Beginning of the End
Day 605 Since the Fall
Admiral's Log
It's been about a month since Adama's fleet returned from Picon, signaling the end of our place at the colonies, the final exodus as it were since we're not going to leave Avalon.
Who would've thought there'd be so much trouble and work to do when I received my rank of Admiral, or better to say Fleet Admiral now? I've doubted myself many times since I was put in command by Torres and Nagala, but I've succeeded each time. Doing so not only by myself; most of the credit goes to the people that I command. Every one of my decisions was important and could cause our victory or defeat. Hm, I may not have been completely ready for all of it, but I've gotten used to it as much as I could, and things are going well, but sending young men and woman to their deaths has definitely been the hardest part of this job.
The mission to save all those that were trapped on Picon and the other colonies was a success; a little over two million people in two trips. On the main fleet's trip to Avalon many thousands of births were recorded, with even more ever since, especially with more expected now with the newest additions of survivors from the colonies. In total we have a little over seven million survivors here on Avalon. Many of the civilians have started their families with at least 2 to 3 children, and given all we've gone through studies have shown that many families could grow quite a bit larger, greatly increasing our population growth rate. Unfortunately many of our own fleet personnel have also been a part of the recent baby boom, so we've had little choice but to be more lax on regulations for officer fraternizations and lenient to allow time off a number of personnel have had or will have to take for maternity time. With those numbers though, we can rebuild our civilization. It may take time but we will succeed, we must.
But the mission to Picon was a costly victory; I would almost call it pyrrhic. We lost so many ships and personnel, more than we expected, but there was much more resistance than we expected as well. While much of the mission was originally supposed to be simple smash and grab or other guerrilla tactics to distract the Cylons until the evac fleet returned for a second load of survivors, apparently several fights became more costly than expected, particularly with a few moments of the Cylons giving Adama a few surprises like what happened to the Sciron. Admiral Adama certainly lived up to his reputation and delivered some crushing losses to the Cylons with unique tactics in some cases. From Admiral Adama's report, the Cylons counterattacked much sooner than we thought they would at Picon though. Most of the defense platforms in orbit of Picon were destroyed in the fighting, thankfully buying the time needed for evacuations to complete though the Cylons seemed to have planned for that as well. The few remaining stations from the defense grid will be reincorporated to the defenses around Avalon soon enough.
However, even with such high losses, the Cylons had even greater losses than we did. Much of their fleet was lost, and with the Colony destroyed they can't build new baseships without the hybrids the Colony alone had the capability to create, except for a few more baseships with remaining hybrids they might've had outside the Colony, perhaps at their shipyards, when the Colony was destroyed. We did get a report from Kathy that the Cylons could be building a new class of ship without hybrids now, though Kathy also made it clear Jack Cavil as the Cylons de facto leader has become paranoid from the defection of Cylons to our side and hid critical information, such as about the possible new type of baseship.
I was very impressed by the performance of the Battlestars Nike and Galactica from the reports, although they were taking damage, particularly during the last battle, from their constant activity. Both ships performed excellently, though of course there is always room for upgrades and improvement. Audacious also worked well, beyond our hopes even, justifying my hunch when I ordered three additional ships to be built as fast as possible when the evacuation fleet left for Picon, and with some last minute upgrades they'll be done shortly. More ships of the class will be under construction soon as well. I will present the Quorum and the president with my five year plan for fleet rebuilding. Of course my five year plan is just a basis for what we hope to have built and depends greatly on advancements we could make over time, along with the effect the new shipyards under construction will have on producing new ships in the future. Most definitely the civilian government won't like it since heavy fleet construction mostly takes precedence over the civilians getting cities across the planet, but without the fleet we would lose everything, so they won't have much choice but to see reason and allow us to do what we have to. And with Nike and Audacious classes, classes that proved themselves well in combat, we may have what is needed to defeat the Cylons once and for all.
This mission left us with large gaps in our forces, so many ships lost or damaged with a lot of personnel, and it will take time to rebuild the fleet. I also blame myself, Sanctuary was close to being finished, but she was ready for combat even with some damage not yet repaired and the upgrades on her not entirely complete. If I had sent her with Adama's fleet, they would have lost much fewer ships. But I was overruled by the civilian government, and also Admirals Thorn and Sounders, believing that we should not show the Cylons all our surprises.
Numerous changes have been implemented to the fleet since Adama's fleet left, and even since they've returned. Upgrades and further automation to the fleet shipyards, particularly from parts Thorn recovered from the other destroyed shipyards around the colonies, combined with dismantling of other older ships and increased shipyard personnel from volunteers with experience and other previous shipyard personnel recovered from the colonies on the mission to Picon has begun speeding up construction of more new fleet units. The new ship construction plan going over five years, that I intend to show the civilian government, will truly bring our fleet to new heights and allow us to quickly rebuild the colonial fleet to its former glory.
Battlestar Rycon is due to be retired, and dismantled with the ship and crew being used towards the latest Nike class Battlestar under construction, taking the name of her famous counterpart used in speeding up her construction. Admiral Sounders was initially against it, proud of the ship she had taken command of, but eventually she saw the benefits of having one of the most advanced ships as a fleet command unit.
There are also designs for new Battlestar classes taking shape in construction efforts. Admiral Thorn's long term efforts in using the Pacifica and Neptune as test bed ships similar to Theseus was thankfully able to bear fruit in the form of a new class of Battlestar intended to replace the Mercury class; in the form of the Invictus class. As a side note, Admiral Jones recovered from his coma and recently joined his crew in preparations on his ship. The Mercury, Valkyrie, Columbia, and many other older classes of Battlestars will no longer be built with the advent of the Invictus class claiming the role of the main workhorse class of Battlestars in the fleet. Aptly named as the word means Unconquered/Invincible, which is a symbol our people can look to in light of the second Cylon war and the actions the Cylons have taken. The Invictus class is slightly over a third longer than the Mercury class and comparable to the Nike class in many ways, though the Nikes will still mainly fulfill fleet command ship roles or act independently as the class was intended. The remaining Mercury class Battlestars are planned to be upgraded to the level of Atlantis over time, though new ship construction is intended to mostly take precedence and with our facilities as is only one or two will be upgraded at a time. Another class of Battlestar is also taking shape; intended as Stealth Battlestars with heavy weaponry, aptly named given stories surrounding Hades, and is using the reconstruction of the Minerva class Hades to serve as the testbed and namesake for the new class. A layer of carbon composite will cover her armor and among other tech allow her to truly act as a heavily armed stealth ship. The new Skinfaxi class is receiving more additions to the fleet, with stealth components added, and is intended to serve as a companion of sorts to the Hades class with her AWACS capabilities for her sensors and detection systems providing information necessary for the Hades class to complete missions.
