SS Santa Maria
The SS Santa Maria (BDR-529) was a 24th century Federation  personnel transport. Santa Maria was sent out to colonize Gemulon V in 2360. En route to her destination, the ship developed life support problems and crash landed on a planet in the Orellius system for repairs. Once the ship landed, all of its systems failed due to a duonetic field, and the ship's passengers and crew became stranded. Stripped of all technology, the ship was used as living quarters for the colonists, who affectionately renamed it "The Cabin".

In 2370, bio-signs from the planet were discovered by Commander Sisko and Chief O'Brien aboard the . They also fell victim to the duonetic field, said to be caused by nearby deposits of astatine. Upon further investigation, it was determined that the field was artificially created by the community leader, Alixus. She revealed that the isolated planet they had landed on was purposely chosen, months in advance, because it was far away from any trade routes. ()

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Background information
The Santa Maria was named for the largest of Christopher Columbus' sailing ships on his voyage to the "New World." ()

The registry number for the Santa Maria, BDR-529, was an in-joke: it was the license plate of the "" in  [[movie]. (Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 251))

The same registry appeared in a traffic control graphic created for the Starbase Yorktown command center, but not seen in the final copy of . According to the graphic, this vessel was visiting the station and had its waiver approved. The graphic can be seen at g-creative.com.

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