Battlestars.....past, present and future

Battlestars are the symbols of humanitie's struggle and will to fight their Cylon enemies. The first battlestar, Columbia, was christened over 500 yahrens ago at the Virgo Fleet Systems shipyards. The Columbia inspired the colonies to build twelve other battlestars to symbolize each of the twelve colonies of mankind. These battlestars were to defend their homeworlds, protect Colonial space lanes, and to help protect Colonial allies such as the Tucanas, Orions, Hisari and Delphians.

Colonial Battlestars
Constructed or planned
  • Columbia (Columbia Class)destroyed
  • Atlantia (Columbia Class)destroyed
  • Galactica (Columbia Class)
  • Acropolis (Columbia Class)destroyed
  • Rycon (Columbia Class)destroyed
  • Bellerophon (Columbia Class)destroyed
  • Pacifica (Pacifica Class)overhauling
  • Pegasus (Pacifica Class)overhauled
  • Cerberus (Pacifica Class)destroyed
  • Prometheus(Pacifica Class)recommisioned
  • Olympia (Pacifica Class)destroyed
  • Solaria (Pacifica Class)destroyed
  • ----------------------------------
  • Athenia (Athenia Class)undergoing repairs
  • Excelsia (Excelsia Class)
  • Spartica(Excelsia Class)
  • Titania (Titanic Class)
  • Olympia (Titanic Class)
  • Attica (Athenia Class)under construction
  • Atlantia (Titanic Class)u.c. new flagship for fleet
  • Valiant (Excelsia Class)proposed
  • Argos (Excelsia Class)proposed
  • Achaea (Athenia Class) proposed
  • Delphia (Delphia Class) proposed
  • Utopia (Excelsia Class)proposed
  • Corinthia(Excelsia Class)proposed
  • Lemuria (Excelsia Class)proposed
  • Ionia (Delphia Class) proposed
  • Luxor (Delphia Class) proposed

Battlestar statistics

Columbia Class

Craft: Colonial Battlestar
Scale: Capital
Length: 1400 meters
Crew: 1000, 55 gunners, 170 pilots
Passengers: 500(troops)
Cargo Capacity: 26,000 tons
Consumables: 1 yahren
Cost: 66,000,000,000 credits
Hull: 7D
Sensors: long range
short range + 2
Weapons: 25 forward laser turrents
25 aft laser turrents
10 tractor beams
8 missle tubes
Fighters: 2 squadrons[75 vipers each]
Additional Craft: 10 Omega shuttles
15 landrovers

Pacifica Class

Craft: Colonial Battlestar
Scale: Capital
Length: 1200 meters
Crew: 1000, 55 gunners, 170 pilots
Passengers: 500(troops)
Cargo Capacity: 24,000 tons
Consumables: 2 yahren
Cost: 56,000,000,000 credits
Hull: 7D
Sensors: long range
short range + 2
Weapons: 25 forward laser turrents
25 aft laser turrents
10 tractor beams
8 missle tubes
Fighters: 2 squadrons[75 vipers each]
Additional Craft: 10 Omega shuttles
15 landrovers

Athenia Class

Craft: Colonial Battlestar
Scale: Capital
Length: 1455 meters
Crew: 1200, 67 gunners, 200 pilots
Passengers: 700 (troops)
Cargo Capacity: 28,000 tons
Consumables: 2 yahren
Cost: 79,000,000,000 credits
Hull: 9D
Sensors: long range + 3
short range + 5
Shields: Delphian Shield Generators 33DS
Weapons: 30 forward laser turrents
30 aft laser turrents
10 tractor beams
10 missle tubes
5 Iona cannons
Fighters: 2 squadrons[75 vipers each]
1 squadron bombers[20 Colonial bombers]
Additional Craft: 15 Omega class shuttles
20 landrovers
1 All terrain vehicle

Excelsior Class

Craft: Colonial Battlestar
Scale: Capital
Length: 2000 meters
Crew: 1500, 100 gunners, 250 pilots
Passengers: 1000(troops)
Cargo Capacity: 30,000 tons
Consumables: 3 yahren
Cost: 100,000,000,000 credits
Hull: 11D
Sensors: long range + 7
short range + 14
Shields: Caprican Shield Generators 44DS
Weapons: 45 forward laser turrents
40 aft laser turrents
15 tractor beams
15 missle tubes
10 Iona cannons
Fighters: 3 squadrons[75 vipers each]
1 squadron bombers [30 Colonial bombers]
Additional Craft: 25 Omega Class shuttles
10 Gamma Class shuttles
30 landrovers
2 All terrain vehicles
Note: The Excelsior Class Battlestar was built to combat the new Basestar which came into existance after the holocaust.

Titanic Class

Craft: Colonial SuperBattlestar
Scale: Capital
Length: 2500 meters
Crew: 2000, 150 gunners, 300 pilots
Passengers: 1500(troops)
Cargo Capacity: 35,000 tons
Consumables: 4 yahren
Cost: 200,000,000,000
Hull: 15D
Sensors: long range + 12
short range + 14
Shields: Sagittaran Defense Shields 66DS
Weapons: 50 forward laser turrents
50 aft laser turrents
15 tractor beams
25 missle tubes
15 Iona cannons
Fighters: 4 squadrons(75 vipers each)
1 squadron bombers(35 Colonial bombers)
Additional Craft: 25 Omega Class shuttles
10 Gamma Class shuttles
25 landrovers
4 All terrain vehicles