Kirk took up the story from there, sparing Spock that pain, though Spock
would object to such a characterization of it. For now, Kirk did not tell
the other Spock of Amanda's death. That would be for those two to discuss
together, rather than laid bare before everyone, even if this particular
audience was small.
"A Romulan named Nero, from a future many decades from now, blamed the
Vulcans for failing to save Romulan from their star going super nova. He
was away on a mining ship, but his wife and child were destroyed when the
star went nova ahead of predictions. He went after Ambassador Spock's ship
in his time, which was carrying a substance known as Red Matter at the
time. The substance detonated, and created a wormhole. Nero came through
and was able to gain hold of the Red Matter. His arrival caused a
"thunderstorm in space" - and destroyed all Star Fleet vessels that
responded before disappearing."
He swallowed, because is father had been among those destroyed. He didn't
really have an attachment to the man - he was a memory in pages of history
books and a few photographs. But even so, the thought of so much life
lost...
"Nero resurfaced roughly twenty years later when Ambassador Spock dropped
out of the wormhole. He wanted to make Ambassador Spock pay for what Nero
saw as a betrayal and abandonment of his people. When the Fleet initially
responded to another "thunderstorm", again, nearly all vessels were
destroyed. About 1/3 of the Fleet. We attempted to stop Nero, but his ship
was advanced - far more than ours, and we were already behind by the time
we received the distress signals. Nero used the mining gear form his ship
to drill a hole to the center of Vulcan, and dropped red matter into the
center. This created a miniature black hole at the center of the planet.
Essentially, it imploded. No trace remains."
He kept his gaze steady as he retold the account, though it was protracted.
But he didn't feel the need to wax eloquent about the incident.
"I wish we could compare something more welcoming, but as I said - it seems
to be the largest difference, and the easiest to confirm."
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Kirk took up the story from there, sparing Spock that pain, though Spock would object to such a characterization of it. For now, Kirk did not tell the other Spock of Amanda's death. That would be for those two to discuss together, rather than laid bare before everyone, even if this particular audience was small.
"A Romulan named Nero, from a future many decades from now, blamed the Vulcans for failing to save Romulan from their star going super nova. He was away on a mining ship, but his wife and child were destroyed when the star went nova ahead of predictions. He went after Ambassador Spock's ship in his time, which was carrying a substance known as Red Matter at the time. The substance detonated, and created a wormhole. Nero came through and was able to gain hold of the Red Matter. His arrival caused a "thunderstorm in space" - and destroyed all Star Fleet vessels that responded before disappearing."
He swallowed, because is father had been among those destroyed. He didn't really have an attachment to the man - he was a memory in pages of history books and a few photographs. But even so, the thought of so much life lost...
"Nero resurfaced roughly twenty years later when Ambassador Spock dropped out of the wormhole. He wanted to make Ambassador Spock pay for what Nero saw as a betrayal and abandonment of his people. When the Fleet initially responded to another "thunderstorm", again, nearly all vessels were destroyed. About 1/3 of the Fleet. We attempted to stop Nero, but his ship was advanced - far more than ours, and we were already behind by the time we received the distress signals. Nero used the mining gear form his ship to drill a hole to the center of Vulcan, and dropped red matter into the center. This created a miniature black hole at the center of the planet. Essentially, it imploded. No trace remains."
He kept his gaze steady as he retold the account, though it was protracted. But he didn't feel the need to wax eloquent about the incident.
"I wish we could compare something more welcoming, but as I said - it seems to be the largest difference, and the easiest to confirm."