A-B Raider

Cylon Raider
Race:	Cylon
Type:	Military
FTL:	Unknown
Propulsion:
Crew:	5 Cylons
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Role:	Space superiority fighter
Weapons:	Lasers
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Fate:	Active
Emblem:	[[Image:{{{patch}}}|175px|Ship's patch]]
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Game Information
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Additional Information

The massive A-B Raider is an advanced form of Cylon Raider. It has a crew of five, consisting of two Cylon androids (Andromus and Andromidus) and three Centurions. Its exact offensive and defensive capabilities are unknown. It seems to possess an offensive range far greater than that of conventional Raiders (and Colonial Vipers) as well as some form of communication jamming.

In the only recorded encounter, Captain Kanon and Lieutenant Britton discover the A-B Raider while on recon duty in a two-seat version Colonial Viper. Unable to damage it with the Viper's conventional weapons, Kanon rams the A-B Raider, crippling both craft. The A-B Raider's trajectory causes it to crash on the surface of Earth, destroying all its occupants except its commander, Andromus, and one of the Centurion pilots. While Lieutenant Britton is injured in the collision, the Viper manages to limp back to Galactica to report their findings on this new threat and the fact that the Cylons have discovered Earth.

The A-B Raider is fitted with an automatic detonator, a self-destruct device that is capable of destroying the craft entirely. After crash landing outside of New York City, Andromus activates this mechanism, noting they had microns until it destroyed the ship. The New York State Police that respond to the crash are unable to find anything (The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I).

Related imagery

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  The initial sensor readings the recon Viper gets regarding the A-B Raider.
• The A-B Raider as displayed in the Warbook.
  The A-B Raider as displayed in the Warbook.
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  A close scan of the A-B Raider displaying a humanoid Cylon.

Re-imagined Series definition: Commanding Officer; e.g. William Adama

Re-imagined Series definition: Executive Officer, e.g. Saul Tigh

Re-imagined Series definition: technology enabling travel across distances faster than the speed of light would permit, see: FTL