SLNS DB 17702 was a dispatch boat of the Solarian League Navy. Commanded by Lieutenant Aloysius Gruner, it was assigned to Task Group 3021. It was the only Solarian unit to escape the Second Battle of New Tuscany. It was sent off very early in the confrontation with the Royal Manticoran Navy, which was why its crew was able to evade the RMN and bring news of the Solarian defeat back to the League. (HH12)