His weapon complete, Krall departed Altamid with his Swarm to wipe out all life from the nearby Starbase Yorktown, whose multicultural population he saw as the epitome of the Federation's degeneracy.

He destroyed the Enterprise, captured most of the crew, and eventually coerced Ensign Syl into relinquishing the second Abronath piece. Upon the arrival of the Enterprise at Altamid, Krall attacked with his Swarm. Krall – Human physiology reasserting itself – and Manas He dispatched Wolff, now 'Kalara', to lure the Enterprise to him. In 2263 in the alternate reality, Krall discovered from Starfleet logs, accessed through a captured Magellan probe, that the second piece of the Abronath had been placed into storage on the USS Enterprise. ( Star Trek Beyond)Īlternate reality Raid and destruction of the Enterprise He located one piece after decades of work, but not the other. Krall learned that the natives of Altamid once created a super-weapon called the Abronath, which they had split in two and launched into space. In time, Edison became 'Krall', suppressing much of his Human identity and ceasing to speak in English. Using their newly-acquired Swarm, Edison, Le, and Wolff captured scores of alien ships and drained their crews to survive, which also mutated their biology to resemble that of their victims. On Altamid, Edison found technology left behind by a previous civilization, including Swarm ships, a drone workforce, and an energy transference process that allowed him to 'drain' other individuals to prolong his own life. ( DIS: ' Battle at the Binary Stars') Stranded on Altamid Becoming Krall Įdison recording his last 'captain's log' Starfleet's USS Edison was presumably named after him or Thomas Edison. ( Star Trek Beyond) It was not until 2255 that Starfleet had him formally declared missing in action. As his resentment festered into violent hatred, Edison resolved to destroy the Federation and prove that peaceful coexistence led only to weakness. Edison sent out a distress call but, receiving no response, he came to believe that he had been abandoned by the Federation. The ship crashed on the distant planet Altamid, with Edison, Anderson Le, and Jessica Wolff as the only survivors. In 2164, the Franklin was displaced by a wormhole while inside the Gagarin Radiation Belt. However, Edison deeply resented what he saw as being put out to pasture, his perceived calling as a soldier rendered obsolete by the Federation's embrace of diplomacy and tolerance. Edison became a Starfleet officer and was given command of the USS Franklin. Starfleet career įollowing the founding of the Federation, MACO was dissolved. ( Star Trek Beyond)Įdison's claim of having fought the Xindi would seem to imply that he was part of the MACO detachment assigned to Enterprise NX-01 during its mission into the Delphic Expanse in 2153, unless there was some other subsequent conflict between Earth and the Xindi before 2161. He fought in both the Xindi and the Romulan wars, during which he witnessed millions of Humans perish by alien hands. As an acting colonel, he served as a lieutenant under the command of Captain T. After he was promoted to major, he served in force command under Captain T. He began his military service history as a boot camp officer where, as a soldier, he was trained in survival strategies and tactical analysis. ( Star Trek Beyond)Įdison's file in the USS Franklin databaseĮdison served in MACO, a branch of the United Earth Military, in the 22nd century. 3.1 Raid and destruction of the EnterpriseĮdison was born in Murrysville, Pennsylvania on Earth.

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