Colonial Fleet

The Reimagined Series
(Battlestar Galactica 2004, Caprica and Blood & Chrome)

Colonial Fleet
Government overview
Headquarters:	Fleet HQ, Picon
Commanding Officer :	Admiral McKennelly Admiral Lucinda Cain Admiral Sarkis Admiral Nagala Admiral Helena Cain Admiral William Adama Admiral Louis Hoshii
Size:	~120 Battlestar Number of Support Ships
Historical overview
Founding document:	Articles of Colonization
Formed:	~52 BCH (Year 1948)
Dissolved:	~2 ACH (Year 2002)

The Colonial Fleet and Colonial Fleet Reserve were the naval arm of the military of the United Colonies of Kobol. Founded during the Cylon War, where the military forces of each of the Twelve Worlds were integrated under a new federation. The primary role of the Colonial Fleet in peace time was as a deterrent to any Cylon invasion, and at its height it boasted some 120 battlestars.

History

The Colonial Fleet was formed around -52 BCH as part of an urgent response to Cylon uprising as a strategic necessity, as while worlds such as Caprica boasted an advanced military other such as Aquaria were limited or even nonexistent. The first major shake-up the fleet went through was several years into the war, when Cylon hacking became increasingly successful in disabling or hijacking the fleet's cruisers. A new classification of capital ship, the battlestars, entered service to replace these losses while assuming a number of responsibilities in fleet operations. Perhaps to celebrate the Articles of Colonization, an initial order of twelve were constructed, with each representing a particular colony; in Galactica's case, Caprica. By the end of the war, the Colonial Fleet consisted of a number of different classes of battlestar, and during Operation Raptor Talon three battlestars were sent out without the need of fleet support ships.

Organization Chart

Though the war ended around 1960 with the Cimtar Peace Accords, the political situation was as such that continued vigilance was crucial. The next shake-up occurred in 1980, when a new generation of battlestars entered service, with many ships that were rushed through construction during the war being retired from service, or pulled back to interplanetary transport as was the case with Galactica. In 1998, the Adar administration ordered Galactica be decommissioned in two years' time and handed over to the Ministry of Education when its antiquated design represented too big an operating cost. Also in the 1990s, further advancements took place, with greater focus on the reintroduction of networking of ship computers, with defence researcher Dr. Gaius Baltar foreseeing a fleet using sophisticated computer technologies everywhere from Mercury-class battlestars to the Mark VII Vipers. This defense project, however, got the attention of Humanoid Cylon spies, with one agent - Caprica Six - able to seduce Baltar and re-write his crowning Command Navigation Program to have a backdoor for Cylon hackers to bypass firewalls and disable ships immediately.

On the day of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, a large force of basestars jumped into orbit around all twelve worlds. Though they were immediately detected by the planetary divisions, such as the 5th Combat Division in orbit over Aerilon, the CNP backdoor exploit led to some thirty battlestars - a quarter of the fleet - being disabled and destroyed in the first minutes, allowing the basestars to begin bombarding the colonies virtually undisturbed, while Raider squadrons equipped with 10kt nuclear warheads destroyed orbiting facilities such as the Scorpia shipyards. With the bombing of Picon destroying Colonial Fleet HQ, Admiral Nagala assumed command of the fleet and ordered all remaining ships to rendezvous with Atlantia over Virgon. By the end of the day, the Colonial Fleet had been dwindled down to Galactica and Pegasus. The concept of a Colonial Fleet continued under Admiral Helena Cain and later Admiral William Adama, but following the loss of Pegasus during the Exodus from New Caprica this was a meaningless formality.

Ranks

• Enlisted
• Officers

Colonial Fleet	Colonial Marine Corps
Master Chief Petty Officer	Master Gunnery Sergeant
Chief Petty Officer	Gunnery Sergeant
Petty Officer 1st Class	Staff Sergeant
Petty Officer 2nd Class	Sergeant
Specialist	Corporal
Deck Hand	Lance Corporal
Recruit	Private

Colonial Fleet	Colonial Marine Corps
Admiral of the Fleet	-
Admiral	General
Vice Admiral	Lieutenant General
Rear Admiral	Major General
Commander	Brigadier General
Colonel	Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel
Major	Major
Captain	Captain
Lieutenant	First Lieutenant
Junior Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Ensign	Ensign

Vessels of the Colonial Fleet

• Named Ships
• Ship Types

Name	Class	Type
Alert	Alert-type	Hospital Ship
Archeron	Jupiter-class	Battlestar
Athena	Jupiter-class	Battlestar
Atlantia	Unknown	Battlestar
Bellerophon	Unknown	Battlestar
Berzerk	Berzerk-class	Fleet Escort
Caprica	Caprica-class	Tug
Columbia	Jupiter-class	Battlestar
Columbia	Unknown	Battlestar
Corvehe	Corvette-class	Frigate
Cyclops	Loki-class	Heavy Cruiser
Demeter	Demeter-type	Fleet Escort
Demeter	Jupiter-class	Battlestar
Erasmus	Unknown	Battlestar
Galactica	Jupiter-class	Battlestar
Hornet	Hornet-type	Fleet Support
Loki	Loki-class	Heavy Cruiser
Night Flight	Unknown	Battlestar
Osiris	Orion-class	Assault Ship
Pegasus	Mercury-class	Battlestar
Prometheus	Jupiter-class	Battlestar
Ramses	Unknown	Battlestar
Ramses	Ramses-class	Missile Frigate
Solaria	Unknown	Battlestar
Triton	Unknown	Battlestar
Uned	Unknown	Battlestar
Universal	Unknown	Battlestar
Valkyrie	Valkyrie-class	Battlestar
Yashuman	Valkyrie-class	Battlestar

Type	Size
Battlestar	649 - 1600 Meters
Carrier	-
Fleet Escort	~270 - 842 Meters
Heavy Cruiser	779 Meters
Pocket Carrier	~687 Meters
Frigate	~687 Meters
Missile Frigate	~677 Meters
Deep-Space Relay Vessel	~675 Meters
Destroyer	~501 Meters
Minelayer	~472 Meters
Minesweeper	~468 Meters
Electronic Warfare Vessel	~340 - ~451 Meters
Assault Ship	~360 Meters
Hospital Ship	~270 Meters
Tug	~266 Meters
Lighter	~117 - ~195 Meters

Notes

• Proportionally, the colonial fleet would have around 45 large battlestars of Mercury and Jupiter-class, and 75 of smaller Valkyrie-class.

Gallery

Official Insignia by ANOVOS

Jim Stevenson's Reproduction