Category:Achilles-class

Technical Data
The Achilles-class is the premier escort/multi-roll gunstar design of the 12 Colonies of Kobol. This class represents the pinnacle of combat engineering design. When Colonial engineers started drawing up the blue prints for this military vessel the goal was simple. Develop a warship able to bring the fight literally to the enemy. The primary mission of the Achilles class is as follows: escort or give direct support of larger ships such as battlestars in the fleet, convoy or battlegroup and defend them. It was also built to perform as a Command, Control and Communications platform.

Speed
Despite their massive size, gunstars were extremely maneuverable and can dock with be nimble enough to make course corrections that for other capital ship sizes could be considered dangerous. Gunstars were not designed for atmospheric flight, although their hulls can manage a tenuous upper atmospheric levels and can survive a jump and subsequent freefall into the atmosphere of a habitable planet. A gunstar's FTL-systems were capable of accurate jumps, able to place them in synchronous orbit above a relatively close planet and of placing them safely in the midst of an asteroid field, a dense fleet of ships, or a planetary atmosphere. However, they were grossly inferior to Cylon-systems in terms of safe range.

Physical Arrangement
The design common to Achilles-class can be broken down into two main sections: the main hull, and the twin flight pods.

Main H​ull
This comprises the bulk of a gunstar the "alligator head' of the battlestar is present- however it extends the length of the hull and smaller wing which house the flank NAC Cannons.

Endurance
Gunstars were capable of continuing combat operations despite suffering massive damage and were intended to operate for long periods without re-supplying. Their water purification capabilities alone were so efficient that, barring an emergency or unforeseen event, a gunstar can operate for several years before replenishing.

Crew
Achilles-class crew complements were approximately eight hundred. This figure is almost certainly higher when the class is also tasked with transporting combat personnel and troops.

Armaments
The Achilles-class carries 18 large anti-ship gun turrets (mounting 2 guns apiece) and these were mounted on the center line, dorsal and ventral surfaces of the main hull. The two guns on each turret fire in tandem. They can be quite effective against targets like basestars. These large guns were able to use both flak ammunition and high-explosive anti-capital ship shells. For further offensive fire power the gunstar is also equipped with 4 NAC-20 heavy ordinance guns in her bow section.

Additionally, the guns were able to engage in coordinated barrage strategies, such as salvo (and presumably, volley) fire. The Achilles-class is also loaded with 60 smaller point-defense turrets (mounting 2 guns apiece). Each barrel fires explosive rounds in bursts. Strategic weapons include multiple nuclear warheads the can be deployed from 12 missile hatches with 6 tubes each mounted in the main hull.