The Kelvin had a single ventral warp nacelle housing the ship's warp drive engine. Its shipboard weaponry included phaser cannons which could fire bolts of highly concentrated energy and phaser emitters which fired less powerful beams. The shuttlebay was located in the aft section of the upper pylon.
On stardate 2233.04, the Kelvin was on a mission 75,000 kilometers from the Federation-Klingon border when it encountered a black hole created in 2387 by the detonation of a red matter device, subsequently creating an alternate reality. Initially the Kelvin believed that this phenomenon was of Klingon origin, although that theory was later dismissed.
The time of the encounter also marked the birth of George Kirk's son, to whom his wife Winona was on the verge of giving birth.
As the Kelvin was observing the black hole, an unidentified vessel, the Narada, a 24th century Romulan mining vessel commanded by Captain Nero, emerged from the future. When the Narada discovered the Kelvin, it quickly charged its weapons, and the Kelvin went to red alert and began fighting off torpedoes launched from the Romulan vessel. The first hit took out the warp drive and reduced main power to 38%. The second torpedo disabled Kelvin's atmospheric stabilization and collapsed its shields. The Kelvin was easily overcome, but the attack was halted by Nero's first officer Ayel, who requested that Captain Robau come aboard his vessel to discuss terms of a cease fire. Robau obliged the request and transferred to the Narada via shuttlecraft, leaving George Kirk in command. Robau's final orders to Kirk were to evacuate the ship using all available shuttlecraft, and to set the Kelvin on a collision course with the Narada, using the autopilot.
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awesome looking ship!
amaising ship
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