My view on the Battlestars is this.....
Yes its a Carrier and its best defence is the Viper craft.
But its also a Battleship... able to go toe to toe with the Cylon Base ship.
once the Viper squadrons have launched the entrance to the bay are closed, (never seen in the show alas)
But I have seen images from a BSG site showing the prototype hangar bay entrance with the deck raised to block the bay.
Then the Battlestar is a battle ship.
I think viewing them only as a carrier type using modern navy arrangement is under playing the ability's of them.
I think they are well able to go it alone when required and it Galactica´s success keeping the slow moving ragtags is an example of that..
also
the lose of the other Battlestars is due to surprise and bad command under the president etc.
So if required can operate as a lone unit very easily like a Imperial star destroyer. but is more effective in small battle groups with the battlestar
as it focus.
anyway they are my thoughts on it
ps I would like to know to if this project is still on
