ScSS Jules Verne

The ScSS Jules Verne was an old Alexander-MkI Class starship in the service of Star Command and the Alliance that was the impitus for the Podrink 452 Incident.
Almost a hundred years before the Podrink 452 Incident it had been a proud starship that had been Yeoman Ali Akbar Muharrah's first assignment out of Star Command Academy, patrolling the Charon Ex Inpheris Spaceway in the Outer Core of the Alliance near the Nostluhk Dominion boarder.
By 328AE the Jules Verne had been retired to a salvage yard within the Alliance for many years. But as the retirement of now Senator Ali Akbar Muharrah approached, after eighty years or so of service to the Alliance, it was thought fitting that his farewell ceremony be on board the Jules Verne, sailing along the same route that his first assignment in service as an officer of Star Command had been. The Jules Verne was pulled from mothballs and refitted with a skeleton crew and just enough amenities to see it through the ceremony, most non-esential systems did not work, and it did not even have an overdrive core.
In Ustinoq Captain Alberto del Rodriguez was given a skeleton crew and sent out with the Jules Verne where the Senator was able to pilot the ship and then a massive influx of VIP's came aboard for a farewell reception. Those on board included business leaders, Ambassadors, charity workers, Senators, Star Command admiralty and dozens of journalists covering the ceremony. Admiral's Guinevere Bourbon and Li Po Yu were both amongst those on board as was the wife of the Vice-President.  
Then the ship was attacked by Trict warships from the Nostluhk Dominion. The ship was captured and those aboard kidnapped and taken back to the Podrink 452 System. The Jules Verne was never seen again and the kidnapping of the crew and passengers turned into what became known as the Podrink 452 Incident.
The ship appears in the book Oblivion.
Behind-The-Scenes
The Jules Verne is named for the famous science fiction and fantasy author.