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Raider

Main article: Cylon Raider

The Raider is an autonomous attack fighter with a metallic carapace and a largely organic interior; it is the successor to the Piloted Raider dating from the Cylon War. The Galactica copy of Sharon Valerii offers the following "guess" at its nature in the episode "Six Degrees of Separation":
- "It's not really a thing, y'know? It's probably a Cylon itself. More of an animal, maybe, than the human models. Maybe they genetically design it to perform a task. To be a fighter. [You] can't treat it like a thing and expect it to respond. [You] have to treat it like... a pet. At least that's my guess."
- Not fully realizing that she herself is a Cylon agent, Boomer would presumably have some intuition but not a complete recollection of how to treat a Raider. Starbuck captures the fighter after shooting it and rendering its organic elements "brain-dead" (Act of Contrition).

Heavy Raider

Main article: Cylon Heavy Raider

The Heavy Raider is a crewed spacecraft that may be autonomous, like the Raider. It contains a crew compartment with life support sufficient for human comfort and room for at least 10 modern Cylon Centurions ("The Farm," "Scattered").
- When the Resistance on Caprica plans to capture a Heavy Raider in the episode "The Farm," Kara Thrace anticipates having to "blow its brain out" before it can be commandeered. No information has been provided in an episode (as of January 5, 2006) whether a Heavy Raider has autonomous components, or whether the Caprica copy of Valerii, who commandeers a Heavy Raider for herself, Thrace and Karl Agathon, performs any procedure to disable any autonomous elements in the spacecraft or "persuade" the organics of the Heavy Raider to fly.
- The Heavy Raider in "Scattered" and "Valley of Darkness" crashes into Galactica's starboard flight pod and deploys Cylon Centurions. If the Heavy Raider is autonomous, it performed its mission in concert with the Centurions at the battle.

Reconnaissance Drone

Main article: Cylon Reconnaissance Drone

No information has been given in any episode (as of January, 2006) on whether the Reconnaissance Drone is manned, autonomous, or intelligent.

Transport

Main article: Cylon transport

These cargo or troop carriers are seen briefly in "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II."

Basestar

Main article: Cylon Basestar

A basestar is the Cylon's capital warship, counterpart to the Colonial's battlestar, but partly of biological design and much larger than a battlestar. There is no indication that this craft is autonomous other than the circumstantial evidence provided by the Raider. It contains a landing bay large enough to accompany a Raptor with life support capable of sustaining Humano-Cylons.

Unknown Cylon Ship

Main article: Unknown Cylon Ship

Practically nothing is known about this ship as of the episode, "Pegasus." Speculation by Commander Adama suggests it may be possibly a command and control vessel or Raider factory.

