STAR TREK CHRONOLOGY (VERSION 4) All dates in Old (Earth) Calendar unless otherwise noted ? B.C. The Great Barrier, an accretion disk 13 light years in radius from the center of the Milky Way galaxy, is constructed by an unknown race (possibly the Cytherians) to imprison a non-corporeal superbeing [ST V, TNG 193]. The Nagha, an immense super computer, is constructed by an unknown organic race. Millions of years later it will evolve into a thinking intelligence, enslave its own creators, and exterminate them [ON 6]. 3,000,000,000 B.C. An advanced, extragalactic(?) race creates a series of planet-killers: automated "doomsday machine" robot weapons of immense size and power to combat the Borg. The collective consciousness of "the Many" are transcribed into the final such machine [DMa, ST 3, GN 8]. Ay-nab, the "god" of Lyra, instructs its people to create a Dyson sphere world [ON 9]. 1,000,000,000 B.C. The galaxy-wide Slaver Empire is destroyed when one race revolts against the Slavers. Most intelligent life of this time is destroyed, and the only remnants of the Slaver Empire are stasis boxes and their contents. One such stasis box, containing a flying belt, will be the key to the artificial gravity field used by starships [SW/a]. 300,000,000 B.C. An alien ship of insectoid beings is invaded by a magnetic organism. Trapped in orbit of Questar M17, the crew disable their own ship to prevent the spread of the entity [BFS/a]. 2,000,000 B.C. "The Preservers" seed various planets with carbon-based, predominately humanoid, life. They take a special interest in the peoples of Earth (Sol III) and throughout the centuries establish duplicate "Earths" populated by relocated humans or humanoids. Some of these species are genetically altered and unique societies are formed, many of which are computer-dominated, while others are given extended life-spans or some such outstanding abilities [PSy, TOS #35, TBoT]. 1,741,651 B.C. "The Makers," an advanced race of humanoids from the Andromeda galaxy, die out when their home star goes nova. Only their androids (on UFC 257704-II) live on in our galaxy [IM]. 997,800 B.C. Oyya, the 2,000 square kilometer city of the Guardian of Forever, is established on the Time Planet (Gateway) by the Originators [Log 1, TOS #39]. 597,730 B.C. The Arretians colonize the known galaxy [Rt]. 597,636 B.C. The Tkon Empire dies out when its home planet's sun goes nova [TNG 107]. 497,740 B.C. The star Exo begins to dim and will continue to do so over the next half million years. The inhabitants of Exo III will be driven underground, resulting in a mechanistic culture [LG]. 497,700 B.C. The planet Arret's atmosphere is ripped away during civil war. A handful of survivors take shelter in subterranian caves [RT]. 497,600 B.C. The Ylans complete their Artifact, an interstellar museum of art. Over the next half million years it will become a starship trap [TNG #13]. 197,635 B.C. The Iconian Empire dies out [TNG 137]. 97,800 B.C. Atomic warfare on Talos IV destroys the surface of the planet and drives the Talosians underground [Me, EOM]. 87,035 B.C. The interstellar gate system is abandoned [TOS #43]. 47,737 B.C. Lokai, a political criminal, escapes from his home planet Cheron. Bele, a law enforcer, goes in pursuit [LB]. 20,000 B.C. The inhabitants of Altair IV colonize Altair VI. A system-wide civil war is later raged, dropping both worlds into savagery [LOR]. 17,736 B.C. All intelligent life on Beekman's Planet (Hydrilla) is exterminated [TOS #30]. 17,735 B.C. Kremaster, an extragalactic cyborg, becomes entrapped in the final nexus interstellar gate system, intent on destroying it [TOS #43]. 12,735 B.C. The Aragos civilization is destroyed. 10,000 B.C. The planet Vulcan (40 Eridani A) is at war with itself. It is the beginning of the Age of Expansion, and the unification of Vulcan starts [GN 4]. The Stone Age on Earth: Animal domestication and fire are developed [LOR]. 9,736 B.C. The Tam Paupa is first worn on the planet Pandro (Garo VII) [Log 9]. 