Swallow
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A Swallow is an decoy drone used to lure enemy heat-seeking missiles away from a Colonial vessel.
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 (Miniseries).
The pilot of the Raptor deploys these and other devices on request from the ECO.