Scarlet Viper

This article has a separate continuity.
This article is in the Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming separate continuity, which is related to the Original Series. Be sure that your contributions to this article reflect the characters and events specific to this continuity only.

In creating his mock trailer for his continuation project, Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming, Original Series actor Richard Hatch created an upgraded Viper for the project, known as the Scarlet Viper or the Scarlet-class Viper.

A CGI artist, Steve Parady, met with Hatch, who was pleased by the conceptual drawing that Parady created. The design for the fighter was inspired by the X-29 test fighter's swept forward wings.

The design was seen in the completed mock trailer.

Book appearance

The Scarlet-class Viper, or simply Scarlet Viper, is introduced in Hatch's first novel, "Armageddon". It is said to be a successor to the Azure-class Viper, itself a successor of the original Viper seen in the Original Series.^[1]

The difference between this and the original Viper include a scanner that creates a "laser-constructed three-dimensional image" of destinations^[2], in addition to improved systems and weapons. It also contains a computer that recognizes voice input.^[3]

References

↑ Hatch, Richard; Christopher Golden (1997). Armaggedon. Byron Preiss, p. pg. 2.
↑ Hatch, Richard; Christopher Golden (1997). Armaggedon. Byron Preiss, p. pg. 1.
↑ Hatch, Richard; Christopher Golden (1997). Armaggedon. Byron Preiss, p. pg. 5.

External Links

Interview with Steve Parady from BattlestarGalactica.com, which includes captures of the Scarlet Viper from the trailer.

[1] Hatch, Richard; Christopher Golden (1997). Armaggedon. Byron Preiss, p. pg. 2.

[2] Hatch, Richard; Christopher Golden (1997). Armaggedon. Byron Preiss, p. pg. 1.

[3] Hatch, Richard; Christopher Golden (1997). Armaggedon. Byron Preiss, p. pg. 5.

[1]

[2]

[3]