- For other uses, see Pompeii.
Pompeii was a city in Italy on Earth that was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius, a volcano, erupted.
The Saladin-class USS Pompeii was named for the city. In 2270, it served as Vice-Admiral Vaughan Rittenhouse's flagship. (TOS - Fortunes of War novel: Dreadnought!)
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Marla McGivers compared the volcanic eruptions which destroyed Khan Noonien Singh's settlement on Ceti Alpha V to those which destroyed Pompeii. (TOS novel: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh)
In 2280, Nick Keller discovered people aboard a vessel who were preserved in their final moments, as in Pompeii. The vessel would be referred to as the Grave Ship Pompeii. (CHA novel: Chainmail)
When Antonio Delgado was trying to convince the Chronal Assessment Committee to allow him to use the Guardian of Forever for time travel research, Delgado proposed traveling to Pompeii before Vesuvius erupted as a way of containing any possible damage to the timeline. (DTI novel: Forgotten History)
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- TOS novel: Dreadnought!
- TOS novel: The Wounded Sky
- TOS novel: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh
- VOY novel: Echoes
- CHA novel: Chainmail