Perhaps one of the most noteworthy changes over the past few months includes Admiral Thorn and I deciding on recreating the Firestars, based on action reports from Adama showing how effective Battle cruisers, Heavy cruisers and Gunstars were in engaging baseships on their own. Since we still need our Gunstars to mostly offer gunnery support and defensive fire against Cylon missiles and raiders en masse as protection for the fleet, the idea of changing the Firestars to provide heavier gunnery support, and take the load off Gunstars so they won't be used against baseships like Adama was forced to do in the colonies, made a lot of sense. Ironically the original Firestars were meant to be much more than they have been, as the Admiralty wanted them over Gunstars and the other cruisers, but costs and politics got in the way and they were dumbed down to the role of mere frigates with the other ships being made smaller than Firestars were meant to be and mass produced more easily. Now however, using some original ideas for the Firestars and work from R&D, we've come up with a new far more powerful type of Firestar; more like a Heavy Battle cruiser as it were from its functions. Given the increase in their firepower and the great demands on resources they could cost if we wanted to get them out of construction and active in the fleet as soon as possible, we began dismantling all other Battle cruisers, Heavy and light cruisers, and the smaller/older Firestars. This allowed us to take advantage of the materials from the ships to speed up production, so 40 Firestars of the new configuration can be ready within the next few months as the final production measures and tests by the crew nail down bugs among the ships to get them up to snuff. We also took advantage of the extra crew members that wouldn't be going to the new ships, coming from the scrapped ships, to spread among the fleet; since being more automated, they require fewer crew complements. It's a relatively good cut to our support fleet units for now with only about half the number of ships dismantled replaced, but the vast increase in firepower should justify and make up for the loss, and starting production on more in the future should quickly make up for the shortfall gap in our forces. Unfortunately it would've taken too long on construction to begin installing the energy dispersive armor, lasers, pulse cannons, and other advancements R&D's come up with, not to mention stretching our resources for constructing and upgrading other ships, but the huge increase of firepower to the ships should be adequate for the moment and steps have been taken to allow R&D's advances weapons installment in the future. Logically, it's far more important to get the ships out right now. The new Firstars are at a Length of 1,150 meters, a Width of 325 meters, a Height of 250 meters, have a crew complement of 1,100 with a Marine defense force of about 250. There's also 240 Rapid firing twin defensive turrets for her flak guns, 4 Heavy bow KEW batteries with 40 Medium to Heavy KEW batteries everywhere else, as well as 16 missile launch tubes across the ship. She carries a single squadron of fighters, with 40 Mark VIII vipers from the heavily armored single flight pod attached to the ship's lower hull, and ten raptors for SAR or with weapons packages.
There's also the new creation of the Oceanus class Super Carriers. In the original Cylon war, colonial forces had placed importance on vipers from Battlestars as carriers, using fighters to keep off mass enemy fighters the Cylons used and the many missiles they focused on firing in lieu of use of cannons as much as colonials used. The second Cylon war has made it clear that if anything's changed it's the massive increase of missile and nukes the Cylons use in battle, as well as greatly increased numbers of raiders – even just on a single basestar with upwards of 300 raiders normally carried. The Super Carrier is the colonial fleet's new way to combat the threat we face, particularly with the knowledge of the Harvesters use of swarm tactics like the Cylons. Each Super Carrier has 4 dual flightpods with a total of 8 landing bays; essentially two mercury class dual flightpods, with an inverted flightpod on the bottom, stacked right on top of each other on both the starboard and portside of the ship. The new design is similar to a Battlestar in all but name, however the massive flightpods and the focus on sending out mass units of fighters into combat make it so she is not a dual battleship/carrier like a Battlestar. Super Carriers will have a great deal of point defense covering the ship to allow the ship to maneuver throughout the fight without fear of missiles or fighter craft, and has a handful of Heavy KEWs intended only to discourage a capital class ship from attacking the carrier. Each Super Carrier is intended to have 1200 fighters aboard with the increased flight bay capacity allowing the massive amount of fighters to operate sufficiently with resupply and maintenance as necessary. After much debate among the Admiralty, we've also begun implementing the use of drone fighters after careful study of Harvesters made doing so possible, with all necessary safety precautions involved to prevent hacking the unmanned fighters. Half the Super Carriers fighter complement will be drone fighters, and the use of such fighters allows us the opportunity to allow more pilots into the fight even if they're much younger than the norm since unmanned fighters has little risk to the controller that would be onboard the Super carrier piloting the drone fighters. Despite our phobias of using such technology given the war with the Cylons, necessity and practicality take precedence in order to ensure our continued survival – no matter how much many of us may grumble about the issue. Other support craft like Raptors will also be in use on the new carriers.
On a related note, R&D has come to a decision on the new heavy fighters and the intended equivalent of heavy raiders which simply outclass our raptors. The new heavy fighters have been dubbed the Peregrine Falcon, usually shortened to simply a Peregrine. Heavy raiders and raptors were built intended to be dual dropship/gunship, the Peregrine however will not have room onboard as a dropship, with the use of marine dropships set to increase in leui of the intended replacement to raptors, and the extra space will instead be focused on allowing the fighter to have heavier weaponry and large stores of munitions aboard. Peregrines will have long range FTLs aboard, dozens of missiles with different offensive/defensive designs available aboard, two six-barreled 30mm forward cannons, and a chaingun capable of turning to cover a firing range nearly 180 degrees. Peregrines will also have heavier armor aboard, intended to be able to withstand several hits from weapons fire and make up for her loss in speed given her size, though her thrusters aboard are simulated to be able to take her to great speeds and has the capability to outrun enemy fighters. Another note on fighters is the completion of the mark VIII vipers with FTL capability and intended to be mass produced to replace other versions of vipers throughout the fleet; ironically taking advantage of the number of lost vipers in recent combat to resupply the fleet with better fighters rather than with more mark VII's.
Other changes include the dismantling of older Gunstar classes like the Defenders and even the Striker class, and reformulating them into the new Aegis class design. Intended to shore up the strength of our gunnery support units, each newly designed Gunstar would have heavier firepower akin to the Titan and Cygnus class, though more closely aligned with the Titans since they have fighters aboard - unlike the Cygnus which was primarily a heavy Gunstar lacking fighter squadrons aboard. The new Titan III class is planned for in the future as well, intended as a more heavily armed replacement to current Gunstar standards. The Destroyers have likewise had dismantling of older models from the Tiger II and Phalanx classes, to create the new Aesir class at a larger mass and with heavier firepower more akin to as close to a Mercury block I class as possible – a big step up from the equivalency of the Columbia II class the older Destroyers had. There will be fewer ships once their reconstruction is complete, but the heavier firepower with standard weaponry, for now, is intended to make up for the loss in numbers. The new Tiger III class is similar to the Aesir class in many ways, and is planned to be built to replace the older units as well, with newer weapons advancements added in the future. Unfortunately other ships like the escortstars, patrolstars, and strikestars couldn't be focused on at the moment given everything going on, though we hope to help advance them in the future. A single new Stealthstar like the Banshee is planned at the moment, though more can hopefully be added later.
