When Adams says in the finale"I will lead a raptor assault with anyone who is willing to join me. " always sends chills down my spine. He knew they where tough.
Personally I fell in love when I realized that it was somewhat of a colonal AWACS as well as the fact that it had that ECM suite, EW isn't seen a whole lot in Sci-Fi, so its existence is really cool
I really like the Raptor. It was such a useful ship. I would want to be a Raptor pilot. Viper pilots have only one kind of engagement whereas the Raptor pilot experienced a huge variety of missions. The Raptor reminds me of the UH-60 Black Hawk, with the added advantage of significant range and without the vulnerability of the Black Hawk’s rotors. What an awesome little ship.
Late to the party I know but I wanted to add that these remind me very much of the small craft that traditionally serve within larger fleets, traditionally commanded by a Coxswain; basically they deliver the mail. Some times that mail is a boarding party, sometimes it's a mine, sometimes (more often these days) a buttload of 50cal at anything that needs to be distracted...sometimes they also deliver the mail. It's something I wish more sci-fi bothered to examine, because small craft have some amazing stories; for one of the best look up the landing craft the original SAS used to reach mainland France for the raid on St Nazaire.
One of the first episodes of the (at the time) newest BSG series I saw was the Raptor in it's fully armament mode and immediately fell in love. It reminded me so much of taking the reflective, angled design from an Apache and meshing it with a Hind and allowing it to travel faster than light had my jaw on the floor.
Apologies for the lower audio quality on the commentary this week, experiencing some hardware problems. This will be resolved for next week's video. Thanks for watching.
It's an excellent multirole craft similar to the A-6 Intruder combined with scout, transport, and attack helicopters. I always liked the Raptor. The Assault Raptor is especially useful in BSG Deadlock, where it can paint targets to aid in fire control, fire guided missiles, eliminate mines, deliver marines, and so on. I'm curious to see if they add the FTL capability to them in the next season of the game.
Raptor or Viper. What's the mission? You're talking about two ships with different capacities and roles. The fleet can't do without either of them. Each had jobs that need to be done and for which the other is not a replacement. The thoughtful tactician and strategist respects the diverse capacities of his tools and uses each for the jobs they can do. And knows how they complement each other in the overall mission. Never dis your comrade who's doing a different job. In the end, if you have a skillful commander, the other guy who's doing some other role is backing you up and you're backing him/her up. The mission is everything.
If I flew for the Colonial Fleet, I would want to be a Raptor pilot! YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FTL DRIVE! How exciting would that be to sit at the edge of the Cylon DRADIS range and gather intelligence? I love those big clunky things.
It's a Diamondback Scout. This is why I like it more than the Viper. Sure, fighters are cool but they only get launched when you need to shoot stuff. The Raptor was the answer to every other problem. Simple, efficient utilitarian vessel.
This reminds me of a magazine column that talked about a common airframe that could replace all the different airframe types. They would have the same airframe, but with different functions (ASW, AEW, tanker, cargo, etc.)
personally i think the versatility, adaptability and reliability that made sure that the craft was not replaced is also what limited it's renown as it's more specialisted cousin the viper and their mothership's the battlestars
Stick a helicopter turbine engine and rotor up top and it’s be right at home in the U.S Armed forces, along with the other helicopter gunships they already have. :)
I’m glad they didn’t reuse the shuttle from the original Battlestar Galactica. I had the idea of using the CH-53 Stallion as what’s used for the Raptor.
Yes! I have no idea why I even know that theme.. I always played SupCom with the music off - but to this day you can still catch me humming this tune from time to time.
I have to use Royalty Free Music in order to avoid copyright infringement, so its mostly soundtracks from THQ and Pandemic games, companies that don't exist anymore, or any other appropriate soundtracks i can get my hands on.
Its more like a Super Huey or a smaller BlackHawk.. in the real world navy the more direct counterpart would be an EA-6 ..or better yet.. an EW version of the S-3 Vicking.. since you can use a Vicking as a Shuttle as well (unlike the EA-6)
I always liked the Raptor. Modular, multi-role, and in its most lethal configuration, reminds me somewhat of an Apache Gunship. It's got the same ugly yet lovely look about it.
kumisz it is the first of a long record of Lee crashing ships First the Blackbird Then he crashed Pegasus And after that he rammed the entire fleet into the sun
Yup. "For All Mankind" on Apple TV got me thinking about the "Space:1999" Eagle Transporter toy I had as a kid. HUGE - almost too big for a kid, but realistic, modular, durable.
