I've seen lots of discussion about this topic, but no answer to my question. Target ship(s) gets destroyed - check. Kat goes to sickbay - check. What happens to the Viper?

Since the card doesn't say anything, you could assume:

1. It goes back to the reserves

2. It goes to the damaged reserves

3 It's destroyed.

I could construct lots of arguments as to why any of these are "correct" but which is intended?

Hopefully someone more resourceful will come along with a properly sourced answer, but it's #1. Whenever a pilot is magically removed from a ship (like by revealing as a cylon or using Kat's OPG), the ship goes to the reserves. I seem to remember that the original rulebook was vague or inaccurate on the issue, and the FAQ/errata updated it to this. Sorry too lazy to do the research right now ...

I remember it being #1 as well, but like Holy Outlaw I am far too lazy to look it up.

Core Rulebook, pg 26:
If a player is sent to “Sickbay” or the “Brig” while piloting a viper, he is moved to the appropriate location, and his viper is returned to the Reserves.

I would normally be too lazy also, but I've been staring at a computer at work for 10 hours straight, so any distraction is welcome.

Thanks Skowza. You're alright.

Thanks for the replies. I should have thought to check for a more general rule in the core book. Perhaps one of my only complaints with the game is that every time I play I have to try to juggle three rulebooks to make sure we're doing things even vaguely correctly. One "compiled" rules set for all three sets would have some advantages.

Obfuscator said:

There's nothing holding you back from using the downloadable PDF-rules and compiling them into one booklet by copy&pasting only the sections that you need.

On the other hand, with everyone around here being so incredibly lazy...well, there's your excuse.