SS Mariposa
| SS Mariposa | |
|---|---|
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| Class | DY-500 class |
| Registry | NAR-7678 |
| Affiliation | Earth |
| Status | Destroyed (22nd century) |
The SS Mariposa (NAR-7678), was a 22nd century DY-500 class colony ship. The vessel took its name from the Spanish word meaning "butterfly."
The Mariposa was of United Nations registry. She was loaded and launched from Earth's Baikonur Cosmodrome on November 27, 2123. Gross vehicle mass was 3,000 metric tons.
Command crew
- Captain Walter Granger
- First Officer Snodgrass
- Chief Engineer Winrich Kolbe
Cargo manifest
- 225 Yoshimitsu computers
- 5 monitor beacon satellites
- 700 cellular commlinks
- 50 spinning wheels
- Several animal livestock, including: cattle, chickens, ducks and pigs
Mission
At the time of launch, the Mariposa was transporting two groups of settlers on a colonization expedition to the "Ficus" sector, a destination that was not made entirely clear, at least according to Starfleet Research during the 24th century.
The first group of settlers were Irish Neo-Transcendentalists, who set up a low-tech colony on the planet Bringloid V. The second group was a collection of technology savvy scientists, destined for the planet Mariposa, located half a light year away from Bringloid V.
When the Mariposa began its planetary descent, the ship's hull was breached and only five of the original colonists survived. The survivors used cloning to build the society of the Mariposa colony.
Both colonies were forgotten on Earth, as no missions were recorded in or near the Ficus Sector at the time. Over two centuries later, in 2365, Bringloid V sent out a distress signal, and both colonies were found.