I'm loving your videos, especially this. I'm hoping to score a Raptor model kit one of these days. Any chance you're considering doing the TOS ships, particularly the Cylon Raider?
Hi! Great video as always. I'm much more of a Raptor guy myself ! :-) For a change, why not exploring less well-known universes and starships ? Old things like Thunderbirds or The Invaders ?
I think I’d want to be a Raptor pilot. I think I would get more flight hours than a Viper pilot and would experience a multiplicity if missions. I also believe they are pretty survivable compared to Vipers.
The raptor is small and doesn't look like a multirole recon, attack, transport ship. I imagine it as a utility work ship floating around space stations. It doesn't scream military to me.
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"Low speed and blocky frame, workhorse of the fleet"
Sounds familiar to me, somehow.
A distant cousin maybe?
Raptors with force shield energy weapons and a cloak be handy for
Possibly, Earth's US Air Force C-130 _Hercules_ you are thinking of?
I was thinking of the A-10. A dependable workhorse often belittled by fighter pilots.
@@TocRat2009 The real question is, can it go: "BRRRRRRT"? LOL
When Adams says in the finale"I will lead a raptor assault with anyone who is willing to join me. " always sends chills down my spine.
He knew they where tough.
TBF, you can't really lead a boarding party with only Vipers.
I must say, I really like the Colonial Raptor. The design really reminds me of a real plane, specifically the A-10 "Warthog"
I looks like a helicopter minus the blades to me... the one stub almost looks like the top of a rotor blade
I dont know it was more like a blackhawk either electronic warefare or fully armed
I didn't know the A-10 was a missile barge and a shuttle transport.
As Han Solo said about the Millennium Falcon,
"She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts."
Personally I fell in love when I realized that it was somewhat of a colonal AWACS as well as the fact that it had that ECM suite, EW isn't seen a whole lot in Sci-Fi, so its existence is really cool
I really like the Raptor. It was such a useful ship. I would want to be a Raptor pilot. Viper pilots have only one kind of engagement whereas the Raptor pilot experienced a huge variety of missions. The Raptor reminds me of the UH-60 Black Hawk, with the added advantage of significant range and without the vulnerability of the Black Hawk’s rotors. What an awesome little ship.
UH-60 and A-10 had a baby.
For me, the Raptor is one of the more realistic ships in sci-fi. I love the design and appreciate the thought that went into it.
And there's still one floating around on Earth somewhere after 150,000 years.
Wedge Antilles Yes.
What? Where? I wanna have it...
bad news my dude, its orbit would have degraded and it would have burned up in the atmosphere.
Joshua Perkins would it? Do we know it’s orbital speed and height?
@@MarionetteDuAuguste No, We can't track.
"That's my Raptor wranglers...Always looking for new and interesting ways to get killed."-Karl 'Helo' Agathon
Late to the party I know but I wanted to add that these remind me very much of the small craft that traditionally serve within larger fleets, traditionally commanded by a Coxswain; basically they deliver the mail. Some times that mail is a boarding party, sometimes it's a mine, sometimes (more often these days) a buttload of 50cal at anything that needs to be distracted...sometimes they also deliver the mail.
It's something I wish more sci-fi bothered to examine, because small craft have some amazing stories; for one of the best look up the landing craft the original SAS used to reach mainland France for the raid on St Nazaire.
One of the first episodes of the (at the time) newest BSG series I saw was the Raptor in it's fully armament mode and immediately fell in love. It reminded me so much of taking the reflective, angled design from an Apache and meshing it with a Hind and allowing it to travel faster than light had my jaw on the floor.
Apologies for the lower audio quality on the commentary this week, experiencing some hardware problems. This will be resolved for next week's video. Thanks for watching.
one of the best sci-fi suttles
Nice little Gunship!
It's an excellent multirole craft similar to the A-6 Intruder combined with scout, transport, and attack helicopters. I always liked the Raptor. The Assault Raptor is especially useful in BSG Deadlock, where it can paint targets to aid in fire control, fire guided missiles, eliminate mines, deliver marines, and so on. I'm curious to see if they add the FTL capability to them in the next season of the game.
Raptor or Viper.
What's the mission?
You're talking about two ships with different capacities and roles. The fleet can't do without either of them. Each had jobs that need to be done and for which the other is not a replacement.
