Cylon Heavy Raider
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| Cylon Heavy Raider | |
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 A Cylon Heavy Raider |
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| First appearance | Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down |
| Affiliation | Cylon |
| General Characteristics | |
| Armaments | Six KEWs |
The Cylon Heavy Raider is a heavy fighter used by the Cylons, in the television series Battlestar Galactica.
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[edit] History
The first Heavy Raider encountered by the Fleet crash landed into Galactica's non-operational starboard hangar bay, and a boarding party of Cylon Centurions exited the wreck to begin their assault. This small unit transport ability demonstrates it is more closely related to a colonial Raptor, than it is any fighter craft. [1] They were first seen, however, searching for Helo and Athena on Caprica during the events of Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down.
Little is known about this type of space vessel. It is primarily used for transporting troops, boarding enemy ships and assaulting planetary surfaces. It is capable of FTL jumps and may have a capacity for ten or more Cylons.
On Caprica, Sharon managed to acquire a Heavy Raider, which she used to evacuate a resistance movement team rescuing Starbuck from a Cylon "hybrid farm". However, the interior was not seen.
[edit] Technical specifications
[edit] Propulsion
- 8 sublight engines and an advanced FTL drive system.
[edit] Armaments
- 6-barrel KEW (Kinetic Energy Weapon) mounted under cockpit capable of extreme firing rates.
[edit] Original continuity analogue
In the original continuity, Galactica 1980 featured the "AB Raider", which was a large and more advanced Cylon Raider, instead of the new continuity troop transport.
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| Colonial Military | |
| Battlestar (Original • Reimagined) | Military Vessels |
| Galactica • Pegasus • Valkyrie | Viper • Raptor • Blackbird • Stealthstar |
| "The Fleet" | |
| Astral Queen • Colonial One • Cloud 9 • other... | |
| Cylon Vessels | |
| Basestar • Raider • Heavy Raider • Resurrection Ship | |
