The first class of Battlestar ever created, as well as the first ships of the Colonial navy. The Ares Class was created as a sign of unity and peace between the Twelve Colonies, Humans and Cylons... atleast officially. The government wanted to return control of the Colonial Fleet to human hands. This class had advanced computer systems onbord and had a rellativly small crew of humans and Cylons, with around 1960 humans and 310 Cylons. At least 3 ships of this class were built; all of them are thought to have been lost to their Cylon crew when the Cylon war broke out.