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

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  • @Nukejawsgaming
    @Nukejawsgaming Рік тому +73

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

    • @Expert1911
      @Expert1911 Рік тому +9

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

    • @---jx3ql
      @---jx3ql Рік тому +3

      There is a privat server were you could still play

    • @jbz4788
      @jbz4788 9 місяців тому +2

      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
      @hyneksmid3293 9 місяців тому +2

      @@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.

    • @FirefoxEzo
      @FirefoxEzo 3 місяці тому +1

      I miss battlestar online, the amount of school lunches i spent playing that

  • @rsrt6910
    @rsrt6910 Рік тому +44

    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").

  • @13legomania
    @13legomania Рік тому +19

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

  • @mcchuggernaut9378
    @mcchuggernaut9378 Рік тому +15

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

  • @PupSentinel
    @PupSentinel Місяць тому +1

    10:02 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I had to stop myself from laughing too hard as to not wake the rest of my house! That description of the Assault Raptor Jupiter combo is just beautiful.

  • @CrazyChemistPL
    @CrazyChemistPL Рік тому +16

    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.

  • @vi6ddarkking
    @vi6ddarkking Рік тому +17

    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.

  • @The_Viscount
    @The_Viscount Рік тому +14

    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
      @scienceinsanity6927  Рік тому +6

      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
      @The_Viscount Рік тому +3

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

    • @adamczechowski614
      @adamczechowski614 Рік тому +1

      Woot!

  • @jakeg3733
    @jakeg3733 Рік тому +4

    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

  • @WhenGoatsWentBaa
    @WhenGoatsWentBaa Рік тому +22

    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
      @battleoid2411 Рік тому

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

    • @KatrinaLeFaye
      @KatrinaLeFaye Рік тому

      Where more info, please!

    • @---jx3ql
      @---jx3ql Рік тому

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

    • @WhenGoatsWentBaa
      @WhenGoatsWentBaa Рік тому

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

  • @craigmorris4083
    @craigmorris4083 Рік тому +8

    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.

  • @DarkPuppy9
    @DarkPuppy9 Рік тому +6

    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.

  • @meligoth
    @meligoth Рік тому +13

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

  • @AngryDuck79
    @AngryDuck79 Рік тому +2

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

  • @phalanx3803
    @phalanx3803 Рік тому +6

    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.

  • @britishrex5515
    @britishrex5515 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @shanenolan5625
    @shanenolan5625 Рік тому +5

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

  • @spartanx9293
    @spartanx9293 Рік тому +4

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

  • @annoyed707
    @annoyed707 Рік тому +2

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

  • @KatrinaLeFaye
    @KatrinaLeFaye Рік тому +1

    Best ship in a fleet by any variant and indispensable.

  • @mikecobalt7005
    @mikecobalt7005 Рік тому +1

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

  • @fredlandry6170
    @fredlandry6170 Рік тому +2

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

  • @unit-zero
    @unit-zero Рік тому +4

    All hail the beefy battle taxi!

  • @miguelrivera3383
    @miguelrivera3383 Рік тому +1

    Awesome video. Thank you!

  • @matthewheistand2340
    @matthewheistand2340 11 місяців тому +1

    I love battlestar galactica and all it stupid hilarities 😂

  • @The_Local_Goose
    @The_Local_Goose Рік тому +2

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

  • @catgath9718
    @catgath9718 Рік тому +4

    For the algorithm. So say we all.

  • @brucehemming9749
    @brucehemming9749 9 місяців тому

    Great video thanks for sharing 🍻👍

  • @tomdelvetto9906
    @tomdelvetto9906 Рік тому +2

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

  • @bthsr7113
    @bthsr7113 Рік тому +1

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

  • @sunixjester
    @sunixjester Рік тому +6

    So say we all

  • @murgel2006
    @murgel2006 9 місяців тому

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

  • @johnashton4776
    @johnashton4776 9 місяців тому

    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
    @calebdykes8166 9 місяців тому +1

    Please do the BSG online ships!

  • @southsidetattoo
    @southsidetattoo 23 дні тому

    We got double gatling guns, We don't need crayons .........

  • @dreadwing01
    @dreadwing01 Рік тому +1

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

  • @adamczechowski614
    @adamczechowski614 Рік тому

    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
    @shanenolan5625 Рік тому +2

    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

  • @alancarnell2747
    @alancarnell2747 2 місяці тому

    Is it me or does the raptor look like a legless Mech?

  • @charlieturner5831
    @charlieturner5831 Рік тому +1

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

    • @scienceinsanity6927
      @scienceinsanity6927  Рік тому +2

      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.

  • @Whynothiswork
    @Whynothiswork 8 місяців тому

    Feed Steve

  • @blackc1479
    @blackc1479 5 місяців тому

    I still call em space coreydoras....

  • @CharliMorganMusic
    @CharliMorganMusic Рік тому

    Where is Steve? -_-

  • @joshuamidgette4846
    @joshuamidgette4846 Рік тому

    Add FTL drive to Assault Raptor, Done.

  • @dylanmack5007
    @dylanmack5007 Рік тому

    for the algorithm

  • @MrGrimsmith
    @MrGrimsmith Рік тому

    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.

  • @julonkrutor4649
    @julonkrutor4649 Рік тому

    Can you Post the BS Prometheus somewhere?

  • @linger0740
    @linger0740 Рік тому

    Your discord link has expired

  • @sitoudien9816
    @sitoudien9816 9 місяців тому

    Too small for its mission. It looks like a worker bee for ship repairs.

  • @wraithcat76
    @wraithcat76 Рік тому +2

    dude, it's taxi, not taxy

    • @scienceinsanity6927
      @scienceinsanity6927  Рік тому

      Fixed, thanks for letting me know. I am in fact, pretty fu**ing stupid.

  • @linger0740
    @linger0740 Рік тому

    Meme machine gun brick

  • @Orphoid
    @Orphoid Місяць тому

    where is the bathroom

  • @PavewayJDAM
    @PavewayJDAM 2 місяці тому

    Raptor = Helo. ASW, ASuW. Gunship. SAR. AntiTank/CAS. Sort of lazy writing to make one ship do it all.

  • @Mr.Beauregarde
    @Mr.Beauregarde Рік тому +1

    First