Modernization Program (D8)

While the Admiralty has always attempted to stay state of the art, the Modernization Program was a program designed to modernization the Colonial Fleet with state of the art warships.

Backstory
With the downsizing of the fleet, the Admiralty decides to modernization with the fleet. The Fleet Modernization Act was passed to allow for the extra funded for research into new designed. The first new designed was the Fenris Class Battlestar. Because of delay in funding only the Steyr Class Frigate has been built in larger number with twelve of them enters service before Operation Homecoming.

Fenris Class Battlestar
The first class planned in the Modernization Program but because of delay funding the Fenris only came into service only three months before the Cylon attack. The other ship of the class, the Marathon came into service two months before Operation Homecoming.

Fenris

Marathan

Ovidius Class Light Battlestar
The Ovidius Class Light Battlestar was designed for the replacement for the Valkyire Class Light Battlestar. The Ovidius is the only battlestar to come into service before Operation Homecoming. Her fate is unknown.

Ovidius

Hyperion Bay Class Heavy Cruiser
The Hyperion Bay Class Heavy Cruiser Mark II is an updated version of the original Hyperion Bay Class Heavy Cruiser Mark I. Only four has enters service before Operation Homecoming. Hyperion Bay Mark II enters service four months before Operation Homecoming.

Hyperion Bay - Mark II

Ashigara

Furutaka

Kinugasa

Nebraska Class Destroyer
The Nebraska Class Destroyer is a state-of-art destroyer. Name after Admiral Geroge C. Nebraska. Only six Nebraska has enters service before Operation Homecoming. Nebraska enters service six months before Operation Homecoming.

Nebraska

Mitchell

Woodward

McDougal

Powell

Stein

Steyr Class Frigate
Steyr Class Frigate is state-of-art frigate, and the smaller ship of the Modernization Program. Only twelve of them has enters service before Operation Homecoming. Steyr enters service eight months before Operation Homecoming.

Steyr

Other Designs
Some of the other designs under the modernization program was classify by the Admiralty or was not part of the original plan designs but was developed over time.

Columbia Class Batttlestar
The Columbia was going to be the second Fenris Class Battlestar however because of changed in construction it was reclassify as it own class. However, only two, the Columbia, and the Galactica was under construction at the time of Operation Homecoming because of delaying in funding.

Columbia (Under Construction)

Galactica (Under Construction)

Athena (Planned)

Acropolis (Planned)

Atlantia (Planned)

Cerberus (Planned)

Pacifica (Planned)

Pegasus (Planned)

Prometheus (Planned)

Rycon (Planned)

Triton (Planned)

Solaria (Planned)

Thermopylae Class Battlestar
Thermoplyae

Redemption Class Battlestar
Redemption

Spartan Class Battlestar
Spartan 

Leonidas

Stalingrad Class Heavy Carrier
Stalingrad

Cimitar - Under Construction

Coral Sea - Under Construction

Cosmora - Plan

Dragonhead Nebula (Dragonhead) - Plan

Glennon - Plan

Guam - Plan Jutland Belt (Jutland) - Plan

Leyte Gulf (Leyte) - Plan

Nerio - Plan

Phuket - Plan

Samar - Plan

Skjod Class Corvette
Original planned to be a another class the Skjod Class Corvette however because of the Steyr Class Frigate, it was felt that the Skjod Class Corvette would not be needed and so the Class was cancel even before the prototype was construction. All funding for the Skjod Class Corvette was transfer to the Steyr Class Frigate.