USS Enterprise (NCC-1701 alternate reality)/Service history/Maiden voyage

In 2258, the ship's planned maiden voyage, under the command of , was brought forward after Earth received a distress call from while the bulk of the fleet was engaged in the Laurentian system. As a result, the Enterprise was crewed primarily by Starfleet Academy cadets. 
The ship launched from with seven other starships to respond to the call, including the , the , and the . However, its departure was delayed because helmsman forgot to disengage the external inertial dampener, which actually saved the ship after it arrived shortly after the rescue fleet had been destroyed by the Romulan mining ship Narada.
The Enterprise proved to be no match for the technologically-advanced missiles of the Narada. Fortunately, Nero recognized the Enterprise as the vessel that served on. He chose not to destroy the Enterprise in order to allow Spock to see the destruction of Vulcan. 
Enterprise found that it was unable to contact Starfleet or to begin evacuating the inhabitants of Vulcan, as the Naradas drill platform, while in operation, prevented communications and transporter use. Despite the sabotage of the drill platform, Nero launched a container of red matter into the planet's core, which created a singularity that caused Vulcan to implode, killing all but about ten thousand Vulcans.
Following the destruction of Vulcan and the capture of Captain Pike, Acting Captain Spock intended to take the Enterprise to rendezvous with the rest of the fleet at the Laurentian system, but acting First Officer thought it better to attempt to stop Nero first. A fight ensued, and Spock then marooned Kirk for mutiny on , but Kirk managed to beam back on board with the help of another Spock and . Spock was forced to resign his command to Kirk according to Regulation 619, and the Enterprise reversed course in an attempt to intercept the Narada before it could strike Earth. 
Emerging from warp in the atmosphere of Titan, the Enterprise hid from the Naradas sensors using the magnetic distortion of Saturn's rings, while beaming Spock and Kirk aboard the Romulan ship before its drill could be activated. However, the duo could not be rescued as the drill was turned on shortly after their arrival. Kirk then rescued Pike, while Spock confiscated the and used it to destroy the drill.
Spock then warped out of the system, with Nero pursuing. Spock set a collision course, and Nero launched his remaining missiles to defend the Narada. Unexpectedly, the Enterprise then warped in, firing phasers full spread, destroying the missiles, and allowing Spock to continue. Shortly before impact, Spock, Kirk, and Pike were beamed out by Scott onto the Enterprise. 
The impact ignited the red matter aboard the Jellyfish, creating a black hole which caused the Narada to be stuck. When Kirk offered assistance, Nero refused, saying that "he would suffer the death of Romulus a thousand times," and that "he would rather die in agony than receive the Enterprises assistance." 
Kirk acknowledged the refusal and the Enterprise brought all her phasers and photon torpedoes to bear on the Narada, firing on the ship and blasting it to pieces, causing the massive ship to collapse and be pulled into the black hole. During the attempt from escaping the black hole’s gravity, the Enterprise was nearly pulled into the black hole as well, even through warp. However, the ship was saved when the ship's warp core was ejected and detonated; the resulting shock wave propelled the Enterprise to safety.
Following the successful mission of the Enterprise, Pike was promoted to admiral and Kirk was assigned to command the Enterprise as his relief. Kirk subsequently chose Spock as his first officer. ()