Battlestar Galactica: Dark Exodus by General Chang http://fanfiction.mediablvd.com/viewstory.php?sid=242&chapter=1
The Battlestar Galactica was at least two kilometrons long; a massive sight to behold as it sailed through the depths of space. She was generally rectangular in shape, with a massive wedged bow section, and a great thruster housing to her stern. To her port and starboard were strut-like appendages which housed multiple smaller craft. These were the launch/recovery bays from which the dart-like Colonial Vipers and other support craft would deploy. The Galactica was graceful in her travels, despite the constant batterings she took in her flight of many yahrens from the Colonials' mortal enemies, the Cylons. This occasion was not much different from any other encounter with their mechanoid persecutors.