Name: Galileo
Type: Shuttlecraft Year: 2258 Background: Starfleet shuttle, attached to the Enterprise. Spock led a mission with Galileo to investigate the Murasaki 312 Quasar. Mission Crew included Chief Engineer Scott, Doctor McCoy, Pilot Latimer, Yeoman Rand, Officers Geatano and Boma.
The shuttle crashed landed on the surface of Taurus II due to ionic interference. With their chance of rescue low Spock ordered the attempt to repair the shuttle, using their phasers to restore a bare minimum of power. Latimer was speared by a local. They recovered his body but the native population attacked the shuttle with their considerable strength. They were dissuaded from further attacks by an electric pulse from the shuttle.
The Galileo was able to take off but their weight was too heavy to establish orbit. They were spotted by Uhura, who had a stolen a shuttle in an attempt to find them directly. The Galileo was presumably abandoned on the surface and destroyed.
Appeared in Star Trek Ongoing Vol. 1 "The Galileo Seven", IDW Comics
