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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
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During the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, the Cylons mount an attack on the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards. With numerous Raider squadrons armed with nuclear missiles, they destroy at least three battlestars and several support vessels (Razor).

Battlestar Pegasus, commanded by Admiral Cain, is docked there 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-infiltrated Command Navigation Program. During the attack, Colonel Belzen reports that all computers are down and that the crew must perform all functions manually.

Tethered to its dock, Pegasus is swarmed by Raiders and struck by several missiles. Fuel and ordnance ignite on the battlestar's hangar decks, causing explosions that cause over 700 casualties. Cain orders a hasty departure from the dock, and the ship fires its reverse thrusters and tears itself free from the burning shipyard's umbilicals.

With Pegasus's defenses still down, and two nuclear missile inbound, Cain orders the CIC crew to spin up the FTL drive and to perform a blind jump on her command, despite the risk of colliding with a celestial body — "Wherever. Anywhere. Just jump", Cain recounts to Commander Adama and President Roslin shortly after Pegasus tracks down Galactica several months later (Pegasus). The nuclear detonations throughout the shipyard create bursts of electromagnetic radiation that mask the jump and fool the Cylons into believing that the ship is destroyed ("Pegasus", "Razor").

References

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

[numbers1-1] 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] It is unknown whether the large vessel above Pegasus is a designated as a battlestar by the Colonial Fleet.

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-During the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the Cylons mount 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.
+During the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the Cylons mount an attack on the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]. With numerous [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] squadrons armed with nuclear missiles, they destroy at least three battlestars and several support vessels ([[Razor]]).
-''[[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.
+Battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', commanded by Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]], is docked there 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-infiltrated [[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.
-While tethered to its dock, ''Pegasus'' is swarmed by 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 and the ship tears itself free from the umbilicals of the burning shipyard.
+Tethered to its dock, ''Pegasus'' is swarmed by Raiders and struck by several missiles. Fuel and ordnance ignite on the battlestar's hangar decks, causing explosions that cause over 700 casualties. Cain orders a hasty departure from the dock, and the ship fires its reverse thrusters and tears itself free from the burning shipyard's umbilicals.
-With ''Pegasus''' defenses still down, and two nuclear missile inbound, Cain determines that a hasty departure is their only means of survival. 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'', several months later.
+With ''Pegasus'''s defenses still down, and two nuclear missile inbound, Cain orders the [[CIC]] crew to spin up the [[FTL]] drive and to perform a [[blind jump]] on her command, despite the risk of colliding with a celestial body — "Wherever. Anywhere. Just jump", Cain recounts to Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] shortly after ''Pegasus'' tracks down ''Galactica'' several months later ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). The nuclear detonations throughout the shipyard create bursts of [[EMP|electromagnetic radiation]] that mask the jump and fool the Cylons into believing that the ship is destroyed ("[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", "[[Razor]]").
-Cain's blind jump is a success primarily because ''Pegasus'' escapes the Cylons, but also because the ship avoids colliding with a celestial body - an event not unlikely 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 and fooling the Cylons into believing that the ship is destroyed ("[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", "[[Razor]]").
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