USCSS Patna (Earth-7149)

The USCSS Patna was a Conestoga-class destroyer used by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. In August 2563, it was commanded by Michael Bishop and science operatives of Weyland-Yutani's science division to travel to Fiorina 161 in the hopes of acquiring the xenomorph Queen gestating within Ellen Ripley.

History
After Superintendent Harold Andrews contacted the Weyland-Yutani Corporation about Ellen Ripley having crash-landed on Fiorina 161, the company sent the USCSS Patna, which was stationed on Bhuj, to extract her from the colony. The ship carried Weyland-Yutani's science division head Michael Bishop and a team of scientists and combat Replicant to recover Ripley and the xenomorph on the planet.

Six hours after arriving in the Neroid system, the Patna entered the atmosphere of Fiorina 161 and the Weyland-Yutani team moved to the surface aboard a D77-TC Pelican. Their mission was a failure, however, as the xenomorph had already been killed by Ripley and the surviving inmates of the Fiorina 161 Class C Work Correctional Unit, and later Ripley killed herself to prevent ONI from acquiring the Queen that gestated within her. Bishop and the team then departed from the planet, taking with them Robert Morse, the only survivor of the incident that transpired on the facility.

Crew

 * Major Michael Bishop
 * Dr. Hi Matsushita

Trivia

 * The Patna is named after the SS Patna from the Joseph Conrad novel Lord Jim.