EAS Hyperion

EAS Hyperion

The Earth Alliance Starship Hyperion in 2258
First appearance	"A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 2"
Affiliation	Earth Alliance
General characteristics
Class	Hyperion-class heavy cruiser
Fighters	Starfuries
Auxiliary craft	Shuttles
Defenses	Interceptors
Propulsion	Sublight engines Jump engines
Length	1,025.39 m (3,364.1 ft)

The EAS Hyperion is a fictional starship in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. The EAS Hyperion is seen in the first season two part episode "A Voice in the Wilderness". EAS Hyperion is under the command of Captain Ellis Pierce (Ron Canada) at the time.

The EAS Hyperion is a Hyperion-class heavy cruiser. Built in the 2240s, EAS Hyperion is one of the few EarthForce ships to survive the Earth-Minbari war.

The Hyperion was one of the ships which formed the convoy with the mission of exploring the Minbari frontier to gather information. Other ships included the EAS Prometheus, the EAS Amundsen, and some other ships. The convoy encountered a Minbari convoy, and the captain of the Earth fleet panicked and ordered all ships to fire. When the Minbari ships returned fire the Hyperion was hit hard, her observation bridge and upper plasma turret were damaged. She nevertheless managed to escape to hyperspace along with the rest of the fleet. The Hyperion fled with the fleet to the Vega space outpost for repairs. It is not clear whether the Hyperion was only slightly damaged or was put into drydock on Earth for the repairs, but she was not at the Vega outpost when the Minbari fleet destroyed the outpost in retaliation. There is no information of the Hyperion's performance during the war apart from that she survived and was present at the Battle of the Line surviving it too.

In 2258, Babylon 5 crew discovered the Great Machine underneath the surface of Epsilon III, the planet the station was in orbit of. Varn, who served as the CPU for the machine was dying. He was rescued by Commanders Jeffrey Sinclair and Susan Ivanova.