The thoughtful tactician and strategist respects the diverse capacities of his tools and uses each for the jobs they can do. And knows how they complement each other in the overall mission.
Never dis your comrade who's doing a different job. In the end, if you have a skillful commander, the other guy who's doing some other role is backing you up and you're backing him/her up.
The mission is everything.
The warrant is all.
Yeah no shit.
This would also be an awesome design for an Earth made alternative of the tel'tak on stargate just saying.
What do you guys prefer? Viper or Raptor?
Blackbird, hands down.
I think i am more of a Viper guy.....althou i would love to have a battlestar :D
RAPTOR
Definetly Viper
depends on the situation... wouldn't want a raptor in a dog fight, but wouldn't want the Viper in anything else.
Even though it was designed for function i think the raptor was the best looking ship in sci-fi.
If I flew for the Colonial Fleet, I would want to be a Raptor pilot! YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FTL DRIVE! How exciting would that be to sit at the edge of the Cylon DRADIS range and gather intelligence? I love those big clunky things.
It's a Diamondback Scout. This is why I like it more than the Viper. Sure, fighters are cool but they only get launched when you need to shoot stuff. The Raptor was the answer to every other problem. Simple, efficient utilitarian vessel.
The Warthog of the BSG world. Love it!
This reminds me of a magazine column that talked about a common airframe that could replace all the different airframe types. They would have the same airframe, but with different functions (ASW, AEW, tanker, cargo, etc.)
I wish this show was still on the air. It was that good
Boost firewall.
"Done."
Boost firewall.
"Uh okay."
Boost firewall.
"When do we get to see combat?"
Nevaaaaaar!
Is it me or something else because when I first saw BSG I don't remember that big bubble canopy. I remember it being normal and without the bubble.
Well dam man. Well done! Great review of this ship. Sounds like something I'd see on the History channel about WWII Spitfires. Excellent presentation.
personally i think the versatility, adaptability and reliability that made sure that the craft was not replaced is also what limited it's renown as it's more specialisted cousin the viper and their mothership's the battlestars
Great job. Loved BSG and your channel.
Stick a helicopter turbine engine and rotor up top and it’s be right at home in the U.S Armed forces, along with the other helicopter gunships they already have. :)
Grace Park totally hot raptor pilot 😃😃😃.
I’m glad they didn’t reuse the shuttle from the original Battlestar Galactica. I had the idea of using the CH-53 Stallion as what’s used for the Raptor.
Anybody else notice the Supreme Commander music playing in the background?
Yes! I have no idea why I even know that theme.. I always played SupCom with the music off - but to this day you can still catch me humming this tune from time to time.
+Benjamin Pitkin I loved it! I thought it fitted very well.
I have to use Royalty Free Music in order to avoid copyright infringement, so its mostly soundtracks from THQ and Pandemic games, companies that don't exist anymore, or any other appropriate soundtracks i can get my hands on.
+Spacedock PLEASE! Keep using the SupCom theme!!! It's amazing and fits perfectly! :D
Keep up the good work!
check the soundtrack of wargame series from eugen interactive they always use royalty free music.
The A-10 Spacehog lol
Playing Battlestar Galactica Squadrons I have gained the most respect for Raptor I would not gotten any where in the game without the Raptor.
Awesome video Danny! :)
did it again! great job
I definitely love me some Raptors! Great reporting on them!
So it's basically an A10...
yup!!!!!!
...married to a Huey. :)
More like an assault helicopter, not unlike Russian Hind but having more visually in common with an US Apache.
Its more like a Super Huey or a smaller BlackHawk.. in the real world navy the more direct counterpart would be an EA-6 ..or better yet.. an EW version of the S-3 Vicking.. since you can use a Vicking as a Shuttle as well (unlike the EA-6)
sparrow, you mean Viking, right?
That Bridge Commander intro music... nostalgia.
Viper pilot: Why we escorting Raptors?
Raptor pilot: And how many nukes and missiles can you carry.
"you hear that? That's a radiological alarm and it's coming from us"
Usually happens when I'm shooting at Toasters.
Daniel, could you possibly do a vid on whatever shuttle was used at Armistice Station at BSGs opening?
Either way, thanks in advance.
Another cool video. Thanks.
I always liked the Raptor. Modular, multi-role, and in its most lethal configuration, reminds me somewhat of an Apache Gunship.
It's got the same ugly yet lovely look about it.
PLEASE do one about the black stealth viper they built out of spare parts. Remember? Then Katie Sackhoff stole it to spy on the resurrection ship...
