I always got the impression that there was one Battlestar to protect a colony. 12 Colonies, 12 Battlestars.
Though something I heard today while watching "Living Legend" made me wonder, the Battlestar Pegasus of the "5th Fleet". Huh?
Yeh, "Carriers" (Battlestars), Destroyers, Escorts, subtenders, refueling ships, tugs, they all would have existed.
And in short, (being one of those that love the stories of the colonials going back and kicking Cylon tail) I can agree that the possibility for other ships and other spinoffs is highly possible. When the attack happened, ships would have scattered into multiple directions. Adama leading 220 ships is amazing, and needed. But all those other military ships, like Pegasus, not bogged down by civilians would have, while under silence, worked to find ways to fight back.
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One thing mentioned earlier in this thread was that the cylons were a vast empire covering a lot of space. I seem to recall the way that humanity got into the war was standing up for another race against the Cylons. Whatever the case, I got the impression as the Cylon empire was being described reminded me of my biblical history.
Cylons are like the Philistines. The Colonies are like Isreal.
The Philistines in history were vast, and while their wars with Isreal are not recorded as much, conflict with Egypt is well recorded!
If I were to make a spin off, one where humanity is gearing up against the Cylon empire... a quest... not for other humans, but for other enemies of the Cylons for allies would be the quest I'd undertake!
