Gunstars

The Gunstar is the brainchild of the infamous Commanders Cain and Adama. The original design was created well before the holocaust when the production of warships was at a virtual standstill and various military leaders feared for the survival of the Colonies. Commander Cain met with those various leaders and with the backing of Adama designed the new support ship to the battlestars : the Gunstar. Though not as large and bulky as her counterparts, the gunstar can outmanuever the fastest of Cylon ships.

After the Holocaust, President Tina Atrakis decided to build the Gunstars as an extra precautionary measure and to help support Colonial defenses. The first Gunstar, the Caprica, was built in the Caprican Shipyards and commissioned within a yahren thanks to advanced construction techniques developed by the Delphian Empire. Eventually, the Colonial navy wants two Gunstars per Battlestar in all scenerios.

Colonial Gunstars
Constructed or planned
  • Caprica (Liberty Class)
  • Freedom (Liberty Class)
  • Sagittara(Liberty Class)
  • Liberty (Liberty Class) under const.
  • Reliant (Liberty Class)proposed
  • Thebes (Liberty Class)proposed
  • Eternal Hope(Liberty Class)proposed
  • Triton (Triton Class)proposed
  • Kobol (Triton Class)proposed

Gunstar statistics

Liberty Class

Craft: Colonial Gunstar
Scale: Capital
Length: 900 meters
Crew: 800, 50 gunners, 130 pilots
Passengers: 300(troops)
Cargo Capacity: 20,000 tons
Consumables: 1 yahren
Cost: 36,000,000,000 credits
Hull: 5D
Sensors: long range
short range + 2
Weapons: 20 forward laser turrents
20 aft laser turrents
8 tractor beams
8 missle tubes
Fighters: 2 squadrons[55 vipers each]
Additional Craft: 8 Omega shuttles
5 landrovers