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Originally Posted by Dayton3
Mind if I add this.
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Sure...
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2) In "The Hand of God", Tigh briefs the Colonial Warriors on the Baseships fighter strength of 300 ships. He says "you'll be outnumbered by two to one".
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wondered where that quote came from.....
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Based on this one can infer than.....
1) A substantial fleet of colonial warships was present at Caprica during the annhilation of the Colonies.
2) That fleet was protected by around 150 Viper fighters. Presumably land based.
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Don't neglect the idea that each Colony may have had its own defense squadron/fleet of smaller ships or Vipers...Also, take into account Baltar's sabotage teams, and what appears to be a general ennui among the Colonial population...That's mostly dramatic license to get the story moving, but that's what we have to work with.
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In my outline for a future remake of BG. I had it where the entire fleet of battlestars went to the peace conference as a show of strength..........but the support elements and escorts of the fleet were left at the colonies for rest, refit, and of course protection.
When the baseships attacked the colonies, they overwhelmed the Colonial warships and defenses there because they lacked fighter support. Just as a modern carrier battle group would be completely overwhelmed if their air wing were eliminated.
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Or....it could be the other way around: not enough fighters in the air, and not enough capitol ships to engage the baseships.....
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I also think there were alot more than 5 battlestars at Cimtar. But more on that later.
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See my posts above: allowing for significantly more than five Battlestars at Cimtar means that there have to be far more that c.500 Vipers -- which means that either there were a whole lot more than 1000 Cylon Raiders, or that Colonial Viper pilot abilities suck swamp water.....Which the later ep's don't reflect.
