The Nova 5 was a Space Corps starship once powered by a Duality Jump Drive and operating in Deep Space. Its crew consisted of at least three female officers and a hyperactive, guilt-ridden DivaDroid International Series 4000 Mechanoid. The Nova 5 crashed onto an asteroid and her wreck was discovered by the boys from Red Dwarf three million years later, and was where they first met later full-time Dwarfer Kryten.