Colonial Olympia Class Battlestar

Name: Olympia
Craft: Colonial Military Olympia Class Battlestar
Type: Carrier / Battleship
Scale: Capital
Length: 1,269.8 x 509.6 x 162.7 meters
Skill: Capital Ship Pilot
Crew: 800; skeleton: 80/+10
Passengers: 2,500
Cargo Capacity: 22,219 metric tons
Consumables: 20 months
Jump Drive: x410
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 5
Hull: 7D
Sensors

• Passive: 40 / 1D+1
• Scan: 80 / 2D+1
• Search: 120 / 3D+2
• Focus: 4 / 5D

Weapons

• 454 Heavy Point-Defense Autocannons

Fire Arc: 227 dual turrets
Crew: 0; Automated
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: Automated: 3D+1
Space Range: 1-6/15/30
Damage: 6D

• 20 Primary Assault Railguns

Fire Arc: 4 forward, 8 dual turrets
Crew: 2
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Space Range: 1-11/27/53
Damage: 7D

• 20 Heavy Missile Systems

Fire Arc: 2 forward, 9 port, 9 starboard
Crew: 2
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Scale: capital
Space Range: 1-11/27/53
Damage: 8D

• 16 Nuclear Missile Systems

Fire Arc: 2 forward, 7 port, 7 starboard
Crew: 2
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Scale: capital
Space Range: 1-13/34/67
Damage: 10D

Complement:

• Viper MK II Fighter: 100
• Raptor Class Multipurpose Ship: 25
• Assorted Craft: 12

Description: The three Olympia Class Battlestars were developed shortly after the beginning of the First Cylon War and the signing of the Articles of Colonization. The pressing need for space borne fighter support led to the conversion of almost any vessel that could carry them. As a result, three heavy cruisers were taken off the line, lengthened, and fitted with large flight decks to port and starboard. The Olympians gave good service throughout the Cylon War, with one, the Triton, being lost in action. Following the War, both were decommissioned. Approximately ten years after the Armistice, Olympia was refitted and returned to service as a training ship, but Pegasus was scrapped. The names and fighting spirit of both Triton and Pegasus, however, were preserved in new Mercury Class Battlestars.

Quirks/Special Characteristics: Because of their cruiser/gunstar origins and rather hasty conversion, these vessels are more complex than is the norm, and as a result, somewhat more difficult to service and maintain. They also retain, shielded deep within their hulls, a small emergency reserve tylium bunker, sufficient for a single FTL jump.

Source:

• Battlestar Galactica Thin Blue Line Corebook (page 98)
• thedemonapostle