Surrender A surrender often signaled the end of hostilities in a military conflict . It might offer a final option when a defending force was completely surrounded , its industrial and production capabilities destroyed , and severely depleted manpower in which further fighting would only prolong the inevitable . It was also used for an individual who handed themselves over to authorities . In 2285 , Commander Uhura hailed the heavily damaged and under orders from Admiral James T . Kirk , told Khan Noonien Singh to surrender and prepare to be boarded . ( ) In 2287 , Commander Pavel Chekov advised Sybok to surrender himself to personnel on Nimbus III . ( ) In 2293 , Captain James T . Kirk told Commander Uhura to signal a surrender to " Kronos One " from the " Enterprise " - A crew when " Kronos One " powered up their weapons to attack the " Enterprise " after the assassination of Chancellor Gorkon . ( ) In 2364 , Captain Jean - Luc Picard ordered Counselor Deanna Troi to surrender in all languages and frequencies to Q while on the battle bridge of the . ( ) In 2365 , Captain Jean - Luc Picard surrendered the to William T . Riker when he was acting captain of the Klingon cruiser " Pagh " . ( ) In 2366 , while imprisoned by an unknown species with Jean - Luc Picard , Mitena Haro , and Kova Tholl , Esoqq told Tholl , a Mizarian , that all names of people of his species meant surrender , since their homeworld , Mizar II had been conquered six times as the Mizarians offered no resistance to the takeover of their world . ( ) During their 2366 invasion of the Federation , the Borg demanded an unconditional surrender as it believed Starfleet was helpless against their cube . ( ) In 2367 , Chief Miles O ' Brien convinced his former commanding officer , Captain Benjamin Maxwell to drop the shields of his starship , the and to surrender himself to the " Enterprise " - D . ( ) In 2369 , Commander Benjamin Sisko , while on board the , ordered Tahna Los to surrender himself and the runabout he commandeered , the , after he attempted to destroy the opening to the Bajoran wormhole with bilitrium explosives . ( ) In 2370 , Odo told Kira Nerys that she was surrendering after she voluntarily gave up her position as liaison officer to Li Nalas at the request of the Bajoran Provisional Government . ( ) " In an unknown future , Captain Beverly Picard asked Governor Worf to signal a surrender of the to the Klingon s . " ( ) Later that year , Jake Sisko advised the replicant O ' Brien to surrender himself to his father and Deep Space 9 ' s security personnel after he tried to flee from them . ( ) Gul Evek ordered Chakotay and his Maquis cell on the raider " Val Jean " to cut their engines and surrender to him near the Badlands in 2371 . ( ) In 2372 , after Kar tried to attack Chakotay with his hands tied up , Chakotay told him " " I accept your surrender . " " ( ) In 2373 , a member of the Q ordered Q to surrender during the Q Civil War . In response , Q fired a gun at them and said " " I ' ll never surrender ! " " ( ) In 2374 , a group of genetically - engineered Human s , Jack , Sarina Douglas , Lauren , and Patrick predicted that the United Federation of Planets would lose the Dominion War and the resulting causalities would be nine hundred billion lives . Julian Bashir , genetically engineered himself , recommended their suggestion to Benjamin Sisko that Starfleet surrender to the Dominion . Sisko angrily refused and told Bashir " " Surrender is not an option ! " " ( ) According to Weyoun , throughout its ten - thousand - year history the Dominion had never surrendered in battle , much less lost a war . As the Dominion War dragged on , it slowly became the Dominion ' s remaining option . During the mid - to - late months of 2375 , Starfleet , Klingon , and Romulan forces raided deep within Cardassian territory and destroyed Jem ' Hadar breeding centers , shipyards , and manufacturing facilities , depriving it of front - line strength . Rather than capitulating , the Dominion leadership decided to make a final stand at Cardassia Prime . Fortunately , Odo was able to convince the Female Changeling to surrender , avoiding unnecessary losses . ( )