7,737 B.C. A 'controller' is installed by the Eymorgs in their underground city on Sigma Draconis VI [SB]. 7,735 B.C. Fabrina goes nova. The Fabrini escape aboard an immense generation ship called "Yonada" [FW]. 7,640 B.C. The guard post 'repositories' are constructed by the 'Builders' [TNG #2]. 6,635 B.C. The Zakdorns gain their reputation of having the most inately stategic minds in the galaxy [TNG 147]. 4,745 B.C. Omicron Delta IV, the so-called "Shore Leave planet," is established by an unknown alien race [OUP/a, Log 3]. 4,250 B.C. On the planet Vulcan, thousands die of the Skag Maug plague [MRM]. 4,032 B.C. Extraterrestrials abduct a male and a female from Earth. They and their descendents will be given generations of training to help prevent Earth's civilization from destroying itself [AE]. 3,834 B.C. Akharin (a.k.a. Flint the Immortal) is born im Mesopotamia on old Earth. Over the next millenia he will greatly influence Humanity [RM]. 3,740 B.C. Landru, a political figure on UFC 611-Beta III, dies. All his knowledge lives on in a computer of his own design which will rule this world for the next six thousand years [RA]. 3,000 B.C. All intelligent life in the Beta Portalan system is destroyed by the flying parasites [OA]. The Kalandan Empire is destroyed by a disease organism [TWS, MRM]. 2,750 B.C. Kohl becomes the Klingon God-patron of medicine on the Klingon homeworld [MRM]. 2,738 B.C. Apollo, an extraterrestrial humanoid, comes to Earth. He will set the pattern of the Greek Gods [WM]. 2,737 B.C. Commander Spock and Dr. McCoy are trapped in the Ice Age on the planet Sarpeidon, having been transported 5,000 years back through time by the Atavachron. Zarabeth, an exile banished by Zor Khan the Tyrant, bears Spock's son, Zar [AY, TOS #11]. Zar, in the Lakreo Valley region on Sarpeidon, helps to found society [TOS #11]. 2,730 B.C. S'harien becomes known as Vulcan's greatest swordsmith [TOS #18]. 2,718 B.C. Zarabeth dies in Sarpeidon's Ice Age [TOS #11]. 2,712 B.C. Using the Guardian of Forever, Commander Spock rescues his son, Zar. Zar is transported to the 23rd Century and later returns to 2,737 B.C. via the Guardian [TOS #11]. 2,634 B.C. The Howling God doomsday world of Kirlos is constructed by the Ariantu in their battle against the K'vin Hegemony. The Ariantu Empire collapses and Kirlos is abandoned by the Ariantu. The Sullurh remain behind [TNG #12]. 2,000 B.C. The Metal Age on Earth: Agriculture and engineering are developed [LOR]. 1,900 B.C. On Vulcan, Sikar founds the Vulcan School of Medicine [MRM]. 1,198 B.C. Parneb of Thebes designs a temple and supervises its construction on Earth [GN 2]. 933 B.C. Solomon (a.k.a. Flint the Immortal) "dies" [TOS #46]. 750 B.C. The Chatalia home star supernovas. Prior to the disaster, an interstellar ramjet vessel is launched [ON 11]. 740 B.C. Zetar expands into a red giant destroying all corporeal life in the system. The minds of the planet's inhabitants live on, however, and go in search of a host body [LZ, STM]. 736 B.C. The Taygeta system is irradiated by a nova [TOS #19]. 500 B.C. The Sandarans, fleeing from their home star's nova, arrive on Earth and set the pattern of Classical Greece [PSt]. 450 B.C. The first Vulcan manned landing on Charis is aborted following the extermination of the High House by T'Thelaih [GN 4]. 400 B.C. Vulcans make the first landing on Charis (T'Khut), Vulcan's sister planet [GN 4]. 300 B.C. (1433 Vulcan Years) Vulcan's Glory is won as a prize of war from the house of Kawarda, in the battle of T'zal [TOS #44]. 67 B.C. Surak is born on Vulcan. The Eye of Fire, light from the Sigma-1014 Orionis nova, reaches Vulcan [TOS #35, GN 4]. 48 B.C. Parmen is born [PSt]. 37 B.C. Philana is born [PSt]. 22 B.C., 18 January (139954 Vulcan Old Date) Duthulhiv (pre-Orion) pirates land on Vulcan in an attempt to loot it. This first extraVulcanian contact will result in a split in Vulcan society and lead up to the first Vulcan interstellar colonization [TOS #35, GN 4]. 