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
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" 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]]
Previous Next Fall of the Twelve Colonies Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards Battle of the Communications Relay

Sometime during their attack on the Twelve Colonies the Cylons attack the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards with numerous Raider squadrons, which are armed with nuclear weapons. At least three battlestars and several support vessels are destroyed in the assault.

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

While tethered to its dock, Pegasus is attacked by waves of Raiders and struck by multiple missiles. The resulting damage causes the explosion of fuel and ordnance on the hangar decks, and leads to over 700 casualties. Admiral Cain orders a hasty departure, and as the reverse thrusters fire, the ship tears itself free from remaining umbilicals and the burning dock superstructure.

With Pegasus's defenses down and two nuclear missile inbound, Cain orders the CIC crew to spin up the FTL drive and perform a blind jump: "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 avoid a collision with a celestial body (which can occur when attempting to jump without predetermined coordinates). Furthermore, their escape is made possible by electromagnetic interference from the nuclear detonations that disrupts the Cylon DRADIS, and masks the battlestar's escape jump ("Pegasus", "Razor").

See also

• Scorpion Fleet Shipyards, for information on the ships present at the shipyard.

Re-imagined Series definition: the process of using the FTL engines to make an near-instantaneous apparent faster-than-light transport of a ship from one point in space to another