Okay, we'll make that Starfleet's number one suggestion. God knows how many times prudent decision-making and tastical skills have been ignored to forward the plot in Star Trek and other shows. Maybe in this new timeline Starfleet should have changed the Koybayashi Maru test to the "Big giant unknown ship emerging from a lightning storm" test. And since Rabau was on his way to the bridge when the situation began; we can blame it on his second-in-command.
Well, if you want to think that everyone is psychic and has superspeed reflexes, let's apply your method of thinking to the TOS movies:
TMP: The Klingons should have refused orders to combat V'Ger. The crew of that space station should have fled at the first sign of trouble; Likewise, the Enterprise should have turned away rather than communicate with V'Ger. Spock should have known better than to try a mind meld. Chekov should have kept his hands off the controls to prevent his burn.
TWOK: Terrell should have noticed that there was a planet missing; Terrell should have turned around the instant he and Chekov saw a mysterious bunker in the middle of a desert. Kirk should have raised shields in the first encounter with Reliant. Kirk should have turned left/right/up/down to avoid the phaser blasts in the nebula. Spock should have put on a full radiation suit.
TSFS: Those smugglers should never have dealt with Kruge. The agent should never have watched the tape. Esteban should have put guards up all over the Excelsior and Starfleet command. The Grissom should have turned tail and run the instant they saw any sign of a cloaked ship. Kirk should have similarly run. Kirk should have made Scotty sure the Enterprise was battle-ready. Kirk should have fired even more torpedoes.
TVH: Chekov should have turned the other way instead of falling. Kirk should have remembered the whale probe upon return to the 24th Century. Kirk and crew should have run away from Earth instead of face their court martial.
TFF: Starfleet should have had more ships nearby. Scotty should know to fix the Enterprise. Spock should have fired on Sybok. Scotty should have been faster in beaming up Kirk.
TUC: Sulu should have turned the other way to escape the wave. No one should have had that Romulan Ale. There should have been posted watchmen by the windows underneath the Enterprise to see where the torpedo came from. Kirk and McCoy should not have beamed aboard Kronos-1. Excelsior should have been guarding Khitomer. Enterprise should have entered battle with that special homing torpedo already armed. Chang should have decloaked and raised the shields the instant he saw the torpedo.
Heck, Excelsior vs. the shockwave in TUC is virtually no different than the Kelvin and the Narada, with similar dramatic pacing as well.
All those "mistakes" on the part of commanding offiers helped churn out some fantastic and critically acclaimed movies. Likewise, there *are* such things as surprises! That's why they're called surprises!
Okay. I'll shut up. But it kind of sucks that it took a somewhat non-canon graphic novel to explain more of what happened to him. Even in the deleted scenes of the Narada being surrounded by Klingon battle cruisers and Nero's crew being taken prisoner we get no more references to Robau or see his dead body on the ship.
