Swarm ship

Swarm ships were small, 2-person crafts left behind on Altamid prior to the 2160s by the planet's original inhabitants.

History
After the USS Franklin (NX-326)'s crash landing on Altamid, Captain Balthazar Edison and his surviving crew discovered the ships. As Edison became Krall, the ships waylaid many alien ships, such the one flown by Jaylah and her father. Jaylah describe them as being similar to bees.

In 2263 of the Kelvin timeline, Krall used the swarm ships to attack and destroy the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (alternate reality). The ships were also able to jam the Enterprise 's communications. Together, the ships were able to sever the Enterprise 's warp nacelles and saucer section. During the attack, Commander and Dr. were able to board and highjack one. However, they crashed on Altamid.

Several of these ship patrolled the planet. Two of these ships were able to find Spock and McCoy before they were beamed to the USS Franklin (NX-326). Krall then used them in his attackon Yorktown Station. During the attack, Spock and McCoy were beamed aboard anther ship. Spock then analyzed the signal. Using the Franklin 's antiquated technology, Kirk and his crew were then able identify the swarm ships' signalas closed networked cyberpathic communications that allowed them to coordinate their attack maneuvers. They sent out a radio signal in the form of "classical" music by the Beastie Boys. As the Franklin flew very near to Krall's ships, their signal caused a chain reaction that destroyed the swarm.

Krall and two of his remaining ships flew into Yorktown. Spock and McCoy assisted James Kirk in defeating Krall within Yorktown by forcing Krall to crash into the Franklin. They then used the ship to rescue before Krall and the Abornath were ejected into space.