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TINMAN'S SHIPYARD

Post by Tinman » Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:33 am

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COLONIAL COLONY CLASS COMMANDSTAR
During the mid-years of the First Cylon War such was the United Colonies Naval Fleet's rapid increase in numbers and the size and complexity of operations over vast tracks of space - communications needs became so complex that special "Commandstars" were developed to keep track and direct the Fleet in major combat operations.

The "COLONY CLASS" was one group of these vessels. Developed from the OLYMPIA Class of Heavy Battlestars - the class consisted of twelve warships each named after one of the Home Colonies. The CAPRICA being the first of the class to launch with the PICON launched shortly after from the Caprican Naval Orbital Shipyard.

Each of the COLONY CLASS Commandstars has extinsive Communication, Command and Control (C3) equipment as well as extra long range sensor gear. These include two special sensor & communication masts as well as smaller multiple sensor dishes and antennas mounted around the hull.

The Commandstars have the ability to direct their own Battlegroups as well as several others in large Fleet Size engagements. These ships also have special "Flag" facilities, communication equipment and transport services for Fleet Admirals and their Staff.

These capabilities make them one of the most valuable warships in the Colonial Fleet - howerer, it also makes them one of the highest priority targets in any Cylon Attack.
To combat this - besides the three Viper & one Python Squadrons normally carried by a vessel of this size - the Commandstars also carry an extra squadron of Cobra Interceptors for close in protection.

Some of the well known vessels of this class are the PICON - Flagship of the Colonal Fleet and the SCORPIA - Flagship of the Home Fleet.
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Post by Tinman » Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:35 am

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TYPHOON CLASS DESTROYER

The direct predecessor of the more famous and powerful TIGER Class Destroyer - the TYPHOON CLASS DESTROYERS were testbeds for how both the technology, tactics and the general ship type known as "Destroyers" would be used in large scale fleet battles against other ships of their type - and later against the major Cylon Capital ship types.

The Typhoons - a pre-war design - were developed by the Picon military for their own Space Navy. The design proved so sucsseful in capital vs. capital ship combat (by some of the feuding Colonies at that time) that it was both purchased and license-built by several of the Colonies for their own fleets and was found in respectable numbers at the time of the start of the First Cylon War.

After the unification of the 12 Colonies to fight the Cylons and the founding of the Colonial Fleet - almost all of the Typhoon Class Destroyers from each Colony were formed into either "Hunter Killer Squadrons" to engage and destroy Heavier Cylon capital ships by force of numbers or into "Heavy Escort Squadrons" to protect the Battlestars or other large warships of the Fleet from massed fighter attack with their heavy anti-spacecraft batteries or place themselves in the path of Cylon warships to keep them from getting close to the main fleet. Both which led to some amazing ship to ship victories for the Colonials - but also led to heavy losses amongst the class.

A fast, manuverable and sturdy design with a good heavy armament (for early war period) - the design did have a weakness in that it didn't carry many fighter type craft for self-defense. The problem wasn't that major when the fighting had been between individual colonies but when the war with the Cylons started - warships not in company with fighter carrying craft for protection frequently found themselves overwealmed with the Cylon mass wave fighter attacks.

Famous Vessels of this class - HURRICANE; Leader of the 2nd Hunter Killer Squadron "The Space Hawks", TORNADO; Destroyed with all hands trying to fend off a Cylon Hit and Fade raid on the Tauron shipyards, and possibly the most famous, TEMPEST; who during the Battle of Molecay, heavily damaged and with most of her crew dead managed to ram and destroy a Cylon Basestar punching a hole in the enemy's battleline allowing the Colonial Battlestar PEGASUS to escape the distruction that befell the rest of the 6th Colonal Fleet.

TYPHOON CLASS DESTROYER

LENGTH: 900 meters
CREW: 225 (16 Fleet Officers -209 Crew)
PASSENGERS: 100 Marines

WEAPONS:
3x Heavy Turbo-Laser Cannons
12x Solonite Missile Tubes (reloadable)
12x Twin, Heavy Blaster Batteries
30x Twin, Light Blaster Batteries

AIRCRAFT:
8x Viper Class Fighters (Later versions carried Cobra MK.I Interceptors)
2x Heavy Fleet Shuttles
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TINMAN'S SHIPYARD

Post by GoldCylon » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:25 am

Now that is a great posting with all those technical details. Sounds like a beefed up World War 2 PT type of ship that is clearly much larger in scale. Great for hit and runs in small or single numbers but has a sledge hammer like hit in large amounts. Thanks :salute:
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Post by Cylon-Knight » Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:24 pm

AWESOME STUFF Tinman!
Keep them coming.
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Post by Tinman » Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:29 pm

Have a few more I added to the collection.
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Post by Tinman » Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:29 pm

CHIEFTAIN CLASS COMMAND CRUISER

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The CHIEFTAIN CLASS Cruisers are a large, fast range of Colonial warships set-up to act as the Command Ship for a group or squadron of warships that doesn't have a major Capital Class warship (Battlestar, Strikestar, Gunstar, Destroyer, etc.) in the roster but still needing a ship large enough to provide Flag facilities and special communications.

