COLONIAL RAPTORS | The gun brick & battle taxi of the colonies

COLONIAL RAPTORS | The gun brick & battle taxi of the colonies | Battlestar Galactica Lore

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Generic greetings and welcome to a list of all the colonial raptors. Starting at the history and development of the earliest versions all the way to post canon fan made designs that fit just right. We'll be covering everything from their weaponry, to their electronics systems to the occasional odds and ends the ship contains.
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@Nukejawsgaming 6 ай бұрын

god the Raptor FR was a meme in the original Battlestar Online, and it was so worth the resources to obtain

@Expert1911 6 ай бұрын

so much fun to lead a team of strikes and assist with targeting. Argos

@---jx3ql 6 ай бұрын

There is a privat server were you could still play

@jbz4788 4 ай бұрын

The raptor was my go to ship in that game. It really could just cripple ships so effectively. And seeing virtually the entire system map was a godsend for hunting players.

@hyneksmid3293 3 ай бұрын

@@jbz4788 I Played cylons ekvivalent. Heavy Raider FR. I named it Prophet. because can see if somebody going to you y much soooner than him.

@rsrt6910 6 ай бұрын

The BIG thing I'd add to a Raptor would be an ECM jamming suit not just capable of scrambling an enemies DRADIS and sensors, but of highjacking all available enemy communications frequencies to blast Wanger's "Ride of the Valkries" (or alternatively CCR's "Fortunate Son").

@mcchuggernaut9378 6 ай бұрын

"Snakes and birds with apes on top a lovely zoo shall make." - Pure poetry at it's finest!

@13legomania 6 ай бұрын

You had me at “gun brick”. I love chunky scifi gunships with an absurd amount of weapons.

@CrazyChemistPL 6 ай бұрын

I love the terminology associated with this channel. "Eat the Sun" or "Mach Jesus" are golriously colorful hilarious phrases that are also immediately and naturally understandable to most people.

@williamhenby952 17 күн бұрын

I like "Sun-to-forehead warfare"

@jakeg3733 6 ай бұрын

The target painting ability of the AR in Deadlock is actually more than just a gameplay gimmick. The biggest limitation in space combat regarding kinetic weapons would be time to target. These projectiles technically go forever at high velocities (until they hit something, get pulled into a gravity well, or just leave the area). So theoretically the range is unlimited. However, at long ranges good luck actually hitting a target that is moving evasively. The problem with gunnery would always be computational power for calculating firing solutions especially once you get to many thousands of km. Having a little ship there assisting these calculations would be a big help

@The_Viscount 6 ай бұрын

Holy shit! The screenshot at 9:00 is mine! Hot damn! I was happy with how that turned out but I didn't expect it to get this kind of spotlight! BSG Deadlock has an amazing photo mode.

@scienceinsanity6927 6 ай бұрын

LOL, google returned that as like, one of only 5 results for the assault raptor and i tried and failed to get images of it for like an hour. So congrats, my laziness and the internet worked together to put your work up on youtube i guess. Thanks for taking that image by the way it made that segment possible.

@The_Viscount 6 ай бұрын

@@scienceinsanity6927Hey thanks for showing it! It sounds like I need to make more BSG Deadlock screenshots. I take requests. 😅

@adamczechowski614 6 ай бұрын

Woot!

@vi6ddarkking 6 ай бұрын

Honestly the only thing I would add is a second FTL Drive. For a simple tactic. A "formalization" of the micro jump seen in the final episode during the Battle Of The Colony." That tactic being launch in the Draids shadow of the Battlestar. Wait until confirmation of a location with light or no raider presence. Jump to said location. AND! Surprise, THE SUN (or other munition if appropriate), to the rear. Jump Back. Recharge Jump Drives. Reload. Repeat.

@WhenGoatsWentBaa 6 ай бұрын

As it was mentioned in the video, for anyone that misses Battlestar Galactica Online, there is now a playable private server up and running for it It's still missing some things (no story mode just yet) but so far all the ships and equipment seem to be present, NPCs are working and it plays pretty much just like the original with some absolutely massive battles going on between colonial and cylon players

@battleoid2411 6 ай бұрын

Do you still have to pay money for literally anything that isn't a starter ship?

@KatrinaLeFaye 6 ай бұрын

Where more info, please!

@---jx3ql 6 ай бұрын

Only the special role Module are not in and maps as well 50% the Systems but beside its sll there^^

@rhatcher010 6 ай бұрын

Where do I sign up?

@WhenGoatsWentBaa 6 ай бұрын

@@rhatcher010 Just realised I typed your username wrong, discord link in the previous reply

@meligoth 6 ай бұрын

There's definitely some inspiration from the UD-4 Cheyenne dropship used by the Colonial Marines in the Alien franchise.

@craigmorris4083 6 ай бұрын

Oh...I see that you used some of David 'CanidD' Briedis' work (@16:43). Nice. I sure miss the guy, Was generous enough to let me use his work before he died.

@annoyed707 6 ай бұрын

Raptors sometimes remind me of the versatile Eagles from Space 1999.

