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== Design == | == 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}}. | 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}}. | 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}}. | ||
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== History == | == 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}}. | 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]] | 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]] [[Kara Thrace]] from a Cylon [[farm]], evacuate the resistance fighters to their base, and allow Thrace, the Eight, and [[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 | Heavy Raiders also served as transports for non-combatants {{TRS|Occupation|Exodus, Part II|}}. | ||
==Notes== | ==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> | *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]], | *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—which matches that of the [[:image:Raider retcon.jpg|retconned standard Raider]]—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 | *The production team never constructed the interior of the Heavy Raider. | ||
== Related Imagery == | == Related Imagery == | ||
<gallery mode="slideshow"> | <gallery mode="slideshow" widths=1000 heights=500> | ||
Image:HeavyC.jpg|Heavy Raider over Kobol {{TRS|Home, Part I}} | |||
Image:HR - Firing KEW.jpg|Firing frontal 6-barrel [[KEW]] {{TRS|Scattered}} | |||
Image:Heavy Raider Aft.jpg|Heavy Raider aft view (Scattered). | |||
Image:Baseships over Caprica II.jpg|Deployed from a baseship {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II}}. | |||
Image:HR-Kobol-09-55.jpg|Heavy Raider on Kobol. | |||
Image:Closeup Heavy Raider Cockpit Redesigned .png|Closeup of the head. | |||
Image:Heavy Raider Flying In Viper CAP.png|Flying joint CAP's after the mutiny. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||