Editing Starchaser

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| image= Starchaser.jpg
| title= Starchaser
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= No
| propol= three sublight aft-mounted engines
| crew= 1 pilot
| role= reconnaissance craft
| weapons= none
| length= (approx) {{Meters2Feet|8.7}}
| width= (approx) {{Meters2Feet|3.8}}
}}

: ''For the ship from the ''[[Steampunk Battlestar Galactica 1880]]'' comic book series, see: [[Starchaser (1880)]].''

'''''Starchaser''''' is the name given to Recon Viper 1, a variant of the Colonial [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]].

Amongst its modifications are the [[CORA|Computer, Oral Response Activated]] system, which is capable of piloting the ship without the need for a human pilot. It is fitted with a second set of [[pulse generator]]s, thus doubling the speed of the craft, and is able to "outrun anything in the galaxy". 

However, these modifications come at a cost: Starchaser has no teeth, as its [[laser generator]]s had to be removed in order to make room for the [[pulse generator]]s. As it retains the shape, weight, and size of the regular Viper, ''Starchaser'' can continue to make use of the [[launch tubes (TOS)|launch tubes]].

Its first pilot is Lieutenant [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]], who volunteers to use the new variant primarily so that he can dine in the re-opened lounge on ''[[Rising Star]]'' with [[Cassiopeia]]. Believing the mission to be fairly standard, Starbuck does not realize that the first patrol outside the [[Cyrannus (TOS)|Cyrannus]] galaxy leads him into discovering a [[Proteus|lost Colonial penal asteroid]] and [[ambrosa]] that is nearly a millennium old {{OS|The Long Patrol}}.

== Notes ==

* The craft is only used once and is apparently never seen, or referenced to, in future episodes.
* Further, it is the only Viper that is ever given a proper name.

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