Apparently Adama brought back a captured first war baseship from the Picon mission, which has been added among the fleet as an asset to be used. It was truly a surprise to behold when we first saw the ship arrive. Adama had one of his officers, Helo Agathon, take command of the baseship and promoted to the rank of Commander. He also had our most trusted Cylon ally, and a member of the colonial fleet from one of his previous decisions, Athena Agathon promoted to serve as Helo's XO aboard the baseship. After careful thought, I approved of Adama's decisions and made the promotions permanent. All other Cylons that have been working on our side were moved over to the baseship, with several deciding to enlist in the colonial fleet following Athena's example, which I approved in the spirit of cooperation and continuation of our alliance. The recently revealed final five were given clemency given what they told us and what we've already pieced together regarding their pasts; uncomfortable with reactions from the fleet on rumors of their identities most decided to move to the baseship to escape prejudice, all except for Saul Tigh and his wife remaining on Galactica. The captured squadron of raiders and most other Cylon technology not being studied by R&D were moved to the baseship to shore up their defenses in addition to vipers being placed aboard; the Admiralty agreed that besides studying the technology we had no further use for the fighter craft being elsewhere in the fleet and could stand to take advantage of the familiar technology being used by the Cylons on our side. Helo also began recruiting crew members to get the baseship up to combat readiness with a skeleton crew and took in as many able bodied willing personnel as possible, with the use of several who were less than happy about it – though inevitably with long term use of the baseship they'll have to take in crew members that despise the Cylons with extreme prejudice. I agreed with Helo's idea in slowly acclimating crew members aboard with a small group of prejudiced personnel to get them used to it over time and hopefully allow other personnel to come aboard in the future with those already aboard helping them acclimate. The baseship, named the Pallas of Athena in honor of the number Eight who first joined the colonial fleet and was the major source of resistance among the Cylons, has been placed in a shipyard and is intended to be heavily upgraded with point defense and KEW cannons covering her massive frame. Something the Cylons should have done themselves; their mistake will be our gain. Once complete, her heavy weaponry should bring up her equivalent firepower near the level of a block 1 Mercury class Battlestar.
Other personnel changes have become necessary throughout the fleet. Commander Belzen was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, having proved himself time and again with the important missions that he's been handed and going above and beyond the call of duty. Commander Jacob was also promoted to Rear Admiral, having served as second in command of BSG 36 for a few years and proven his worth in battles since the beginning of the Cylon attack. Commander Marshall was promoted to Rear Admiral following his long break in seeing combat since his actions in helping complete objectives Admiral Thorn set following the Cylon attack, and having led BSG 64 quite well following the Cylon attack; lacking a ship, he is intended to take command of one the new fleet units coming online soon enough. Major Kathy Morales, the fleet CAG, has proved herself ready to move forward and was promoted to the rank of Commander, intended to take command of one of the new fleet units coming online. At Adama's suggestion, Starbuck was promoted to Major and took Kathy Morales' position as fleet CAG over all pilots in the colonial fleet. Despite her initial groaning at the new responsibility she took to the position with zeal and began coordinating all pilots on several unique formations she came up with, in addition to taking great pleasure in getting the new additions of viper nuggets up to snuff to work with the other veteran pilots. Admiral Adama has also made it clear that he will have to retire within a few years since his health condition from his age is eventually going to catch up with him, and he nominated his son Lee Adama to replace him in the future. Many in the Admiralty, myself included, agree with his choice since Commander Apollo has a great track record as a leader and a suitable replacement to the legacy Admiral Adama will have left behind, though it will be sometime before Lee is ready to fully take on that mantle. In the meantime Commander Lee Adama was promoted to the rank of Commodore, and with knowledge of his father's wishes is preparing for his future role as a leader; unexpectedly he and Admiral Adama appear to have become closer than ever in recent days with the two discussing all sorts of tactics and strategies. It hasn't been hard to see in recent dealings with Admiral Adama that he couldn't be happier about his renewed relationship with his son.
While Adama lead rescue operations, and striking back against the Cylons, we've been busy too. A small exploration team departed on Gunstar Claw. Their target was a planet a few jumps away in a relatively small system. Our probes found several larger settlements on the planet, but all abandoned. What we didn't know at that moment is that all people that lived there were killed by some kind of plague. Obviously, since many of the remains the search team found didn't show any kind of trauma, at least not by bullets, but there was a lot of bite markings and other similar wounds. Nor was there any structural damage from bombardment or battles. Somehow our team on the ground got in contact with this virus, whatever that was, and some got infected. The most disturbing report was that people that were infected became extremely violent after a few hours, one survivor was brought on board the Claw, and the crew was unaware of a threat. In less than two days more than half of the Gunstar's crew was infected. Their commanding officer sent a distress signal and I dispatched Atlantis itself and Battlestar Sword. By the time we received the covert signal, which was very faint due to measures to hide from detection by the Harvesters, and sent ships to help: only a few dozen survived to escape from the Gunstar. When our ships arrived we had a new surprise.
Atlantis and Sword jumped near the Claw's position and started approaching the now abandoned Gunstar. Survivors had already jumped away in Raptors. Of course they were stopped on the edge of Avalon system by patrols and all were placed in quarantine, so far nobody was infected; they had been lucky in getting past their fellow infected crew members.
But as soon as reinforcement ships started to approach, a ship appeared from nowhere and fired on the Gunstar, destroying it in one shot. The ship was obviously advanced since it had energy based weapons. Our ships immediately targeted the new ship and prepared to fire on it when the alien ship contacted us. Commander Haller was a smart man and too experienced to fire before having all facts, so he kept our ships from firing and waited to get answers from the alien captain. It turned out that the alien ship was made by humans and held humans aboard as unbelievable as it was; they're from a world called Arcadia. They explained that they were the 14th tribe of Kobol, a fact that I and my officers have known about for some time, but we believed that they were extinct and destroyed by the Harvesters.
The Captain of the ship "Terraxion" Joul Hadoras, explained that the virus we found on the dead world was created by the Harvesters, at least that is what they've always believed. It makes an infected person mad, so mad that they immediately attack anyone close to them; they become a mindless monster.
Terraxion returned with Atlantis and Sword to Avalon. It was clear that the Arcadians were more advanced than we are. Their ship was elegant, not crude like ours. Their ship even had windows. Windows were present on many civilian ships in the Colonial fleet, both military and civilian trade fleets, pleasure ships… But never military combat ships. None of our Destroyers, Gunstars, Battlestars or any other type have windows; it's always been known to be a structural weakness, and a weakness we could not afford to be exploited.
While the public still do not know about the Arcadians, we had a meeting with their delegation on board the Invictus. The Arcadians proposed visits twice per month, in order to simply not attract Harvesters that may be in the area. Madam President was eager to learn more about them, but so far what we've learned was that they left Kobol two thousand years prior to the 13th tribe's exodus, with guidance of some of the gods - probably Athena's people. In two thousand years they colonized several planets and at their peak they had over one billion people. But some five hundred years ago they encountered the Harvesters and all hell broke loose. They lost ground until only their new home system remained untouched. Arcadia prime now holds four hundred million people, with fifteen million others living on colonies around the system. The only reason why it was not found by Harvesters was because of an array of satellites (that they believe were built by the gods) that kept them hidden. The reason for those satellites was also the fact that they are in the middle of Harvester territory.
