Mariner (AW)

The Mariner was a serving Alliance Galactic Republic during the Alliance War. After the Battle of Geonosis, it was stationing in a empty zone of space when it was reached by an escape pod departed from the Surprise during hyperspace travel. Passengers were welcomed by s onboard, but those weren't simple Republic troops: they had been infected by Coalition brain worms.

Rescuers were infected too, and immediately the plague spread all through the Mariner. Then an Alliance }, the Hippocrates, under General Kit Fisto, arrived to investigate about the escape pod, just when command bridge fell, fact that was seen by Fisto through holocom. So the Mariner was boarded by Contain Company and the Jedi leader, which immediately aimed to the hyperguide, that he deactivated.

A squad commanded by Contain Captain tried to broke into the command bridge, but it was overwhelmed by the infected. These were very numerous and obliged Alliance troops to retire on the Hippocrates. Gunners on the Mariner tried to shot down the ship during the departure, but they failed and Fisto jumped away. The same was done by the Venator-class, that now was ready to spread brain worms.

Behind the scenes
The Mariner appears in Scenario LXIV of the Alliance universe.