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 ==Raider==
 :''Main article: [[Cylon Raider]]''
-* The new [[Cylon Raider|Raider]] is an autonomous attack fighter with a metallic carapace and a largely organic interior; it is the successor to the [[Cylon_Raider#Piloted_Raider|Piloted Raider]] dating from the [[Cylon War]]. The ''Galactica'' copy of [[Sharon Valerii]] offers the following "guess" at its nature in the episode "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]":
+* The [[Cylon Raider|Raider]] is an autonomous attack fighter with a metallic carapace and a largely organic interior; it is the successor to the [[Cylon_Raider#Piloted_Raider|Piloted Raider]] dating from the [[Cylon War]]. The ''Galactica'' copy of [[Sharon Valerii]] offers the following "guess" at its nature in the episode "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]":
 **"It's not really a ''thing'', y'know? It's probably a Cylon itself. More of an animal, maybe, than the human models. Maybe they genetically design it to perform a task. To be a ''fighter''. [You] can't treat it like a ''thing'' and expect it to respond. [You] have to treat it like... a pet. At least that's my guess."
-**Not knowing she is a Cylon, Boomer would presumably have some intuition but not a complete recollection of how to treat a Raider. Also, the Raider in question was already "dead", as its brain was removed by Starbuck (and there was a bleeding hole in its head even before that).
+**Not fully realizing that she herself is a Cylon agent, Boomer would presumably have some intuition but not a complete recollection of how to treat a Raider. [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] captures the fighter after shooting it and rendering its organic elements "brain-dead" ([[Act of Contrition]]).
 ==Heavy Raider==
 :''Main article: [[Cylon Heavy Raider]]''
-* The [[Cylon Heavy Raider|Heavy Raider]] is a crewed spacecraft that is also likely autonomous, like the Raider; it contains a space with life support up to human standards and room for at least 10 [[Cylon Centurion|modern Cylon Centurions]] ([[The Farm]], [[Scattered]]).
+* The [[Cylon Heavy Raider|Heavy Raider]] is a crewed spacecraft that may be autonomous, like the Raider. It contains a crew compartment with life support sufficient for human comfort and room for at least 10 [[Cylon Centurion|modern Cylon Centurions]] ("[[The Farm]]," "[[Scattered]]").
-**When the [[Resistance (movement)|Resistance]] on Caprica plans to capture one in the Episode [[The Farm]], [[Kara Thrace]] anticipates having to "blow its brain out" before it can be comandeered. It is not known whether the Caprica copy of Valerii, who comandeered the craft that Thrace and [[Karl Agathon]] escaped on, performed such a procedure.
+**When the [[Resistance (movement)|Resistance]] on Caprica plans to capture a Heavy Raider in the episode "[[The Farm]]," [[Kara Thrace]] anticipates having to "blow its brain out" before it can be commandeered. No information has been provided in an episode (as of January 5, 2006) whether a Heavy Raider has autonomous components, or whether the Caprica copy of Valerii, who commandeers a Heavy Raider for herself, Thrace and [[Karl Agathon]], performs any procedure to disable any autonomous elements in the spacecraft or "persuade" the organics of the Heavy Raider to fly.
-**The Heavy Raider in [[Scattered]] and [[Valley of Darkness]] crashes into Galactica's starboard hangar bay and deploys Cylon Centurions. If the Heavy Raider is autonomous, it performed its mission in concert with the Centurions and Cylon commanders at the battle. On this principle, perhaps Caprica Boomer, with a more complete knowledge, managed to coax, command, or convince the Heavy Raider on Caprica to carry her and her companions about, like a jockey riding a horse.
+**The Heavy Raider in "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]" crashes into ''Galactica's'' starboard [[flight pod]] and deploys Cylon Centurions. If the Heavy Raider is autonomous, it performed its mission in concert with the Centurions at the battle.
 ==Reconnaissance Drone==
 :''Main article: [[Cylon Reconnaissance Drone]]''
-* [[Cylon Reconnaissance Drone|Reconnaissance Drone]] is a spacecraft. It is unknown whether this is manned, autonomous, or intelligent.
+* No information has been given in any episode (as of January, 2006) on whether the Reconnaissance Drone is manned, autonomous, or intelligent.
 ==Transport==
 :''Main article: [[Cylon transport]]''
-* A [[Cylon transport|transport]] is glimpsed briefly in [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]].
+* These cargo or troop carriers are seen briefly in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]."
 ==Basestar==
 :''Main article: [[Cylon Basestar]]''
-* [[Cylon Basestar]] is a very large manned spacecraft of partly biological design. There is no indication that this craft is autonomous other than the circumstantial evidence provided by the Raider. It contains a landing bay large enough to accompany a [[Raptor]] with life support capable of sustaining [[Humano-Cylon|Humano-Cylons]].
+* A basestar is the Cylon's capital warship, counterpart to the Colonial's [[battlestar]], but partly of biological design and much larger than a battlestar. There is no indication that this craft is autonomous other than the circumstantial evidence provided by the Raider. It contains a landing bay large enough to accompany a [[Raptor]] with life support capable of sustaining [[Humano-Cylon|Humano-Cylons]].
 ==Unknown Cylon Ship==
 :''Main article: [[Unknown Cylon Ship]]''
-* [[Unknown Cylon Ship]] - possibly a command and control vessel or Raider factory ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
+* Practically nothing is known about this ship as of the episode, "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]." Speculation by Commander Adama suggests it may be possibly a command and control vessel or Raider factory.