The Fleet

The (Civilian) Fleet is a massive collection of various different ships that survived the initial attack on the Twelve Colonies and banded together. They are now serving as the habitation for the last remnants of humanity, guarded by the last remaining battlestar in existence.

The Fleet, with Battlestar Megaera in the front.

The Statistics

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The population of The Fleet stands currently at 34,753.¹.²

The number of the ships in the fleet is 45 (Including Megaera).³ The ships that have been named and described is 36 (Plus Gunstar Temperance).

Demographics of The Fleet	Picture of the Fleet (Named ships) - Not in scale		Picture of the Fleet (Named ships) - In scale

The Ships

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Military Ships

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Battlestar Megaera

See Battlestar Megaera

Gunstar Temperance

See Gunstar Temperance (Not part of the Fleet yet, but out there)

Luxury Liners

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Small Luxury Liners (0-200 M)

The Fleet has several small liners within it's ranks, usually intended for private use by corporations or private citizens. However due to the recent situation these ships, like all the others, have been forced to accept more and more refugees…making the once luxurious vessels somewhat cramped and difficult to live in. And due to their small size, they can't support themselves, making them especially reliant to the rest of the Fleet as their supplies run out faster then the others. Nonetheless, some of them serve an important purpose in the Fleet, the primary of these of course being Colonial One, which has become the official seat of the Colonial Government, the remnants of the once vast political entity.

Colonial One

Colonial One Function: Seat of the Colonial Government Registry: Government, former Caprican Passenger capacity: 100-150 (standard) 500 (maximum) Measurements Length: 84,5m Height: 22m Other Information None

Phoenix

Phoenix Function: Private luxury liner Registry: Caprican Passenger capacity: 78 Measurements Length: 200m Height: 26,5m Other Information Phoenix has been tagged for salvage

Zenovia

Zenovia Function: Private luxury liner Registry: Picon Passenger capacity: 225 Measurements Length: 110m Height: 22m Other Information None

Medium Luxury Liners (200-600 M)

Though more spacious then the small luxury liners, the medium models still have some problems among them. Their self-support capabilities are bit lacking as well, water and food compartments making way for wide seats and entertainment facilities. And with larger size comes larger passenger capacity as well, and the medium liners find themselves packed to the max as well. In a way they are as cramped as the small liners. Medium liners find themselves as focal habitations as well, especially as the luxury liner converted to a religious retreat, Pilgrim's Refuge, is perhaps the last remaining important center of the Colonial religion left in the universe…unless the stories of Kobol are true.

Celestial Gazer

Celestial Gazer Function: Luxury liner Registry: Gemenon Passenger capacity: 2000 Measurements Length: 600m Height: 80m Other Information None

Fortress I

Fortress I Function: Prison transport ship Registry: Aquarian Passenger capacity: 1500 (including guards and crew). Measurements Length: 600m Height: 87.5m Other Information None

Pilgrim's Refuge

Pilgrim's Refuge Function: Luxury liner/Religious retreat Registry: Sagittaron Passenger capacity: 1100 Measurements Length: 500m Height: 67m Other Information None

Starhawk Traveller

Starhawk Traveller Function: Luxury liner Registry: Sagittaron Passenger capacity: 1100 Measurements Length: 500m Height: 67m Other Information None

Caprica Flyer Express VII

Caprica Flyer Express VII Function: Luxury liner Registry: Sagittaron Passenger capacity: 1100 Measurements Length: 500m Height: 67m Other Information None

Large Luxury Liners (600- M)

With state-of-the-art FTL drives, better protective capablities and larger crew, many of these massive ships escaped the destruction of the Colonies. With their spacious passenger compartments and supply reserves (in some ships, at the least) it is no wonder that most of the refugees have settled into these ships – making them the backbone of The Fleet's population and cultural centers of the remaining citizens of the Colonies. Dominating The Fleet's ”landscape” are the massive pressurized domes of Seventh Heaven and Dyson's Imaginarium, two immense luxury liners that together have six thousand people settled on them. Another curious sight is the Argonaut and it's ring section.

Argonaut

Argonaut Function: Luxury liner Registry: Leonis Passenger capacity: 2500 Measurements Length: 1219.2m Height: 381m Other Information None

Avalon

Avalon Function: Luxury liner Registry: Libran Passenger capacity: 2500 Measurements Length: 800m Height: 107m Other Information None

Dyson's Imaginarium

Dyson's Imaginarium Function: Luxury liner/Theme park resort Registry: Virgon Passenger capacity: 3000 Measurements Length: 1050m Height: 432m Other Information None

Elysium

Elysium Function: Luxury liner Registry: Libran Passenger capacity: 2500 Measurements Length: 800m Height: 107m Other Information None

Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven Function: Luxury liner Registry: Caprican Passenger capacity: 3000 Measurements Length: 1250m Height: 516m Other Information None

Cargo Carriers

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While the numerous cargo carriers of the ships can't carry nearly as much people as The Fleet's luxury liners, their empty cargo sections have nonetheless been put to use by the escaping refugees. The living conditions in these ships are understandably much worse then in the liners, with the people forced to sleep in the dark and hard corridors, usually with nothing more then a blanket. However, the true strength of the carriers has never been their living accomodations, but the amount of cargo they carry. Their goods support most of The Fleet, even if their captains are sometimes reclutant to part with them. Due to the pirate threat that the Colonies sometimes saw, many of these vessels are armed, though nowhere near as armed as Megaera. Rough, clunky and similar in shape, they are situated at many parts of The Fleet and rarely make a striking sight…although the massive Tisiphone stands out, no matter where it is.

