Random theory that utterly fails in regards to science and merely functions to justify rule of cool: The red matter creates an intense gravity 'pulse'
for a relatively short period of time. If detonated in space, it'll pull anything in range in close, then burn out before grabbing sufficient mass to
become an actual black hole. Nero didn't know much about how the red matter worked, so decided to play it safe and surround the red matter with as much
solid matter as possible. Hey, he already had the bigass laser drill anyway.
The supernova being a galactic threat... When the Hoebius star went nova, something in it sent out a 'disruption wave in subspace', causing a number of
stars in the path of the wave to go nova (Like a naturally occurring version of the Nova rocket from Generations). Spock was actually dropping red matter into
stars along the 'line of fire', canceling out the wave and preventing it from continuing on.
Spock Prime got to see the destruction of Vulcan in the sky because Nero is a bastard and has a holographic big screen projector on his ship. He and Kirk were
dropped on the same planet by... um... a pretty bigass coincidence. Someone was meddling to allow destiny... *Gives the Q's a suspicious look, is utterly
ignored in return*
for a relatively short period of time. If detonated in space, it'll pull anything in range in close, then burn out before grabbing sufficient mass to
become an actual black hole. Nero didn't know much about how the red matter worked, so decided to play it safe and surround the red matter with as much
solid matter as possible. Hey, he already had the bigass laser drill anyway.
The supernova being a galactic threat... When the Hoebius star went nova, something in it sent out a 'disruption wave in subspace', causing a number of
stars in the path of the wave to go nova (Like a naturally occurring version of the Nova rocket from Generations). Spock was actually dropping red matter into
stars along the 'line of fire', canceling out the wave and preventing it from continuing on.
Spock Prime got to see the destruction of Vulcan in the sky because Nero is a bastard and has a holographic big screen projector on his ship. He and Kirk were
dropped on the same planet by... um... a pretty bigass coincidence. Someone was meddling to allow destiny... *Gives the Q's a suspicious look, is utterly
ignored in return*