The RS-18 project began approximately twenty years before the Cylon Revolt. The Caprican Ministry of Defence issued a requirement for a heavy fighter-bomber able to operate from the new range of Colonial Security Vessels then being built for the Caprican Defence Forces as well as independently from semi-prepared forward bases. CAPDEF proposed their ‘Project Rapere’ design and the Caprican MoD financed two prototypes. In testing the design proved way ahead of the other designs then submitted and thus an order for an initial 200 was placed.
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