Talk:Guardian Conflict/@comment-5203931-20130630083302/@comment-11219882-20130701154417

The Mercury herself was a powerful Battlestar more than the BS Pegaeus. The Pegaeus was new when the fleet was trying to save some credits.

The Mercury is a first gen Mercury built from not only from the after math of the Cylon War but the Xindi Cinflict. Design go toe to toe with a Basestar that could carry 500 Raiders alone in battle.

As you can see top side guns and dual hanger bays allowing her to carry twice as much than the Pegaeus sub class which is faster than the Mercury herself. But the Coalition is likely to countine and upgrade the Battlestars.