Alert-type
the Colonial escort ship
The Alert-type was a Colonial escort warship design of the First Cylon War, seen in Blood & Chrome. A close relative of the Hornet-type, refitted Alert-type ships sailed with the Ghost Fleet during the Ghost Fleet Offensive.
The Alert-type escort ship was a class of warship used by the Colonial Fleet during the First Cylon War. It shares its basic design with the Hornet-type, and ships of the class served as escorts in the war's tenth year, when Galactica and the other Jupiter-class battlestars were still new. (Blood & Chrome)
Role#
The Alert-type served the Colonial Fleet as a fleet escort during the First Cylon War, screening larger warships rather than fighting as a capital ship in its own right. (Blood & Chrome)
Design#
The class looks much like the Hornet-type fleet escort, which flies with Battlestar Group 75 in the same story. The Hornet-type is set apart by a pair of delta wings and an open flight deck for Raptors. Neither design's armament, armour or crew is stated on screen. (Blood & Chrome)
Flight II refit#
The Alert-type ships seen in action are a refitted version with a second flight pod, a variant usually called Flight II. The series shows the refit but never names it or explains when it was carried out. (Blood & Chrome)
Known ships#
Two refitted Alert-type ships are seen with the Ghost Fleet during the Ghost Fleet Offensive, the Colonial operation that drew Cylon forces away from their bases and then struck the undefended bases. (Blood & Chrome)
Frequently asked questions
- What was the Alert-type?
- The Alert-type was a class of Colonial escort warship used by the Colonial Fleet during the First Cylon War. It appears in Blood & Chrome alongside the similar Hornet-type.
- Where does the Alert-type appear?
- Refitted Alert-type ships appear among the Ghost Fleet in Blood & Chrome, during the offensive that struck Cylon bases in the tenth year of the First Cylon War.
- How was the Alert-type armed?
- The series never sets out the ship's armament or complement. Detailed specifications that circulate online come from fan write-ups rather than anything shown or stated on screen.
- What was the Alert-type Flight II?
- The ships seen in the Ghost Fleet are a refitted version of the design, usually called Flight II, with a second flight pod. The series itself doesn't name or explain the refit.
Sources
- EpisodeBlood & Chrome, Prequel web series and television film (2012)
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Galactica
Galactica was a Jupiter-class battlestar that served the Colonial Fleet from the Cylon War until the discovery of Earth. Never networked, it survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and shepherded the last fifty thousand humans across uncharted space before being scuttled into the sun.
Hornet-type: the Colonial escort warship
The Hornet-type was a class of warship used by the Colonial Fleet during the First Cylon War. A sister design of the Alert-type, it carried a pair of delta wings and an open flight deck for Raptors, and was more heavily armed than its sister class.
Jupiter-class
The Jupiter-class is the name licensed works give to the line of the original twelve battlestars built for the Cylon War. Built around un-networked computers, the class resisted Cylon infiltration, and Galactica, the last of the line still in service, survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
Colonial Fleet: 120 battlestars
The navy of the Twelve Colonies, which fought the Cylon War. One software exploit cut it to two surviving battlestars on the day of the Fall.
Cylon War: the machines revolt
The Cylons rose against the people who built them on Caprica. Twelve years of fighting ended in a sudden Armistice that held for forty years.
Raptor: the Fleet's workhorse
A sublight shuttle at the start of the First Cylon War, rebuilt over the interwar years into an FTL craft flying transport, recon and rescue.
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