Klingon possession of the Narada

[Captain Picard's Hair]

Following the writer's indications that the crew of the Narada were meant to be held in prison for most of those 25 years, and the fact that once Nero retook the Narada he was able to destroy 47 Klingon warships, we are left to wonder why the Klingons weren't able to capitalize on their prize. Could it just be that the Klingons couldn't understand this advanced tech? Is it also possible that the arms race between them and the UFP that seems to have occurred (as mentioned in another post) forced the Klingons into developing as much existing tech as they could, compounding their technical issues?

Also, can we say that Nero must have recaptured the Narada with some time to spare before he wiped out the Klingon fleet in order to effect repairs sufficient to make her the beast she was in STXI - she went from a ship that was captured by the Klingons after the Kelvin rammed her to a ship that blew up significantly more advanced fleets with ease, after all. For that matter, could the Narada's state of damage have compounded the Klingons' problems further? Maybe they simply shuffled her aside to focus on their cold war in the end?

[Nickswitz]

Um... maybe they couldn't read Romulan...

[Lazar]

Just throwing this out there, but maybe Nero was able to hide the Narada somewhere before getting captured?

[Nickswitz]

I think they might have noticed a 30 KM vessel floating around, I doubt it could hide anywhere when they were caught.

[Tyyr]

I think they might have noticed a 30 KM vessel floating around, I doubt it could hide anywhere when they were caught.

Space is big, something 30km long is tiny. If it's gone cold and not emitting anything I doubt it'd be hard to hide. Stuff it in an asteroid belt, close orbit around a moon or gas giant. Heck, with ST SIF being what they are just land it on some rock and leave.

[Nickswitz]

Eh, true, but I really just think they couldn't read Romulan... just saying, it makes sense to me...

[Captain Picard's Hair]

I think they could find a translator somewhere, for something like the Narada.

I was under the impression when I heard that Nero had been captured that he'd been taken with his ship - not that he'd abandoned it! But that does very neatly avoid all these other questions.

[dagadget]

I think they could find a translator somewhere, for something like the Narada.

I was under the impression when I heard that Nero had been captured that he'd been taken with his ship - not that he'd abandoned it! But that does very neatly avoid all these other questions.

After the Kelvin had rammed the Narada and crippled it perhaps it was so badly damaged that only someone from the future time period cound know how to fix it. Sort of like an 18th century man trying to fix a modern Main Battle tank they just can't do it.... Klingon's are warriors primarily and not generally scientists........

[Monroe]

I think they could find a translator somewhere, for something like the Narada.

I was under the impression when I heard that Nero had been captured that he'd been taken with his ship - not that he'd abandoned it! But that does very neatly avoid all these other questions.

After the Kelvin had rammed the Narada and crippled it perhaps it was so badly damaged that only someone from the future time period cound know how to fix it. Sort of like an 18th century man trying to fix a modern Main Battle tank they just can't do it.... Klingon's are warriors primarily and not generally scientists........

At that time they might have been more scientific. In ENT we see the shift to the warrior culture from a more diverse one. Also its not quite as big of a leap. It'd be more like someone in a 1918 Tank learning how an Abram drives. A big leap yes, but not impossible.

[LaughingCheese]

Well, if it was borgified, wouldn't the Borg tech repair any damage automatically? Just sayin'...

[Tsukiyumi]

Well, if it was borgified, wouldn't the Borg tech repair any damage automatically? Just sayin'...

Can't repair a black hole appearing inside your ship, dude.

[LaughingCheese]

Well, if it was borgified, wouldn't the Borg tech repair any damage automatically? Just sayin'...

Can't repair a black hole appearing inside your ship, dude.

Oops! My unspecificity strikes again! Just noticed I said 'any.'

Shouldn't have said that, I meant the Kelvin strike, battle damage, etc.

Yeah, obviously not black holes.

[Nickswitz]

I think they could find a translator somewhere, for something like the Narada.

Weren't the Romulans very unknown at this time?

[Captain Picard's Hair]

The Romulans were secretive, but had been there for some time. Also (at least in the original timeline), we have speculative evidence of tech transfer between the two powers.

[Sionnach Glic]

Even a Death Star would be insanely easy to hide in the depths of space. Thing is, most people only travel to certain parts of space. Stars, planets, nebulae, etc. Stick the Narada out in the middle of empty space and no one will ever find it.