Small Cargo Carriers (100-250 M)

Aurora

Aurora Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Sagittaron Passenger capacity: 160 Armament: None Measurements Length: 200m Height: 34m Other Information Cargo: Basic foodstuffs.

Dark Empress

Dark Empress Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Aerilon Passenger capacity: Unknown Armament: 165 Measurements Length: 150m Height: 35m Other Information Dark Empress has been tagged for salvage Cargo: Basic foodstuffs.

Desma Pisto

Desma Pisto Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Tauron Passenger capacity: 300 Armament: None Measurements Length: 240.5m Height: 35m Other Information Cargo: Various black market goods.

Hardknocks

Hardknocks Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Leonis Passenger capacity: Unknown Armament: None Measurements Length: 230m Height: 35m Other Information None

Hephaestus

Hephaestus Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Leonis Passenger capacity: 500 Armament: Point defense railguns Measurements Length: 200m Height: 138m Other Information Cargo: General foodstuffs

Trojan Horse

Trojan Horse Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Leonis Passenger capacity: 500 Armament: Point defense railguns Measurements Length: 200m Height: 138m Other Information Cargo: Shipyard parts and equipment

Medium Cargo Carriers (250-500 M)

Callisto

Callisto Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Caprican Passenger capacity: 300 Armament: Point defense railguns Measurements Length: 300m Height: 44.5m Other Information Callisto has been tagged for salvage. Cargo: Industrial fabrics and consumer electronics

Duchess

Duchess Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Canceron Passenger capacity: Unknown Armament: 165 Measurements Length: 290m Height: 41m Other Information Duchess has been tagged for salvage. Cargo: Basic foodstuffs

Drayus Shipping 114

Drayus Shipping 114 Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Sagittaron Passenger capacity: 344 Armament: None Measurements Length: 300m Height: 50.5m Other Information Cargo: General foodstuffs

Evangelina

Evangelina Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Leonis Passenger capacity: 189 Armament: Ship-to-ship missiles Measurements Length: 280m Height: 42.5m Other Information Cargo: Controlled pharmaceutical and medical supplies

Pandora

Pandora Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Aerilon Passenger capacity: 100 Armament: Point defense railguns Measurements Length: 255m Height: 138m Other Information Cargo: Agricultural produce (meat, vegetables etc.) carried in special cold storage facilites. Special luxury items.

Phaedra

Phaedra Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Picon Passenger capacity: 100-150 (standard) 500 (maximum) Armament: Point defense railguns Measurements Length: 377m Height: 61m Other Information Cargo: Recyclable industrial waste. Equipped with radiation shielding.

Spectral Queen

Spectral Queen Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Aerilon Passenger capacity: 150 Armament: None Measurements Length: 341m Height: 50.5m Other Information Spectral Queen has been tagged for salvage Cargo: Basic foodstuffs

Large Cargo Carriers (500 - M)

Tisiphone

Tisiphone Function: Cargo carrier Registry: Scorpia Passenger capacity: 300 Armament: Point defense railguns and ship-to-ship missiles Measurements Length: 700m Height: 104m Other Information Cargo: Heavy machinery and parts

Industrial Ships

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If luxury liners keep people housed and cargo carriers keep them fed, the industrial ships are what keeps the entire Fleet moving. Like a well-oiled machine, the seamless cooperation of the mining ships and the tylium refinery ships produces the fuel that propels the FTL drives of every single ship in The Fleet, including Megaera. The fuel carriers are quite small and do not have a large presence in the fleet, but the elongated shape of the large mining ships is interesting. Both ships are designed for hard around the clock work and thus their living conditions are cramped and atrocious, and hardly fitting for civilian refugees. The salvage ship Boreas wrecks old and unusable ships and produces material for repairs. It's drydock gives it an unique look.

Mining Ships

Ariadne

Ariadne Function: Mining Ship Registry: Tauron Passenger capacity: 200 Measurements Length: 798.48m Height: 67m Other Information None

Rebounder

Rebounder Function: Mining Ship Registry: Tauron Passenger capacity: 200 Measurements Length: 798.48m Height: 67m Other Information None

Salvage Ships

Boreas

Boreas Function: Salvage ship Registry: Scorpian Passenger capacity: 156 Measurements Length: 751m Height: 245m Other Information Cargo: Mechanical parts

Fuel Carriers

Lupus

Lupus Function: Fuel carrier/Refinery ship Registry: Caprican Passenger capacity: 100 Measurements Length: 150m Height: 49m Other Information None

Reliant

Reliant Function: Fuel carrier/Refinery ship Registry: Unknown Passenger capacity: 100 Measurements Length: 150m Height: 49m Other Information None

Scimitar

Scimitar Function: Fuel carrier/Refinery ship Registry: Scorpian Passenger capacity: 156 Measurements Length: 150m Height: 49m Other Information None

Research Ships

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Few bastions of science and research survived the destruction of Twelve Colonies. These are New Dawn and Biospherion Two, two massive vessels that are perhaps the most advanced ships in the entire fleet, carrying with them a repository of scientific knowledge. Though large in size these ships do not have much passenger capacity, as a large part of their space is reserved to different energy sources keep their scientific facilities working. While both of the ships are an impressive sight, the greenhouse spheres of Biospherion Two are always a calming sight in the darkness of space.

Biospherion Two

Biospherion Two Function: Research ship Registry: Caprican Passenger capacity: 500 Measurements Length: 900m Height: 252,5m Other Information None

New Dawn

New Dawn Function: Research ship Registry: Gemenon Passenger capacity: 75 Measurements Length: 650m Height: [[size smaller]]104m Other Information [[size smaller]]None

Footnotes

1. Distribution of Colonials by Colony

2. Civilian estimate

3. List of Civilian Ships