Robert April
Robert April is a male comic television character who features in Star Trek.
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Biography
Robert April
In the 2230s, he sponsored Una Chin-Riley's application to Starfleet Academy. After her many years of service under his command, he also promoted Chin-Riley. 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. (SNW: Ad Astra per Aspera) During the 2240s, April oversaw the construction of components for a Constitution-class starship at the San Francisco Navy Yards. That vessel eventually became the USS Enterprise, which April later commanded from 2245 to 2250. His wife Sarah served as his chief medical officer. (TAS: The Counter-Clock Incident) In this time, Captain April came to have Christopher Pike as his first officer. (DIS: Brother) 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. (SNW: Ad Astra per Aspera) 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. The same year, April was involved with the aftermath of the Marcel disaster. (SNW: Ad Astra per Aspera) 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. (SNW: Ad Astra per Aspera)
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. (SNW: Strange New Worlds) After 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. 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) 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. (SNW: Spock Amok) He was assigned to Starbase 1 later that year. 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 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. (SNW: The Broken Circle) April 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. 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: Ad Astra per Aspera) He later informed Commander Chin-Riley that the improbability field had spread to 12 Federation starships. He let Chin-Riley know that he wanted the Enterprise to stop it. (SNW: Subspace Rhapsody)
Overview
Personality and attributes
April would tell Pike that every good captain needs a first officer who will tell him when he's wrong. Pike would later recall those words during a conversation with Captain Marie Batel in 2259. (SNW: Ad Astra per Aspera)
Powers and abilities
By 2256, April was one of Starfleet's most decorated captains, ranked among other legends such as Jonathan Archer, Matthew Decker, Philippa Georgiou and his former first officer Christopher Pike. (DIS: Choose Your Pain)
Notes
- Robert April was voiced by actor James Doohan where he appeared in Star Trek: The Animated series in the episode "The Counter-Clock Incident" (1974).
In other media
Television
Video games
Novels
Appearances
- Star Trek: The Animated Series: (1974)
- Star Trek: Discovery:
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