Colonial Galactica Class Battlestar
Name: Galactica
Craft: Colonial Military Galactica Class Battlestar
Type: Warship
Scale: Capital
Length: 1,438.64 x 536.84 x 183.32 meters
Skill: Capital Ship Pilot
Crew: 3,100; skeleton: 310/+10
Passengers: 7,000
Cargo Capacity: 24,496 metric tons
Consumables: 20 months
Jump Drive: x410
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 5
Hull: 7D+1
Armor: 2D
Sensors
- Passive: 40 / 1D
- Scan: 80 / 2D
- Search: 160 / 3D
- Focus: 4 / 4D
Weapons
- Heavy Point-Defense System (estimated to be around 600 guns)
- Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-3/9/18
Damage: 6D
- 24 Primary Assault Railguns
- Fire Arc: 2 forward, 12 dual turrets
Crew: 2
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-9/27/54
Damage: 7D
- 12 Missile Systems
- Fire Arc: 2 forward, 5 port, 5 starboard
Crew: 2
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 3-27/81/162
Damage: 8D
- 12 Nuclear Missile Systems
- Fire Arc: 2 forward, 5 port, 5 starboard
Crew: 2
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 3-27/81/162
Damage: 10D
Complement:
Description: The Galactica type battlestar is a Colonial capital ship that combines the functions of an aircraft carrier and a battleship. It was designed and deployed after the outbreak of hostilities between the Cylons and Colonials. A few ships of this class remain in service over 40 years after the end of the Cylon War; however, most were retired.
The class was designed and deployed by the Colonial Fleet in the early days of the First Cylon War, quite possibly as part of the Articles of Colonization, with 12 ships initially being built by, and representing, each of the Colonies (Miniseries). They included: Galactica, Columbia, Athena, and Archeron. They formed the lead ships of Cylon War era Battlestar Groups, and were represented in almost every major engagement of the War.
The original battlestars were space-going leviathans of more than 4700 feet (1400 meters) in length, designed to tackle the Cylon threat head on. They featured powerful gun batteries that ran up the center of the hull, numerous point defense turrets, and many missile silos, but their main show of force came from the multiple Viper stacks housed in the flight pods, which held up to a thousand Vipers. Initially, these stacks ran multiple stories, but were removed as the war died down (TRS: Blood and Chrome, Razor Flashbacks).
Unfortunately, the class didn't hold up well to the Cylon threat, with only the Galactica, Athena, and a third unnamed ship surviving the war. Despite this, newer Galactica type ships were built, with newer technologies, which still remained in service at the time of the Fall of the Colonies. However, Galactica was never upgraded, and remained in its Cylon War outfit at the time of its retirement 40 years after the war.
Eventually, the class is phased out in favor of the smaller Valkyrie type battlestars, and the newer Mercury class battlestars, however was inadvertently survived by the Galactica for nearly 5 years after the Fall of the Colonies.
Source:
- Battlestar Galactica Wiki: Galactica (TRS)
- Battlestar Galactica Corebook (page 135-137, 140)
- thedemonapostle