Editing Heavy Raider

{{disline|This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] heavy raider. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].}}


{{Ship Data
| image= Retconned Heavy Raider.png
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| propol= * 8x sublight boosters <br /> * RCS thrusters
| crew= Approx. 10
| role= * Dropship <br /> * Gunship 
| arm= * 2x tri-barreled automatic cannons <br /> * Ship to ship missiles 
| status= Unknown
| img= Y
}}
A '''Heavy Raider''' is a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] dual purpose attack and transport spacecraft, analogous to the Colonial's [[Raptor]] vehicle. It is nicknamed a "[[List of terms (RDM)|turkey]]" by the surviving Colonial [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s military units {{TRS|Maelstrom}}.

== Design ==
The Heavy Raider shares many design similarities with the rest of the Cylon fleet, featuring an autonomous bio-mechanical design. However, this craft is also easily piloted by [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] or [[Humanoid_Cylon#Significant_Eight|Humanoid Cylons]] if needed. The Heavy Raider has no windows, and any Cylon piloting the craft must rely on telemetry delivered to a [[Datastream]] inside the craft for operation {{TRS|The Farm|Deadlock}}. 

Heavy Raiders typically carries two tri-barreled automatic cannons capable of high rates of fire. These are further augmented with ship-to-ship missiles, which can be easily connected to the Raider's DRADIS dish and converted into anti-aircraft batteries for use on a planetary surface {{TRS|Fragged}}.

Typically, Heavy Raiders are tough targets, being able to withstand severe punishment, including crash landings {{TRS|Fragged|Razor}}.

== History ==
The Heavy Raider was developed sometime during the forty year Cylon exile from [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Colonial]] contact, and were used in combat during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. Heavy Raiders delivered Centurions to the surface of Caprica and likely other Colonies as the start of the ground invasion {{TRS|The Plan}}. After the Fall, they continued to serve as troop transports for Centurions boarding the [[battlestar (TRS)|battlestars]] [[Pegasus (TRS)|''Pegasus'']] and [[Galactica (TRS)|''Galactica'']] {{TRS|Scattered|Fragged|Razor}} and entering battle on the [[Algae planet]] {{TRS|The Eye of Jupiter|Rapture}}. The Cylons deployed one for every ten or so autonomous Raiders when attacking space-based targets {{TRS|Resurrection Ship, Part I|Flight of the Phoenix}}.  They were also used to suppress human [[New_Caprica_Resistance|resistance]] fighters on the ground during the Cylon occupation of [[New Caprica]] {{TRS|Occupation}}.

Humans and their allies were able to take advantage of Heavy Raiders.  With the help of a [[Sharon Agathon|rogue Number Eight Cylon]], the [[Caprica Resistance]] stole a Heavy Raider to [[Skirmish at the Farm|rescue]] {{callsign|Starbuck}} from a Cylon [[farm]], evacuate the resistance fighters to their base, and allow Thrace, the Eight, and {{callsign|Karl Agathon}}  to jump to Kobol and reunite with [[Laura Roslin|Laura Roslin's]] [[Laura Roslin faction|faction]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Farm]]". [[Home, Part I]]").  With the help of the same Eight, Thrace was later able to use the navigational computer of the Heavy Raider to jump a fleet of [[Raptor]]s to [[Caprica]] to [[Rescue on Caprica|rescue]] the remaining Caprica Resistance members ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]," [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").  Heavy Raiders tow [[Viper (TRS)|Vipers]] into battle in order to catch [[Number One|Cavil's]] faction off-guard during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub]] {{TRS|The Hub}}.  Admiral [[William Adama]] reluctantly authorizes a Heavy Raider reconnaissance mission to the [[Colony]] as part of an attempt to rescue the kidnapped [[Hera Agathon]] {{TRS|Islanded in a Stream of Stars}}.

Heavy Raiders also served as transports for non-combatants {{TRS|Occupation|Exodus, Part II}}.

==Notes==
*According to [[Eric Chu]], [[Richard Livingston]] designed the Heavy Raider. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.mediablvd.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8278&st=260|title=Mediablvd forum post|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>
*As of "[[Razor]]," a new [[:image:Retconned Heavy Raider.jpg|retconned exterior design]] for the Heavy Raider is in use. It is virtually identical to the previous incarnation save for a new head canopy&mdash;which matches that of the [[:image:Raider retcon.jpg|retconned standard Raider]]&mdash;and the addition of missile launcher (capable of propelling two missiles) superior to the forward battery.
*The production team never constructed the interior of the Heavy Raider.

== Related Imagery ==

<gallery mode="slideshow">
File:HeavyC.jpg|alt=Heavy Raider over Kobol (TRS: "Home, Part I")|Heavy Raider over Kobol {{TRS|Home, Part I}}&nbsp; &nbsp;
File:HR - Firing KEW.jpg|alt=Firing frontal 6-barrel KEW (TRS: "Scattered")|Firing frontal 6-barrel [[KEW]] {{TRS|Scattered}} &nbsp; &nbsp;
File:KEW Heavy Raider.jpg|Forward [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series|kinetic energy weapon]] cannons on the Heavy Raider {{TRS|The Farm}}.
File:Heavy Raider Aft.jpg|Heavy Raider aft view (Scattered).
File:Baseships over Caprica II.jpg|Deployed from a baseship {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II}}.
File:HR-Kobol-09-55.jpg|Heavy Raider on Kobol.
File:Closeup Heavy Raider Cockpit Redesigned .png|Closeup of the head.
File:Heavy Raider Flying In Viper CAP.png|Flying joint CAP's after the mutiny.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=246 A collection of images of the Cylon Heavy Raider]

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