I noticed on the first episode of the new series after the Cylon attack, Starbuck was told that they had lost 30 battlestars. Starbuck replied "that's a quarter of the fleet". Does this mean that there are approximately 120 battlestars in the fleet? Also, if they had lost a quarter of the fleet, what has happened to the rest of the battlestars?
Another question I have pertains to the amount of Vipers aboard a battlestar. A landing bay is noted as being about 2000 feet long which is about the size of 2 aircraft carriers. Our present day aircraft carriers carry about 85 aircraft most of which are larger than a Viper. I would assume with landing bays that large, a bay can handle at least twice the 85 aircraft load of an aircraft carrier. Why does it seem that they only have 40 to 50 Vipers? I'm comparing an aircraft carrier with 85 aircraft to support it with a battlestar that is 4 times it's length and many times the bulk carrying about 50 Vipers? It doesn't make sense.
Thank you for your time.
Mike michael99646@yahoo.com