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[[Image:Caprican Marine Aircraft.jpg|thumb|The Caprican Marine Blackhawk (in front of an Air Force Phoenix) outside Caprica City.]] | |||
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The '''Blackhawk'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is a twin-engine [[Wikipedia:VTOL|VTOL]] aircraft employed by the [[Caprican Marine Corps]] in the years prior to the [[First Cylon War]]. | The '''Blackhawk'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is a twin-engine [[Wikipedia:VTOL|VTOL]] aircraft employed by the [[Caprican Marine Corps]] in the years prior to the [[First Cylon War]]. | ||
Fifty-eight years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the Caprican Marines dispatch one of these aircraft to pursue an escaped [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Zoe-R|prototype]] from [[Graystone Industries]], alongside a [[Caprican Air Force]] [[Phoenix]]-type jet | Fifty-eight years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the Caprican Marines dispatch one of these aircraft to pursue an escaped [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Zoe-R|prototype]] from [[Graystone Industries]], alongside a [[Caprican Air Force]] [[Phoenix]]-type jet ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]"). | ||
Some months later, a squadron of [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit]]s operate several Marine Blackhawks in an assault on [[Soldiers of the One]] terrorists, landing on the field of [[Atlas Arena]] and engaging the attackers in a [[Battle of Atlas Arena|firefight]] | Some months later, a squadron of [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit]]s operate several Marine Blackhawks in an assault on [[Soldiers of the One]] terrorists, landing on the field of [[Atlas Arena]] and engaging the attackers in a [[Battle of Atlas Arena|firefight]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). | ||
These vehicles employ [[DRADIS]] technology | These vehicles employ [[DRADIS]] technology ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]", "[[Apotheosis]]"). | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*The Blackhawk appears to be comprised of elements of modern military aircraft including the [[Wikipedia: Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60 Seahawk]] and the [[Wikipedia: Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey|Boeing V-22 Osprey]]. | *The Blackhawk appears to be comprised of elements of modern military aircraft including the [[Wikipedia: Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60 Seahawk]] and the [[Wikipedia: Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey|Boeing V-22 Osprey]]. | ||
*The name "Blackhawk" originates from CG modeler [[Pierre Drolet]] who describes the aircraft on his personal website: | *The name "Blackhawk" originates from CG modeler [[Pierre Drolet]] who describes the aircraft on his personal website: | ||
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:''I had already built a highly detailed Seahawk, so I gave her a second life and makeover by adding on some Caprica[n] technology. This aircraft was also an alternative to the other aircraft called the Phoenix Air Force, but we end up using both of them in the same scene during a car chase.''<ref>http://sci-fi-museum-pierre-drolet-com.webs.com/blackhawk-marine</ref> | :''I had already built a highly detailed Seahawk, so I gave her a second life and makeover by adding on some Caprica[n] technology. This aircraft was also an alternative to the other aircraft called the Phoenix Air Force, but we end up using both of them in the same scene during a car chase.''<ref>http://sci-fi-museum-pierre-drolet-com.webs.com/blackhawk-marine</ref> | ||
*These aircraft are marked with the distinctive pentagonal shape seen on the [[Caprican Viper]] in "[[The Imperfections of Memory]], | *These aircraft are marked with the distinctive pentagonal shape seen on the [[Caprican Viper]] in "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]", the [[Raider (TOS)|Cylon Raider]] of [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|The Original Series]] and the similar [[Raider (RDM)#Cylon War-era Raider|Cylon War-era Raider]] in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Re-imagined Series]] and ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'', suggesting a link between Caprican technology and that of Cylons in the [[Cylon War]]. | ||
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