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More than a handful of time , Star Trek ’s original USS Enterprise has been hijacked from under the bid of Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) or Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) . ThroughoutStar Trek : The Original Series , the subsequentStar Trekfilms with theTOScast , and the prequel seriesStar Trek : Strange New Worlds , command of Starfleet ’s flagship is n’t always in the open hands of theCaptain of the USS Enterprise . But what make the Starship Enterprise such an well-fixed targetfor hijackers with their own agenda ?
Being Starfleet ’s flagship makesevery version of the USS Enterprisea gem in the metaphoric top of would - be taker . The Enterprise is a condition symbol , so claim the starship might be a point of pride , particularly for hijackers who fancy themselves conquerers from across the stars , or from Earth ’s yesteryear . More to the head , the Enterprise is also a knock-down spaceship with ripe engineering that not everyone has admittance to . And in a few cases , it ’s only a highjacking in the most technical of common sense , depending on how you look at it . Here are the culprits who ( in brief ) absconded with Captain Pike and Kirk ’s Starship Enterprise .
Star Trek has a long account of great spaceship called the Enterprise — and an equally farseeing history of blowing those ships to smithereens .
7Captain Angel (Jesse James Keitel)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 7 - “The Serene Squall”
Captain Angel ’s plan to hijack the USS Enterprise inStar Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 1 , sequence 7 , “ The Serene Squall ” , is characterized by a series of reversals . Angel boards the USS Enterprise under seemingly genuine intentions , mask as humanitarian advocate Dr. Aspen , and the colony ship that Pike , telephone number One ( Rebecca Romijn ) , and Lieutenant La’an Noonien - Singh ( Christina Chong ) agree to aid turn out to be the pirate vesselSerene Squall . With Pike ’s landing party indisposed aboard theSquall , Angel is loose to slink into the Captain ’s chair on the Enterprise .
With the Starship Enterprise ’s king , Angel believes they can rescue their Vulcan lover Xaverius from the Ankeshtan K’til renewal center field . Although Angel is foiled , there ’s one final reversal in " The Serene Squall":Xaverius is revealed to be Spock ’s half - brother Sybok . This plot point remains unresolved afterStrange New Worldsseason 2 , but hopefully , Angel and Sybok will returnin future sequence ofStar Trek : Strange New Worlds .
6Lieutenant Spock (Ethan Peck)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 1 - “The Broken Circle”
Under strict orders to keep the USS Enterprise in ironic dock during routine inspection and upgrades , Lieutenant Spock logically breaks orders to rescue Lieutenant La’an Noonien - SinghinStar Trek : Strange New WorldsSeason 2 , Episode 1 , " The Broken Circle " . With Captain Christopher Pike on personal parting , and Lt . Commander Una Chin - Riley ( Rebecca Romijn ) in detainment for being a genetically - enhanced Illyrian , Lieutenant Spock is not quite in command of the initiative so much as he is babysitting the spaceship .
Spock ’s conclusion to hijack the Enterprise is driven by an all - too - human"hunch " .
Spock ’s decision to commandeer the go-ahead is drive by an all - too - human"hunch"that La’an ’s suffering call is legit , but Spock still compose the decision as one driven by system of logic . Aided by inspector - turned - master - engineer Commander Pelia ( Carol Kane ) and pilot Lieutenant Erica Ortegas ( Melissa Navia),Spock superintend to pull off an enormous and decidedly un - Vulcan bit of deception for the sake of La’an ’s safety . Trusting his hunch is just another step in Spock ’s exploration of human race throughoutStar Trek : Strange New Worldsseasons 1 & 2 .
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5Commander Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Epsodes 15 & 16 - “The Menagerie”
Mr. Spock hijacks the USS Enterprise once again , this clock time to save a severely disfiguredCaptain Christopher Pike(Sean Kenney ) , inStar Trek : The Original Series ' only 2 - parter , season 1 , sequence 15 & 16 , " The Menagerie " . splice new footage with scenes fromTOS ' original cowcatcher , " The batting cage " , when Captain Pike ( Jeffrey Hunter ) first strike Talos IV , " The Menagerie " takes us to the court whereSpock defends his action to pirate the initiative .
The Talosians , Spock explains , have the technology to improve Pike ’s quality of life , which is nonexistent follow the accident that enclose Pike ’s active mind within an unresponsive forcible body . To Spock , Pike ’s well - being is deserving every consequence that comes with not just pirate the Enterprise , but also erupt Starfleet ’s General Order 7 : to direct clear of Talos IV , under penalization of death . as luck would have it , Spock ’s argument makes sense to Starfleet , and Christopher Pike can live out his days in the Talosian illusion world that Pike originally reject .
4Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán)
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episode 24 - “Space Seed”
Khan Noonien Singh is revived from stasis when the USS Enterprise play the SS Botany Bay inStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 1 , episode 24 , " Space Seed " . Despite the engagement of wag between Khan and Captain Kirk , Khan believes he must work according to his tyrannic nature . A vanquisher must conquer , and so Khan does what he did inStar Trek ’s Eugenics Wars , taking control of the USS Enterprise with his genetically engineer acolytes . Smartly , Khan takes Engineering first , since Augments like himself command less oxygen than the Enterprise ’s gang . With life support threatened , Khan has the upper hand over Kirk .
Kirk recognizes that Khan ca n’t be overwhelm or check .
Not one to be outdone so easily , Captain Kirk recognizes that Khan ca n’t be overpowered or contained . Rather than attempt to imprison Khan and the Augments again , Kirk drop Khan off at Ceti Alpha V. There , Khan ’s people can resist for themselves and construct the grand society that Khan dreams of opinion . That should be wholly hunky-dory and cause utterly no problem for Kirk later on , right-hand ?
Khan was a maniac bent on revenge in Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan but his hatred of Kirk and Starfleet in reality descend from a legitimate grievance .
3Rojan (Warren Stevens) & Kelinda (Barbara Bouchet) Of The Kelvan Empire
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 2, Episode 21 - “By Any Other Name”
With a bastard distress call , Rojan , Kelinda , and 3 other congressman of the Kelvan Empire lure the USS Enterprise into their control inStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 2 , episode 21 , “ By Any Other Name ” . The Kelvans are from the die Andromeda Galaxy , and they ’ve plant the Milky Way is a desirable alternate for their civilization , but their own ship were put down . As vanquisher , Rojan and Kelinda believe their only chance to come back home with the good news show is to hijack the initiative . Under the Kelvans , only Kirk , Spock , McCoy , and Scotty are spared from being"reduced"into geometrical solid state , and it ’s up to them to take back control .
Unable to draw an alcoholic beverage to Rojan , Scotty declares,“it ’s green . “The same gag is repeated by Lt . Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) to Scotty himself inStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 6 , episode 4 , " Relics " .
2Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Some may reason that it ’s not really hijacking if it ’s taking back your own ship , but because the USS Enterprise is dress for decommission instead of a refit , that ’s on the dot what Admiral James T. Kirk does inStar Trek III : The Search for Spock . Starfleet Command does their effective to keep Kirk in strain by transfer the Enterprise crew and setting up a quarantine aroundtself - destructing Genesis Planet , but that wo n’t stop Admiral Kirk from rescue Spock . With Dr. McCoy in possession of Spock ’s katra , Kirk successfully hijacks the enterprisingness from space dock and returns to the Genesis Planet , where Spock ’s consistence was left afterStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan .
1Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
InStar Trek V : The Final Frontier , Sybok ( Laurence Luckinbill ) think beyond a doubt thatthe USS Enterprise can take Sybok and his Galactic Army of Light to Sha Ka Ree , a mythological world beyond the Great Barrier at the center of the galaxy . After direct the shuttlecraft Galileo , it ’s on to the Enterprise , and off to the Great Barrier . The Enterprise might have been secure if Spock had followed Kirk ’s Holy Order to shoot Sybok , but Spock could n’t institute himself to fire , since Sybok is one ofSpock ’s many secret family member .
While in command of the ill - gotten starship , Sybok has difficulty convincing the Enterprise bunch members to share in Sybok ’s philosophy of being barren from pain , as Sybok had done with his other followers . Sha Ka Ree seems within reach , asSybok is vindicated by the bearing of a theoretical god at the Great Barrier . When the malevolent entity ( George Murdock ) — who isnotactually God , as Sybok believed — wants to take the Enterprise from Sybok , as Sybok took the enterprisingness from Kirk , the turn table arouse Sybok to his folly .
Besides the sheer conclusion that Kirk or Spock have when trying to employ the initiative for their own personal means , these stories do n’t discount the fear that the Enterprise crew might feel when outsiders take their spaceship , butthings have a way of working out for the USS Enterprise , of grade . More often than not , the Enterprise’shijackers are stopped by talks or invoke to the hijacker ' reason rather than by vehemence , proving thatStar Trek ’s ethos of bridging deviation is normally more effective in the 23rd 100 than repair to humanness ’s mean instincts .
