Editing CORA

[[Image:Cora.jpg|thumb|CORA's visual display panel.]]
'''CORA''' is an acronym for "Computer, Oral Response Activated."

CORA is an advanced flight computer installed in [[Starchaser|Recon Viper One]], designed to not only assist the pilot in flying during long patrols, but also keep him entertained.

CORA's voice is distinctly feminine, and it exhibits a flirtatious demeanor when interacting with {{TOS|Starbuck}}. Despite the apparent advanced intelligence of the unit, it fails to prevent [[Robber]] from stealing the Recon Viper, even assisting him by flying as he directed.

Capable of maneuvering the Viper extremely competently and precisely, Starbuck has CORA perform a maximum-G climb that causes a {{TOS|Raider|Cylon Raider}} to crash into the planetoid [[Proteus]] {{OS|The Long Patrol}}.

==Notes==

*CORA appears to have been an early incarnation of a talking vehicle which [[Glen A. Larson]] would later explore in another television series he created, ''[[w:Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]''.
* ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):''
: CORA is said to be equipped on ''Galactica's'' recon {{TOS|Viper|Viper}}s and is "uniquely able to derive and execute ultralight evasive maneuvers through instantaneous analysis of up to five hundred attackers". CORA's ability to interact with the Viper pilot via "two-way voice communication" leads "many pilots to coment (sic) that the system has a 'personality' of its own".<ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=28}}</ref>

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