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Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards
	Fall of the Scorpian Ship Yards
	Fall of the Scorpian Ship Yards
Summary
Conflict:	Second Cylon war
Date:	Zero Hour, concurrent with Fall of the Twelve Colonies
Related Episode(s):
Place:	Scorpion Fleet Shipyards
Result:	Decisive Cylon victory
Combatants
Colonial Fleet	Cylons
Commanders
Admiral Helena Cain	Basestar command
Strength
At least 4 battlestars (including Pegasus) and 3 support vessels	Unknown number of basestars and associated Raiders
Materiel Losses
Shipyards, as well as: At least 3 battlestars and 3 other military vessels; 12 Vipers and 2 Raptors from Pegasus's air wing. 12 further craft beyond repair.;	Unknown, minimal
Casualties
At least 723 crewmen lost on Pegasus, plus those lost on other ships.;	Unknown, minimal
Battle Chronology

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Revision as of 14:50, 5 March 2008

Sometime during the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, the Cylons lead an attack on the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards. Utilizing numerous Raider squadrons armed with nuclear missiles, they destroy at least three battlestars and several support vessels.

Pegasus is docked at the shipyards, and about to undergo a three-month systems overhaul, when the attack occurs. In preparation for the refit, all computer networks are shut down, leaving the battlestar largely unaffected by Cylon infiltration of the Command Navigation Program. As the attack occurs, Colonel Belzen reports that all computers are down and that the crew must perform all functions manually.

While tethered to its dock, Pegasus is swarmed by the Raiders and struck by several missiles. Fuel and ordnance ignites on the battlestar's hangar decks, leading to explosions that cause over 700 casualties. Subsequently, Admiral Cain orders the bow reverse thrusters to be fired. Forcefully, the ship tears itself free from the umbilicals of the burning shipyard.

With Pegasuss' defenses still down, and two nuclear missile inbound, Cain deems necessary a hasty departure. She orders the CIC crew to spin up the FTL drive, and to perform a blind jump on her command. "Wherever. Anywhere. Just jump", Cain recounts to Commander Adama and President Roslin in a conversation shortly after Galactica is tracked down by Pegasus, months later.

The blind jump is successful in that it allows Pegasus to escape the Cylons, and to avoid a collision with a celestial body - a considerable risk when jumping without predetermined coordinates. Additionally (and ironically), the very weapons meant to destroy them, aid Cain and her crew in making their escape. Nuclear detonations occurring throughout the shipyard create bursts of electromagnetic radiation that interfere with Cylon DRADIS, masking the battlestar's jump as it flees ("Pegasus", "Razor").

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 In "Pegasus", Cain says "Five ships, two of them battlestars, they were destroyed right there." In "Razor" two battlestars can be clearly seen in the establishing shot of the shipyard, and two ships of Valkyrie's design are destroyed later. Together with the unknown vessel above Pegasus, this makes at least four initial losses, which makes it likely that Cain's comment is an estimate.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 It is unknown whether the large vessel above Pegasus is a designated as a battlestar by the Colonial Fleet.

[numbers1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 In "Pegasus", Cain says "Five ships, two of them battlestars, they were destroyed right there." In "Razor" two battlestars can be clearly seen in the establishing shot of the shipyard, and two ships of Valkyrie's design are destroyed later. Together with the unknown vessel above Pegasus, this makes at least four initial losses, which makes it likely that Cain's comment is an estimate.

[numbers2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 It is unknown whether the large vessel above Pegasus is a designated as a battlestar by the Colonial Fleet.

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-Sometime during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the Cylons lead an attack on the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]. Utilizing numerous [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] squadrons capable of launching nuclear missiles, they destroy at least three battlestars and several support vessels.
+Sometime during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the Cylons lead an attack on the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]. Utilizing numerous [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] squadrons armed with nuclear missiles, they destroy at least three battlestars and several support vessels.
 ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' is docked at the shipyards, and about to undergo a three-month systems overhaul, when the attack occurs. In preparation for the refit, all computer networks are shut down, leaving the battlestar largely unaffected by Cylon infiltration of the [[Command Navigation Program]]. As the attack occurs, Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen|Belzen]] reports that all computers are down and that the crew must perform all functions manually.
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 While tethered to its dock, ''Pegasus'' is swarmed by the Raiders and struck by several missiles. Fuel and ordnance ignites on the battlestar's hangar decks, leading to explosions that cause over 700 casualties. Subsequently, Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] orders the bow reverse thrusters to be fired. Forcefully, the ship tears itself free from the umbilicals of the burning shipyard.
-With ''Pegasus''' defenses still down, and two nuclear missile inbound, Cain deems necessary a hasty departure. She orders the [[CIC]] crew to spin up the [[FTL]] drive, and to perform a [[blind jump]] on her command. "Wherever. Anywhere. Just jump", Cain recounts to Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] in a conversation shortly after ''Galactica'' is tracked down by ''Pegasus'', months later.
+With ''Pegasus''s' defenses still down, and two nuclear missile inbound, Cain deems necessary a hasty departure. She orders the [[CIC]] crew to spin up the [[FTL]] drive, and to perform a [[blind jump]] on her command. "Wherever. Anywhere. Just jump", Cain recounts to Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] in a conversation shortly after ''Galactica'' is tracked down by ''Pegasus'', months later.
-The blind jump is successful in that it allows ''Pegasus'' to escape the Cylons, and to avoid a collision with a celestial body - a considerable risk when jumping without predetermined coordinates. Additionally (and ironically), the very weapons meant to destroy them, aid Cain and her crew in making their escape. Nuclear detonations occurring throughout the shipyard initiate bursts of [[EMP|electromagnetic radiation]] that interfere with Cylon [[DRADIS]], masking the battlestar's jump as it flees ("[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", "[[Razor]]").
+The blind jump is successful in that it allows ''Pegasus'' to escape the Cylons, and to avoid a collision with a celestial body - a considerable risk when jumping without predetermined coordinates. Additionally (and ironically), the very weapons meant to destroy them, aid Cain and her crew in making their escape. Nuclear detonations occurring throughout the shipyard create bursts of [[EMP|electromagnetic radiation]] that interfere with Cylon [[DRADIS]], masking the battlestar's jump as it flees ("[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", "[[Razor]]").
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