Datacord

Datacord is a form of networking cable^[1] presumably used in modern Colonial military ships.

Datacord is used in Raptors as part of its avionics, particularly its fly-by-wire flight controls.^[2]

After Starbuck's Raptor crashes from Cylon fire during a reconnaissance run on the algae planet, Lieutenant Anastasia Dualla manages to use datacord from the ship's communication system to repair the flight control console (Rapture).

References

↑ In the real-world Earth, networking cable is also used in avionics, which usually consists of twisted-pair Ethernet cabling or other advanced and military-hardened technology.
↑ It is probable that the datacord in a Raptor also has a fiber-optic element to aid in its radiation-hardening, as established in the episode, "The Passage."

[1] In the real-world Earth, networking cable is also used in avionics, which usually consists of twisted-pair Ethernet cabling or other advanced and military-hardened technology.

[2] It is probable that the datacord in a Raptor also has a fiber-optic element to aid in its radiation-hardening, as established in the episode, "The Passage."

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