7 B.C. Following their departure from Earth, the Sandarans arrive on Platonius [PSt]. 6 B.C. (140005 Vulcan Old Date) Zakal the Terrible, the greatest of the Kolinahr masters, dies on Vulcan [GN 5]. S'task recruits 12,000 Vulcans to depart Vulcan with him. Many more will follow, totalling 80,000 [TOS #35, GN 4, GN 5]. 0 A.D. 80 Parmen and Philana are married on Platonius [PSt]. 150 The 80,000 leave Vulcan or migration outside 40 Eridani. They will later found the Romulan Star Empire [TOS #35, GN 4]. 264 Eeiauo is colonized by the Sivaoans [TOS #21]. 455 The Tullvans of Zeta Geminorum die out [ON 6]. 476 The surgo-op procedure is developed by the Aquans on Argo [Am/a, MRM]. Kassaba Fever destroys entire populations on Rigel IV [MRM]. 500 Extraterrestrials transplant inhabitants from Persia on Earth to the planet Argelius II [LOR]. 560 The Vulcan colony ships encounter the Iruhe in the 4408 Beta Trianguli system--and suffer massive casualties [TOS #35]. 664 The Tam Paupa is stolen from the premier of Pandro (Garo VII). Chaos and civil wars will result, lasting for three centuries [Log 9]. 761 The Metron spokesman is born [Ar]. 791 Warring factions on Areta (Beta Circinus III) unleash a nuclear holocaust that devastates large portions of the planet [TOS #44]. 865 The Solari Wars begin on Solais V [TNG 136]. 1000 Zora experiments with the body chemistry of tribes on Tiburon (Omega Fornacis III) [SC, MRM]. 1260 Within the Delta Triangle region of space, in a different time-continuum, the Elysian council is formed. By 2264, Elysia will contain members of over 123 different races [Tr/a]. 1264 The Irapina fleet leaves the Sagittarius Arm and heads toward U.F.P. space, conquering or destroying everything in its path [ON 11]. 1265 The Menthar-Famelian War exterminates both star-faring races in the Battle of Aurius IX [TNG 154]. 1367 Ardra grants the people of Ventax II one thousand yers of peace and prosperity according to myth [TNG 187]. 1400 The Science Age on Earth: Mathematics and physics are developed [LOR]. 1401 K't'lk is born on Hamal (Alpha Arietis IV) [TOS #13]. 1486 (500th Cycle of Algol/Shem) The Karsid Empire makes its first contact with the planet Klinzhai [TOS #23]. 1519 Leonardo Da Vinci (a.k.a. Flint the Immortal) "dies" [RM]. 1540 (Karsid Imperial Year 930) Klinzhai becomes a full member of the Karsid Empire and adapts Karsid technology, customs etc [TOS #23]. 1600 Hikaru Sulu, transported by Weyland of Cragon V, fights for his life in feudal Japan on Earth [TOS #52]. 1664 The inhabitants of an unnamed planet construct sleeper units for unlimited pleasure and escape. Within the next 600 years the people will be in agony [ON 6]. 1692 The people of Megas-Tu are forced to leave Earth in Salem, Massachusetts, New England [Mtu/a]. 1700 Great Diaspora on Andor (Epsilon Indi VIII): hive medicine spreads planet-wide [MRM]. 1746 Montgomery Scott, transported by Weyland of Cragon V, fights for his life in Scotland on Earth [TOS #52]. 1760 Interplanetary war begins between the neighboring planets Eminiar VII and Vendikar. The war will last five centuries [TA]. 1800 The Klingons develop the S-2 graph unit FTL propulsion system [LOR]. Wu is born on Omega IV [OG]. 1820 The Great Blight: Saurian virus spreads throughout known worlds [MRM]. 1824 Savar is born on Vulcan [GN 2]. 1830 The Vegan Tyranny conquers many pre-Federation worlds [MRM, EOM, ST 2]. 1867 The Klingon Empire (based in 2264) attempts to alter Earth's history by assassinating Aaron Stemple, a minor government official. The attempt fails due to Commander Spock's intervention [TOS #23]. The inhabitants of the planet Alaj develop spaceflight [TNG #14]. The moons of Peli Azel are colonized [TNG 197]. 1873 (Karsid Imperial Year 1056.3) The Karsid Empire attempts to infiltrate Earth. Increased resistance delays, and later cancels, Karsid takeover. Revolts in the Orion systems complicate matters [TOS #23]. 1875 The office of offworld exploration is created on Vulcan. Prefect Savar proclaims "Destruction before detection" as the first application of the Vulcan Prime Directive [GN 2]. 