SS Botany Bay

SS Botany Bay was a DY-100 class sleeper ship. The ship was used by Khan Noonien Singh and his followers to escape Earth following the Eugenics Wars of the 1990s.

The ship was developed under top secret conditions by the United States of America in the 1990s. The technology was taken in part from the Ferengi shuttle that belonged to Quark after it had traveled back in time and crashed on Earth in 1947. Some technology, such as the specifications for the impulse engines were provided by Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln. (TOS novel The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2).

In 1996 Shannon O'Donnell and Roberta Lincoln launched the Botany Bay from its secret launch facility into Earth orbit. Roberta instructed O'Donnell to maintain that she was under Ferengi mind control when questioned, and then tranquilized her. Afterwards Khan and his folowers were taken on board the ship. After Khan named the ship, Khan and 84 of his followers were put into stasis while Gary Seven put the ship on course for a class M world approximately 100 light years from Earth. (TOS novel The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2).

The ship was found adrift by the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) in 2268. Khan was the first to be revived when the Botany Bay detected the landing party from the Enterprise. Further examinations revealed that 12 of the stasis pods had malfunctioned during the ship's long journey, leaving 42 men and 30 women alive. Khan revived the remainder of the crew in an attempt to commandeer the Enterprise, but he ultimately failed. (TOS episode Space Seed). Portions of the Botany Bay were then used as shelters when Khan and his followers were allowed to colonize Ceti Alpha V. (TOS movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan).