Whilst the Cylons liked to throw Baseships at all their opponents, sometimes it just was not feasible or possible. Building a Baseship consumes a large amount of resources, and in times of great combat or exploration, resources can get scarce and Baseships tend to get produced at a much slower rate.

As a result of this, the Cylons constructed what was dubbed the Lethe Class Halfship. To the Cylons, it was termed just another Baseship - as they liked to call all their ships - and construction was literally just half a Baseship. Half the engine capacity, half the fighter bays, half the crew. One slight twist though was that the weaponry was not exactly halved - the defensive laser batteries were reduced while the heavier pulsar lasers were actually increased.

Whilst available in some numbers, the Lethe Class Halfship was generally delegated to rear end duties in non-hostile zones.

The Halfship was drawn and designed by Thomas Robson, SSD drawn by Sean Driscoll.

Halfships have one large shuttle bay. The bay has two launch tubes ([J1.54] which will propel a fighter flight to speed 12 and can launch in any direction) and the equivalent of a standard shuttle hatch (launching and landing from any direction).
The shuttle bay is large enough to accept yachts.
The Halfship has a hyperspeed multiplier of x1.

The Halfship may rotate under the variant rules.

Cylon Lethe Class Halfship boarding diagram:

There is always a guard in area A.

Master Ship Chart Extract:

Annex #7B: Ships able to land on planets

This ship may land on a planet via Powered landings (P2.434).

Annex #7G: Carrier information & Annex #7N: Missile reloads