...then Apollo broke it. THANKS LEE
It's called a black bird if memory serves
kumisz it is the first of a long record of Lee crashing ships
First the Blackbird
Then he crashed Pegasus
And after that he rammed the entire fleet into the sun
@@kumisz2 This is why we can't have nice things.
Lee may have always been breaking ships, but Kara always be stealing them.
Real close between the Raptor and the Space: 1999 Eagle for favorite multi-role utility craft for me.
I remember seeing the Raptor for the first time and thinking: “That does not look aerodynamic *at all*.”
I would love to see you do the Eagle Transporter from Space:1999
Yup. "For All Mankind" on Apple TV got me thinking about the "Space:1999" Eagle Transporter toy I had as a kid. HUGE - almost too big for a kid, but realistic, modular, durable.
Also...the Rapture reliability have always reminded me of the A-10.
The end of the world reminds you of an A10?
Really enjoying these. MOOOOORE, :-)
I swear the way you announce the ship's states makes it feel like your a spacecraft instructor.
I'm loving your videos, especially this. I'm hoping to score a Raptor model kit one of these days.
Any chance you're considering doing the TOS ships, particularly the Cylon Raider?
The Raptor is badass.
I would like to see the Delta Flyer from Star Trek Voyager please.
OOo ahhh The liberater from Blake 7, oh yeah look at that one!!
If you have seen Blake 7, then I may revoke your geek card!
Great job! Can you make other ship video of Battlestar Galactica please? Many thanks
I'd like to know if Spacedock is going to do a video about the First Cylon war era Raider which was crewed by three Model-0005 Centurions?
@spacedock what about the tail gun variant from blood and steel
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The Liberator from Blake's 7, please!
What's the ship with the high-mounted tail at 0:33?
the music in the background... is it the theme to supreme commander?
Can you talk about the one that had the rotating ring?
When can we see a vid on the iconic UD-4L Cheyenne Dropship?
I wondered about the raptor couldn't remember if it had a combat roll
Raptors are badass.
I think it would be pretty cool if you did the Battlestar Galactica itself.
Special little ships
💚👽
The UNSC Pillar of Autumn please
Is it me or it seems like the raptor does not have a joystick-like the viper has or any type of steering control?
would love to see the Argon One from the X series Gaming Platform?.
From the Wing Commander series
The Hellcat V Medium Fighter, Drathi Medium Fighter, Excalibur Advanced Fighter & Longbow Bomber please
RAPTOR PILOTS FLYING HIGH
(RAPTOR PILOTS FLYING HIGH)
RAPTOR PILOTS FLYING BY
(RAPTOR PILOTS FLYING BY)
Hail to the bus drivers!
Did I miss it? The Raptor also has FTL capability!
Can you please do the Jupiter class battlestar or the Mercury class battlestar
Personally I'd like you guys to do a episode on the Searcher from Buck Rogers
Sold!
Hi! Great video as always. I'm much more of a Raptor guy myself ! :-)
For a change, why not exploring less well-known universes and starships ? Old things like Thunderbirds or The Invaders ?
wait how do you jam optical transmissions
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Do the galactica please :)
could you do elite dangerous viper mrk 3/4
Is It Just Me Or The Music From This Video Is From One Of The Supreme Commander Games? I Think One Of The First Two?
Good Supreme Commander soundtrack there
can u do the Battlestar Galactica and Pegasus and enterprise e
where was the music in this video from?
It might serve the role of the venerable A-10, but looks like an Apache attack helicopter hahaha
Oh yes, Supreme Commander background music
Could you please make a video about the Magnificent class star frigate from Star Wars
It's the Munificent class.
I think I’d want to be a Raptor pilot. I think I would get more flight hours than a Viper pilot and would experience a multiplicity if missions. I also believe they are pretty survivable compared to Vipers.
Soundtrack is from supreme commander.
Can you do Freespace Hekate.
the music on background comes from supreme commander
Hey, can you do the Andromeda (from Andromeda) !
What was the name of the AI hologram on that show?
+jimmy Ryan Rommie (short for Andromeda)
i suggested it for vs fight
How about capt protons rocket ship from voyager.
The raptor is small and doesn't look like a multirole recon, attack, transport ship. I imagine it as a utility work ship floating around space stations. It doesn't scream military to me.
*sees thumbnail*
I want it
Eagle Transporter
the Raptor !!!!
Instant heroism, just add Supreme Commander OST