

( TAS: " The Counter-Clock Incident")ĭuring his trip, the Aprils, along with current Captain of the Enterprise, James T. Along with his wife, Sarah, he was transported to Babel aboard the Enterprise, where April would retire from Starfleet. Robert April temporarily in command of the Enterprise in 2270.īy 2270, April held the rank of commodore and was a respected Federation ambassador-at-large. He let Chin-Riley know (in a 'surprisingly beautiful baritone' singing voice) that he wanted the Enterprise to stop it. He later informed Commander Chin-Riley that the improbability field had spread to 12 Federation starships.
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April's testimony was ordered to be stricken from the trial records, and he expressed to Captain Pike his anger at not being able to defend Una as he had wanted. ( SNW: " The Broken Circle")Īpril was called as a witness during Commander Chin-Riley's court martial and was attacked by Chin-Riley's lawyer, Neera Ketoul, for his past decisions that violated Starfleet regulations. He confided in Commodore Tafune that Spock had unknowingly averted a potential war on two fronts, as they were aware of the incursion of a Gorn attack ship near the Galdonterre system.

After acting-Captain Spock stole the Enterprise in order to thwart the threat of a renewed Federation-Klingon War, April chose to be lenient with Spock, despite his anger at being disobeyed. He was assigned to Starbase 1 later that year. ( SNW: " Spock Amok")Īdmiral April testifying at Lt. On stardate 2341.4, April was tasked with convincing the R'ongovian Protectorate to join the Federation as they controlled a vital piece of territory in between Klingon and Romulan space. He also informed the trio that he went to Starfleet's commander-in-chief personally to be read in on the events surrounding the USS Discovery. ( SNW: " Strange New Worlds")Īfter the Enterprise return from Kiley 279, April informed Pike, Chin-Riley and Spock that he had to use all the pull he had to convince the Federation High Court not to throw them all in jail for violating the Prime Directive on Kiley 279. In 2259, April traveled to Bear Creek, Montana where Pike was staying on Earth to inform him that Pike's own first officer, Lieutenant Commander Chin-Riley had gone missing on Kiley 279. ( DIS: " Brother" SNW: " Strange New Worlds") Admiralty įollowing the end of his five-year mission in 2250, April was promoted to fleet admiral and passed command of the Enterprise to Captain Pike.

In the Star Trek: Discovery novel Drastic Measures, April and the Enterprise aided the Tarsus IV colony in the aftermath of Kodos the Executioner's infamous massacre in 2246. He also visited Man-us II without his security officer, during which he chose to reveal the Enterprise to the Ohawk, a pre-warp civilization. The same year, April was involved with the aftermath of the Marcel disaster. In 2248, April sent his science officer to the industrial-age planet Na'rel to solve the imminent threat of an extinction-level drought by sharing Federation technology. In 2246, April chose to break General Order 1 and warn a pre-warp civilization, the Perricans, about a possible apocalyptic meteor shower that was due to hit their planet. ( TAS: " The Counter-Clock Incident") Captain April's first officer was Christopher Pike. His wife Sarah served as his chief medical officer. That vessel eventually became the USS Enterprise, which April later commanded from 2245 to 2250. ( SNW: " Ad Astra per Aspera")ĭuring the 2240s, April oversaw the construction of components for a Constitution-class starship at the San Francisco Navy Yards. However, he was forced to admit at her court-martial that had he known about her Illyrian heritage, he would not have sponsored her application. After her many years of service under his command, he also promoted Chin-Riley. In the 2230s, he sponsored Una Chin-Riley's application to Starfleet Academy. He eventually joined Starfleet and married his wife, Sarah.
