The Poseidonova Class Battleship was original built as a super tanker/freighter but when the Cylon Revolt, 12 of the 48 members class was conversion into a battleship to help fight the Cylon. The Poseidonova Super Tanker/Freighter had service the colonies for years coming into service around 70 BTF, however by the time of the Cylon War they was an older design and was thought prefect for conversion because of the larger number. However during the conversion of the first block major design flaw was discover.