If Nero knew Spock like he seems to then he would know Spock's legendary ability to escape from captivity. If I had captured Spock, and knew his history, the last place I would want him would be on "my" ship. Drop him off someplace close enough to watch it but get him the hell off of my ship. As for placing him on a place with a Starfleet outpost. It actually makes perfect sense. Nero wanted Spock to suffer after seeing the destruction of his homeworld. If you want someone to suffer for a long time you don't drop them off somewhere they are going to die quickly. You drop them somewhere they can watch and escape to carry the memory with them for a long time. You wouldn't want the suffering to be over quickly. After all Nero had to live with the memory for 25 years. D11011101

I disagree. I thought Star Trek: The Motion Picture was the purest piece of sci-fi in the movie series. The rest of the movies were just rehashed war movies with a sci-fi veneer. After Next Generation the franchise moved away from solving problems and just devolved into a constant war motif which is counter to why I like Star Trek. DS9 was one war after another one. Voyager was one battle after another one in an attempt to get home. Don't even get me started on the crap that was Enterprise. D11011101