USS Vengeance (Kelvin timeline)

For other uses, see Vengeance.

"That's a hell of a ship you've got there."

—James T. Kirk to Alexander Marcus, 2259

USS Vengeance
Class:	Dreadnought-class
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet, Section 31
Commander:	Alexander Marcus
Launched:	2259
Status:	destroyed (stardate 2259.55)

In the Kelvin timeline, the USS Vengeance was a 23rd century Federation starship, the Dreadnought-class prototype in Section 31 service in the 2250s decade. It was under the command of the rogue Starfleet Admiral Alexander Marcus. (TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek Into Darkness)

Service history

The Vengeance under construction

The USS Vengeance fires on the USS Enterprise

The Vengeance was built in secret by Section 31 at the Io Facility in orbit of Jupiter in order to prepare for war with the Klingon Empire. The vessel was designed by Khan under the pseudonym Commander "John Harrison". There, Admiral Alexander Marcus put Lieutenant "John Harrison" on it to make everything from propulsion to the weapons systems better. In five months, Harrison was able to give the warp drive more unprecedented capability up to Warp 10. (TOS - Khan comic: "Issue 4")

After the terrorist attacks on London and Starfleet Headquarters, Admiral Marcus ordered Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise to pursue John Harrison to the Klingon homeworld Qo'noS. After Harrison's capture, Admiral Marcus used the Vengeance to travel to meet the Enterprise. Finding the ship on the edge of the Klingon Neutral Zone, the Vengeance pursued and opened fire on the Enterprise after Kirk refused to turn over Harrison (who had revealed his true identity as Khan).

The Enterprise attempted to escape the Vengeance by jumping to warp, but the Vengeance overtook the Enterprise and knocked it out of warp near Earth. The Vengeance was about to destroy Enterprise after Marcus labeled the crew as traitors and in league with Khan; however, Montgomery Scott was able to disable the Vengeance. Kirk and Khan then space jumped to the Vengeance to rescue Carol Marcus and stop the attack, but Khan tricked Kirk and assumed command of the ship after killing Marcus. Khan then demanded that Spock, in command of the Enterprise, return his people, who were cryogenically stored in 72 special long range torpedoes. Spock agreed; however, he removed the other Augments from the torpedoes and activated the warheads. The torpedoes were then beamed aboard the Vengeance where they detonated, crippling the vessel.

As the Vengeance fell to Earth, Khan set it in on a course towards Starfleet Headquarters, but was only successful in destroying a part of San Francisco's water front, including the former Alcatraz prison. What became of the wreckage of the Vengeance is currently unknown. (TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek Into Darkness)

Technical specifications

The Vengeance was a Dreadnought-class starship, designed by Khan Noonien Singh after the lives of his crew were threatened by Starfleet and Section 31. The vessel was two times larger than the Constitution-class of the era and was three times faster. The ship was heavily automated to the point that she could successfully function with a crew of one person aboard and had more spartan accommodations for personnel than other Federation vessels. The vessel was armed with phaser arrays capable of firing while at warp, multiple torpedo launchers, and other experimental weaponry. She was also faster than other ships of the era and was capable of interfacing with their warp bubble. Its bridge was smaller than contemporary vessels and it featured an expansive shuttle bay and, at minimum, nine hangar bays. (TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek Into Darkness)

Command crew

• Commanding officer
  • Alexander Marcus
  • "John Harrison" (Khan Noonien Singh)
• crew:
  • unnamed Section 31 personnel

Legacy

When Section 31 allied themselves with the Romulans, they traded their advanced technology with the aliens, the blueprints of the Vengeance among them. Her advanced specifications were then applied to a new fleet of warbirds. Section 31 also used the Vengeance's technology as a starting point to produce a fleet of even more advanced ships. (TOS - The Khitomer Conflict comics: "Part 1", "Part 2", "Part 3", "Part 4")

In the primary universe, Federation Starfleet operated the Dreadnought-class, also known as Vengeance-class, replica USS Vengeance in the 25th century and during the Temporal Cold War. (STO - Agents of Yesterday mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

Appendices

External link

• USS Vengeance (Kelvin timeline) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.