THE SELF DESTRUCT CAPABILITY
Every Captain has the power to destroy their vessel
as an alternative to letting it be taken over by
alien invaders. They can set an appropriate timexale
when initiating the sequence and it can be followed
with time warnings or silently so as not to alert the
enemy. It can be interrupted and halted by the
Captain if appropriate.
Captain Kirk threatened to implement the procedure
in 2269 if his ship were commandeered by Lokai and Bele.
Then, twenty six years later, he actually followed the
sequence through to completion, with no loss of
Federation lives, rather then letting his vessel fall
into Klingon hands.
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