Amerigo


 * This article describes the Science Vessel. For the StarCraft mission, see The Amerigo (mission).

The Amerigo was a Science Vessel, commanded by Captain Sandler.

History
As part of Alpha Squadron, it accompanied General Edmund Duke's fleet to Char. It was boarded by the Zerg in order for Infested Kerrigan to gain access to classified Ghost Program files and thus undo the conditioning that held back her psionic powers. After achieving her goal and departing, a salvage team comprised of several Marines and a Ghost was dispatched onboard the infested ship. Caught unawares by Hydralisks, they were steadily picked off despite heavy resistance though in the end, the Ghost, out of fear manually detonated the nuclear charge they had with them, taking the entire ship with both the Terrans and the Zerg in it.

A number of escape pods were launched towards the planet's surface, where they were found by Raynor's Raiders.