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{{disline|This article discusses the {{TOS|Viper}} pilots and specialized soldiers of the [[Original Series]]. For general information on the more militarized pilots and soldiers of the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)]].}}

:''For a list of Colonial Warriors, see [[List of Warriors]].''

[[File:Warriors.jpg|thumb|right|Colonial Warriors hold a bridge {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}.]]
'''"Colonial Warrior"''' is a universal term to describe the highly-skilled {{TOS|Viper}} pilots and soldiers of the [[Colonial Fleet (TOS)|Colonial military]]. Warriors are extremely versatile in many combat roles, and are well regarded for extremely unconventional thinking for special missions.

Attrition, both from the [[Battle of Cimtar|destruction of the Colonies]] as well as the pursuit of the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] forces the Colonial military to recruit within [[The Fleet (TOS)|the Fleet]]. Refugees who are between the ages of 16 and 46 [[yahren]] and not presently serving in a highly critical civilian occupation are encouraged to contact ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'' recruitment about applying for Warrior training {{OS|The Man with Nine Lives}}.

Warriors wear a [[Uniforms (TOS)|beige-colored uniform with a red-brown jacket]] with a [[laser pistol]] as the standard issue sidearm. On some occasions, they may also wear a small cape.

Pilot candidates are trained on ''Galactica''{{'|s}} [[flight training rooms]], which simulate Viper flight characteristics and allow virtual combat training against a Cylon [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]].

[[Colonial shuttle|Shuttle]] pilots are not Warriors, but can be trained and promoted to this status {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I}}.

== Vehicle Pilots ==
[[File:LandramTurret.jpg|thumb|right|A Warrior mans a [[landram]] turret {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}]]
=== Spacecraft/Aircraft ===
If it flies, a Warrior can pilot it. Warriors typically fly {{TOS|Viper}}s {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}. They are capable of piloting [[Colonial shuttle|shuttle]]s, both modern {{OS|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I}} as well as obsolete freighter shuttles {{OS|The Long Patrol}}. 

Additionally, Warriors can fly enemy fighters, such as the [[Raider (TOS)|Cylon Raider]] {{OS|The Hand of God}}.

=== Ground Vehicles ===
Warriors are capable of driving [[landram]]s {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}, [[snowram]]s {{OS|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I}}, and cargo vehicles {{OS|The Magnificent Warriors}}. In addition to driving such vehicles, Warriors are also capable of manning the turrets mounted on them. The turret mounted on a landram has been used to fight off both [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurions]] {{OS|Saga of a Star World}} as well as a [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] {{OS|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I}}.

== Ground Combat ==
[[File:Parachute.jpg|thumb|right|Warriors parachute into enemy territory {{OS|The Living Legend, Part II}}]]
=== Conventional Capabilities ===
Warriors are capable of fighting off or leading conventional ground assaults {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}.

=== Unconventional Capabilities ===
Due to their specialized training, and their perpetual numbers disadvantage, Colonial Warriors seem more at home performing less conventional ground operations. Warriors are capable of planning and leading raids against Cylon outposts {{OS|The Young Lords}} or even a [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]] {{OS|The Hand of God}}. Colonial Warriors are apparently also trained to be capable [[Wikipedia:Airborne forces|airborne forces]], parachuting to the surface on the raid on [[Gamoray]] {{OS|The Living Legend, Part II}}. Colonial Warriors are also sometimes experienced in [[Wikipedia:Arctic warfare|arctic warfare]], as demonstrated on the raid against the [[Ravashol pulsar]] on [[Arcta]] {{OS|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I}}.

== Non-combat Skills ==
[[File:Spacecowboy.jpg|thumb|right|Some people call him a space cowboy... {{OS|The Lost Warrior}}]]
=== Engineering Skills ===
Colonial Warriors are trained in basic vehicle maintenance and repair. This allowed Warriors to use the damaged electronics from two Vipers to cobble together one functioning Viper {{OS|Greetings From Earth}}. Their vehicle repair skills proved enough to diagnose the damage caused by the laser pistol to the snowram on Arcta, but the damage was beyond repair {{OS|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I}}. Warriors were dispatched to the civilian vessels of [[The Fleet (TOS)|the Fleet]] in order to check for [[Solium (TOS)|solium]] leaks {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}. Some Warriors are even capable of advanced electronics tasks, such as clearing up and boosting [[Gamma frequency]] reception {{OS|The Hand of God}}.

=== Social Skills ===
Colonial Warriors are extremely adaptable, and are able to blend into unfamiliar societies. Warriors have been able to pass as a space cowboy {{OS|The Lost Warrior}}, become a town sheriff {{OS|The Magnificent Warriors}}, and even lead a prison revolt {{OS|The Long Patrol}}. [[Starbuck (TOS)|Some Warriors]] are more skilled socially than others, and have been known to try to juggle [[Athena (TOS)|multiple]] [[Cassiopeia|dates]] in the same night {{OS|The Long Patrol}} or renew contact with an [[Aurora (TOS)|old flame]] without losing their current relationship {{OS|Take the Celestra}}.

=== Miscellaneous Skills ===
Warriors are the only known participants in the [[Triad (TOS)|Triad]] competitions. They are also capable of serving as Protectors (defense counsel) in a murder trial {{OS|Murder on the Rising Star}}. 

== Tie-in Material Information ==
* ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):''
: Colonial Warriors have been trained at a training facility simply called the [[Academy]] for over two thousand [[yahren]]. Instruction at the Academy was done over a seven yahren program where their mental, physical and moral capacities were pushed to their limits. When the Academy was first founded, it trained the sons of Caprican [[bureauticians]] for military service with an emphasis on the strategy of intercontinental warfare, and hand-to-hand martial arts that were obsolete even then. Non military training of the first Warriors was limited to the study of the dead languages of the Elders of Kobol and the memorization of the ancient texts. <ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=9-10}}</ref>

: Later, it opened up to both women and members from other colonies. It was during the time of peace that the Academy became driven away from its goal as a military academy, and became an academy of arts and sciences; the [[Thousand-Yahren War]] changed this and became, yet again, a place that trained Warriors versed in ethics, literature, music, exobiology, the human and nonhuman social sciences, astrophysics and battle-related skills. <ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=10}}</ref>

: Warriors are given the respect and admiration of humans and their allies in every corner of the Galaxy. The Cylons and the other enemies of humankind have learned to fear them. <ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=57}}</ref>

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