The Commodore Perry was a starship built by the United States, the first in a line of starships to use faster than light propulsion that also included the Tom Edison. The Commodore Perry was launched in 2031 and made the ten-light-year journey to Home in five and a half weeks. It was greeted with much alarm by the Race, whose physicists had been convinced that faster-than-light travel was impossible. The ship was captained by Lieutenant General Chesneau. Major Nicole Nichols served as liaisons with the members of the Race on Home.