Battlestar

Battlestar Galactica 2004 Continuity
(Battlestar Galactica 2004, Caprica and Blood & Chrome)

Battlestars were a class of armored battleship/carrier hybrids in service in the Colonial Fleet. They emerged during the Cylon War as a solution to Cylon hacking, which had destroyed numerous cruisers. The first battlestars were specifically designed to use primitive, unnetworked computers that could not be hacked. Further, they were armored to withstand nuclear blasts and carried dozens to hundreds of Vipers to defend their anti-ship weaponry. By the time of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, the Colonial Fleet had approximately 120 battlestars in service divided into battlestar groups.

Armament

Battlestars are armed with a considerable amount of kinetic energy weapons scattered throughout the ship, each capable of firing large incendiary or explosive shells at any given target; usually enemy vessels. Battlestars also carry CIWS point-defense weapons scattered throughout the ship to defend themselves against the incoming ordinance, as well as a large array of both regular and nuclear-tipped missiles for launch at an enemy target, be it ground or space-based.

Battlestars also serve as fighter carriers. They carry Vipers, small and maneuverable one-man space superiority fighters designed for dogfights, as well as Raptors, larger multipurpose craft that can serve either as missile carriers, transport craft, or electronic warfare platforms.

Battlestar classes

• Artemis-class
• Valkyrie-class
• Jupiter-class
• Mercury-class

For the main article, see: Artemis-class

Artemis-class was a type of battlestar used in the First Cylon War. While little is known about this class of vessels, it can be inferred that since the Jupiter-class was designed specifically as the first battlestar class to fight the Cylons, the Artemis-class must have been built at some point before the 1st War.

For the main article, see: Valkyrie-class

Valkyrie-class was a class of battlestar operated by the Colonial Fleet. Being much smaller than the Jupiter-class the Colonial Fleet managed to produce them in higher numbers than any other class, with more than two-thirds of the Fleet being of this class.

For the main article, see: Jupiter-class

Jupiter-class was the first class of battlestars developed solely to combat the new Cylon threat. They served valiantly throughout the whole conflict, with only 3 examples surviving the war. After the war, the Colonial Fleet continued to produce this class of warships, until the newer Mercury-class came online.

For the main article, see: Mercury-class

Mercury-class battlestar was the newest class of battlestars produced by the Colonial Fleet. Designed in the inter-war period, the class featured heavy networking and automation, significantly reducing its crew requirement. The Mercury-class was by far the rarest of battlestars in the whole fleet.

Known Battlestars

• Battlestar Archeron
• Battlestar Athena
• Battlestar Atlantia
• Battlestar Bellerophon
• Battlestar Columbia (1st Cylon War)
• Battlestar Columbia (Interwar Period)
• Battlestar Erasmus
• Battlestar Galactica
• Battlestar Night Flight
• Battlestar Pegasus
• Battlestar Prometheus
• Battlestar Ramses
• Battlestar Solaria
• Battlestar Triton
• Battlestar Uned
• Battlestar Universal
• Battlestar Valkyrie
• Battlestar Yashuman