Talk:The Ark/Dropships/@comment-73.38.65.48-20151125204048/@comment-63.152.33.130-20170717111430

I just watched episode 1.12 'We Are Grounders: Part 1' and Jaha definitely says that there are NO dropships left (even though they had not sent anymore to the ground after Diana's mutiny), so I think your explanation fits the best.

The Mutiny was only supposed to take one drop ship, but they were rushed. They only had 50% capacity and they didn't have time to decouple. They decided to be selfish and tear the entire group of dropships, along with the water and electricity, plus other systems, off so they could be the first to leave. It is also most likely why they failed upon entry, because they would have been hooked to more equipment than they originally planned.