I also plan to present my plan for rebuilding the fleet to the Quorum and President today, and have a meeting with the Arcadian ambassador.
Stryker rubbed the temple of his head with the tips of his fingers and then sipped some Ambrosia from his nearby cup on the table. He just wanted to continue the log when someone knocked on the door. He was already not in a good mood, but he just said "yes."
A lieutenant entered the door and apologized, "Sorry sir for the interruption, the President is here to see you."
"Wonderful," Stryker muttered to himself, "Let the President in."
President Roslin entered inside and the lieutenant closed the door behind her.
Admiral Stryker gestured for President Roslin to sit in the chair in front of his desk. She remained standing and holding onto a stack of papers.
"What is the meaning of this?" President Laura Roslin asked, narrowing her eyes at Admiral Stryker.
"Meaning of what?" Admiral Stryker asked innocently.
"Your rebuild plan, it was not even approved by the Government yet and you already started implementing it," President Roslin said, and before Stryker could say anything Roslin continued, "Five million people, your mission saved five million people, now we have a total of a little over seven million. We don't have basic things for more than half of that number, taking that the last group and all surviving warships are just recently back and you are already spending resources on the buildup of a new fleet?"
"Madam President, my five year plan was created to bolster the strength of our fleet and replace ships we lost during the last mission. As you are aware, military personnel have helped with construction of new residential buildings so that everyone can have a home since the very first settlement on Avalon. When the main fleet arrived at Avalon over a million civilians helped with the construction of tent housing units, along with military workers as well, and later they worked on the beginning of more modern cities for basic housing and a return of several tenants of colonial society. The influx of survivors from the colonies by the Picon mission and recent births has certainly affected things since more growth in constructing houses has been necessary, but with a large number of volunteers hard at work and the use of automated equipment we were originally equipped with for the mission to Avalon, we've completed wonders in a short amount of time. More will come until we get everything we need, and don't forget the influx of supplies from the colonies gives us an incredible start on rebuilding colonial society for our new population. I told you before that I am doing everything for civilians, they are always first, but the military must have an untouched flow of resources too. Invictus is the only production facility right now that builds basic stuff needed for life, and given her production facilities that's more than enough as is. And 80% of that is going to civilian population, the rest we use for the military. Invictus is also starting to create production facilities on Avalon which will supplement the supplies retrieved from the colonies and give the beginning of a return of much of modern colonial society. But we need to have a strong fleet capable of dealing with any situation. We are at war madam president with two different species. With the Cylons we are in active engagements, and these won't stop until one of us falls to other, and yet we have another enemy lurking in the shadows of this region. Although we are not in direct war with the Harvesters, I would say we are in a passive war with them, after those few engagements we had in the past and the clear fact that once they know about us they'll come in force until they destroy everything here," Admiral Stryker said.
"Then why did you choose this planet, this system?" President Roslin asked.
"It wasn't my choice madam president. It was by the order and decision from fleet Admiral Torres and Admiral Nagala to come create a colony here. I was only ordered to bring the fleet here and make an outpost and basic colony till reinforcements or shall I say a second group arrived. We weren't aware of Harvesters at that time and it would probably be different if those bloody Cylons didn't attack us when they did. However, given the Cylon attack Avalon has literally been a godsend to restarting the shattered remains of our society and culture. We cannot leave this planet because there is nowhere to go, and so we must focus on defending ourselves here at all costs and not preparing possible evacuation that would leave any 'survivors' with only death no matter which direction they go. Now I told you the military will not interfere with civilian rules and regulations and the civilian government, in this case you and the Quorum will not interfere with our decisions. I will not allow the military to be dictated by the whims of politicians that could once again lead to the destruction of the remains of the colonials here; unless you've forgotten the part Adar and much of the civilian government from the colonies played in the success of the Cylon attack with demilitarization and the spreading of the idea that the Cylons wouldn't return. The military will remain under the control of the government to an extent as was always intended and how it should be, but never again will politicians dictate defensive measures that would lead to our destruction, the least of which right now would be stopping fleet construction to simply make life easier on the colonists on Avalon by building mass cities for them. I've read the reports Adama made of your leadership while Galactica fled the Cylons, so don't try and tell me you don't understand or even not agree with what I'm saying here. We've spread resources so that both sides have enough, without damaging the other side, and this will give everyone on Avalon what they need in the long run," Admiral Stryker said.
President Roslin says nothing; she finally sits in the offered chair in front of Admiral Stryker.
"I am sorry admiral, it was the Quorum who panicked and believed you're doing the wrong thing, and they wanted me to interfere with this. And I know what you are doing and why," President Roslin said.
"The Quorum like its predecessors are a bunch of baboons, nothing else madam president. The thing is, we beat the Cylons hard, but we lost lots of our own ships, and we humiliated them again; they will return soon enough. There's a good chance that Cylons had a ship follow us back, although we didn't find any, especially not after we destroyed that patrol star that was behind our fleet. Adama also reported the movement of the Cylon fleet, which appears that they've already moved much of their fleet to head to Avalon and quite possibly have since left the colonies and started moving everything closer and closer to us here. We can expect an attack on Avalon soon and I planned much of our ship construction around that fact which I see as inevitable. I do not want to go to the public with this information; it would only cause chaos down on the planet. We will defend Avalon and beat back the Cylons, this I promise you, but again we need the fleet to have the resources it needs to do what is required.
I will explain everything to you and the Quorum on the next session that is planned for tomorrow. My entire plan which includes both civilians and military will be presented and I will explain everything in detail. There is no reason to worry madam president; I didn't save the civilians so that I could make myself a dictator as some members of the Quorum think," Admiral Stryker said.
Of course Roslin knows that, Stryker is not a dictator, he was a natural born leader, maybe even better leader than she was and the best that they could've hoped for in the chaos of the Cylon attacks. He always put others in front of him, and has been doing everything he could to protect others. The military is essential for their survival on Avalon, without it they would lose everything.
"I apologize madam president, but I have a scheduled meeting with the Arcadian ambassador Tarak Zorr," Admiral Stryker said.
"Of course," Madam President said, and rose from her chair to leave the room. Although she was not always on good terms with Stryker, she believed he was the best military officer they had now, though she'd never admit it to his face.
2 hours later – Invictus observation deck
"Ambassador Zorr, my name is Admiral Stryker," Admiral Stryker said.
"Ah yes admiral, the captain that made official contact with you spoke well of you, but I apologize if I must skip the pleasantries and go strictly to business," Ambassador Tarak Zorr said.
"Of course," Admiral Stryker said, happy to cut past unimportant details and get down to the important details - particularly so he could get back to important work for the fleet.
"As you know, we are willing to share some of our technology with your people; after all you are from the twelve colonies of Kobol which makes you our brothers and sisters. Technology which we believe will help in production and assembly, making more than enough food, and other basic needs for new arrivals. As discussed before, we'll help set up your newest heavy shipyard and greatly cut down the time it takes for you to construct it, though of course without giving our own technology in the process but simply decreasing the construction time so you can better defend yourselves. We will provide you even with some defensive technologies, but for now no weapons; though from what's been seen from the weapons on board your ships they are quite adequate to fight the Harvesters if needed," Ambassador Tarak said.
"But by your tone you don't approve of something?" Admiral Stryker asked.
"Don't get me wrong admiral, Arcadian high command is pleased to see the other tribes of our home world of Kobol, especially to see more human survivors after all we've gone through, but when our people departed Kobol - yours were already in numerous skirmishes. Also you are to blame yourself for your downfall. The Cylons were your creation after all, aren't they? And they turned on you. Now all that remains from twelve colonies and other territories, home to over twenty-two billion people, is this planet and a total of seven million survivors. And on top of that you settled this colony in a very dangerous region, infested with Harvesters. While this system is untouched by them, and most surrounding systems were untouched too, you are in close proximity to them. There's at least one dormant Harvester hub four jumps away from this location," Ambassador Tarak said.
"I'm afraid we don't have anywhere to go ambassador, whatever happens, happens here. We won't leave this place no matter what, we simply can't," Admiral Stryker said.
"I understand that, and I welcome you to stay of course, we will give you all our defensive technology so that you can integrate them into your defenses and ships and have better chances in case of a Harvester invasion. But for offensive technology we need to trust you more. Also the Cylon problem is yours Admiral, and you must deal with them, we will not help you with it," Ambassador Tarak said.
Admiral Stryker wasn't really pleased but he knew he needed to accept all the help the Arcadians offered.
Invictus – Quorum Session room
The twelve delegates of the Quorom and the President sat before Admiral Stryker as he revealed his plan in full to the civilian government and started to answer all questions made by the Quorum. The members of the civilian government sat in silence following hearing all of Admiral Stryker's plan. The Picon representative was the first one to ask a question.
"You mentioned an increased buildup of new ships admiral, from what we see on your rebuild plan; there were two additional Nike class Battlestars already under construction on Eternity, long before you revealed this plan to the government. Are we not important enough to be told of developments as they come? Also, why are we building ships so expensive? The civilians are still not adequately provisioned, particularly with the influx of over two million more people and the baby boom with so many more births. You even added this insane idea of replacing the cruisers currently in service that have proven their worth in battle with Cylons to make an improved frigate. Then there's the Oceanus class Super Carriers, what purpose would those new ships would have?" Joseph Courbet asked haughtily.
"With respect, the Civilian Government was just barely being reformed when these decisions about fleet construction were made; laying it all out on the table wasn't necessary or prudent at that time given the many concerns you've all had in starting up the government and working on rebuilding our society. I would remind the representative that there is no cost to fleet construction because there isn't more than a basic economy in place at the moment; just one of those things the civilian government was busy with while construction plans needed to get started, and as there's no price in building ships in space as of yet it's inaccurate to say making any ship is "so expensive". The Nike class showed their great potential and power during the mission in Cyrannus system, both the Nike and Galactica perform well, better than any other ship in our fleet with exception of Warstar Argona.
The Nike class is even stronger than a Nova class command Battlestar, especially with new advanced energy weapons we installed on them and her slightly larger size. The Rycon and Deucalion are currently under construction and they will be finished in five to six months. The Firestars are not frigates any more and more akin to Battlecruisers; you would do well to research on a topic before arguing your case representative, since it's the fault of the civilian government of the past that firestars were relegated to frigates and cruisers were mass produced instead despite being inferior to the original design of Firestars. The Oceanus class Super carriers are a measure to counter the number of Cylon missiles/nukes and raiders they use in mass against our fleets at every occasion; they will have 1200 fighters and other support craft aboard to launch into the fight and provide support in maintaining our fighter forces. Half the fighters aboard will be drone fighters as well, an improvement that should lessen the loss of life among our fighter forces. In the future, it would be logical to have destroyers and the Super Carriers paired up to creating an efficient fighting force, since destroyers lack fighters but have great offensive strengths akin to Battlestars. These new ships will have a large amount of Raptors on board and up to one hundred and twenty or even two hundred plus, depending on need, of new type of heavy fighter – the Peregrine. Also, the current Battlestar Titan will be retired from the regular fleet and transferred to newly established SRTG – Special response task force," Admiral Stryker said.
"What is the purpose of SRTG?" the Scorpia representative, Eladio Puasha asked.
"SRTG main tasks, are scouting, espionage, stealth, first strikes against possible targets, we could say they are our eyes and ears, and our first line of defense. Outside of normal fleet deployments and a more specialized Battle Group intended to give a fast response when necessary. Also, an additional class the Invictus class Battlestar is to be introduced; this class is going to replace Mercury, Valkyrie and Columbia II classes as the main class of Battlestars like the workhorse of the fleet. These new ships will start off with the first twelve named after the twelve tribes in honor of the legacy we will have to renew on Avalon. While current ships of the Mercury and Valkyrie class will remain in service, they are still a great asset of the fleet, none of those classes will be built anymore," Admiral Stryker said.
"Aren't all these ships intended to expand the fleet a little much? I can't see how production can truly meet this kind of demand," the representative from Tauron, Iris Dahlia said worriedly.
"Not at all, all ships and all parts of my plan will be invested by military resources, none of the civilian resources will be used in this. As you are aware, the Libran shipyard was recovered prior to our main fleet's trip to Avalon and has a lot of capabilities for construction as per the major shipyard stations several colonies had prior to the Cylon attack. There's also Unity and Eternity with their massive production facilities that were intended to service a massive fleet. All our other shipyards simply add to those three main shipyards in construction docks available to begin producing a large number of ships. Also, the civilian shipyards are focusing on building mining and refinery ships, providing a much larger force that will help bolster our construction capabilities and keep us from fear of running low on materials. The asteroid belt in this system is rich with metals and other precious resources we need for construction of our ships, 60% is going to the military for its need, with 40% going to the civilian sector for construction of settlements and factories. There will be some fluctuations to be expected among construction efforts due to technology advancements we gather over time and of course the new shipyards we intend to start construction on. Several cradle docks have been planned, in addition to a new heavy construction shipyard which will feature highly specialized equipment focused on particular construction of several of our new fleet units and it's worth mention that the shipyard will have a dock intended to hold the massive Sanctuary warstar and possibly make more of such warstars in the future. Though that of course won't happen given resources and lack of need since even I can agree that it can't be done as of yet; however, the dock could still be used for other construction efforts. Before you start asking how this will happen, we'll do so with dismantling the Hera Junkyard, Aureolos Station, and Olympia station, which will provide much of the resources for the new shipyard and until they're to be dismantled they can provide support in construction/repair efforts. The Hecantories Dreadnought is also being scrapped, and the huge amount of resources will help in the shipyard's construction. Trust me when I say the new shipyard will meet our needs when ready and will be the jewel of colonial fleet advancements," Admiral Stryker said.
