Narada
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The Narada was a Romulan mining ship in service of the Romulan Mining Guild, and commanded by Captain Nero, in the 2380s. In 2387, following the destruction of Romulus in the Hobus supernova the Narada was refitted with advanced Borg-originated technology. Driven by hatred and grief Nero, who blamed the Federation, and Ambassador Spock in particular, for the loss of Romulus, commanded the Narada in devastating attacks against Federation and Klingon targets. When the Narada confronted Spock as he attempted to stop the Hobus supernova inflicting any further damage both the Narada and Spock's ship were pulled into a black hole Spock had created. The Narada emerged from the black hole in the year 2233, triggering the start of a new alternate timeline. In the 23rd century Nero used the Narada to continue his vendetta against the Federation, until the Narada was finally destroyed by the crew of the USS Enterprise in 2258. (TOS/TNG comic: "Countdown, Number Three"; TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek)
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[edit] History
[edit] Hobus
In 2387 the Narada was drilling on a planet in the Hobus system. The crew discovered trace amounts of iridium and deuterium, but most notably, large deposits of decalithium. Glad at the valuable find Nero immediately ordered the start of mining operations, but was forced to abruptly cancel that plan when the Hobus star's activity increased dangerously, sending a large solar flare towards the planet.
The star's activity also caused interference, preventing the Narada's transporters from looking on to the crew on the drilling platform below. Nero ordered the ship's evac shuttle launch, and warp to the platform, retrieve the crew and return to the Narada as fast as possible. With the crew aboard the Narada went to warp, without even having time to retract the drill into the ship, as the solar flare destroyed the entire planet.
Nero took the Narada to Romulus where he attended a Senate debate on the Hobus star, Ambassador Spock proposed that Hobus would soon go supernova, and due to its unusual properties would threaten the entire Romulan Star Empire when it did so. Spock also offered a solution, using decalitium to create red matter and in turn generate a black hole to stop the supernova. However, despite Nero's testimony on the Hobus situation, the Senate rejected Spock's proposal.
After the hearing Nero offered to assist Spock by taking him to the Kimben system to mine the required decalithium. After persuading his crew of the necessity of the mission Nero gave a final farewell to his wife and left for Kimben. (TOS/TNG comic: "Countdown, Number One")
At Kimben the Narada began mining, but was attacked by three Reman warbirds who boarded the ship and declared it their property. Fortunately the USS Enterprise had been tracking Spock's identification beacon and arrived in time to intervene. However, the Narada had already taken damage to its communications systems, and to the plasma power conduit, the later disabling the Narada's mining capabilities when they had only collected seventy-eight percent of the required decalithium. Fortunately Captain Data of the Enterprise continued to be a valuable ally and sourced the rest of the decalithium from contraband the Enterprise had detected in the Remans' holds, and subsequently confiscated. (TOS/TNG comics: "Countdown, Number One", "Countdown, Number Two")
After assisting in repairs the Narada the Enterprise escorted her to Vulcan, while Nero was welcomed aboard as a guest, and took the opportunity to study Starfleet history on the computer in his guest quarters.
Once they arrived at Vulcan the Narada was initially ordered to leave the area, however Ambassador Jean-Luc Picard intervened to get permission for the Narada to stay and Spock and Nero went before the Vulcan Science Council to request the creation of red matter to go ahead with the plan. The Council refused, unwilling to share top-secret Vulcan science with the Romulans. Nero transferred the Narada's decalitihum to the Enterprise hoping they would manage to complete the plan, and decided to return to Romulus.
As the Narada re-entered Romulan space she witnessed the shockwave from the Hobus supernova destroy Romulus. (TOS/TNG comic: "Countdown, Number Two")
Shortly after Romulus' destruction, a convoy of Federation medical frigates arrived, too late to provide assistance in the evacuation as they intended. Nero perceived their timing as conspiracy, turning up to claim Romulan space, and ordered his crew to beam mining explosives aboard the ships.