@DarkPuppy9 6 ай бұрын

BSG and every other sci fi series (except Space Above and Beyond) was basically just, we have limited actor budget, so what if we take (character trained to do 1 thing) and then also make them space infantry, a thing that is a whole other collection of skills. So we just load our fighter pilots into the brick and do ground combat because reasons.

@rhatcher010 6 ай бұрын

BSG was pretty clear, distinguishing Pilot from Marine from Civilian.

@AngryDuck79 6 ай бұрын

My favourite part of these videos is the FTL music as the bed. God those are good tunes.

@shanenolan5625 6 ай бұрын

They made a civilian version for civil defence. Or ministry of health. An ambulance version.

@phalanx3803 6 ай бұрын

15:56 Bruh this be a Battlestar's version of an EVE Online Tengu sneak about find the enemy drop a cyno and let the supper carriers shred the enemy.

@mikecobalt7005 6 ай бұрын

:) They're not glamorous, certainly not sleek but the Raptors do have their place and are necessary.

@spartanx9293 6 ай бұрын

Assault raptors are great in deadlock they can burn through armor easily

@unit-zero 6 ай бұрын

All hail the beefy battle taxi!

@sunixjester 6 ай бұрын

So say we all

@The_Local_Goose 6 ай бұрын

So say we all!

@dariustiapula 6 ай бұрын

So say we all.

@catgath9718 6 ай бұрын

For the algorithm. So say we all.

@fredlandry6170 6 ай бұрын

The Raptor reminds me of a Huey Chopper from the Vietnam War.

@tomdelvetto9906 6 ай бұрын

Actually the deadlock raptor is the first raptor, the blood and chrome raptor is late war

@bthsr7113 6 ай бұрын

Vipers are nice, but these babies have so much more firepower

@miguelrivera3383 6 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Thank you!

@matthewheistand2340 5 ай бұрын

I love battlestar galactica and all it stupid hilarities 😂

@The_Local_Goose 6 ай бұрын

LETS GO I LOVE THE RAPTOR IT'S THE BEST SCI FI SUPPORT SHIP I LOVE IT SO MUCH GOOSE APPROVED 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️💯💯💯💯

@KatrinaLeFaye 6 ай бұрын

Best ship in a fleet by any variant and indispensable.

@brucehemming9749 3 ай бұрын

Great video thanks for sharing 🍻👍

@murgel2006 3 ай бұрын

Gonna make a video about the Rhino from BSG Online? Might be fun although there probably is not much out there anymore...

@dreadwing01 6 ай бұрын

This ship is the one I would fly if it was all real.

@johnashton4776 3 ай бұрын

To be honest a raptor should have better shielding, speed is critical however improved armour, also introduce remote raptors packed with explosives to land in in Cylon hanger-bays.

@calebdykes8166 3 ай бұрын

Please do the BSG online ships!

@adamczechowski614 6 ай бұрын

SLIGHT change to the premise, sorry. Thought of this when Season 1 was on the air. Not a chang to the BSG Raptor, but a spin off Viper. One engine from the Mk3(?) Raptor, and the jump drive. (assuming the larger engines are needed to Power the Ftl.) Mate that to a Viper Mk7, or whatever model is lying around, instant Space F16. (F16 is nicknamed Viper from the OG 70s Galactica, symmetry) No nav comp, as big n heavy, so squadron would slave themselves to a Raptor and jump together. Nice little battle group.

@shanenolan5625 6 ай бұрын

It sounds like by the 9th year of the war they had the jump capable one we are more familiar with. They they only gad a limited number of them . I suspect ( my head cannon) an operation raper . Was followed up by raptor tallon . First one to retake 10 or 11 of the other sectors. And then s couple of year to build up enough to lanch the campaign. Battlestar group attcked in irbit raptors jusm below dradis destoy based snd jump out and the deploy marine and infinity to occupued wiith vlean sweep . Driving cylons out of the sectors. With raptor groups on Battlestars and carriers. . They were two years of major battles in the final two years Including the battle of cimtar. Where the combined fleet am was abused like in tod . Galactica was boarded lost two thousand peope snd they combined special task force. Whrn from 40 ships ( 3 Jupiters snd a valkerie) dien to 3 by the end. Eith destroyed or used to occupy outer colinies

@britishrex5515 6 ай бұрын

scale up a raptor to the size of a battlestar. Same crew complement. That extra space? Every single missile you can possibly stuff in it.

@charlieturner5831 6 ай бұрын

Can you please do a video on the ships from the sojourn?

@scienceinsanity6927 6 ай бұрын

Ehhhhhh, maybe. I would need to buy and listen to the audio book/drama first before i could even begin to make content on it.

@julonkrutor4649 6 ай бұрын

Can you Post the BS Prometheus somewhere?

@Whynothiswork 2 ай бұрын

Feed Steve

@dylanmack5007 6 ай бұрын

for the algorithm

@joshuamidgette4846 6 ай бұрын

Add FTL drive to Assault Raptor, Done.

@MrGrimsmith 6 ай бұрын

How dare you say purple crayons are the best! Everyone knows it's the green ones! Add to a Raptor? 360 degree belly turret rather than fixed guns. It still lacks the mobility compared to fighters so a better firing arc should help survivability.