Battlestar Galactica - The Colonial Fleet Deploys

It has been sometime in the making of this new fleet.  The twelve colonies of Kobol have seen so many set backs over the years in their war with the Cylons.  The shipyards have been under continuous attack, on the move, and slim resources.  However, the colonies have prevailed and been able to deploy a fleet that rival the attacking Cylons.  Advances in technology and ship design will give the Basestars a run for their money. Equipped with the latest in computer technology, including powerful firewalls and virtual intelligence computers they will be able to resist Cylon computer hacking efforts. This fleet will be the first of a new generation of ships designed to be able to fight the Cylons while still taking advantage of the latest, most advanced technology.

The Colonies new fleet includes one Mercury Battlestar, one Fenris Battlestar, three heavy cruisers, and 4 Dauntless Frigates. Contained within this fleet is the core; the Viper Squadrons accompanied by their Raptors.

Pictured above are B-3 Designs Viper and Raptors.  These are painted in standard Colonial colors with some wear and tear.

Above are three heavy cruisers from Ravenstar.

The Dauntless Cutter or Frigate (Above) a product of the Leonis Shipyards, these small, maneuverable, fast, well armored and well armed vessels where the mainstay of the Colonial Police Force and Navy. Armed with six standard and two heavy gun turrets, twenty anti-ship missiles in dorsal silos and adequate anti-fighter protection, it packs a considerable punch for it's size. employed throughout the 12 Colonies to patrol shipping lanes and control pirates and smugglers, they have long, successful history in this role because of their ability to remain in service for long periods without resupply due to their small crew and ample cargo storage space. Widely distributed throughout the Colonies, after the Cylon attack on the Colonies many of these vessels where able to regroup and carry out hit and run raids on the Cylon forces that remained.

The last Battlestar to enter service, the Fenris (pictured above) was commissioned only weeks before the Cylon attack. Equipped with the latest in computer technology, including powerful firewalls and virtual intelligence computers she was able to resist Cylon computer hacking efforts. She would have been the first of a new generation of ships designed to be able to fight the Cylons while still taking advantage of the latest, most advanced technology. Perhaps the fact that the Cylon attack came when it did, just after the first ship entered service, was no coincidence. There were at least four ships of that class that had been built prior to the Fall. "Officially" only one was finished at the time the Cylons attacked, with others in various stages of construction

The Mercury class battlestar was an advanced Colonial capital warship/carrier that served as the mainstay of the Colonial Fleet. They served as front ships of the line as well as as command ships. Having been first introduced roughly twenty years following the end of the Cylon War, and while still considered top-of-the-line vessels, the fleet was just beginning the process of phasing the oldest examples out of service, in favor of the newer Block II's and the Nova Class, at the time of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.