Here is another battlestar group for your roleplaying game’s fleet (and the one we’re using in our campaign.)

The flagship for Battlestar Group 55 (BSG-55) is the Minerva-class battlestar Pleiades, and she is usually deployed with a pair of Berzerk-class gunstars, two Vanguard-class assaultstars, and a Demeter-class tender.  Like Galactica, Pleiades must retract her landing pods for FTL jumps — her FTL sinks are spaced far and the displacement bubble generated is not large enough to handle the pods otherwise.

BATTLESTAR PLEIADES

SHIP DATA:
Class: Minerva     Length: 4777.7′     Beam: 1742′     Draught: 841.5′     Decks: 30     Scale: Spacecraft     Crew: 1500 standard, 10,000 max

ATTRIBUTES:
Agility: d4     Strength: d12+d4     Vitality: d6     Alertness: d8     Intelligence: d8     Willpower: d10

Life Points: 26     Armor: 6W, 4S     Initiative: d4+d8     Speed: 5 [SL/JC]

TRAITS: Formidable Presence (d4), Viper Construction Facilities (d4)

SKILLS:  Heavy Weapons d6, Mechanical Engineering d4, Perception d6, Pilot d4

ARMAMENT:  Heavy Skirmish Range Point Defense System  (d12W Planetary-scale ), 32 Capital-range Heavy Railguns (d12+d2W Spacecraft-scale), 22 Short Dradis-range Heavy Missile Systems (d12+d4W Spacecraft-Scale), 12 Long Dradis-Range Nuclear Missile Systems  (d12+d8W Spacecraft-scale)

AUXILIARY VEHICLES:  110 (4 squadrons and 10 spare) Mk VII Vipers, 25 Raptors, 10 Marine Landing Shuttles, 3 standard shuttles, assorted work vehicles

5views_textured_pleiadesOrthographics by tanj from scifi-meshes.com.  See more of his spectacular work there.

ASSAULTSTARS DEMOSTHENES and HEKTOR

The Vanguard class is an older model, the original models as old as thirty years in service, but they are nearly all still active as of the attacks. They carry up to a battalion of Colonial Marines for up to three months, which can be deployed using specialized Marine Landing Shuttles (uparmored standard shuttles.)  The MLS can carry 25 marines and either a tank or two APCs or CAWS, or 50 marines in a drop.

SHIP DATA:
Type:     Assaultstar/Escort     Class: Vanguard     Scale: Spacecraft     Registry: DD-72     Length: 1867′     Beam: 360′     Draught: 377′     Decks: 13     Crew: 270 standard, plus up to 500 marines

ATTRIBUTES:
Agility: d6     Strength: d8     Vitality: d6     Alertness: d8     Intelligence: d6     Willpower: d8

Life Points: 16     Armor: 4W, 4S     Initiative: d6+d8    Speed: 6 [SL/JC]

SKILLS:  Heavy Weapons d4, Mechanical Engineering d4, Perception d4, Pilot d4

TRAITS:
Lucky Ship [d4] (for Demosthenes.)

ARMAMENT:  Heavy Skirmish Range Point Defense System (d12W Planetary-scale ),  7 Short DRADIS-Range Medium Railguns (d10W Spacecraft-scale),  12 Short DRADIS-Range Medium Missile Systems  (d12W Spacecraft-Scale) *Can be fired from Railguns.

AUXILIARY VEHICLES:  10 Raptors, 6 Vipers, 10 Marine Landing Shuttles, can carry 10 tanks, 20 APC or CAWS, or a combination for landing with the MLS.

HISTORY:
Demosthenes is part of BSG-55 (Pleiades), but is often released to detached duty for search & rescue and smuggling interdiction missions.  “Old D” was constructed in 35AC, and is one of the older vessels in her class.  She has a reputation for being “lucky.”

vanguard85Demothenes is the design and property of Rick Snider.  You can find this and other examples of his work on scifi-meshes.com.

GUNSTAR HERAKLES and MEDEA

Berzerk-class gunstars act as protection for main-line battlestars like Pleiades.  These are relatively modern assault craft and require a fairly small crew.  Their computer systems are fully up to date, complete with the Command Navigation Program (unlike the older Vanguard class), and Mk VII vipers.

SHIP DATA:

Ship Class: Berzerk     Ship Type:  Gunstar Escort
Length: 2779.6′     Beam: 709.5′     Draught: 389.4′     Deck: 16
Crew: 600 standard [Includes 90 pilots, 20 marines]

ATTRIBUTES:

Agility:    d6     Strength: d10     Vitality: d6     Alertness: d8   Intelligence: d6     Willpower: d8

Initiative: d6+d8     Speed: 6 [SL/JC]     Life Points: 18     Armor: 3W, 4S

TRAITS:

SKILLS:

Heavy Weapons d4, Mechanical Engineering d4, Perception d4, Pilot d4

ARMAMENT:   Medium Point Defense System [skirmish-range, vehicle-scale]:  d8, Vehicle-scale]; 22 Heavy Railguns: d12 [short DRADIS range, spacecraft scale]; 32 Heavy Missiles: d12 [short DRADIS, spacecraft scale]

AUXILIARY CRAFT:
20 Vipers, 20 Raptors, 10 Shuttles