"Please continue," President Roslin said as the Quorom members sat in silenced shock.
"There is also the total overhaul of all existing battlestars, adding of new weapons and defenses, heavy upgrade of all other units will also take place. Our plan is to scrap all remaining Defender class gunstars, and other weaker Gunstar units to shore up our Gunnery support by making all the Gunstars into the new Aegis class to provide greater offensive and defensive capabilities to the majority of our Gunstars - standardizing the level of firepower each has so no one area of our fleet would be weaker than others in terms of Gunnery support/defense. The newest units of the Aegis class not coming from reformulating our older Gunstars but built from scratch will also have superior ECM and jamming capabilities. Additionally, the Titan Mk III will be introduced as the newest model of Gunstar, the sole class of Gunstar that will receive our newest weapons advancements as of yet given our focus on other construction needs. All this and more which is in the reports on the desk in front of each of you," Admiral Stryker said.
"What about crews Admiral? We could construct all the vessels we want, but it's irrelevant if no one is there to crew them and get the ships working efficiently," the Sagittaron delegate, Tom Zarek asked.
"With advancements in automatization we can have smaller crew on our ships. There was a great deal of colonial fleet personnel recovered in the rescue mission to the colonies, and some personnel that weren't placed aboard ships as of yet that are available and ready now for the new fleet units. You should also know that there have been a great deal of civilian volunteers wanting to join the fleet since the original Cylon attack and though we didn't take them in as new personnel at the time because it wasn't the right time with everything else going on and the need to not have to worry about getting new personnel up to speed. Now however we've started training new personnel. There's been so many in fact that our training facilities are swamped. Several hundred thousand have applied, of which a great number will eventually be trained up to become fleet personnel and spread among veterans in the fleet. The drone fighters also provide a unique opportunity to change the regulations on how old a citizen must be to enlist, which has usually been 18, but at this time it may be acceptable to change that to as low as the age of 15," Admiral Stryker said.
"What?!" the Gemenon delegate, Sarah Porter said in outrage.
"You want to allow kids to join the armed forces? Have you gone raving mad?" the Virgon delegate, Marshall Bagot asked angrily.
"As Mr. Zarek pointed out, we can create as many ships as we want, but it all comes down to personnel to crew them. Eventually there may yet be a shortfall and in any case this is the reality of our situation. We aren't in the twelve colonies anymore and the fact is we've just survived the attempted extermination of our race. We don't have the luxury of sticking to old principles like children not being allowed to go to battle. It will take a great deal of time for our society to grow and prosper the way it once did and as we need it to, but we can't afford to wait. We need to grow our available fleet to as large as possible to stand strong against the threats that even now seek our annihilation. To maintain such forces, we need every man and women we can possibly get," Admiral Stryker said.
"But kids? That may be going too far Admiral," the Aerelon delegate Mikael Davidson said sadly.
"There might be such a risk as they would've faced in the past as viper pilots. Piloting drone fighters from afar isn't the same as being in the cockpit themselves," the Canceron delegate, Robin Wenutu said thoughfully.
"They will be aboard the Super Carriers and pilot the fighters from afar. The defenses on the carriers are incredibly powerful against fighters and missiles, and they will always be accompanied by capital class ships as escorts preventing enemy capital class ships from attacking the carriers. Allowing younger generations to take part in battle would serve them with little risk and offer them more time become experienced fleet personnel," Admiral Stryker said.
"And of the threat of the fighters being used against our own forces Admiral?" the Leonis delegate, Safiya Sanne asked.
"Nonexistant," Admiral Stryker said simply.
"That's a little arrogant Admiral," the Virgon delegate, Marshall Bagot said.
"Charges will be placed on all drone fighters in the event of loss of control of the fighters. Our Cylon allies have helped shore up our defenses against viruses and infiltration. Additionally, there's the Virtual Intelligence (V.I.) system applied to the computer controllers of the fighters which would fight back against any attempt of intrusion. Measures have been taken as I've said to ensure the drone fighters could never be a threat against us," Admiral Stryker said.
"Cylons helped in constructing the defense system?!" the Gemenon delegate, Sarah Porter said indignantly.
Admrial Stryker sighed, knowing this point would be contended, "Yes. Cylon defectors among our fleet, that have previously helped in the past for great colonial gain, helped in creating defenses against Cylon or other intrusion attempts."
"I'm sorry Admiral. When did the Cylons become party to our latest technology advancements that are supposed to be our first line of defense against them?" Sagittaron delegate, Tom Zarek asked, narrowing his eyes and keeping a straight face as he laughed inwardly.
"I agree with Mr. Zarek. This is nonsense. We can't use a weapons system the Cylons have had any contact with!" the Gemenon delegate, Sarah Porter said angrily.
"I assure you, their involvement was minimal. We asked for help in testing our defense systems and if they had any useful tips for preventing infiltration of our systems, which our experts went through and checked extensively. I would remind the representative that we know how to do our jobs, and contrary to what I perceive as a belief in any contact with a Cylon making whatever came into contact with the Cylons worthless, including people, the fact is we needed to test the defenses in place and the Cylons were the ones we needed to primarily keep out. Having actual Cylons test our defenses only makes our defenses all the better if they actually hold up against them and work, just as they would against the Cylons that are trying their damndest to kill us all!" Admiral Stryker said, growing angrier as he spoke and taking a deep breath once he finished what he had to say.
The Quorom was silent as the Admiral finished, contemplating his words, while Sarah Porter turned red and glared at the Admiral.
"Does anyone have any further questions about the construction plan?" President Roslin asked.
When no one said anything, the president continued, "the matter of how old the lowest age for recruitment to the fleet is will be put up for debate among our next quorum meeting. For now, focus should be placed on the construction plan for which this meeting was called for. I'll ask once more if there are any further questions."
The Quorom remained silent, with a few delegates shaking their heads politely, but otherwise not raising any objections.
"Well Admiral you already started with your program, even without our approval," President Roslin said with a small smile, "But I believe it is in our interest to have a strong military which will be capable to protect us, so I authorize your plan."
All except a few members of the Quorum approved the plan. It was after all the military that protected them.
