Post by Tinman on Nov 24, 2012 15:58:20 GMT -6
THE BATTLESTAR
The Battlecruiser was the "King" of post-unification design warships built around the early "Big KEW Weapon" tactic of fleets of ships closing each other and pounding away till the other side was destroyed, surrendered or retired the field. During the Yharens of inter-colonial warfare this was the main tactic of the navies from the different colonies.
With the coming of the first Cylon attacks and through the first few years of the First Cylon War these tactics were found to have become suddenly outdated. As the Cylons mostly used massive waves of fighters and small attack craft to project their attacks the large "All Gun" warships like the Battlecruisers with no ability to carry fighters were very quickly destroyed. Within five years, almost all the Battlecruiser type ships of the new, unified Colonial Fleet had been destroyed or relegated to secondary duties.
The Colonials determining that new tactics would have to be used and that fighters would be the naval weapon of the future and the side that could put the most of them in combat was likely to win the battles set to work. Firstly, converting any and every type of warship in their Fleet that was capable to be able to have some type of Fighter craft carrying capability. Second, a new type of warship was planned - one larger than any before. The new vessels would be faster, carry heavier armament and armor and most important - would be able to operate very large numbers of fighter type craft. To facilitate their delivery date - each Colony agreed to pay for, build and put the whole force of it's industry & raw materials into getting the ships on line. These ships would be known as the BATTLESTARS.
THE ORIGINAL 12 BATTLESTARS
COLONY________BATTLESTAR_______SHIP CLASS_______NOTES
AERELON-------------PACIFICA----------------(Pacifica Class)
AQUARIA-------------ATLANTIA----------------(Atlantia Class)...............[1]
CANCERON----------BELLEPHERON----------(Columbia Class)
CAPRICA-------------GALACTICA--------------(Columbia Class)
GEMENON------------PEGASUS-----------------(Pegasus Class)..............[2]
LEONIS---------------ACROPOLIS--------------(Columbia Class)
LIBRIS----------------OLYMPIA-----------------(Columbia Class)
PICON----------------SOLARIA-----------------(Pacifica Class)
SAGITTARON--------PROMETHEUS--------------(Pacifica Class)
SCORPIA-------------RYCON-------------------(Atlantia Class)...............[1]
TAURON--------------CEREBUS-----------------(Pacifica Class)
VIRGON--------------COLUMBIA----------------(Columbia Class)...............[3]
NOTES:
[1] The Atlantia Class were enlarged Columbia Class Battlestars built as Command Ships.
[2] The Battlestar Pegasus was an enlarged Columbia Class with heavier armament, armor and aircraft carrying capability.
[3] The Battlestar Columbia was the first Battlestar launched.
The Battlecruiser was the "King" of post-unification design warships built around the early "Big KEW Weapon" tactic of fleets of ships closing each other and pounding away till the other side was destroyed, surrendered or retired the field. During the Yharens of inter-colonial warfare this was the main tactic of the navies from the different colonies.
With the coming of the first Cylon attacks and through the first few years of the First Cylon War these tactics were found to have become suddenly outdated. As the Cylons mostly used massive waves of fighters and small attack craft to project their attacks the large "All Gun" warships like the Battlecruisers with no ability to carry fighters were very quickly destroyed. Within five years, almost all the Battlecruiser type ships of the new, unified Colonial Fleet had been destroyed or relegated to secondary duties.
The Colonials determining that new tactics would have to be used and that fighters would be the naval weapon of the future and the side that could put the most of them in combat was likely to win the battles set to work. Firstly, converting any and every type of warship in their Fleet that was capable to be able to have some type of Fighter craft carrying capability. Second, a new type of warship was planned - one larger than any before. The new vessels would be faster, carry heavier armament and armor and most important - would be able to operate very large numbers of fighter type craft. To facilitate their delivery date - each Colony agreed to pay for, build and put the whole force of it's industry & raw materials into getting the ships on line. These ships would be known as the BATTLESTARS.
THE ORIGINAL 12 BATTLESTARS
COLONY________BATTLESTAR_______SHIP CLASS_______NOTES
AERELON-------------PACIFICA----------------(Pacifica Class)
AQUARIA-------------ATLANTIA----------------(Atlantia Class)...............[1]
CANCERON----------BELLEPHERON----------(Columbia Class)
CAPRICA-------------GALACTICA--------------(Columbia Class)
GEMENON------------PEGASUS-----------------(Pegasus Class)..............[2]
LEONIS---------------ACROPOLIS--------------(Columbia Class)
LIBRIS----------------OLYMPIA-----------------(Columbia Class)
PICON----------------SOLARIA-----------------(Pacifica Class)
SAGITTARON--------PROMETHEUS--------------(Pacifica Class)
SCORPIA-------------RYCON-------------------(Atlantia Class)...............[1]
TAURON--------------CEREBUS-----------------(Pacifica Class)
VIRGON--------------COLUMBIA----------------(Columbia Class)...............[3]
NOTES:
[1] The Atlantia Class were enlarged Columbia Class Battlestars built as Command Ships.
[2] The Battlestar Pegasus was an enlarged Columbia Class with heavier armament, armor and aircraft carrying capability.
[3] The Battlestar Columbia was the first Battlestar launched.