I go along with Fragmentary in this, I think we should place the planets of the colonies in a cluster of closely placed stars.
I was also thinking the a solar system would be far easer to defend, rather than a cluster of star systems spread out over a distance, would be far more difficult, and could explain why the war went on as long as it did.
I.e. the colonies forces could only ever keep the fighting at a stalemate, have the colonial forces spread out
Over the vast distances of space these could be smaller ships and the battlestar would act as support as would an aircraft carrier would? As I pointed out, in my last post there seem to be 5 star/sun like icons in Tom map, what if the colonial fleet after losing some Battlestars, (and having only 5 left) could only have 1 battlestar per system?
And would a single solar system be able to sustain a growing population, with 12 planets, the need of expansion would become vital. Much easer in a multi system set up. And much better for stories.
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