Battlestar Galactica - Cylon Raider

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From Revell comes the Battlestar Galactica 30th Anniversary reissue of the Cylon Raider kit!

Powerful Cylon Raider is the primary attack craft of the Cylon Empire and is considered one of the most lethal combat fighters in the known universe. A standard Raider is 45.28 feet (13.8 meters) long, 63.4 feet (19.3 meters) wide. Raiders have a standard crew of three Cylon Centurions who split all duties during combat as gunner, pilot, and the lead Centurion as navigator.

Unlike the Colonial Vipers, Cylon Raiders do not have Turbo boosters, Cylon engines only capable of discharging ions from their particle thrust engines at 76.009% the velocity of light. What she lacks in speed however the Raider more than makes up for in agility.

Data from the Colonial War-Book places the Raider's rate of role of 46.22 degrees per second squared and pitch rate of 88.5 d/s². Launch speed is 11 m/s² with a cruising speed of 44.4 m/s. This is superior to that of the Viper which was designed more as an interceptor while the Raider falls into the combat class of Heavy Fighter.

Raiders are armed with two Laser-Torpedo guns and, according to the Colonial War-Book, have an armored hull 5.6 centimeters thick. So, while the Raider is slower than a Viper, the Cylon fighter's superior maneuverability, agility and greater fuel reserves make it more than a statistical match for the Viper.