PREFACE
This is a short story to give us an idea of the events immediately following Nero's quest for revenge against the Federation of his past. Please note that for the purpose of this short story, one must consider the following corrections to ST '09's numerous plot holes (as pertains to this story)...
- Narada and Spock both arrive in the past at the exact same location they disappeared in the future (somewhere near Hobus) albeit at different points in time due to differing proximities to the red-matter-black-hole/supernova interaction.
- Jellyfish had only a small supply of red matter, which is taken by Nero before the Jellyfish is destroyed and Spock abandoned on NOT-Delta Vega.
- Nero and crew more closely resemble 24th century Romulans. Klingons resemble TOS Klingons (Into Darkness Retcon)
- The Narada was not captured by the Klingons in the intervening years. Makes no sense the Klingons would not strip the ship down.
- No lightning-storm-in-space phenomenon in orbit of Vulcan
- Starfleet never identified the Narada as a Romulan ship, as they had no reference as to what the Romulans look like.
- Cadet Kirk made Acting XO of Enterprise and Spock made Acting Captain when Pike went to the Narada to meet with Nero for "negotiations".
- Kirk, displeased with Spock's plan following Vulcan's destruction, tries to take command from him, fails, and is abandoned on the same planet Spock Prime was.
NOTE: This story is my own brainchild but Star Trek is not. Star Trek was, is, and always will belong to Gene Roddenberry and his heirs and will never, in my personal opinion which I am entitled to, belong to the idiots at CBS studios.