COLONIAL WARSHIPS - CRUISERS

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WEAPON CLASS STRIKE CRUISER

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REPRISAL CLASS STRIKE CRUISER



The REPRISAL CLASS Strike Cruiser was an early answer to the massed wave fighter attacks of the Cylons. As the onslaught of the early days of the 1st Cylon War progressed - every ship that was capable was fitted with some kind of facilities to carry fighter craft to help stem the Cylon tide.

Originally built as a Heavy Cruiser - the entire class of ships entered a crash building program having a flight pod integrated into the hull projecting from the bow to just under the center of the ship. Once completed they were some of the first ships in the new Colonial Fleet to act as Fighter Carriers.

As the war progressed more capable fighter carrying ships such as the Battlestars & Strikestars came into service and these class of ships were reassigned as "Strike Cruisers." Their mission was to penetrate deep behind Cylon line and strike infrastructure, support bases or raiding supply lines. Depending on their mission the squadrons station aboard could be made up of pure fighters or be mixed with combat shuttles to land Commando & Marine units to destroy ground targets.

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PROTECTOR CLASS ESCORT CRUISER

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DEFENDER CLASS ESCORT CRUISER

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CHIEFTAIN CLASS COMMAND CRUISER



The CHIEFTAIN CLASS Cruisers are a large fast range of Colonial warships set-up to act as the Command Ship for a group or squadron of warships that doesn't have a major Capital Class warship (Battlestar, Strikestar, Gunstar, Destroyer, etc.) in the roster but still needing a ship large enough to provide Flag facilities and special communications.

The Chieftain's can usually be found as the Flagship of large convoy escort groups, Command ships for assault and landing forces and for fleet scouting groups. If they are are included in with the Battle Force it is usually when a multiple Battlestar Task Force is formed and they are tasked as the Flagship of the Escort Warships and co-ordinate between them and the Scouting Forces of the Task Force.

The Chieftain Class Command Cruiser has a small hangar bay directly behind the bridge and Flag spaces with the hangar door looking directly toward the rear of the ship. Depending on the role the ship is playing at the time - it's airwing can be tailored for transport, defense or for scouting.

CHIEFTAIN CLASS COMMAND CRUISER

LENGTH: 1012 meters
CREW: 500
PASSENGERS: 100 Marines

WEAPONS:
2x Medium Turbo-Laser Cannons
12x Solonite Missile Tubes (reloadable)
12x Twin, Heavy Blaster Batteries
30x Twin, Light Blaster Batteries

AIRWING:
1 Fighter Flight - 12x Viper Mk. II (Can be modified for long range scouting and recon)
1 Transport Flight - 4x Alpha Class Shuttles, 4x Micro-Shuttles

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APOLLO CLASS HEAVY CRUISER



The APOLLO CLASS Heavy Cruisers are one of the largest group of Capital Ships produced by the Colonies during the First Cylon War era with well over 100 units in the class. Large and fast with a powerful anti-aircraft battery they are usually found as escorts in the screens of major Colonial Capital Warships like the Battlestars, Destroyers & Strikestars or acting as close escorts to other important Colonial Task Forces.

The Apollo Class ships are the largest Heavy Cruisers in the Colonial Fleet. With a good size anti-ship weapon armament they are more than capable of taking on Cylon ships in their same class but cannot stand up to the large Cylon Warships like the Basestars & Gunstars. Their biggest weakness is they have no facilities for offensive fighter type aircraft - having only a small hangar amidships capable of carrying several transport shuttles. This makes them extremely vulnerable to the Cylon massed wave fighter attacks - many of the class being lost in this manner in the first years of the Cylon War before tactics were changed.

APOLLO CLASS HEAVY CRUISER

LENGTH: 1,005 meters
CREW: 520
PASSENGERS: 100 Marines

WEAPONS:
2x Medium Turbo-Laser Cannons
12x Medium (25 MT) Solonite Missile Tubes (reloadable)
12x Twin, Heavy Blaster Batteries
36x Twin, Light Blaster Batteries

AIRWING:
1 Transport Flight - 6x Alpha Class Shuttles, 4x Micro-Shuttles

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AJAX CLASS HEAVY CRUISER

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DREADNOUGHT CLASS HEAVY CRUISER



The "DREADNOUGHT CLASS" Heavy Cruisers were a pre-unification design used by several of the star navies of the 12 Colonies. Originally referred to as "Dreadnoughts" as a ship class - with the coming of the heavier fighter carrier type ships they were re-rated as Heavy Cruisers.

With the beginning of the 1st Cylon War, despite the age of the design, due to it's good performance and heavy weaponry it was put into further production throughout the Colonies for the new Colonial Fleet. However after the savaging of these types of all gun vessels by the hordes of Cylon massed fighter wave attacks the type was taken out of production and those units still in service were rebuilt as escorts for the large fighter carrying ships.

In her current configuration she has hangar space for the following small craft:

12x Asp Mk.II Point Defense Fighters
4x Alpha Class Heavy Shuttles
4x Micro-Shuttles

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CHEETAH CLASS FAST PATROL CRUISER


This is a Specialized Light Cruiser design used by the Colonials to patrol large tracks of space in advance of the Fleet or Convoys. With their high-powered engines vs. the light mass hull ratio makes them able to chase down any similar sized warship or have the capability to run from anything that she can't fight. This gives the CHEETAH CLASS a very decided edge in any single ship vs. ship duel she engages in.

She has an airwing of the following:
4x Asp Mk.II Point Defense Fighters
2x Alpha Class Shuttles
4x Micro-Shuttles

SHIPS IN CLASS:
CHEETAH
OCELOT
CARACAL
LYNX
KODKOD
MANUL
MARGAY
WILDCAT
GUIGNA
BLACKCAT
SERVAL
BOBCAT
JAGUARUNDI
SAND CAT
ONCILLA
TIGRILLO
GOLD CAT
BLACK-FOOT

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CHEETAH CLASS - MOD.II FAST PATROL CRUISER

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PIONEER CLASS PATROL CRUISER

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DARING CLASS LIGHT CRUISER

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ALERT CLASS LIGHT CRUISER



The ALERT CLASS was another specialized cruiser projects designed by the Colonial Navy in an effort to defend the fleet's Capital Ships from the massed fighter wave attacks employed by the Cylons. The design deleted the normal anti-ship turbo-laser weapons carried by a cruiser of this size in favor of enabling the design to be able to carry more of the long range Dual Purpose Heavy Blaster Batteries that would be able to engage the Cylon Fighters further out from the fleet's ships.

Though the design proved very successful at it's purpose it was also found to be very vulnerable in any engagements where Cylon warships were encountered. Though it retained a small Solonite missile battery - the ship to be even marginally effective had to get in very close to an enemy ship to have the Heavy Blaster Batteries cause any major damage and by the time it had closed the range it had usually been heavily damaged by the enemy.
To counter this the ships were detailed as very close escorts for the Battlestars and other Heavy Capital Ships of the Fleet where their heavy anti-fighter batteries would be most useful and they would still have the protection of the heavier ships both from fighters or warships.

ALERT CLASS LIGHT CRUISER

LENGTH:
CREW: 375
PASSENGERS: 100 Marines

WEAPONS:
6x Solonite Missile Tubes (reloadable)
30x Twin, DP Heavy Blaster Batteries
20x Twin, Light Blaster Batteries

AIRWING:
1 Transport Flight - 4x Alpha Class Shuttles, 4x Micro-Shuttles

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DEVASTATOR CLASS LIGHT CRUISER

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AMBUSH CLASS MINESTAR