Colonial Cygnus Class Gunstar

Name: Cygnus
Craft: Colonial Cygnus Class Gunstar
Type: gunship
Scale: capital
Length: 694.9 x 288 x 96.8 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 800
Passengers: 1,000
Cargo Capacity: 44,000 tons
Consumables: 22 months
Hyperdrive: x575,000
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D+2
Space: 6
Hull: 6D
Armor: 1D+2
Sensors

Passive: 80/3D
Scan: 160/4D
Search: 240/5D
Focus: 8/6D

Weapons

Medium Point Defense System

Fire Arc: all
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-10/20/40
Damage: 3D+1

2 Primary Assault Railguns

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 5
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 2-13/50/100
Damage: 4D+2

20 Secondary Assault Railguns

Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 5
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 2-13/50/100
Damage: 3D+1

12 Heavy Missile Launchers

Fire Arc: Turrets
Crew: 5
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 2-35/70/140
Damage: 5D+1

6 Nuclear Missile Launchers

Fire Arc: 2 forward, 2 port, 2 starboard
Crew: 5
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control:
Space Range: 2-300/600/1,200
Damage: 6D+2

Compliment: 6 raptors, 4 other

Description: The Cygnus Class Gunstars are the standard Colonial cruiser, succeeding nearly all of the earlier gunstar designs. More than three hundred were built, and their design spans more than twenty-three years. Although considered one class, they are at least eleven different variants of the basic Cygnus design. The first Cygnus class gunstar entered service sixteen years after the Armistice, the last was destroyed over Scorpia while 84% complete.

Quirks/Special Characteristics: Given the long construction run the class enjoyed, there are no fewer than eight different variants of the Cygnus Class, each variant built in a sub-class known as a “flight” and featuring different armament configurations, command and control suites, and mission profiles . The example presented above is a Flight VII gunstar, specialized for anti-ship warfare.

Source: Battlestar Galactica: Thin Blue Line (page 101)