One of two transport ships carrying El-Aurian refugees to Earth in 2293 that were caught in the Nexus energy ribbon; forty-seven of its passengers were saved by the Enterprise-B.
The SS Lakul and its companion the SS Robert Fox were carrying El-Aurians who had fled the Borg destruction of their homeworld. Their fate is shown at the start of Star Trek Generations.
Both ships became trapped in the gravimetric distortions of the Nexus. The newly launched Enterprise-B, on a short press cruise without its full equipment, was the only vessel in range. The Robert Fox broke up with all 265 people aboard before anything could be done. The Enterprise managed to beam forty-seven of the 150 on the Lakul to safety just as its hull gave way.
Among those saved were Guinan and Tolian Soran, both pulled back from the Nexus. The rescue cost the life, it seemed, of James Kirk.