Near the remnants of Romulus, the Narada also encountered the Ruling Council, who had escaped Romulus in a Senate shuttle. Nero had the Romulan elite beamed aboard, and then killed them, in revenge for their poor decisions that lead to the destruction of Romulus. (TOS/TNG comic: "Countdown, Number Three")
[edit] Enhanced systems
Before killing all the Senate survivors Nero had them tell him where they planned to go; The Vault, a top secret facility, and the rendezvous point for whatever remained of the Romulan fleet, the Empire's last chance. The Vault's commander, D'Spal sensed Nero's hunger for vengeance and offered to fit the Narada with the Vault's prototype hybrid Romulan-Borg technology. The system gave the Narada enhanced cloaking and sensor capabilities, and a self-repairing nanotechnology that could anticipate threats and adapt, growing the ship to face the challenge.
Nero launched the newly formed Narada, read to take his revenge on Vulcan. En route they tested the new systems, destroying Starfleet and Klingon targets. Before the Narada reached Vulcan they were intercepted by a fleet of Klingon Birds-of-Prey commanded by General Worf. (TOS/TNG comic: "Countdown, Number Three")
The Klingons proved no match for the Narada's new systems and after a punishing attack on the fleet Nero ordered Worf to board a shuttle to come to the Narada and surrender. Worf complied, in a fashion, taking a shuttle, but stopping short of the Narada and launching his warriors in space suits to cut their way into the Narada and continue the battle from within.
Worf went ahead of his men to find Nero on the bridge, but the bridge found him; the Narada's new systems generated a blade that stabbed Worf through his torso.
When the Enterprise arrived Nero offered to return the barely alive Worf. Data took the bet, both ships would need to lower their shields to allow the transport, giving a mutual opportunity to attack. The Narada delivered a punishing blow the Enterprise, and then left the ship, to chase after Spock.
Despite his concerns about not having enough red matter to accomplish the task, Spock launched the Jellyfish to try and stop the Hobus supernova from doing any further damage. At Spock's red matter created black hole Nero voiced his fury at Spock's having saved Vulcan, at what Nero considered to be Romulus's expense. But before he could take his revenge any further the Narada was pulled into the black hole. As the Narada disappeared Nero promised he would have his revenge. (TOS/TNG comic: "Countdown, Number Four")
[edit] 23rd century
The Narada emerged from the black hole in 2233, near the Federation-Klingon border, its appearance bringing the attention of the USS Kelvin. The Kelvin crew initially didn't know what to make of the massive alien design, but soon became familiar with the Narada's aggressive persona when it attacked the vessel, causing significant damage. Once the ship was effectively neutralised Nero had his subordinate Ayel contact the Kelvin and order its captain, Richard Robau board a shuttle to come to the Narada.
Robau complied, and was bought before Nero where Ayel questioned him, seeking the location of Spock and the Jellyfish. When it was clear Robau knew nothing about either he was asked the date, and upon informing Nero the Narada had traveled through time the very angry Romulan killed the Starfleet captain. (TOS novelization: Star Trek)
The Narada then resumed its attack on the Kelvin, and with the Starfleet vessel's destruction imminent the new commander, George Kirk, ordered the ship evacuated. As Kirk's son was born on one of the escaping shuttles he piloted the ship on a collision course with the Narada, arming the ship's self destruct and at the last minute moment managing to reinitiate the warp drive, generating a warp field at the moment of impact. Kirk's last ditch efforts caused crippling damage to the Narada, disabling all its major systems and allowing the convey of fleeing shuttlecraft to escape. (TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek; TOS comic: "Nero, Number One")
As the Narada began to heal herself Nero gathered his crew and announced his intention, they had been given a second chance to save Romulus, but first Nero felt it necessary to destroy the Federation, and only after that could Romulus be safe. Many of the crew questioned this, including Ayel, however he agreed to follow his commander. A few of the crew led by Baratt objected stronger and Nero granted them use of a shuttle to return to Romulus, only to shoot it down as it departed. (TOS comic: "Nero, Number One")
[edit] Klingon captivity
Sitting crippled near Klingon space the Narada soon attracted the attention of the Klingons. A fleet led by Captain Kor of the IKS Klothos attacked. The Narada's crew did their best to repel the Klingons, but despite killing many could not hold back the stronger Klingon force. (TOS comic: "Nero, Number One")
The Narada's crew was detained on Rura Penthe, while the Narada was put in orbit above, secured behind a forcefield generated by four devices placed around the ship. Over the next quarter of a century Klingon engineers did their best to understand the Narada, but made little progress; despite their best efforts the ship remained offline, and when they tried to take it apart it would repair itself. (TOS comics: "Nero, Number One", "Nero, Number Two")
On Rura Penthe the Narada's crew worked in the mines, tripling the operation's output, but never helping the Klingons learn the Narada's secrets - and making fifty-seven escape attempts!
