Cylon "Sparrow "Raider

Name: Raider
Craft: Cylon Raider "Sparrow"
Type: Space superiority fighter
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 8.93 x 5.48 x 1.5 meters
Skill: Starfighter Pilot
Crew: Biomechanical
Cargo Capacity: 78 kg
Consumables: 18 hours
Jump Drive: x17
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 4D
Space: 9
Atmosphere: 350; 1,000 km/h
Hull: 6D
Sensors

• Passive: 40 / 0D+2
• Scan: 80 / 1D+1
• Search: 120 / 2D+1
• Focus: 4 / 3D

Weapons

• 2 Medium Autocannons (firelinked)

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-4/10/20
Atmosphere Range: 10-400/1,000/2,000m
Damage: 5D

• Medium Planetcraft Missiles

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-5/14/27
Atmosphere Range: 10-500/1,400/2,700m
Ammo: 12
Damage: 6D

Description: The raider, or “Sparrow” in Colonial pilot jargon, is the primary weapon of the Cylon fleet. It acts as an interceptor, space superiority fighter, and point defense system for basestars and other larger vessels. The raider is capable of solitary operations as well as massed swarm tactics.

The raider has a weapons compliment of dual targeted 30mm autocannons and 12 missiles, which can bear nuclear warheads. It is capable of both atmospheric and space operations. The raider’s FTL drive system is very efficient, precise, and long ranged.

Until the capture of a raider by Lieutenant Kara “Starbuck” Thrace, the ship was believed to be a mechanical construct guided by a complex AI construct. Upon close analysis, however, the ship turned out to a bio-mechanical construct. Inside its metallic shell, technicians found veins, tendons, organs, even a “brain.”

Raiders operate in nearly all matters as characters do, without any of the limitations normally associated with vehicles interfacing with pilots/drivers.

Source:

• Battlestar Galactica Wiki: Raider (RDM)
• Battlestar Galactica Corebook (page 149)
• thedemonapostle