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| {{disline|This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] heavy raider. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].}}
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| | | image= HeavyC.jpg |
| | | | title= Cylon Troop Transport |
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| | image= Retconned Heavy Raider.png
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| | race= Cylon | | | race= Cylon |
| | type= Military | | | type= Military |
| | ftl= Yes | | | ftl= Unknown |
| | propol= * 8x sublight boosters <br /> * RCS thrusters | | | crew= Apx. 10 [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] |
| | crew= Approx. 10 | | | co= |
| | role= * Dropship <br /> * Gunship | | | xo= |
| | arm= * 2x tri-barreled automatic cannons <br /> * Ship to ship missiles | | | role= |
| | status= Unknown | | | weapons= At least one missile launcher. [[KEW|Kinetic energy weapons]]. The main armament of the Heavy Raider seems to consist of a barbette of six cannons mounted under the cockpit area of the vehicle. (As seen [[:Image:KEW_Heavy_Raider.jpg|here]]) These cannons are capable of an extremely high rate of fire. |
| | img= Y | | | status= |
| | | img= [[:Image:Heavy_Raider_Top_Side.jpg|Top/Side View]]<br/>[[:Image:Heavy_Raider_Top.jpg|Top View]] |
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| 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}}.
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| == Design ==
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| 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}}.
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| 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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| Typically, Heavy Raiders are tough targets, being able to withstand severe punishment, including crash landings {{TRS|Fragged|Razor}}.
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| == History ==
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| 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}}.
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| 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}}.
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| Heavy Raiders also served as transports for non-combatants {{TRS|Occupation|Exodus, Part II}}.
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| [[File:TRS - The Farm - Heavy Raider Hold.jpg|thumb|[[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica copy]] of {{callsign|Boomer}} arrives in a stolen Heavy Raider to ferry away the [[Caprica Resistance]] {{TRS|The Farm}}.]]
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| ==Notes==
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| *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>
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| *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.
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| *The production team never constructed the interior of the Heavy Raider, and its appearances are CG generated.
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| == Related Imagery ==
| | A '''Heavy Raider''' is a [[Cylon]] attack spacecraft. |
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| <gallery mode="slideshow">
| | Not much is yet known about this craft. Unlike the standard Raider, the Heavy Raider does not appear to be autonomous, instead requiring a pilot to operate the controls, although [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] anticipated having to "blow its brain out" in order to commandeer it. |
| File:HeavyC.jpg|alt=Heavy Raider over Kobol (TRS: "Home, Part I")|Heavy Raider over Kobol {{TRS|Home, Part I}}
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| File:HR - Firing KEW.jpg|alt=Firing frontal 6-barrel KEW (TRS: "Scattered")|Firing frontal 6-barrel [[KEW]] {{TRS|Scattered}}
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| File:KEW Heavy Raider.jpg|Forward [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series|kinetic energy weapon]] cannons on the Heavy Raider {{TRS|The Farm}}.
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| File:Heavy Raider Aft.jpg|Heavy Raider aft view (Scattered).
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| File:Baseships over Caprica II.jpg|Deployed from a baseship {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II}}.
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| File:HR-Kobol-09-55.jpg|Heavy Raider on Kobol.
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| File:Closeup Heavy Raider Cockpit Redesigned .png|Closeup of the head.
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| File:Heavy Raider Flying In Viper CAP.png|Flying joint CAP's after the mutiny.
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| </gallery>
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| == External links ==
| | The first Cylon Heavy Raider is seen landing near [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] near the end of Season 1 ([[Colonial Day]]) on Cylon-occupied [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. A Heavy Raider is also the craft that crash landed into ''[[Galactica]]'s'' unused starboard flight pod during Season 2 ([[Scattered]]). |
| * [http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=246 A collection of images of the Cylon Heavy Raider]
| | The Heavy Raider is shown during "[[Scattered]]" to have both projectile armament and troop transport capabilities. |
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| ==References==
| | After shooting down a Colonial scouting party over [[Kobol]], a force of five Centurions landed near the crash site of [[Raptor 1]] in a ship that is either a Heavy Raider or an (at the time) unidentified Cylon craft. They proceeded to dismantle its missile launcher and [[DRADIS]] assembly in an attempt to build a surface-to-air missile battery, intending to shoot down any search and rescue parties that ''[[Galactica]]'' would send to find the survivors ([[Fragged]]). |
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| | The Heavy Raider was conclusively proven to be a troop transport in "[[The Farm]]" when [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] commandeered one and used it evacuate the [[resistance movement]] after they rescued [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] from a Cylon hybrid "farm". |
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