Gagarin

The ***Gagarin*** is a large transport dropship owned by the Eligius Corporation which originated from Earth. It is a prisoner transport ship from the mining ship, *Eligius IV*. It is the only transport ship used to get to *Eligius IV*.

It is now used by *Wonkru* for transportation.

## History

Before the First Nuclear Apocalypse, the dropship was constructed with strong materials and 4 thrusters to be able to land or to launch on rough terrains and to be able to dock and fuel on Eligius IV. The dropship was loaded with missiles to be able to destroy rocks or rough obstacles. The ship has computer systems in the "bridge" which can control the cryopods, the docking bay doors and other technologies on Eligius IV.

Six years and seven days after Praimfaya, a ship descends down on Earth's surface. It was formerly involved with the mining of the asteroid *Proxima 6* and the transportation of humans to and from the Asteroid Mining Penal Colony. It was, at first, misinterpreted by Clarke Griffin to be the ship carrying Bellamy and the others back to Earth.

## Throughout the Series

The *Gagarin* lands on Earth, carrying prisoners from Cell Block B. This was witnessed by Clarke and Madi.

After the *Gagarin* lands on Earth, Charmaine Diyoza, along with the other prisoners have entered outside on the ground.

Clarke and Bellamy, along with Diyoza and the other prisoners flew on the *Gagarin* towards Polis, where they manage to dig out and open the Second Dawn Bunker. Before releasing everyone else in the bunker, Octavia first comes out of the bunker and sees the *Gagarin* on the ruins of Polis. After Diyoza and the other prisoners betray *Wonkru* and holds Abby and Kane hostage, they leave on the *Gagarin* as it lifts up and flies back to *Eligius IV* and the Shallow Valley.

The prisoners on the *Gagarin*, along with Miles Shaw spots *Wonkru* marching to the desert towards the Valley. Later, on the *Gagarin*, as the prisoners began torturing Raven Reyes and John Murphy, Shaw intervenes and stops them. After the prisoners leave the room, Shaw helps Murphy escape from the *Gagarin*, while Raven stays behind. Later, when Diyoza, Shaw, and Paxton McCreary are flying the *Gagarin*, they began to launch a missile and fires at the *Wonkru* camp. However, some of the *Wonkru* members survived the sandstorm.

The *Gagarin* begins sending food supplies and a message to Wonkru, offering them peace and shelter at the Shallow Valley. Later, the *Wonkru* members defect towards the *Gagarin*, in order to head towards Shallow Valley, but were put into shock collars.

Clarke shows McCreary the satellite screen in the *Gagarin*.

Raven and Shaw are imprisoned in the *Gagarin* and McCreary and the prisoners brings them out.

Raven is being forced to fly the *Gagarin* after Shaw is being tortured. As Raven is about to fly the ship, Clarke intervenes, with holding Diyoza at gunpoint. Realizing Wonkru were about to win, McCreary decides to bomb the Shallow Valley and tries to get Raven and Shaw to fly the *Gagarin*, but however, Clarke, Raven, and Shaw manages to overpower McCreary and his men and kill them. As the bomb is about to destroy the Shallow Valley, Wonkru, Spacekru, and the prisoners went on board the *Gagarin* and fly up to space as they escape the explosion and the destruction of the valley.

After Eligius IV arrived above the habitable moon, Bellamy, Clarke, Echo, Murphy, Miller, Jackson, Emori and Shaw use the Gagarin to land on the moon. Once they make it to a village on the moon, the Gagarin is stolen by four Primes.

The second expedition crew lands the Gagarin in the same place the first expedition crew did.

It is being guarded by Diyoza, Gaia and Madi. A cult group called the Children of Gabriel spies on them. Diyoza flings her knife towards the woods, killing a cult member.

Later, the Gagarin can be seen landing onto Sanctum.

The Gagarin can be seen through the window of the palace on Sanctum as it takes off to Eligius IV, as Abby has gone back to make Nightblood again.

The Gagarin is used by Russell Lightbourne, Simone Lightbourne and Clarke Griffin (posing as Josephine Lightbourne) to go to Eligius IV with Raven, Madi and Gaia as hostages.

Clarke, Madi, Raven, Gaia, Indra, Niylah, James, Russel and *Wonkru* members use the Gagarin to return to Sanctum after securing Eligius IV.

## Notes and Trivia

* The name "*Gagarin"* could derive from the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin.
* Currently, this ship is the only transportation able to fly to the Mothership from the ground.
* People can control Eligius IV from the transport ship such as cryopods, docking bay doors and other mechanics.
* This dropship may be similar to the one that was used on Eligius III.