![]() A small number of original Raiders also appears at the Cylon Colony, shortly before its destruction by the Galactica ( TRS: " Islanded in a Stream of Stars", " Daybreak, Part II").Ģ kinetic energy weapons, conventional/nuclear missiles. When the battlestar Pegasus inadvertently discovers this "Guardian basestar", a squadron of Raiders engages with the battlestar as well as its defending force of Viper Mark VIIs ( TRS: " Razor"). A contingent of Raiders is present aboard a lone Cylon War-era basestar which houses the First Hybrid. Some forty years later, some Cylon War-era Raiders are still in active service. In the tenth year of the Cylon War, Viper pilots train for combat using holobands to simulate battles between the Viper Mark IIIs and Cylon Raiders ( Blood and Chrome).ĭuring the last days of the Cylon War, Raiders destroy the battlestar Columbia in tandem with basestar missile salvos during Operation Raptor Talon ( TRS: " Razor"). They are also used as drop-ships for deploying ground forces (as seen in the Battle of Tauron) and are capable of vertical take-offs and landings, much like the Colonial Raptor ( TRS: " Razor", Blood and Chrome). ![]() They are a mainstay in the Cylon arsenal of the time ( TRS: " Miniseries", " Razor", Blood and Chrome).ĭeployed en masse by the Cylon basestar, Raiders are used to great effect against Colonial battlestars and are nearly a match in maneuverability against their Colonial counterparts, the Viper Mark II and Mark III. ![]() Cylon War-era Raider Cylon War-era Raiderĭuring the Cylon War, raiders resembled a big "flying wing", and carried a crew of at least three Centurions piloting under the command of a specifically designated model. ![]()
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