Editing Destruction of Picon Fleet Headquarters

{{Battle Data
|image=BSGD - Attack on Picon.png
|description= A Cylon fleet bombards Picon from orbit.
|conflict={{dis|First Cylon War|Deadlock}}
|date=
|place={{dis|Picon|Deadlock}}
|epi=''[[Battlestar Galactica Deadlock]]''
|result=Cylon Victory
* [[Picon Fleet Headquarters]] is destroyed.
* A majority of the Admiralty is killed.
* Other substantial operational setbacks.
|combatant1=[[Colonial Fleet]]
|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
|co1=
|co2=
|strength1= Unknown
|strength2=Multiple [[Basestar]]s and ''[[Cerberus]]es''
|shiploss1=[[Picon Fleet Headquarters]], plus other unknown materiel losses.
|shiploss2=Unknown
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
|prev=[[Day One]]
|next=[[Chapter One - Daidalos|Chapter 1 - ''Daidalos'']]
|series=Deadlock
}}
The '''Destruction of Picon Fleet Headquarters'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> takes place during the [[First Cylon War]]. In one of the many attacks during the war, [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] launch a devastating orbital bombardment on [[Picon]], targeting both [[Picon Fleet Headquarters]] and multiple capital cities on the colony.

==Background==

Understanding the threat of the new ''[[Jupiter (Deadlock)|Jupiter]]''-class [[battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s, Cylons decide to attack Picon to target [[Picon Fleet Headquarters]], the seat of [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]s leadership. This is days before ''Jupiter''-class battlestar ''[[Athena (Deadlock)|Athena]]'', assigned to Picon as per the [[Articles of Colonization]], is set for delivery and deployment to Picon.

==Attack==

The Cylons are able to launch a massive orbital bombardment, destroying Fleet Headquarters and many capital cities. Picon is in flames, the admiralty is annihilated, leading to the greatest potential of defeat that the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] have ever been accustomed to. 

=== Related Video ===

{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhfWETR_uI8|alignment=center|description=<div style="text-align:center;">Segment describing the attack on Picon.</div>|urlargs=start=80&end=108&loop=1}}

{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttr9Iq1K9zc|alignment=center|description=<div style="text-align:center;">Segment describing the attack on Picon as part of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica Deadlock]]: Season One Finale Trailer''.</div>|urlargs=start=73&end=86&loop=1}}

==Aftermath==
Rear Admiral [[Lucinda Cain]] assumes command of [[Colonial Fleet]] from ''[[Daidalos]]'', doubling both as the construction center for [[Project Jupiter]] and as the ad-hoc Colonial Fleet Headquarters leading the war effort against Cylon aggression. As she does so, Cylons also launch an attack on ''Daidalos'' and the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] as it [[Flight of Daidalos|prepares to depart for Picon]] (''[[Battlestar Galactica Deadlock]]'').

==Notes==

* It can be inferred that the Cylons attacked Picon knowing that ''Athena'' was days away from deployment, and seizing a window of opportunity presented by its absence.

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