Suicide run

Kamikaze is a word of Japanese origin that translates to "Divine Wind". The kamikaze became famous in World War II, where Allied forces used the term to refer to Japanese pilots who made suicide runs, flying planes loaded with explosives into Allied ships. It is sometimes employed by starships, usually as an attack of desperation.

In an alternate timeline created by Nero in 2233, George Kirk, acting captain of the USS Kelvin, made a kamikaze attack on Nero's ship, the Narada, once the crew were safely away in shuttles. (Star Trek)

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A Jem'Hadar kamikaze attack in the first Battle of Chin'toka (2374)

In 2370, a Jem'Hadar attack ship collided with the USS Odyssey's deflector dish, causing its destruction. Despite the fact that the Odyssey was withdrawing from the battle, the Jem'Hadar made the suicide run to prove to the Federation how far they are willing to go to prevent others from interfering with the Dominion. (DS9: "The Jem'Hadar")

In 2371, Chakotay initiated a kamikaze attack against a Kazon carrier vessel aboard his Maquis raider. (VOY: "Caretaker")

In 2373, at the Battle of Sector 001, Lieutenant Commander Worf intended to ram the USS Defiant into the Borg cube after taking severe damage. The timely arrival of the USS Enterprise-E prevented him from doing so. (Star Trek: First Contact)

In 2374, during the first Battle of Chin'toka, the severely outnumbered Jem'Hadar defenders employed kamikaze attacks against invading Klingon forces, destroying or crippling fifteen ships. (DS9: "Tears of the Prophets")

Also in 2374, in an alternate timeline, the USS Voyager performed a kamikaze move against the Krenim weapon ship, causing the destruction of both vessels. The collision caused catastrophic damage to the ship's temporal core and instigated a temporal incursion upon the core itself, and the ship and all associated events were erased from history. (VOY: "Year of Hell, Part II")

In 2379, during the Battle of the Bassen Rift, Captain Picard ordered the USS Enterprise-E into a collision course with Shinzon's Scimitar after conventional weapons were exhausted. Once the vessels were entangled, he intended to destroy both with the Enterprise's autodestruct. However, the autodestruct system was damaged in the collision and the Scimitar was able to pull itself free. (Star Trek Nemesis)

External links

• Suicide run at Wikipedia
• Suicide attack at Wikipedia