Colonial Minerva Class Battlestar

Name: Minerva
Craft: Colonial Military Minerva Class Battlestar
Type: Carrier / Battleship
Scale: Capital
Length: 1,799.8 x 723.6 x 279.8 meters
Skill: Capital Ship Pilot
Crew: 3,985; skeleton: 399/+10
Passengers: 7,900
Cargo Capacity: 35,430 metric tons
Consumables: 20 months
Jump Drive: x410
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 5
Hull: 8D+1
Sensors

• Passive: 50 / 1D+1
• Scan: 100 / 2D+1
• Search: 200 / 3D+2
• Focus: 5 / 5D

Weapons

• Heavy Point-Defense System

Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 0; Automated
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: Automated: 3D+1
Space Range: 1-5/9/18
Damage: 4D

• 32 Primary Assault Railguns

Fire Arc: 2 forward, 15 dual turrets
Crew: 2
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Space Range: 1-15/30/60
Damage: 4D+2

• 32 Missile Systems

Fire Arc: 4 forward, 14 port, 14 starboard
Crew: 2
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1

• Heavy Missiles

Scale: capital
Space Range: 1-15/30/60
Damage: 5D+1

• Nuclear Missiles

Scale: capital
Space Range: 3-45/90/180
Damage: 6D+2

Complement:

• Viper MK II Fighter: 100 - 144
• Raptor Class Multipurpose Ship: 25 - 32
• Assorted Craft: 12

Description: The eleven Minerva Class Battlestars were the largest Battlestars built during the Cylon War, and were roughly the same size as the later Mercury class.

Unfortunately, they shared many of the technological limitations of earlier designs, requiring- among other things- retractable landing pods in order to facilitate FTL jumps. Despite these drawbacks, these vessels gave good service during the last years of the Cylon war and for several decades thereafter. As newer designs were completed and entered service, the Minerva class was decommissioned until only the Pleiades and Hesperides remained.

Quirks/Special Characteristics: Pleiades was the test bed ship for the dual axial flight deck fitted to the Mercury Class, and so has four landing bays, with each landing pod having two flight decks- one running parallel to the ship’s line of flight, the other inverted beneath it. Special elevators and airlocks bring embarked craft into sync with the ship’s gravity as they are transported to the hangar deck.

Source:

• Battlestar Galactica Thin Blue Line Corebook (page 97)
• thedemonapostle