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Star Trekmay not have a Death Star , but that does n’t mean the franchise has n’t put down its middling part of satellite over the years . Since its rootage withStar Trek : The Original Seriesin 1966,Star Trekhas render an optimistic position of the future where humanity ’s main end is exploration . Despite this , the United Federation of Planets has still madeenemies who have managed to get their hands on powerful , planet - destruct weapons . A fewStar Trekplanets have also been by chance destroyed by weapons or anomalies created for a dissimilar purpose altogether .
Many ofStar Trek’smost annihilative mo of destruction pass in theStar Trekmovies , as the scurf for those stories is often declamatory than the telecasting series can suit . J.J. Abrams’Star Trek(2009 ) famously destroyed Romulus and Vulcan , alter the trajectory of the Federation ’s futureand the lives of Captain James Kirk ( Chris Pine ) and Spock ( Zachary Quinto ) in the alternate Kelvin timeline . However , these were not the first planetsStar Trekdestroyed . William Shatner ’s Captain Kirk and Leonard Nimoy ’s Spock were the first to meet a"machine"capable of annihilating entire satellite in the classicStar Trek : The Original Seriesepisode " The Doomsday Machine . "
Star Trek is ending serial like Discovery and Lower Decks but reincarnate Strange New Worlds while setting up new streaming and theatrical movie .
8All Seven Planets In System L-370
Destroyed in 2267 in Star Trek: The Original Series Season 2, Episode 6 - “The Doomsday Machine”
When the USS Enterprise reply to a distress call from their sister ship , the USS Constellation , they rule the heavily damaged ship with only one passenger still active , Commodore Matt Decker ( William Windom ) . The emotionally compromised Decker explains that his starship encountereda monumental ' satellite - grampus ' motorcar with the ability to destroy planets . The Constellation tried to attack the machine , but they were ineffective , and the Constitution Class starship affirm significant wrong .
Commodore Decker beamed the USS Constellation ’s full gang down to a nearby planet to keep them safe , but the machine then destroy the planet , vote down all of the Constellation ’s crew . The insane Decker steals a shuttlecock from the Starship Enterprise for a suicide run into the back talk of the motorcar . Although his attack causes only minor damage , it give Captain Kirk the theme to get off the Constellation into the robot , where it explode and incapacitate the planet - killer .
7Xindus
Destroyed in 2033, prior to Star Trek: Enterprise
Located in the Delphic Expanse , the Xindi homeworld , Xindus , was already geologically unsound before it was demolish during the Xindi Civil War . Prior to its wipeout , Xindus was menage to six different Xindi species , who were often in conflict with one another . At the tiptop of their Civil War , the Xindi - Reptilians and Insectoids set off a massive turkey that put down the major planet and wiped out the Xindi - Avians .
The persist five species then spread out across the Delphic Expanse during a time that became know as the Great Diaspora . It was later on that the transdimensional organism call the Guardians contacted the Xindiand told them that humanity would attack and destruct their next homeworld . This moderate the Xindi to launch a devastating attack on Earth in 2153 , after whichCaptain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula)and the Enterprise NX-01 were sent into the Delphic Expanse .
Xindi Species
By the close of Star Trek : Enterprise Season 3
Xindi - Aquatics
ally With Humanity
Xindi - Arboreals
Xindi - Avians
Extinct
Xindi - Insectoids
foe
Xindi - Primates
Xindi - Reptilians
6Ceti Alpha VI
Destroyed in 2267, prior to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
InStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 1 , episode 22 , " Space Seed , " Captain Kirk chance former Earth tyrantKhan Noonien Singh ( Ricardo Montalban)for the first fourth dimension . After Khan tries ( and neglect ) to destroy the go-ahead , Kirk deport him and his multitude to Ceti Alpha V.Although the planet was initially inhabitable , if somewhat harsh , the destruction of Ceti Alpha VI alter the orbit of Ceti Alpha fin , rendering the satellite completely inhospitable .
AlthoughKhan reveal that Ceti Alpha VI explode around six months after he and his the great unwashed were lead on Ceti Alpha V , it remains unknown what caused the satellite to explode . InStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , Commander Pavel Chekov beamed down from the USS Reliant to Ceti Alpha fin , erroneously believing it to be Ceti Alpha VI . Khan then hijacked the Reliant and give up Ceti Alpha V for good .
5Genesis Planet
Destroyed in 2285 in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
InStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , Khan stole the Genesis machine create byDr . Carol Marcus ( Bibi Besch)and her team of Federation scientist . The Genesis gadget could bring stagnant worlds and planetoids back to be , turning them into lush Class M planet capable of sustaining humanoid liveliness . However , the Genesis equipment could also be used as a weapon as its matrix substitute survive life with its own . After a final conflict with Admiral Kirk and the USS Enterprise , Khan detonated the gadget before his death , which resulted in the creation of the Genesis Planet .
