Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards

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
[[Colonial battles chronology ({{{series}}})\|Battle Chronology]]

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Sometime during the Fall of the Twelve Colonies the Cylons attack the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards. They launch several nuclear weapons and utilize numerous Raider squadrons in the attack. Five Colonial Fleet ships, including two battlestars, are destroyed at the onset of the struggle.

Pegasus is dry docked at the shipyards when the attack occurs, having been scheduled to undergo a three month systems overhaul. With all of its computer networks taken off-line in preparation for the refit, the battlestar is largely unaffected by Cylon infiltration of the Command Navigation Program; only the defense grid and navigational computer are compromised.

Pegasus is struck by multiple Cylon batteries during the attack. The damage is severe enough to initiate an explosion of fuel and ordnance on the hangar decks, causing over 700 casualties.

With no defensive options, and destruction imminent, Admiral Cain orders the CIC crew to activate the FTL system and engage in a blind jump: "Wherever. Anywhere. Just jump", Cain recalls to Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin in a conversation shortly after Galactica encounters her battlestar months later. The blind jump is successful in that Pegasus escapes both the Cylon attack and the chance of collision with a celestial body. Additionally, Pegasus's escape is aided by an electro-magnetic pulse that blinds the Cylon DRADIS and makes them oblivious to the battlestar's survival.

According to ("Pegasus") Cain attempted to retrieves as many civilian and military staff from the shipyard as possible. However, in ("Razor"), Cain was away from CIC when the Pegasus was first struck and her first order when she returned was to get the ship underway.

Notes

The electro-magnetic pulse mentioned in the article is not a true EMP. See the EMP article for further details.
One of the destroyed battlestars is of Galactica's type. Two others appear to be of the same or a similar design as Valkyrie.

References

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- 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 that appear to be of Valkyrie's design are destroyed later. This makes at least four, which makes it likely that Cain's comment refers not to the total number of ships present, but the ones destroyed in the opening salvos of the battle.
- It is unknown if the large vessel above Pegasus is a designated as a battlestar by the Colonial Fleet.

[numbers-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 that appear to be of Valkyrie's design are destroyed later. This makes at least four, which makes it likely that Cain's comment refers not to the total number of ships present, but the ones destroyed in the opening salvos of the battle.

It is unknown if the large vessel above Pegasus is a designated as a battlestar by the Colonial Fleet.

[2] In "Pegasus", Cain says "Five ships, two of them battlestars, they were destroyed right there."

[3] In "Razor" two battlestars can be clearly seen in the establishing shot of the shipyard, and two ships that appear to be of Valkyrie's design are destroyed later. This makes at least four, which makes it likely that Cain's comment refers not to the total number of ships present, but the ones destroyed in the opening salvos of the battle.

[4] It is unknown if the large vessel above Pegasus is a designated as a battlestar by the Colonial Fleet.

[1]