Scorpio (Blake's 7)
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| Scorpio | |
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 Scorpio a Wanderer-Class transport |
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| First appearance | Rescue |
| Last appearance | Blake |
| Status | Destroyed in episode "Blake" |
| General Characteristics | |
| Defences | Minimal armor plating |
| Propulsion | Experimental photonic drive |
The Scorpio is a spaceship featured throughout the fourth season of the science fiction television series Blake's 7.
Originally the ship was owned by a scavenger named Dorian, who had a base on the planet Xenon. After Dorian was killed by the crew of the recently-destroyed starship Liberator, they took over the base and ship and started using it for their own purposes.
Unlike the Liberator, which could do battle with the Terran Federation's finest warships, the Scorpio was disadvantaged in almost every way conceivable when compared to the Federation's ships. It was slow, ungainly and had no weaponry. In the episode "Stardrive", however, Scorpio was fitted with an experimental photonic drive which greatly increased her speed to Time Distort 12, but retreat was always the order of the day whenever they faced the Federation, as the ship was better equipped to "flee" rather than to fight.
In its favour, though, the ship did have a teleport system, which Dorian had never been able to complete. Avon and Orac were able to complete it with a dynamon crystal. The ship also had an intelligent computer named Slave, which always tried to be helpful, but usually ended up just being sorry. Slave's aloof and servile personality occasionally irritated the crew.
The ship was shot down in orbit of the planet Gauda Prime and destroyed upon crash-landing during the events of the series finale episode "Blake". The crew escaped by teleporting out, apart from Tarrant who was seriously injured by the crash, but survived.
The ship's interior was designed by Roger Cann, and the model was designed by Jim Francis.
| Blake's 7 |
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| Blake's 7 – The Television Series |
| History of Blake's 7 | List of Blake's 7 episodes | Blake's 7 actors |
| The Blake's 7 Universe |
| Terran Federation | Liberator | Scorpio | Planets | Intergalacic War |
| Roj Blake | Kerr Avon | Vila Restal | Jenna Stannis | Olag Gan | Cally | Zen | Orac | Dayna Mellanby | Del Tarrant | Soolin | Slave | Servalan | Travis |
