ECS Kobayashi Maru

The Kobayashi Maru was a neutronic fuel carrier, lost near the Tezel-Oroko system, near the Federation-Klingon border sometime prior to the mid-23rd century. (TNG novel: A Time to Heal)

The loss of the Kobayashi Maru formed the basis of a Starfleet Academy test for command-track cadets, known as "The Kobayashi Maru Scenario". A test of how an individual handles a no-win situation, has the cadet in command of a Starfleet vessel, charged with responding to a distress call from a crippled Kobayashi Maru, which is then threatened by hostile forces. (movie: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, et.al.)


 * Little is known about the "real" Kobayashi Maru, or how accurately the Academy test reflects the actual circumstances of its loss.