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Wilson Granger, Mariposan

Wilson Granger, Mariposan Prime minister

Mariposans were a group of humans that established the Mariposa colony in the Ficus sector in the mid-22nd century after their ship, the SS Mariposa, crash-landed on a planet there.

Although the original colonists were technology saavy scientists, only 5 survived the landing. Determined to maintain the colony, the scientists turned to cloning to perpetuate their culture.

After being lost to history, Starfleet rediscovered the colony in 2365 after answering a distress call from nearby Bringloid V. By this time, the Mariposan society had begun to suffer from replicative fading and was facing a crisis that could ultimately threaten their survival.

As a solution, Captain Jean-Luc Picard proposed merging Mariposa colony with the colonists from Bringloid V. Initially the Mariposans, who after centuries of non-sexual reproduction had begun to consider physical contact abhorrent, refused the proposal. However, once it became clear that such a compromise might be the only hope for their society, Mariposan prime minister Wilson Granger agreed to the solution. (TNG: "Up the Long Ladder")

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