Battlestar Galactica 2004, Caprica and Blood & Chrome
The Raptor is a series of multipurpose crafts, developed at some point before the third year of the First Cylon War. Originally little more than small sublight shuttle, over the interwar period the raptors evolved into FTL capable platforms, able to conduct a variety of missions, from simple transport to fire support and search and rescue.
History[]
First Cylon War[]
During the First Cylon War, the Colonial Fleet deployed two versions of the Raptor series of crafts, Raptor Mk. I[1] and Raptor Mk. II[1] . Mk. I variant served virtually from the beginning and was larger. featuring rear-mounted "toaster slayer" rotary canon. By the 10th year of the war, these versions were relegated mostly to milk run and SEAD missions, to which they were uniquely suited thanks to the aforementioned rear armament.[2]
By Operation Raptor Talon, in the closing days of the First War, the Colonials were deploying a new version of the raptor craft. Smaller and nimbler, this version sacrificed a section of its cabin, and rear cannon for FTL engines, allowing it to make relatively short-range FTL jumps, a feature that was previously reserved for only larger, SCT-class shuttles.[3]
The Interwar Period & The Second Cylon War[]
Nothing is known about raptors development. Unlike the Viper space superiority fighter, that four iterations, the raptor went through the entire interwar period virtually unchanged. By the year 0 BCH, raptors became a mainstay in the Colonial Fleet. Serving various roles from AEW&C, and CSAR to assault craft[1] .[4]
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Sources[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wiki Descriptive Term (In the absence of official sources, a descriptive term may be used).
- ↑ Battlestar Galactica 2004, movie: "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome".
- ↑ Battlestar Galactica 2004, movie: "Razor".
- ↑ Battlestar Galactica 2004, episode: "Miniseries, Night I".
Colonial Fleet
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| Battlestar Classes | Artemis-class · Chronos-type · Jupiter-class · Mercury-class · Valkyrie-class · Zodiac-type |
| Battlestars | Archeron · Athena · Atlantia · Bellerophon · Columbia · Columbia II · Chronos · Erasmus · Galactica · Night Flight · Pegasus · Prometheus · Ramses · Solaria · Triton · Uned · Universal · Valkyrie · Yashuman |
| Escort Ship Classes | Alert-type · Berzerk-class · Defender-class · Demeter-type · Hornet-type · Orion-class · Ramses-class · Ranger-class · Tiger-type |
| Escort Ships | Alert · Berzerk · Osiris |
| Support Ship Classes | Caprica-class · Loki-type |
| Support Ships | Cyclops · Loki |
| Fighters | Viper (Mark I · Mark II · Mark III · Mark VIIa · Mark VIIb) · Stealthstar |
| Transports | Raptor (Mark I · Mark IIa· Mark IIb · Mark IIb Heavy) · Shuttle (Mark I · Mark II) |
| Installations | Armistice Station · Colonial Fleet Headquarters · Colonial Fleet Hub · Fuel Depot 576 · Ragnar Anchorage |
| Shipyards | Daidalos Mobile Shipyard · Scorpion Fleet Shipyards · Tauron Shipyards |