Swallow

Swallows leaving Raptors. (Battle of New Caprica)

A swallow is an decoy drone used to lure enemy guided missiles away from a Colonial vessel, typically it is launched by the ECO as part of a Raptor's ECM suite.

These devices were deployed from Raptor 478 to successfully lure away two missiles shot at it by a Cylon Raider during the Fall of the Twelve Colonies ^{(TRS: "Miniseries")}.

Enough swallows can mimic the electrical "footprint," or signatures of other spacecraft, even that of battlestars when programmed and grouped together ^{(TRS: "Exodus, Part II")}.

Notes

• Swallows seem to serve as a combination chaff, decoy, and electronic countermeasures suite.

Re-imagined Series definition: decoy drone deployed by Raptors ^{(TRS: "Miniseries")}

Original Series definition: a term for a robot, such as Muffit II ^{(TOS: "Saga of a Star World")}