In it's previous life,
The Leviathan was once a simple ship used for the smuggling of illegal weaponry - that was until
Captain Lemaire commandeered it for her own purposes. The story of just
how Lemaire single-handedly stole the ship may sound fictitious and eccentric, but both the Captain and engineer assert that it was true:
The Zurathe'i woman appeared out of nowhere riding a solar surfer, only lightly armed. The first man she approached was the ship's captain, and before he could say a word in contest, Lemaire shot him square between the eyes at point-blank range. She took advantage of the chaos that ensued, darting between confused and
furious men - while appearing to have no direction, the cunning woman was actually using the men's lifelines to trip and trap them on the ship's deck.
There was
one crew member that she spared, however, and that was none other than
Valentin Kuznetsov: As he built the ship himself,
no-one but him knew how to make the ship fly - and he was
sure to make mention of that in an effort to convince Lemaire to spare his life. Surprisingly, and after careful deliberation, Lemaire untied the man and ordered him below deck before she secured her own lifeline and slashed the others.
It was then that she carried out her plan to be rid of the previous crew -
she disabled the artificial gravity. The tangled crew was forced to float from the ship and out into space, all screaming for their lives. And then, The Leviathan was
hers.