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Six months into construction, Captain Robert April took the empty hull of the ''Enterprise,''<ref name="TOSFinalFrontier"/> designated the NX-0002,<ref name="TOSIDWCrew1"/> on a secret mission to retrieve a lost colony vessel, the [[S.S. Rosenberg|S.S. ''Rosenberg'']], trapped in an [[ion storm]]. April hand-picked a command crew he could trust, including his oldest friend [[Kirk, George|George Kirk]] and his future wife, [[April, Sarah|Sarah Poole]]. While underway, sabotage threw the ''Enterprise'' into the [[Romulan Neutral Zone]], and nearly sparked another war with the [[Romulan Star Empire]]. With some assistance from a defecting [[Romulans|Romulan]], April and Kirk managed to defuse the situation and rescue the colonists.<ref name="TOSFinalFrontier"/>

In [[Chronology: 2244|2244]], April married Sarah Poole, and she agreed to sign aboard the ''Enterprise'' as [[Chief Medical Officer]].<ref name="ELApril"/> In [[Chronology: 2245|2245]], On the first of several shakedown cruises launched by [[Federation President]] [[Qasr, Solomon|Solomon Qasr]],<ref name="TASLog07"/> the NX-0002 was commanded by retiring [[Starfleet Ranks#Admiral|Admiral]] [[Rasmussen, Charles|Charles Rasmussen]], as part of a centuries-old tradition where a former captain takes a vessel out with a skeleton crew for its shakedown as his final assignment. During that mission, a team of [[Klingons]] attempted to steal the ship, but Rasmussen, aided by [[Starfleet Ranks#Cadet|Cadet]] [[Una]], managed to stop them, albeit at the cost of Rasmussen's life.<ref name="TOSIDWCrew1"/> April assumed command as the first captain of the ''Enterprise,''<ref name="TAS21"/><ref name="DSC16"/> and commanded the ship from [[Chronology: 2245|2245]] through [[Chronology: 2250|2250]],<ref name="UFP150"/><ref name="DSC16"/> 

In [[Chronology: 2246#October|October 2246]], the ''Enterprise'' was assigned to deliver urgently needed food to the colony on [[Tarsus IV]]<ref name="ELApril"/> after a deadly fungal infection attacked and destroyed the crops.<ref name="DSCDrastic"/> As the ''Enterprise'' neared the system, it was was attacked by the [[I.K.S. Kut'luch|I.K.S. ''Kut'luch'']], under [[Klingon Ranks#Commander|Commander]] [[Kor]], heavily damaging the ''Enterprise.'' After disabling the ''Kut'luch,'' the ''Enterprise'' arrived at Tarsus IV, only to discover the genocide that had occurred on the planet at the hands of [[planetary governor|Governor]] [[Kodos]]. Though he was relieved to discovery that young [[Kirk, James T.|James T. Kirk]], the son of his friend George Kirk, had survived, he couldn't help but wonder if the staggering loss of life could have been prevented had the ''Enterprise'' reached the colony sooner.<ref name="ELApril"/> April met with Captain [[Korrapati, Aurobindo|Aurobindo Korrapati]] of the [[U.S.S. Narbonne|U.S.S. ''Narbonne'']] and [[Starfleet]] officers [[Georgiou, Philippa|Philippa Georgiou]] and [[Lorca, Gabriel|Gabriel Lorca]]; he informed them that his wife had made significant progress in isolating the source of the fungal infection and that the cure would likely be ready within a week. The ''Enterprise'' remained at Tarsus IV for another 79 days, leading the relief efforts after the departure of the ''Narbonne.''<ref name="DSCDrastic"/>

When he was offered a promotion to [[Starfleet Ranks#Commodore|commodore]],<ref name="TAS21"/> he was succeeded by his first officer<ref name="UFP150"/><ref name="DSC16"/> of the past three years,<ref name="TOSIDWCrew4"/> [[Pike, Christopher|Christopher Pike]].<ref name="TAS21"/><ref name="UFP150"/><ref name="DSC16"/> Later that year, with the help of Admiral [[Mallory, Eugene|Eugene Mallory]], April helped to ensure that James Kirk was admitted to [[Starleet Academy]].<ref name="TOSBestDestiny"/>
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