2344 In what becomes known as the Battle of Narendra III, the USS Enterprise-C is destroyed while defending the Klingon outpost on Narendra III from Romulan attack. This event reemphasizes the Khitomer Accords and ensures a lasting peace between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. However, some of the Enterprise crew survives and are captured, among them Natasha Yar, who had been sent there by Jean-Luc Picard from the future of an alternate timeline. In an alternate timeline, the Enterprise-C disappears while engaged with the Romulan attackers. Relations between the Federation and the Klingons deteriorate, leading to war. At the age of 15, Chakotay's entry into Starfleet Academy is sponsored by Captain Sulu.