3rd, 2015 and all the 4 imperial ships were found in Zeterat System (Skjellerup Terminal), and Amphisatsu System (Goldberg Orbital). They can even be found on independent systems, as long as they are controlled by Zemina. [2]
| System | Station | Date Seen | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| V374 Pegasi | MacKellar Hub | May 15, 2017 | |
| Caspatsuria | Binney Dock | February 21, 2017 | |
| Hollos | Bingzhen Hub | January 17th, 2017 | |
| Warwa | Stevenson Hub | June 27th, 2016 | |
| HIP 20277 | Fabian City | April 15th, 2017 | Courier and Clipper here |
| Quivira | Godel Port | October 6th, 2015 | (Not there Dec 26th, 2015) |
| Grovichun | Yerka City | October 7th, 2015 | (Not there Dec 30th, 2015) |
| Aisoci | Eshwiller port | October 7th, 2015 | (Not there Jan 3rd, 2016) |
| Vaka | Zenbei Orbital | February 6th,2016 | |
| Namamasairu | Ptack Station | October 12th, 2015 | (Not there July 23rd, 2016) |
| Duwaredari | Scott dock | October 13th 2015 | (Not there Dec 18th, 2015) |
| Yen K'uie | Siddha Gateway | October 15th, 2015 | (Not there Feb 2nd, 2016) |
| HIP 12605 | Rigaux Gateway | October 16th 2015 | (Not there Mar 20th, 2016 |
| Condovichs | Walters Port | October 22nd 2015 | (Not there Dec 18th, 2015) |
| Dievat | Bothezat City | November 30th 2015 | (Not there Feb 30th, 2016) |
| HIP 2319 | Wenzel Orbital |
November 29th 2015 |
(Not There June 6th 2016) |
| LP 941-16 | King Ring |
December 9th, 2015 |
(Not there Jan 8th, 2016) |
| Orannika | Hildebrandt City |
December 19th, 2015 |
(Not there Feb 2nd, 2016) |
| Herthans | Henry Vision | March 15th, 2016 | |
| Yimanbin | Farkas Port | April 4th, 2016 |
Gallery
- Concept art
- Newsletter #84: Peek of the Week
- Rear of the Imperial Eagle
- Cockpit of the Imperial Eagle
- Imperial Eagle in a hangar
- Imperial Eagle leaving dock
- Imperial Eagle in the dark
- Imperial Eagle Fuel Scooping I
- Imperial Eagle Fuel Scooping II
- Imperial Eagle Fuel Scooping III
- Imperial Eagle Front View
- Top heat radiators exposed
- Bottom heat radiators exposed
- Bottom heat radiators exposed against darkness
- Imperial Eagle Rear detail
- Imperial Eagle looking funny at a cargo canister
- Imperial Eagle with the two drum style heat radiators on its underside exposed
- Imperial Eagle Blueprint (original non-implemented form)
- Gutamaya Imperial Eagle Blueprint