The Chieftain's can usually be found as the Flagship of large convoy escort groups, Command ships for assault and landing forces and for fleet scouting groups. If they are are included in with the Battle Force it is usually when a multiple Battlestar Task Force is formed and they are tasked as the Flagship of the Escort Warships and co-ordinate between them and the Scouting Forces of the Task Force.

The Chieftain Class Command Cruiser has a small hangar bay directly behind the bridge and Flag spaces with the hangar door looking directly toward the rear of the ship. Depending on the role the ship is playing at the time - it's airwing can be tailored for transport, defense or for scouting.

CHIEFTAIN CLASS COMMAND CRUISER

LENGTH: 1012 meters
CREW: 250 (20 Officers -230 Crew)
PASSENGERS: 100 Marines

WEAPONS:
2x Medium Turbo-Laser Cannons
12x Medium (25 MT) Solonite Missile Tubes (reloadable)
12x Twin, Heavy Blaster Batteries
30x Twin, Light Blaster Batteries

AIRWING:
1 Fighter Flight - 12x Viper Mk. II (Can be modified for long range scouting and recon)
1 Transport Flight - 4x Alpha Class Shuttles, 4x Micro-Shuttles
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Post by Tinman » Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:30 pm

APOLLO CLASS HEAVY CRUISER

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The APOLLO CLASS Heavy Cruisers are one of the largest group of Capital Ships produced by the Colonies during the First Cylon War era with well over 100 units in the class. Large and fast with a powerful anti-aircraft battery they are usually found as escorts in the screens of major Colonial Capital Warships like the Battlestars, Destroyers & Strikestars or acting as close escorts to other important Colonial Task Forces.

The Apollo Class ships are the largest Heavy Cruisers in the Colonial Fleet. With a good size anti-ship weapon armament they are more than capable of taking on Cylon ships in their same class but cannot stand up to the large Cylon Warships like the Basestars & Gunstars. Their biggest weakness is they have no facilities for offensive fighter type aircraft - having only a small hangar amidships capable of carrying several transport shuttles. This makes them extremely vulnerable to the Cylon massed wave fighter attacks - many of the class being lost in this manner in the first years of the Cylon War before tactics were changed.

APOLLO CLASS HEAVY CRUISER

LENGTH: 1,005 meters
CREW: 270 (20 Officers -250 Crew)
PASSENGERS: 100 Marines

WEAPONS:
2x Medium Turbo-Laser Cannons
12x Medium (25 MT) Solonite Missile Tubes (reloadable)
12x Twin, Heavy Blaster Batteries
36x Twin, Light Blaster Batteries

AIRWING:
1 Transport Flight - 6x Alpha Class Shuttles, 4x Micro-Shuttles
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Post by Tinman » Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:31 pm

WIND CLASS SCOUT CRUISER
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The WIND CLASS Scout Cruisers are a very specialized variant of the Cruiser classes found in the Colonial Fleet. Packed stem to stern with sensor equipment - their sole job is to proceed out vast distances ahead of Battle Groups and Convoys looking for any sign of Cylon Forces thereby giving the warning enabling the Fleet to ready for a fight or take avoiding action. Once the enemy has been spotted and their disposition and strength determined the Scout Cruiser is free to retire out of the area where it's very powerful engines come into play - very few Cylon ships being able to catch it unless ambushed.

The WIND CLASS also is unique in that almost all the ships armament can be rotated to fire toward the rear to discourage or defend from any pursuit while the Scout is retreating back to the Fleet.

WIND CLASS SCOUT CRUISER

LENGTH: 610 meters
CREW: 100 (10 Officers -80 Crew)
PASSENGERS: 25 Marines

WEAPONS:
2x Twin, Light Anti-Ship Turbo-Laser Cannons
6x Medium (20 MT) Solonite Missile Tubes
2x Twin, Medium Blaster Batteries
10x Twin, Light Blaster Batteries

AIRWING:
1x Ships Detachment - 2x Alpha Class Shuttles, 4x Micro-Shuttles

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Another Version of the WIND CLASS SCOUT CRUISER that leans a little more toward the original Steve Wilson design. After I had finished the first version it looked more like it belonged in the BSG2 Universe with all the KEW guns so I decided to redo it for my Warbook. It still has the same armament - just not as easy to see as in BSG1.
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Post by Tinman » Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:33 pm

SHIVA CLASS BATTLECRUISER

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THE SHIVA CLASS Battlecruiser is a Caprican post-unification design warship built around the early "Big KEW Weapon" tactic of fleets of ships closing each other and pounding away till the other side was destroyed, surrendered or retired the field. During the Yarens of inter-colonial warfare this was the main tactic of the navies from the different colonies.