This is a List of Fleet Assets with the planned construction:
Military Section
BATTLESTARS (23 active)
Nike Class: Nike (2600), Galactica (2800), {Rycon (2500), Deucalion (2400) – expected completion in another 6 months}, {Indra (2400), Apollo (2400) – expected in 12 months}, {Atlantia – expected in 18 months}, {Intrepid – expected in 26 months}, {Victoria – expected in 34 months}, {Orion – expected in 42 months}, {Bellerophon – expected in 50 months}, {Olympus – expected in 58-60 months}
Upgraded Nova class: Theseus (2150)
Invictus class: Caprica (2100) – due in 6 more months, {Pisces (2100), Scorpio (2100), Aries (2100) – expected in 14 months}, {Aquarius (2100), Gemini (2100), Cancer (2100), Leo (2100) – expected in 22 months}, {Libra (2100), Sagittarius (2100), Taurus (2100), Virgo (2100) – expected in 30 months}, {Gaia (2100), Aurora (2100), Mercurius (2100) – expected in 38 months}, {Sol Invictus (2100), Andromeda (2100), Perseus (2100) - expected in 46 months}{Icarus (2100), Argo (2100), Novalis (2100) - expected in 54 months}
Invictus class prototype: {Pacifica (2000), Neptune (1900)} – expected completion within 2 more months
Mercury class: Atlantis (1800), {Vanguard (1800), Chimera (1800), Pegasus (1800), Polaris (1800), Trinity (1500), Atlas (1400), Ithaca (1500) – upgraded to Atlantis' level, Block II and advanced tech, expected within twelve to twenty-four months}
Atlas class, Mercury subclass: Sword (1700)
Hades class: {Hades (2100) – expected reconstruction from Minerva class as prototype of new class complete in another 5 months}, Acheron (1800) – expected in 12 months, Azrael (1800) – expected in 24 months, Krios (1800) – expected in 36 months, Orcus (1800) – expected in 48 months, Osiris (1800) – expected in 60 months
Jupiter class: Thanatos (1400)
Minerva class: Minerva (2100), Pleiades (2000), Calypso (1800)
Valkyrie class: Valkyrie (1400), Poseidon (1200)
Skinfaxi class: Concordia (2000), Sleipnir (1700), {Naglfar (2000) – expected within 18 to 24 months}, {Sigurd (1800) – expected in 30 months}, {Alsvid (1800) – expected in 48 months}, {Hrimfaxi (1800) – expected in 60 months}
Heracles class: Titan (1800) Columbia II subtype
Columbia II class: Phoebe (2200), {Rycon (2400) – Expected retirement within 6 months}
Decommissioned: Galactica
Colonial/Cylon Baseship
First war Hades II class, upgraded prototype to mercury levels: Pallas of Athens (1200) – expected completion to combat readiness in 4 months
WARSTARS (3)
Andraste class: Argona (3500)
Daedalus class: Daedalus (3000)
Heavy Warstar Sanctuary (8000)
DESTROYERS (15 finishing reconstitution, 12 under construction/planned)
Aesir class: {Phalanx (800), Gauntlet (800), Anubis (800), Archer (800), Styxx (800), Griffin (800), Sphinx (800), Xanthus (800), Bia (800), Zelos (800), Spes (800), Hydra (800), Adrastos (800), Arion (800), Colossus (800) – about 3 months more expected until completed}
Tiger III class: {Providence (800), Gigantes (800), Ramses (800), Gladiator (800), Avenger (800), Hestia (800), Manticore (800), Lycan (800), Geryon (800), Aegir (800), Hyperion (800), Luminere (800) – First 3 expected within another 6 months, second 3 in 12 months, third group in 18 months, last 3 due in a 24 months}
COMBATCRUISER (4 active, 42 planned)
Audacious class: Audacious (1000), Temeraire (1000), Erebus (1000), Nyx (1000), {Starfire (1000), Horus (1000), Bellona (1000) – expected in 4 months}, {Voyager (1000), Ophiuchus (1000), Dauntless (1000) – expected in 8 months}, {Pioneer (1000), Comet (1000), Trishula (1000) – expected in 16 months}, {Savior (1000), Archangel (1000), Vigilant (1000) – expected in 20 months}, {Scimitar (1000), Lightning (1000), Hunter (1000) – expected in 24 months}, {Valiant (1000), Impulse (1000), Ventura (1000) – expected in 28 months}, {Courageous (1000), Indefatigable (1000), Chthonian (1000) – expected in 32 months}, {Repulse (1000), Tornado (1000), Typhoon (1000) – expected in 36 months}, {Invincible (1000), Sceptor (1000), Defiance (1000) – expected in 40 months}, {Triumph (1000), Fortunate (1000), Adventurous (1000) – expected in 44 months}, {Daring (1000), Fearless (1000), Spartan (1000) – expected in 48 months}, {Amazon (1000), Brave (1000), Trident (1000) – expected in 52 months}, {Formidable (1000), Diligent (1000), Adroit (1000) - expected in 56 months}, {Tenacious (1000), Warspite (1000), Endeavour (1000) – expected in 60 months}
SUPERCARRIER
Oceanus class: {Illustrious (3000), Midway (3000), Titania (3000) – expected in 6 months}, {Outpost (3000), Haven (3000), Sanctum (3000) expected in 15 months}, {Lemuria (3000), Valley Forge (3000), Ark (3000) – expected in 24-30 months}, {Elysium (3000), Queenstown (3000), Ogygia (3000) – expected in 33-40 months}, {Mount Olympus (3000), Thermopylae (3000), Hyperborea (3000) - expected in 60 months}
FIRESTARS (20 active, 20 finishing reconstitution, 72 total)
Buzzard (1350), Phoenix (1350), Dasher (1350), Justinian (1350), Lucina (1350), Heracles (1350), Veritas (1350), Venti (1350), (1350), Tempest (1350), Iris (1350), Decima (1350), Argos (1350), Perses (1350), Orlean (1350), Themis (1350), Hebe (1350), Dante (1350), Charonte (1350), Javelin (1350), {Bacchus (1350), Diana (1350), Electra (1350), Pandora (1350), Cimtar (1350), Nemesis (1350), Thalia (1350), Thrace (1350), Faith (1350), Goliath (1350), Hoplite (1350), Venitrix (1350), Janus (1350), Ceres (1350), Endymion (1350), Cassandra (1350), Indomitable (1350), Andrastea (1350), Pluto (1350), Calliope (1350) – expected completion in another 3-4 months}, {Lycaon (1350), Magnus (1350), Deluge (1350), Odyssey (1350) – 16 months}, {Dike (1350), Cadmus (1350), Juno (1350), Indigo (1350) – expected in 22 months}, {Nerio (1350), Duellona (1350), Camilla (1350), Hypnos (1350) – expected in 28 months}, {Acropolis (1350), Canopus (1350), Kronus (1350), Excalibur (1350) – expected in 34 months}, {Alexandria (1350), Champion (1350), Kaiser (1350), Selene (1350) – expected in 40 months}, {Tortuga (1350), Heliopolis (1350), Astral (1350), Delphinus (1350) – expected in 46 months}, {Renegade (1350), Traveler (1350), Polycaon (1350), Tyche (1350) – expected in 52 months}, {Star Rider (1350), Hawking (1350), Penelope (1350), Eureka (1350) – expected in 58 months}
