Raptor

The Raptor is a series of multipurpose crafts, developed at some point before the third year of the First Cylon War. Originally little more than small sublight shuttle, over the interwar period the raptors evolved into FTL capable platforms, able to conduct a variety of missions, from simple transport to fire support and search and rescue.
==History==
==== First Cylon War ====
During the First Cylon War, the Colonial Fleet deployed two versions of the Raptor series of crafts, Raptor Mk. IWiki Descriptive Term (In the absence of official sources, a Descriptive Term may be used) and Raptor Mk. II. Mk. I variant served virtually from the beginning and was larger. featuring rear-mounted "toaster slayer" rotary canon. By the 10th year of the war, these versions were relegated mostly to milk run and SEAD missions, to which they were uniquely suited thanks to the aforementioned rear armamentBattlestar Galactica 2004, movie: "Blood and Chrome".. 
By Operation Raptor Talon, in the closing days of the First War, the Colonials were deploying a new version of the raptor craft. Smaller and nimbler, this version sacrificed a section of its cabin, and rear cannon for FTL engines, allowing it to make relatively short-range FTL jumps, a feature that was previously reserved for only larger, SCT-class shuttlesBattlestar Galactica 2004, movie: "Razor".. 
=== The Interwar Period & The Second Cylon War ===
Nothing is known about raptors development. Unlike the Viper space superiority fighter, that four iterations, the raptor went through the entire interwar period virtually unchanged. By the year 0 BCH, raptors became a mainstay in the Colonial Fleet. Serving various roles from AEW&C, and CSAR to assault craftBattlestar Galactica 2004, episode: "Miniseries, Night I". 
<tabber>
|-|Raptor Mark I=
|-|Raptor Mark II=
|-|Raptor Mark II Heavy=
|-|Raptor Mark II SAR=
</tabber>
==Sources==
Category:Viper-series
Category:Colonial Fleet