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 3 battlestars (including Pegasus), 3 support vessels	Unknown number of basestars and associated Raiders
Materiel Losses
At least 2 battlestars and 3 other military vessels	Unknown, minimal
Casualties
Approx. 700 crewmen lost on Pegasus, plus those lost on other ships	Unknown, minimal
[[Colonial battles chronology ({{{series}}})\|Battle Chronology]]

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During the Fall of the Twelve Colonies the Cylons attack the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards with large forces. The shipyards are hit with several nuclear weapons and attacked by numerous Cylon Raider squadrons. Five Colonial Fleet ships, including two battlestars, are destroyed instantly.

Pegasus is dry docked at the shipyards when the attack occurrs, having been scheduled to undergo a three month systems overhaul. The ship has all computer networks taken off-line in preparation for the overhaul, and is therefor 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 approximately 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 colliding with celestial bodies. 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.

Cain retrieved as many civilian and military staff from the shipyard as she could, and into the relative safety of her battlestar ("Pegasus", "Razor").

Notes

The electro-magnetic pulse mentioned in the article is not a true EMP. See the EMP article for further details.
At least one of the destroyed battlestars is of Galactica's type.