GUNSTARS (54 active, 134 total)
Titan III class: {Stargazer (800), Therion (800), Phobos (800), Morrigan (800), Set (800), Kali (800)}, {Ishtar (800), Tyr (800), Izanami (800), Nepthys (800), Persephone (800), Atalanta (800)}, {Devana (800), Chandra (800), Taranis (800), Brontes (800), Tychon (800), Circe (800)}, {Shrike (800), Blackhawk (800), Dillinger (800), Gallant (800), Druid (800), Triton (800)}, {Hesperides (800), Makhai (800), Ouroboros (800), Archon (800), Ambrose (800), Apollymi (800)}, {Aricles (800), Astrid (800), Jericho (800), Kyrian (800), Wyvern (800), Rezar (800)}, {Savitar (800), Serenity (800), Bathymaas (800), Coyote (800), Galliot (800), Galahad (800)}, {Kratos (800), Katra (800), Braith (800), Leonidas (800), Delphi (800), Galaxy (800)}, {Krishna (800), Britomartis (800), Lydian (800), Trojan (800), Chiron (800), Cassiopeia (800} – under construction; first six expected in 9 months, second six within 18 months, third six in 24 months, fourth group of six in 30 months, fifth group in 36 months, sixth group in 42 months, seventh group in 48 months, eighth group in 54 months, ninth group in 60 months
Titan II class: Avalanche (920), Resurgence (800), Avenger (710), Aggressive (805), Black Widow (800), Damia (800), Medea (800), Diomedes (800), Eleusis (800), Ixion (800), Cygnus (800), Onyx (800), Stormbringer (800), Armada (800), Thera (800)
Aegis class: {Aegis (900), Miranda (900), Hale (800), Eos (800), Asteria (800), Pallas (800), Perses (800), Storm (800), Altair (800), Taurus (800), Raven (800), Fury (800), Romulus (800), Remus (800), Striker (800), Starfury (800), Helios (900), Gaia (800), Artemis (900), Thebes (800), Achilles (900), Aeon (900), Isis (800), Caelus (900), Mithras (800), Blizzard (900), Vacunas (800), Camulus (900) – expected completion in another 2 months}, {Kios (800), Aristotle (800), Apollonius (800), Troy (800), Xanthos (800), Universal (800) – expected completion in 6 months}, {Marathon (800), Venus (800), Nebula (800), Constellation (800), Providence (800), Morpheus (800) – expected over 18 months}, {Illumini (800), Hope (800), Omega (800), Mystic (800), Calliope (800), Guardian (800) – expected over 36 months}, {Quasar (800), Justice (800), Magellan (800), Elliptical (800), Draco (800), Sabre (800) – expected over 48 months}, {Spatha (800), Gladius (800), Cutlass (800), Talwar (800), Talon (800), Falchion (800) - expected over 60 months}
Cygnus class: Illiad (800), Novalis (700), Fortune (700), Styx (700), Hellion (700), Fortuna (700), Ophion (700), Castor (700), Pollux (700), Tartarus (700), Lemnos (700), {Hurricane (700), Whirlwind (700), Wasp (700), Dragon (700), skyfox (700) – expected in 18 months}
STEALTHSTAR (1 active)
Banshee class: Banshee (800), {Shadow Fox (800) – expected in 10 months}
STRIKESTARS (17 surviving)
Harrier class: Harrier (800), Hecate (800), Orpheus (800), Lethe (800), Mania (800), Kratos (800), Soteria (800), Lycos (800), Tethys (800)
Fury class: Delphi (400), Europa (400), Bellona (400), Aura (400), Aeon (400), Lyssa (400), Angelos (400), Fury (400)
ESCORTSTARS and PARTOLSTARS (20 surviving)
Berzerk class: Guardian (910), Polybotes (900), Typhon (1000), Python (900), Ladon (900), Drakon (1000)
Vanguard class: Arakiel (600)
Dagger class: Dagger (350), Hunter (350), Crossbow (350), Percy (350) Gimble (350), Artemis (350), Avenger (350), Baldr (350), Ceros (350), Talos (350), Juno (350), Vesta (350), Luna (350)
ASSAULTSTARS (9) (1 ½ Divisions of Marines)
Forseti class: Forseti (1000 + 5000), Dillinger (1000 + 5000)
Iocaste class: Iocaste (2500 + 10000)
Lancer class: Grievance (700 + 1250), Vengeance (700 + 1250), Deimos (700)
Hector class: Minotaur (2500 + 8000), Hermes (2500 + 8000), Centaurus (2500)
ELINT SHIPS (5)
Searcher class: Everest (600), Star Chaser (600), Wisdom (700), Night Shadow (640), Vision (900)
MOBILE DOCKS AND SHIPYARDS
Hesphaestus class: Hesphaestus (3000), Forge (3000), Starbridge (3400)
Cradle class: Cradle 1 (2500), Cradle 2 (2500), Cradle 3 (2500), Cradle 4 (2500) – expected construction 12 months, Cradle 5 – (2500) expected construction 21 months, Cradle 6 (2500) – expected construction 30 months, Cradle 7 (2500) – expected construction 48 months
Unity class: Unity (70,000), Eternity (70,000)
Olympia class: Olympia (7000)
Invictus (2500)
Libran shipyard (70,000)
Red Horse Heavy Construction Shipyard (100,000) - planned construction with Hera, Aureoles station, and Olympia Station dismantled, Arcadians help to set down shipyards framework – 12 to 18 month expected construction time
Civilian Section (scrapped/dismantled omitted)
120 Mining ships: Calcutta (450), Tartans (500), Echo (400), Stride (400), Wind Fury ( 450), Black Elk (500), Mining Dreamer (490), Collar (400), Erbil (440), Tauron Miner 4 (500), Tauron Miner 7 (400), Carol (440), Dark Miner (440), Falk (400), Caprican Miner (540), Miner 7 (400), Miner 8 (400), Miner 15 (450), Miner 18 (400), Miner 20 (400), Howard (450), Blacken (340), Cotani (300), Sandler (350), Erin (330), Valiant (360), Miner Heaven (300), Monarch (350), Chiron (400), Scorpion Mining 478 (400), Scorpion Mining 982 (350), Tauron Mining 981 (380), Euryale (500), Gorgon (450), Scylla (400)….
30 Refinery ships: Taren (600), Tylium Maker (509), Tylium Maker 8 (450), Batista (550), Saladin (800), Aventis (600), Fusilier (550)...
1 Medstar: Caduceus (1000)
8 Medical Transports: Miracle (580), Hiding Star (450), Wallace (400), Mercurial (450), Demonical (400), Vali (400), Rue (400), Side (400)
5 Medical Ships: Mercy (500), Forgiveness (400), Brightstar(400), Florencia (400), Iasion (600)
6 Colossus heavy military transport ships
80 large civilian transports
100 heavy transports
7 Mobile shipyards: 50,000
35 Cold Storage ships: 12,000
50 Agricultural Ships: 50,000
30 Research Ships: 40,000
10 Recycling ships: 1,000
120 Heavy Cargo ships: 5000
35 Supply ships: 15,000
4 former training ships: 40,000
15 Flattops: 30,000
25 Tanker ships: 7,000