After Spock sacrifice himself to allow the Starship Enterprise to escape , his jewel casket landed on the Genesis Planet , which bring his body back to life .
InStar Trek III : The Search For Spock , Carol and Kirk ’s son , David Marcus ( Merritt Butrick ) , was send off to enquire the Genesis Planet , which was unstable and aging rapidly because David used protomatter in the Genesis matrix . The Genesis Planet soon explodedafter Admiral Kirk successfully rescued Spock and commandeer a Klingon Bird - of - quarry to escape . The Genesis Planet mark the first timeStar Trekdepicted a planet ’s destruction on - screen .
There have been fourteen Star Trek movies over the last 40 days , but which is the bold big - screen dangerous undertaking to go where no man has gone before ?
4Praxis
Destroyed in 2293 in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Countryopens withCaptain Hikaru Sulu ( George Takei)in command of the USS Excelsior , as the ship is strike by a shockwave from a nearby plosion . When the Excelsior investigates , they detect that the Klingon moon , Praxis , has been destroyed . Sulu assay to offer assistance , but he receive an official transmittance from the Klingon High Command that the situation is under control .
Not only was Praxis the Klingon Empire ’s main energy production facility , but its wipeout also polluted the ozone of the Klingon homeworld , Qo’noS. Because of this , the Klingon Chancellor Gorkon ( David Warner ) seeks to terminate hostility between the Klingon Empire and the Federation , as the Empire can no longer sustain the war . Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise work party must then thwart a program to sabotage the peace talks so that the Federation can enter a raw era of peace treaty with the Klingons .
3Romulus & Remus
Destroyed in 2387 in Star Trek (2009) & prior to Star Trek: Picard
Before the sun in the Romulus arrangement pass away supernova in 2387,Starfleet wax a monolithic deliverance exploit to empty the satellite touch by the impendent destruction of the Romulan star . However , afterrogue synths attacked Marsand destroyed the rescue armada , Starfleet abandoned the evacuation effort . Admiral Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) had been spearhead the evacuation , and he resigned from Starfleet in protest after the deliverance efforts were abandoned .
After the destruction of Romulus and Remus , the Romulans became refugees and settled on various satellite , including Vashti , which had been set up as a Romulan Relocation Hub by the Federation .
According to J.J. Abrams’Star Trek(2009 ) , Ambassador Spock created a violent matter singularity as another seek to save Romulus . While the uniqueness did down the genius , it was not fast enough to block the supernova before it reached Romulus and Remus and destruct the planets . The Romulan Nero ( Eric Bana ) used the time warp make by the singularity to move back in metre , which resulted in the alternating Kelvin timeline .
2Vulcan
Destroyed in 2258 Star Trek (2009)
WhileStar Trek ’s Prime Universe version of Vulcan remains intact , the Vulcan of the Kelvin timeline was destruct by Nero after he travel back in sentence to the 23rd century and create the alternate Kelvin Timeline . When Nero ’s ship , the Narada , begin drill into the nucleus of Vulcan , the Vulcan High Command sent out a distress call . Starfleet responded by send an armada to intercept the Narada , but they were no friction match for Nero ’s powerful twenty-fourth century ship .
The USS Enterprise , under the dictation ofCaptain Christopher Pike ( Bruce Greenwood ) , arrived later than the other ships and futilely essay to stop Nero . When Vulcan ’s destruction became inevitable , Spock ( Zachary Quinto ) beamed down to save the Vulcan elders , admit his parent , Sarek ( Ben Cross ) and Amanda ( Winona Ryder ) . While Spock was able to spare many of the elders , his mother did not make it out in time and was killed when the planet imploded .
Ambassador Spock helped establish a Modern colony , bang as New Vulcan , for the approximately 10,000 persist Vulcans .
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1Kwejian
Destroyed in 3190 in Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 1 - “Kobayashi Maru”
The homeworld ofCleveland Booker ( David Ajala ) , Kwejian was a Class M satellite where the Kwejian people lived in a shielded orbit called the Sanctuary . When Booker go to visit his sidekick and nephew on Kwejian in 3190 , he noticed the birds on the major planet were behaving oddly . When he blend to look into , Book witnessed the destruction of Kwejian ’s moonby a massive gravitational deformation which later came to be known as the Dark Matter Anomaly or DMA .
Star Trek : The Original Series , Star Trek : Enterprise , Star Trek : Discovery , Star Trek : Picard , & Star Trek ( 2009 ) are useable to stream on Paramount+ .
Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , Star Trek III : The Search for Spock , & Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country are available to stream on Max .
