Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Raider

Powerful Cylon Raider is the primary attack craft of the Cylon Empire and is considered one of the most lethal combat fighters in the known universe. A standard Raider is 45.28 feet (13.8 meters) long, 63.4 feet (19.3 meters) wide. Raiders have a standard crew of three Cylon Centurions who split all duties during combat as gunner, pilot, and the lead Centurion as navigator.

Cylon Raiders are powered by two high-energy Fusion reactors, one Tylium energizer and possesses superior fuel reserves than that of Viper which give the Raider an extended combat range over that of the Colonial Viper. Unlike the Colonial Vipers, Cylon Raiders do not have Turbo boosters, Cylon engines only capable of discharging ions from their particle thrust engines at 76.009% the velocity of light. What she lacks in speed however the Raider more than makes up for in agility.

Data from the Colonial War-Book places the Raider's rate of role of 46.22 degrees per second squared and pitch rate of 88.5 d/s^2. Launch speed is 11 m/s^2 with a cruising speed of 44.4 m/s. This is superior to that of the Viper which was designed more as an interceptor while the Raider falls into the combat class of Heavy Fighter.

Raider are armed with two Laser-Torpedo guns and, according to the Colonial War-Book, has an armored hull 5.6 centimeters thick. So, while the Raider is slower than a Viper, the Cylon fighter's superior maneuverability, agility and greater fuel reserves make it more than a statistical match for the Viper.

Despite these tactical advantages human pilots maintained a high kill ratio over that of the Cylons during the 1000 Yharn war. This is due primarily to the poor abstract thought processes of Cylon pilots. If is for this reason the primary Cylon tactic was to attack in groups of three, in a diamond formation. This strategy facilitated a 3 on 1 attack and thus maximize firepower... a true representation of the Cylon belief that the advantage of attacking in large numbers is preferable to creative thought.


SCALE:	Starfighter
TYPE:	Heavy Fighter
LENGTH:	13.8 meters
TONNAGE:	21.2 metric tons
SPEED:	Space: 45.78 m/s^2 (-28.51 m/s^2 breaking) Atmosphere - 1152.9 kph (-989.7 kph breaking)
POWER:	1 Tylium reactor (15010^12 joule) 2 high-energy fusion reactors (6010^12 joule)
STANDARD CREW:	3 pilots
STANDARD CREW:	3 pilots
PASSENGERS:	n/a
CARGO CAPACITY:	n/a
CONSUMABLE:	n/a
MANEUVERABILITY:	Class B
HULL/ARMOR:	4.8 centimeter re-enforced armored hull
WEAPONS:	Two 30mm Laser-Torpedo guns (standard) 8 two-hundred kiloton Solonite missiles (optional) 4 twenty megaton Solonite bombs (optional)