Captain Marie Batel's starship, destroyed by the Gorn at the colony Parnassus Beta.
The USS Cayuga was a Starfleet starship commanded by Captain Marie Batel in the era of Christopher Pike's Enterprise. Batel and Pike were in a relationship during this period, a bond strained by their duties.
The Cayuga was at the colony Parnassus Beta when the Gorn attacked in force. The ship was destroyed, and Batel was among the survivors, though she had been implanted with Gorn eggs. The attack drew the Enterprise into a desperate effort to rescue the colonists and the Cayuga's crew while avoiding an open war with the Gorn.