With the coming of the first Cylon attacks and through the first few years of the First Cylon War these tactics were found to have become suddenly outdated. As the Cylons mostly used massive waves of fighters and small attack craft to project their attacks the large "All Gun" warships like the Battlecruisers with no ability to carry fighters were very quickly destroyed. Within five years, almost all the Battlecruiser type ships of the new, unified Colonial Fleet had been destroyed or relegated to secondary duties.

Of the original 15 SHIVA CLASS Battlecruisers of the Caprican Navy - only two survived the Cylon onslaught.
DRAGON was so severely damaged that she was laid up to be scavenged for parts to keep other ships in action.
KRAKEN also damaged, was repaired but kept in her original specification to be used as a surface bombardment vessel when needed by Colonial Ground Forces. A role not taken into account when she was built - it was surprisingly found that the ship was very good at. She is in great demand by the Colonial Marines and tentative plans have been put into place to rebuild DRAGON for the same purpose.

HISTORICAL NOTE: The Colonials determining that new tactics would have to be used and that fighters would be the naval weapon of the future and the side that could put the most of them in combat was likely to win the battles set to work on a new type of warship. The unfinished hull of the Battlecruiser MINATOUR was taken in hand and was put through a major redesign and rebuild. Her large KEW gun turrets were removed. In their place two fixed, forward firing Turbo-Lasers were fitted in the bow along with numerous light anti-fighter weapons placed around the hull. Her Solonite missile battery was retained. Lastly, massive launch bays for fighters were fitted to the ships port and starboard sides.

The newly re-built ship was launched as the first COLUMBIA CLASS BATTLESTAR.

SHIVA CLASS BATTLECRUISER (as rebuilt for the Planetary Bombardment role)
LENGTH - 1438 meters

CREW: 2,000 Officers and Crewmembers
PASSENGERS: 500 Marines

WEAPONS:
4x Twin, Super Heavy, Anti-Ship Class KEW Turrets
8x Twin, Medium, Anti-Ship Class KEW Turrets
12x Heavy Solonite Missile Tubes (Reloadable)
12x Twin, Heavy Blaster Batteries
40x Twin, Light Blaster Batteries

AIRWING:
1 Fighter Flight - 12x Asp Mk.I Point Defense Fighter
2x Condor Class Drop-Ships
1 Transport Flight - 6x Alpha Class Shuttles, 6x Micro-Shuttles
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Post by Cylon-Knight » Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:46 pm

HOLY SHIP! ;)

Looove the new entries - wow!
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Post by Tinman » Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:54 pm

Tks CK! :salute:
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Post by Red Eye » Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:47 am

Even more targets for us Cylons to shoot at... :twisted:

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Post by Tinman » Tue Nov 27, 2012 4:04 am

REPRISAL CLASS STRIKE CRUISER

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The REPRISAL CLASS Strike Cruiser was an early answer to the massed wave fighter attacks of the Cylons. As the onslaught of the early days of the 1st Cylon War progressed - every ship that was capable was fitted with some kind of facilities to carry fighter craft to help stem the Cylon tide.

Originally built as a Heavy Cruiser - the entire class of ships entered a crash building program having a flight pod integrated into the hull projecting from the bow to just under the center of the ship. Once completed they were some of the first ships in the new Colonial Fleet to act as Fighter Carriers.

As the war progressed more capable fighter carrying ships such as the Battlestars & Strikestars came into service and these class of ships were reassigned as "Strike Cruisers." Their mission was to penetrate deep behind Cylon line and strike infrastructure, support bases or raiding supply lines. Depending on their mission the squadrons station aboard could be made up of pure fighters or be mixed with combat shuttles to land Commando & Marine units to destroy ground targets.

DREADNOUGHT CLASS HEAVY CRUISER

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The "DREADNOUGHT CLASS" Heavy Cruisers were a pre-unification design used by several of the star navies of the 12 Colonies. Originally referred to as "Dreadnoughts" as a ship class - with the coming of the heavier fighter carrier type ships they were re-rated as Heavy Cruisers.

With the beginning of the 1st Cylon War, despite the age of the design, due to it's good performance and heavy weaponry it was put into further production throughout the Colonies for the new Colonial Fleet. However after the savaging of these types of all gun vessels by the hordes of Cylon massed fighter wave attacks the type was taken out of production and those units still in service were rebuilt as escorts for the large fighter carrying ships.

In her current configuration she has hangar space for the following small craft:

12x Asp Mk.II Point Defense Fighters
4x Alpha Class Heavy Shuttles
4x Micro-Shuttles
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Post by Cylon-Knight » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:19 am

LOVE the flight pod under the bow... so cool.

What is a Micro-Shuttle?! :shock: Sounds Awesome, and FAST!
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Post by Tinman » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:53 pm

Cylon-Knight wrote: What is a Micro-Shuttle?! :shock: Sounds Awesome, and FAST!
Think of a big SUV - a Cadillac Escalade or Hummer with jet engines.

It's basically a small craft used for ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore passenger transfer when a large shuttle would be impractical. Doesn't have any kind of FTL drive so is very short ranged. 2 crew and 4 passengers.
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