Viper Mark VIIa

The Reimagined Series
(Battlestar Galactica 2004, Caprica and Blood & Chrome)

Viper Mark VIIa
General Information
Affiliation:	United Colonies of Kobol Colonial Fleet The Fleet
Technical Specifications
Class:	Viper
Type:	Space-Superiority Fighter
Crew:	1 Pilot
Length:	~9.8 Meters
Width:	~5.6 Meters
Height:	~3.0 Meters
Armament:	3x Wing Mounted KEW Wing Hardpoints
FTL:	No

The Viper Mark VIIa was a space-superiority fighter used by the Colonial Fleet in the years prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. It was the seventh generation of Viper, a series of fighters which had been in production since before the Cylon War.

Details

The Mark VII was designed at a time when the Colonial Fleet was becoming increasingly more generous with the computer technology that could be used. As part of an initiative set forth by President Richard Adar, the Mark VII's computer components were networked and included the "Command Navigation Program". During the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Cylon forces were able to remotely shut down Mark VIIs through wireless access of their CNPs, resulting in almost all Mark VIIs being destroyed without firing a shot at the Cylons. The Battlestars Galactica and Pegasus possessed a number of Mark VIIs, which were unnetworked and their CNP erased to prevent further hacking.

Notes

• Viper Mk VIIa was designed by Eric Chu
• Lee Adama piloted Mk VIIa up until episode S03E17: Maelstorm, where he switched to Mk VIIb

Gallery

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Cockpit

Specs

Concept Art by Eric Chu

Concept Art by Eric Chu

Concept Art Charles Ratteray