Richard Robau

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MAJOR SPOILERS
WARNING! This article contains MAJOR spoilers for the recently released comic Nero, Number One. Caution is advised.

BIOGRAPHY
Richard Robau
Species:	Human
Gender:	male
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Career
Occupation:	officer
Assignment:	CO, USS Kelvin (23rd century)
Rank:	captain
Insignia:

Captain Richard Robau was a Human Starfleet officer, serial number SA-476-2549-CM. He was born in Sagua La Grande, Cuba and was the commanding officer of the USS Kelvin in the early 23rd century. (TOS website: Starfleet Shipyard)

In the 2230s, Robau commanded the Kelvin with Lieutenant George Kirk as his first officer. In the beginning of an alternate reality chain of events caused by time travel, Robau and Kirk both had their lives cut short by an attack by the 24th century Romulan starship Narada, under the command of Captain Nero. After an attack by Nero's Narada, where several Kelvin crewmembers were killed, Robau agreed to take a shuttlecraft to the Narada to discuss terms with the Romulans. In truth, Nero's offer of discussion was to obtain information about his vessel's location. After Robau informed Nero that the year was 2233, Nero used the Debrune teral'n to kill the Starfleet officer. (ST movie & novelization: Star Trek)

After the Narada was disabled by the suicide run of the USS Kelvin, Nero ordered Xandr to throw Robau's body thrown into the replicator system so as not to let the body "go to waste." (ST comic: "Nero, Number One")

Ambassador Spock's commentary about George Kirk's survival of serving on the Kelvin in the unchanged timeline indicates that Robau probably had a longer life in the unaltered chain of events as well.

[edit] Notes

The novelization of the film lists his first name as Pierre.

USS Kelvin (NCC-0514) personnel
	Michael Johnson • Alnschloss K'Bentayr • George Kirk • Richard Robau • unnamed USS Kelvin personnel