All Battlestar Galactica fighters appear to have atmospheric
capabilities, some have been observed to have more exotic capabilities,
such as FTL drives, cloaking devices, and time travel!
In this section, there will be a brief description of each fighter type,
followed by one or more interpretations of the fighter in Full Thrust
terms.
STARHOUND VIPER
The Viper Fighter is the most common fighter fielded by the
Colonies.
DEAN GUNDBERG’S VERSION(Star Ranger's
Crossover Web Page)
Treat the Viper as a Multirole (Standard)
fighter, except that its secondary movement is 24 mu, rather than
12 mu.
A group of 6 Viper fighters costs 24 points (4 points each).
JOHN LEARY’S VERSION
(GZG–L 6 May 2001)
Treat the Viper as a
Long–Range fighter, and ALL viper groups have an Ace
pilot in them!
A group of 6 Viper fighters costs 30 points
(5 points each).
The Long Range Viper Fighter is a heavier, long range variant of
the standard Viper.
WILLIAM F. HOSTMAN’S VERSION(Full
Galactica Thrust Web Page)
Treat the Long Range Viper as an
Long–Range, Heavy fighter.
A group of 6 Long Range Viper fighters costs 42 points (7 points
each).
STARHOUND VIPER (RECON VERSION)
This is the Reconnaissance version of the Viper Fighter.
WILLIAM F. HOSTMAN’S VERSION(Full
Galactica Thrust Web Page)
Treat the Recon Viper as an Fast fighter. Treat
CORA as a fast fighter without any weapons.
CYLON RAIDER
The Cylon Raider is the most common fighter fielded by the Cylons.
JOHN LEARY’S VERSION
(GZG–L 6 May 2001)
Cylon Raiders only have 3 Combat Endurance
Factors, rather than 6, and all Cylon Raider squadrons are treated
as flown by 'Green' (Turkey) pilots, and thus roll 1 less dice than
the number of fighters in the group. When attacking, they only hit
on a roll of 6, and only inflict 1 Damage Point (vs. ships), or 1
kill (vs. fighters). On the other
hand, they do not check for morale.
A group of 6 Cylon Raiders costs 6 points (1 point each).
These weapons roll to hit as vortex (pulse)
torpedoes, but their damage is handled differently. When they hit,
roll 1D6:
Roll
Damage Caused
1
Screens hit — one screen (or holofield) generator is damaged.
2
Fire control hit — one fire control system is damaged.
3
Weapons hit — all beam weapons and PDS must make a 4+ threshold
check to avoid being damaged.
4
Weapons hit — all non-beam weapons, including Salvo Missile
Launchers, magazines, and fighter bays on board must make a 4+
threshold check to avoid being damaged.
5
Engines hit — the ship lurches as the engines are damaged.
6
Hull damage — the ship takes d6 damage, as per a normal Pulse
Torpedo hit.
All damaged systems may be fixed with Damage Control Parties as usual.
Plasma torpedoes have the same mass/points cost as
vortex torpedoes, and can be purchased as small, standard, or large
systems with the same effect on range.
ICONS (example): (1–arc)
(3–arc)
Comments/Analysis:
[Oerjan] The Plasma Torpedo is an EMP weapon which
takes out random internal systems. IMO a "generic EMP gun" would be
better than this letter-for-letter translation of GW's weapon.
All Starblazers fighters appear to have atmospheric capability.
In this section, there will be a brief description of each fighter type,
followed by one or more interpretations of the fighter in Full Thrust
terms.
BLACK TIGER
The Black Tiger Fighter is the most common fighter carried by the
Argo/Yamato.
Treat the Black Tiger as a Multirole (Standard)
fighter, except that it will only inflict 1 Damage Point to a ship
on a roll of 6.
A group of 6 Black Tiger fighter costs 12 points (2 points each).
COSMO TIGER II
The Tiger II Fighter is a strike fighter carried by the
Argo/Yamato.
Treat the Tiger II as a Multirole (Standard)
fighter.
The Vortex Torpedo is available in Light, Medium, and Heavy versions. The
Medium Vortex Torpedo is treated as a Pulse Torpedo (see Fleet
Book 1, page 7), while the Light Vortex Torpedo is treated as a
Short Range Pulse Torpedo
Launcher, and the Heavy Vortex Torpedo is treated as a Long Range Pulse Torpedo
Launcher.
(1–arc)
(3–arc)
