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The barely-functional ''Defiant'' responded to the ''Malinche'''s distress call, and provided material assistance for repairs before continuing the search for Eddington. ([[DS9]]: "[[For the Uniform]]")
 
The barely-functional ''Defiant'' responded to the ''Malinche'''s distress call, and provided material assistance for repairs before continuing the search for Eddington. ([[DS9]]: "[[For the Uniform]]")
   
: ''The ship was probably named for [[Wikipedia:La Malinche|La Malinche]], the Mexican woman who assisted Cortés in his conquest of Mexico.''
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: ''The ship is probably named for [[Wikipedia:La Malinche|La Malinche]], the Mexican woman who assisted Cortés in his conquest of Mexico.''
   
 
[[Category:Starships|Malinche]]
 
[[Category:Starships|Malinche]]

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USS Malinche

The Malinche disabled near the Badlands.

The USS Malinche (NCC-38997) was an Excelsior-class Federation starship in the 24th century.

In 2373, the Malinche was commanded by Captain Sanders, and assigned to patrol the Demilitarized Zone, near the Gamma-7 outpost. The Malinche helped to intercept a Maquis raider commanded by Starfleet traitor Michael Eddington with the USS Defiant; unfortunately, Eddington managed to escape after disabling the Defiant with a planted cascade virus.

Following the incident, Captain Sanders was given the duty of apprehending Eddington. However, Sanders would have no more luck at the task than Benjamin Sisko did. When the Malinche responded to a distress signal from a Cardassian freighter, it was discovered that the freighter was actually a booby trap left by the Maquis; a focused particle beam punched through the starship's gyro-shielding, and three Maquis raiders then attacked and disabled the ship.

The barely-functional Defiant responded to the Malinche's distress call, and provided material assistance for repairs before continuing the search for Eddington. (DS9: "For the Uniform")

The ship is probably named for La Malinche, the Mexican woman who assisted Cortés in his conquest of Mexico.