Post by Kevin Crittenden on Feb 3, 2012 22:01:47 GMT -5
The Colonial Battlestar is the result of over 400 yahren of war with the Aliance. Due to the time and resources required to construct them most Battlestars in service were over 400 yahrens old. The Colonial Battlestar was the primary unit of the Colonial war machine, and remains the backbone of the surviving fleet. At one time there numbered at least 12 Battlestars, one for each Colony. After the massacre at Cymtar only one or two are believed to remain. Without production facilities it is unlikely that more will be produced.
Each Battlestar is designed to carry 75 Viper starfighters, which can be launched from twin bays 20 at a time (10 from each bay), 20 shuttlecraft, 20 landrams, and assorted power sleds. It also maintains complete repair and maintenence facilities for these craft.
Battlestars are designed with firewalls between compartments to withstand attack, and all decks have independent gravity control, anti-acceleration, and anti-radiation fields. Crew quarters are dispersed throughout the ship, but pilot quarters are located on the same deck as the launch bays and may be transported by shuttle cars to reach their ships quickly.
Battlestars are quipped with special camoflage shields that may be extended to protect other ships nearby. While this is sometimes described as an invisibility shield, it only serves to hide the ships from detection by long range sensors - making such rolls Very Difficult or worse.
IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) Laser Turrets automatically avoid hitting Vipers through the use of encrypted IFF transponders. This allows the Battlestars to make use of both defensive batteries and starfighter support to defend against enemy attack.
Battlestar Pegasus Squadrons:
WESTERN WING:
Silver Spar Squadron
Golden Ring Squadron
Valkyrie Squadron
EASTERN WING:
Inferno Squadron
Iron Squadron
Phoenix Squadron
Each Battlestar is designed to carry 75 Viper starfighters, which can be launched from twin bays 20 at a time (10 from each bay), 20 shuttlecraft, 20 landrams, and assorted power sleds. It also maintains complete repair and maintenence facilities for these craft.
Battlestars are designed with firewalls between compartments to withstand attack, and all decks have independent gravity control, anti-acceleration, and anti-radiation fields. Crew quarters are dispersed throughout the ship, but pilot quarters are located on the same deck as the launch bays and may be transported by shuttle cars to reach their ships quickly.
Battlestars are quipped with special camoflage shields that may be extended to protect other ships nearby. While this is sometimes described as an invisibility shield, it only serves to hide the ships from detection by long range sensors - making such rolls Very Difficult or worse.
IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) Laser Turrets automatically avoid hitting Vipers through the use of encrypted IFF transponders. This allows the Battlestars to make use of both defensive batteries and starfighter support to defend against enemy attack.
Battlestar Pegasus Squadrons:
WESTERN WING:
Silver Spar Squadron
Golden Ring Squadron
Valkyrie Squadron
EASTERN WING:
Inferno Squadron
Iron Squadron
Phoenix Squadron