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Colonial Forces:
Galactica type battlestar [IMG]file:///C:/Users/MYLAPT~1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg[/IMG] Race: Colonial Type: Military FTL: Yes (at least 2 drives) Propulsion: * 6x sublight engines
* 40x maneuvering engines (in 10 clusters of 4)Crew: 5,000 Role: Capital battleship/carrier Armaments: * 24-50 primary batteries (configuration dependent)
* ~514 dual point-defense batteries
* ~12 missile tubesAircraft: * Full Viper compliment
* Full Raptor complimentAviation facilities: * 2x flight pods
* 2x flight decks: 617 m (2,025 ft) each
* 80 Viper launch tubes
Main article: Weapons in the Re-imagined Series
- 24 or 40+ depending on configuration (First Cylon War (Blood and Chrome)) large antiship gun turrets (mounting 2 guns apiece)
These are mounted on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the main hull and the ventral surface of the bow. The two guns on each turret fire in tandem. They have been shown to be quite effective against targets like basestars (Resurrection Ship, Part II). These large guns are able to use both flak ammunition and high-explosive anti-capital ship shells. Additionally, the guns are able to engage in coordinated barrage strategies, such as salvo (and presumably, volley) fire.
Some of Galactica's point defense turrets
- 514 smaller point-defense turrets (mounting 2 guns apiece)
These are mounted on the flight pods and other surfaces. Each barrel fires explosive rounds in bursts.
- Multiple nuclear warheads
Deployed from 12 launch tubes mounted in the dorsal main hull (The Eye of Jupiter).
- Numerous Viper space superiority fighters
Even the latest Mk. VII Vipers remain compatible with this class's launch and recovery facilities.
- Numerous Raptor multi-role vehicles
Viper Mk. II [IMG]file:///C:/Users/MYLAPT~1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg[/IMG] Race: Colonial Type: Military FTL: No Propulsion: 1x Voram VM2-D15 upper turbo-thrust engine
2x Voram VM3-D22 turbo-thrust engines
2x reverse thrust motors
RCS pointsCrew: 1 pilot Role: Space superiority fighter/interceptor Armaments: 2x 800 rd. Thraxon MEC-A6 30mm Mass Accelerator Cannons (MECS)
Dorsal storage bay for 8x HD-70 Lightning Javelin missiles (optional 50 megaton nuclear warhead)
Weapon hardpoints for mounting missiles / munitions pods, etc. under the wingsDefenses: Chaffs
FlaresFate: Retired from service, succeeded by Viper Mark III Other Images: Gallery Dimensions Length: 27.6 feet (~8.4m) Height: 8.9 feet (~2.7m) Wingspan: 15.5 feet (~4.7m)
Viper Mk. III [IMG]file:///C:/Users/MYLAPT~1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.png[/IMG] Race: Colonial Type: Military FTL: No Propulsion: * 3x sublight boosters
* RCS thrustersCrew: 1x pilot Role: Space superiority fighter Armaments: * 2x 30mm Cannons
* Missile hardpointsFate: Retired from military service
Viper Mk. VII [IMG]file:///C:/Users/MYLAPT~1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg[/IMG] Race: Colonial Type: Military FTL: No Propulsion: 3 x turbo-thrust engines mounted aft, RCS points Crew: 1 pilot in Terrell ES 24C ejection seat. Role: Space superiority fighter Weapons: 3 Kinetic Energy Weapons, missiles Armaments: 3 x forward-firing kinetic energy weapons (KEW), 2 mounted towards the outboard sections of the wings, 1 x mounted in the vertical stabilizer, Weapon hard-points for mounting missiles / munitions pods, etc. under the wings. Fate: In current Colonial service Dimensions Length: 32.3 feet (~9.8 meters) Height: 9.7 feet (~3.0 meters) Wingspan: 18.4 feet (~5.6 meters)
- The Viper Mk II is equipped with two wing-mounted KEWs.
- The Viper Mk VII is equipped with two KEWs in the wings and a third in the vertical stabiliser (TRS: "Scattered").
- The Cylon Raider is equipped with two KEWs under the wings close to the fuselage (possibly plus two more of lesser caliber, see below) (TRS: "Act of Contrition").
- The Heavy Raider is equipped two forward-firing 3-barreled KEWs (TRS: "Scattered").
- Both Colonial and Cylon KEWs are belt-fed (TRS: "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I").
These are most likely autocannon systems, with at least some models utilizing belt-fed ammunition (TRS: "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I"). The show's KEW are similar those found in real life in that they use chemical propellant to fire relatively small caliber projectiles from a single barrel at a high rate. The shells themselves can be solid, relying on their high velocities to impact and "shred" the target vehicle or fused to explode on impact. However, Viper ammunition shown on screen are also large enough to be explosive-filled and fused. A mix between armor-piercing slugs and explosive ammunition is also possible. The size of the Mark VII's guns and the profile of the rounds in motion suggest a smaller caliber than those of the Mark II, although the two have been described to share the same ammunition (TRS: "Epiphanies"); the two guns also appear to differ in their rate of fire.
Viper guns appear to be aimed entirely by the pilot during combat without the aid of any heads-up information being displayed. However, for such a weapon to be effective, the guns themselves would be harmonized (aligned for accuracy of and desired rate of fire) and the aiming system given a suitable period of deflection (the effective ability to follow, or "lead" a target into its line of fire).
Armaments
The Viper is armed with multiple kinetic energy weapons. Both known models have weapon hard points for mounting missiles under the wings.