Finally in 2258 Nero succeeded in killing his guards, and his crew made their escape on a Klingon shuttlecraft. They took with them a Human scientist, Clavell, who had been helping them figure out when Spock would arrive, and an alien trader named Quochh. Simultaneously the Narada had spontaneously reactivated; killing Klingon engineers onboard, destroying the containment devices placed around it, and started to fire on Rura Penthe. The Narada crew boarded her to find all systems online, but the helm locked. Ignoring Nero's override the Narada piloted herself away from Rura Penthe. (TOS comic: "Nero, Number Two")
The Narada also destroyed forty-seven Klingon warbirds in the process of escaping. (TOS novelization: Star Trek)
[edit] Vulcan
The Narada then made its way to the time and place her crew expected Spock and the Jellyfish to arrive and captured the Vulcan as soon as he completed his journey through time. Nero then marooned Spock on Delta Vega and took the Narada to Vulcan, where armed with the red matter Nero planned to destroy the planet.
A Starfleet task force sent to investigate the "lightning storm in space" and unusual tectonic activity on Vulcan found themselves face to face with the Narada which quickly destroyed the ships while maintaining its position above Vulcan were it was using its plasma drill to bore a hole into the core of the planet.
The USS Enterprise arrived late at the battle and was spared destruction as Nero recognized the ship as an early assignment of Spock's and relished in the opportunity to make another Spock suffer when he destroyed Vulcan.
Nero demanded Captain Pike, of the Enterprise, take a shuttlecraft to come aboard the Narada for "negotiations". Despite the obvious risk of sharing Captain Robau's fate following the same demand twenty-five years earlier, Pike boarded the shuttle, taking him with him a team equipped to space jump from the shuttle as he flew between ships, so that they could land on the drilling platform and disable it.
After a fight on the drill Pike's team succeeded in disabling the drill, but not before it had already reached the required depth; Nero had a red matter device launched into Vulcan, creating a black hole which destroyed the entire planet. The Narada then departed the system, headed for its next target, Earth. (TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek)
[edit] Earth
The Narada arrived at Earth and deployed its drill over San Francisco Bay to begin drilling the hole to destroy Earth as they had Vulcan. However, the USS Enterprise followed, entering the Sol system near Saturn to avoid detection. Using transwarp beaming the James T. Kirk and Spock of that timeline were able to get aboard the Narada; there Spock stole the Jellyfish while Kirk rescued Pike.
Once out of the Narada the young Spock used the Jellyfish to shoot down the drilling platform, saving Earth, before jumping to warp. The Narada gave chase. Once out of warp Nero ordered the Jellyfish and Spock destroyed, while in response Spock brought the ship around on a collision course with the Narada. The Enterprise also arrived at the confrontation, in time to provide cover fire for the Jellyfish, picking off the Narada's missiles as the ship made its final run into the Narada. Moments before impact Spock was beamed off the Jellyfish and Kirk and Pike from the Narada all back to safety on the Enterprise.
The impact of the Jellyfish ignited the red matter it contained generating a black hole which began to tear the Narada apart and suck her in. Kirk made an offer to help the Narada's crew, but Nero stubbornly refused any help. His offer of help refused, Kirk instead had the Enterprise fire on the Narada, tearing her to pieces as she was crushed into the black hole. (TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek)
[edit] Crew
[edit] Auxiliary craft
The Narada's support craft included at least on evac shuttle and one Romulan shuttle. (TOS/TNG comic: "Countdown, Number One"; TOS comic: "Nero, Number One")
[edit] External link
- Narada article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
