COLONIAL WARSHIPS - FRIGATES, SCOUTS & ESCORTS

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GUARDIAN CLASS FRIGATE

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ADRASTEIA CLASS FRIGATE

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LANCER CLASS FRIGATE

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WIND CLASS HEAVY SCOUT


The WIND CLASS Scout is a very specialized ship variant found in the Colonial Fleet. Packed stem to stern with senor equipment - their sole job is to proceed out vast distances ahead of Battle Groups and Convoys looking for any sign of Cylon Forces thereby giving the warning enabling the Fleet to ready for a fight or take avoiding action. Once the enemy has been spotted and their disposition and strength determined the Scout is free to retire out of the area where it's very powerful engines come into play - very few Cylon ships being able to catch it unless ambushed.

The WIND CLASS also is unique in that almost all the ships armament can be rotated to fire toward the rear to discourage or defend from any pursuit while the Scout is retreating back to the Fleet.

WIND CLASS SCOUT

LENGTH: 610 meters
CREW: 100 (10 Officers -80 Crew)
PASSENGERS: 25 Marines

WEAPONS:
2x Twin, Light Anti-Ship Turbo-Laser Cannons
6x Medium (20 MT) Solonite Missile Tubes
2x Twin, Medium Blaster Batteries
10x Twin, Light Blaster Batteries

AIRWING:
1x Ships Detachment - 2x Alpha Class Shuttles, 4x Micro-Shuttles

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LIGHT SCOUT

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SHEPHERD CLASS ESCORTSTAR


Not long after the start of the first Cylon War, the Colonial Fleet was finding itself very spread out and in need of more warships than were currently being or could be produced by the regular fleet yards. In an attempt to bring more fighter carriers into service as quick as possible, a specification for a multipurpose, "bare basic" warship of a standard design that could be built by the civilian shipyards not currently in use throughout the Colonies.

An independent Caprican company, in need of contracts and money, approached the high command with a proposal. They had all six of their slipways open, but the problem was they weren't long enough to build anything on the measure of the great Battlestars then under construction. The Caprican Spacedock and Shipbuilding Corp. offered the solution to put their slipways into use for the Fleet by building an entirely new kind of ship to fit the specification. They would take a standard COLUMBIA CLASS Battlestar's landing bay & hangar pod - fit it with engines, operating & living spaces for the crew and airwing - and, they promised to deliver the first of the new warships by the end of the year.

The company was able to pull off the "miracle" and delivered the ship 13 days ahead of the promised schedule, payment being contingent upon completion of the project on time. She was presented to the fleet for testing the next day. At the time, she was the first Colonial warship to put to space unnamed - only known by her construction number 458990. The CS&S, bet the entire company fortune on this wild private venture. The Fleet was very impressed with the company that had never before built any kind of warship, they had delivered the ship in prime condition, under budget and on time. The Fleet only had to work out a few system bugs with the new design.

In service the unnamed ship (by now being called a "Escortstar") performed well on her shakedown cruise. Her smaller size made her more agile then the standard Battlestar or Heavy Cruiser though she was much slower. Her main strength was that she could provide fighter coverage on numerous missions where it wasn't practical to having a Battlestar or even a Cruiser present - such as the very important job of escorting convoys. Also as an added "plus," she could still operate with the fleet if needed. The fleet felt these advantages outweighed her downsized Viper strength.

Upon the results of the shakedown and her first cruise....the Colonial Fleet issued a contract for 12 of the now named SHEPHERD CLASS Escortstars, all to be built by Caprican Spacedock and Shipyard. However, the company had since the launching, been forced into bankruptcy. To deliver the original ship fully operational and ahead of schedule to the Fleet had cost the company almost everything it had or could scrape up. As the Judge was about to sign a court order to start liquidating the company, the Colonial Fleet announced it was purchasing the 11 other ships and gave the contract to the CS&S.
(Backstory Fluff based in part on one by CinC Battleforce)

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SWIFT CLASS ESCORT

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FURY CLASS ESCORT

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ESCORT

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HORNET CLASS CUTTER