Mark II
ˇ 2 forward-firing 30mm mass accelerator cannons mounted in the wing roots, each with an 800-round ammunition capacity and a 20-round-per-second fire rate
ˇ 1 forward-firing Lightning Javelin missile launcher in the belly, with an 8-round ammunition capacity
ˇ 1 to 2 missiles (In "The Hub", the Vipers are equipped with nuclear missiles, which they use to destroy the Resurrection Hub. In "The Oath", a conventional missile was fired by Narcho at the President's Raptor in an attempt to destroy it, but the missile missed and hit the Rebel Basestar instead, causing minor damage.)
Mark VII
ˇ 3 forward-firing "kinetic energy weapons" (2 mounted on wingtips, 1 mounted on vertical stabilizer)
ˇ 2 missile launcher hardpoints (one under each wing)
1 to 2 missiles (In "The Hub", the Vipers are equipped with nuclear missiles, which they used to destroy the Resurrection Hub
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Armaments
The Viper is armed with multiple kinetic energy weapons. Both known models have weapon hard points for mounting missiles under the wings.
Mark II
ˇ 2 forward-firing 30mm mass accelerator cannons mounted in the wing roots, each with an 800-round ammunition capacity and a 20-round-per-second fire rate
ˇ 1 forward-firing Lightning Javelin missile launcher in the belly, with an 8-round ammunition capacity
ˇ 1 to 2 missiles (In "The Hub", the Vipers are equipped with nuclear missiles, which they use to destroy the Resurrection Hub. In "The Oath", a conventional missile was fired by Narcho at the President's Raptor in an attempt to destroy it, but the missile missed and hit the Rebel Basestar instead, causing minor damage.)
Mark VII
ˇ 3 forward-firing "kinetic energy weapons" (2 mounted on wingtips, 1 mounted on vertical stabilizer)
ˇ 2 missile launcher hardpoints (one under each wing)
1 to 2 missiles (In "The Hub", the Vipers are equipped with nuclear missiles, which they used to destroy the Resurrection Hub
Raptor
Raptors are usually unarmed, but can be outfitted with nuclear and conventional missiles - either carried under the wings or in a small bomb-bay on the underside - as well as a variety of fuselage-mounted weapon pods containing missiles or cannons.
In addition they are equipped with a number of defensive systems like decoy drones, chaffs, flares and an ECM suite.
The Enemy:
Cylon War-era Raider [IMG]file:///C:/Users/MYLAPT~1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.png[/IMG] Race: Cylon Type: Military FTL: Yes Crew: Up to 3 Centurions Role: Space superiority fighter, dropship Weapons: 2 triple barrel rotary guns, missiles Modern Raider [IMG]file:///C:/Users/MYLAPT~1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg[/IMG] Race: Cylon Type: Military FTL: Yes Crew: None (biomechanical being) Role: Space superiority fighter Weapons: 2 kinetic energy weapons, conventional/nuclear missiles. Dimensions Length: 29.3 feet (8.94 meters) Height: 4.97 feet (1.52 meters) Wingspan: 18.3 feet (5.59 meters)
Heavy Raider [IMG]file:///C:/Users/MYLAPT~1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.png[/IMG] Race: Cylon Type: Military FTL: Yes Propulsion: * 8x sublight boosters
* RCS thrustersCrew: Approx. 10 Role: * Dropship
* GunshipArmaments: * 2x tri-barreled automatic cannons
* Ship to ship missiles
The Cylon Raiders carry at least two KEWs of similar caliber to those of the Mk II Vipers. However, there are also two smaller barrels visible on their underside, making for two barrels of different sizes per side. It is possible that these are smaller caliber KEWs. Whereas the larger caliber KEW could be firing explosive rounds, smaller caliber KEWs could be firing slugs. The scene in which Kara Thrace loads the captured Cylon Raider in "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I" would seem to support the four gunned Raider hypothesis, as the rounds she is loading are too small for the larger, more prominent barrels' bores, but about right for the smaller barrels. Furthermore, in "Epiphanies", Viper ammunition is shown to be a typical autocannon round in the 30mm neighborhood, and a much closer match for the Raiders' larger barrels (although they look a little large for the Vipers' gun barrels).
Visual effects, however indicate that only two cannons are firing. It is also possible that two of the barrels are sensors of some kind, and that that there is simply a size mismatch between the ammunition and the physical Raider model.
The distinctive glow of this ordnance - red for the Colonials and blue for the Cylons - is the result of interspersed tracer ammunition, used as visual targeting aid by the pilots .
An armory exists to produce new ammunition on the ship (TRS: "Epiphanies").
Missiles
While Vipers usually rely on their cannons, they can be equipped with missiles - conventional and nuclear - when needed.
Shortly after the attack on the Twelve Colonies, a Raider fires three nuclear missiles from internal bays at Galactica (TRS: "Miniseries").
During the ground portion of the Battle of Kobol, Centurions cannibalize parts of their Heavy Raider in order to create an anti-aircraft missile battery, which is later used to attack a search and rescue mission launched from Galactica (TRS: "Fragged").
Vipers can be seen using missiles during the Battle for the Tylium Asteroid (TRS: "The Hand of God"), in a training exercise (TRS: "Home, Part I"), and during the Battle of New Caprica, where they are used to destroy Centurion guard towers (TRS: "Exodus, Part II") and during Gaeta's Mutiny in an attempt to take down President Roslin's Raptor. (TRS: "Blood on the Scales")
During the Battle of the Resurrection Hub, several Vipers are armed with nuclear missiles (presumably supplied by the Cylons) and use all of them to destroy the Resurrection Hub and two guarding basestars at the conclusion of the battle. (TRS: "The Hub")
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