Mudd Incident

The Mudd Incident was a invent in which the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (alternate reality) was involved in 2259 prior to it's mission to Nibiru.

Prelude
In 2239 of the Kelvin timeline, the USS Enterprise (alternate reality 2230s) under Captain did a routine survey of Phaedus IV and it's inhabitants. There, April saw a genocidal civil war being fought by a group that called itself against non-shadow. In that moment, April decided to help the non-shadow. He then worked with XO, to fake his death