Hijacking A hijacking was a terrorist act in which an armed group forcibly seized control of an unsuspecting vessel . In 2153 , during its search for the Xindi weapon , was hijacked by Triannon fundamentalists who wished to use the ship ' s advanced weaponry to end the religious war which had already devastated their homeworld . ( ) In 2266 , Khan Noonien Singh , along with his augment followers from the , attempted to hijack the to find a Federation colony in which to conquer . After their failure and subsequent exile to Ceti Alpha V , they later successfully hijacked the in 2285 . ( , ) In 2267 , the " Enterprise " was again hijacked , this time from an extra - galactic invasion force of Kelvan s from the Andromeda Galaxy . They intended to return to their home galaxy with the " Enterprise " to inform the Kelvan Empire that the Milky Way Galaxy could be conquered by them . They were subsequently convinced by Captain James T . Kirk that they could colonize in the Milky Way Galaxy , rather than conquer , and elected to remain to start their own colony . Control of the " Enterprise " was soon returned to Kirk by their leader , Rojan . ( ) In 2268 , while surrounded by three Romulan D7 vessels , Kirk and First Officer Spock both correctly speculated that the Romulans would make an attempt to seize control of the " Enterprise " after the ship had violated the Romulan Neutral Zone and entered Romulan space . Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott threatened to destroy the " Enterprise " if the Romulans made any attempt to hijack the ship . ( ) In 2285 , a Klingon boarding party , lead by Torg , attempted to hijack the " Enterprise " , under the orders of Lord Kruge . However , the starship had been surreptitiously set for auto - destruct by Admiral Kirk prior to him and his bridge crew abandoning the ship . The resulting explosion destroyed the " Enterprise " , along with the boarding party , preventing it from falling into enemy hands . Kirk and his crew later hijacked Kruge ' s Bird - of - Prey and used it to return Spock ' s body to Vulcan . ( ) In 2286 , Sybok and the Galactic Army of Light successfully hijacked the and used it to breach the Great Barrier to find the planet Sha Ka Ree , where Sybok believed he would find God . After breaching the barrier , Sybok returned command of the " Enterprise " back to Captain Kirk , believing that Kirk wouldn ' t pass up the chance to explore the planet . ( ) In 2364 , the Bynar s tricked the crew of the into an emergency evacuation while docked at Starbase 74 by faking a collapse of the anti - matter containment system . With the crew off the ship , the Bynars took the " Enterprise " to their homeworld , Bynaus , where they used the main computer to store the information from the main computer on their world to prevent it from being damaged from an electromagnetic pulse from a nearby supernova . Thanks to the efforts of Captain Jean - Luc Picard and Commander William T . Riker , the Bynars ' plan worked , their world was saved , they returned control of the " Enterprise " to Picard and returned to Starbase 74 to face a hearing for their actions . ( ) In 2368 , Ux - Mal criminals possessed the bodies of Counselor Deanna Troi , Lieutenant Commander Data and Chief Miles O ' Brien , who attempted to take control of the " Enterprise " - D . When Commander Riker locked out the bridge control functions , they attempted to make their way to main engineering to seize control of the vessel from there . However , Riker re - enabled the bridge controls before they could carry out their plan . ( ) In 2371 , Thomas Riker and the Maquis hijacked the . ( ) In 2372 , the Kazon - Nistrim hijacked the . ( ) In 2374 , the Tal Shiar hijacked the . ( )