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Main article: Cylon Raider

The new Raider is an autonomous attack fighter with a metallic carapace and a largely organic interior (that is, synthetically created bio-mechanical devises so advanced that they are similar to biological organs in structure); it is the successor to the Piloted Raider dating from the Cylon War. The Galactica copy of Sharon Valerii offers the following "guess" at its nature in the episode "Six Degrees of Separation":
- "It's not really a thing, y'know? It's probably a Cylon itself. More of an animal, maybe, than the human models. Maybe they genetically design it to perform a task. To be a fighter. [You] can't treat it like a thing and expect it to respond. [You] have to treat it like... a pet. At least that's my guess."
- Not knowing she is a Cylon, Boomer would presumably have some intuition but not a complete recollection of how to treat a Raider. Also, the Raider in question was already "dead", as its brain was removed by Starbuck (and there was a bleeding hole in its head even before that).

Main article: Cylon Heavy Raider

The Heavy Raider is a crewed spacecraft that is also likely autonomous, like the Raider; it contains a space with life support up to human standards and room for at least 10 modern Cylon Centurions (The Farm, Scattered).
- When the Resistance on Caprica plans to capture one in the Episode The Farm, Kara Thrace anticipates having to "blow its brain out" before it can be comandeered. It is not known whether the Caprica copy of Valerii, who comandeered the craft that Thrace and Karl Agathon escaped on, performed such a procedure.
- The Heavy Raider in Scattered and Valley of Darkness crashes into Galactica's starboard hangar bay and deploys Cylon Centurions. If the Heavy Raider is autonomous, it performed its mission in concert with the Centurions and Cylon commanders at the battle. On this principle, perhaps Caprica Boomer, with a more complete knowledge, managed to coax, command, or convince the Heavy Raider on Caprica to carry her and her companions about, like a jockey riding a horse.

Main article: Cylon Reconnaissance Drone

Reconnaissance Drone is a spacecraft. It is unknown whether this is manned, autonomous, or intelligent.

Main article: Cylon transport

Main article: Cylon Basestar

Cylon Basestar is a very large manned spacecraft of partly biological design. There is no indication that this craft is autonomous other than the circumstantial evidence provided by the Raider. It contains a landing bay large enough to accompany a Raptor with life support capable of sustaining Humano-Cylons.

Main article: Unknown Cylon Ship

Unknown Cylon Ship - possibly a command and control vessel or Raider factory (Pegasus)

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 ==Heavy Raider==
 :''Main article: [[Cylon Heavy Raider]]''
-* The [[Cylon Heavy Raider|Heavy Raider]] is a crewed spacecraft that is also likely autonomous, like the Raider; it contains a space with life support up to human standards and room for at least 5 [[Cylon Centurion|modern Cylon Centurions]] ([[The Farm]], [[Scattered]]).
+* The [[Cylon Heavy Raider|Heavy Raider]] is a crewed spacecraft that is also likely autonomous, like the Raider; it contains a space with life support up to human standards and room for at least 10 [[Cylon Centurion|modern Cylon Centurions]] ([[The Farm]], [[Scattered]]).
 **When the [[Resistance (movement)|Resistance]] on Caprica plans to capture one in the Episode [[The Farm]], [[Kara Thrace]] anticipates having to "blow its brain out" before it can be comandeered. It is not known whether the Caprica copy of Valerii, who comandeered the craft that Thrace and [[Karl Agathon]] escaped on, performed such a procedure.
 **The Heavy Raider in [[Scattered]] and [[Valley of Darkness]] crashes into Galactica's starboard hangar bay and deploys Cylon Centurions. If the Heavy Raider is autonomous, it performed its mission in concert with the Centurions and Cylon commanders at the battle. On this principle, perhaps Caprica Boomer, with a more complete knowledge, managed to coax, command, or convince the Heavy Raider on Caprica to carry her and her companions about, like a jockey riding a horse.