Mariposans
Ancient Technological Engineering and Cultural Legacy; Interstellar Colonization and Protective SystemsDescription
The Mariposans constitute a formerly spacefaring civilization responsible for deploying advanced protective devices—most notably a distress satellite and the engineered ‘butterfly ship’—to safeguard and signal migrating colonies. Their material legacy functions as both guardian technology and origin myth for descendant communities (including the Bringloidi). The group’s internal hierarchy is not shown, but their engineering capability and intentional custodial actions drive Starfleet’s forensic deductions and reframe the refugees’ oral history into actionable intelligence.
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Events mentioning this organization
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Ceremonial Welcome, Unsettling Multiples
The away team materializes into a polished reception area and is met by a courteous Granger aide who escorts them toward the prime minister. What …
S2E18
Identicals: Riker's Alarm, Pulaski's Challenge
The away team is greeted but an eerie pattern emerges: multiple identical Mariposans move through the reception area. Riker notices the duplicates, quietly orders Worf …
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Rush to the Cloning Lab — Discovery of Tissue Theft
Geordi's VISOR and Pulaski's tricorder transform a fuzzy suspicion into a moral emergency: the Mariposans lied and Riker and Pulaski are missing epithelial (stomach‑lining) cells …