1888 The Redjac entity kills six women in London, England on old Earth [WF]. 1897 Johannes Brahms (a.k.a. Flint the Immortal) "dies" [RM]. 1900 The Steam Age on Earth: Electricity and electronics are developed [LOR]. 1917 The Bekeem, the first dissident group, are banished from the planet Alaj. At least 11 more will follow in the next half millennia [TNG #14]. 1930 The planet Omicron IV is destroyed by a nuclear conflict [AE, STM]. 1930 Dr. McCoy (from 2261) alters Earth history, accidentally. Captain Kirk and Spock restore history when social worker Edith Keeler dies in an automobile accident [CEF]. 1932 The Redjac entity kills seven women in Shanghai, China on Earth [WF]. 1936, 23 February In an alternate timeline, Edith Keeler confers with President FDR. She founds a pacifist movement called World Peaceways which delays the U.S.'s entry into World War II, eventually enabling Germany to conquer Earth [CEF, ST 2]. 1939 Ralph Offenhouse is born on Earth [TNG 126]. 1942 Pavel Chekov, transported by Weyland of Cragon V, fights for his life in Stalingrad on Earth [TOS #52]. 15 November Lt. Pavel Chuikov is lost in action over the Baltic Sea, on Earth [TOS #52]. On Omega IV, the warrior Kohms develop immmunity to most diseases [OG, MRM]. 1943 The planet Vulcan begins observing Earth. No official contacts are made [GN 2]. 1948 Roberta Lincoln is born [AE]. 1950 The Atomic Age on Earth: Fission power and weaponry are developed [LOR]. 1955 Captain Kirk, having been subjected to the Klingon mind-sifter in 2264 and transported through the Guardian of Forever, is temporarily institutionalized on Earth [ON 2]. 1959 Khan Noonian Singh, the Earth's first "eugenic superman," is born. Genetic experimentation will continue in secret and, by 1990, some 190 "supermen" will have been bred [SS, EOM]. Clare Raymond is born on Earth [TNG 126]. 1960 A life prolongation experiment kills the entire adult population on Miri's World (UFC 347601-III), an exact duplicate of Earth [Mi]. The Space Age on Earth: The Beginning of space flight and computers [Mi]. 1962 In the Andromeda Galaxy, the Kelvan Empire launches a probe ship to explore our galaxy as a prelude to conquest [AON]. 1966 The Maze of Zondrolla is constructed on Imprima (Dante Maxima VII) [TNG #15]. 1968, December The U.S.S. "Enterprise" (from 2262) is sent to this time to study Earth's history. With the aid of Gary Seven, an agent trained by extraterrestrials, World War III is delayed until the 1990's through the sabotage of a suborbital nuclear warhead launch. This is the first large-scale U.F.P. time travel project [AE, ST 3]. A multi-parallel space-time inversion transposes William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley with Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, and Dr. McCoy in the 23rd Century [ON 2]. 1969 The U.S.S. "Enterprise" enroute to Starbase 9, in 2261, is accidentally time-warped into this era by a black star. It is spotted on Earth radar, and reported as a U.F.O. by Captain John Christopher. This is the first journey back into history of the "Enterprise" [TY]. The first manned moon shot, consisting of three astronauts, is launched on Wednesday, 6 A.M. E.S.T. [TY]. 1970 The Vegan Tyranny dominates space outside of the Local Group [ST 2]. 1974 On Earth, Element 106 is discovered in Russia [MRM]. On Earth, the Redjac entity kills five women in Kiev, Russia [WF]. 1976 The "Enterprise" (OV-101) orbiter is commissioned. This first reusable space shuttle is used as a test vehicle. It is named "Enterprise" because one of the project managers for Rockwell International, the builder of the vehicle, had lost a brother stationed aboard the aircraft carrier of the same name during World War II [ST-TMP, TOS #54]. 1977 On Earth, Colladium (Element 114) is discovered in the United States [MRM]. 1978 On Earth, Element 107 is discovered in Russia [MRM]. 1979 On Earth, Element 108 is discovered in Germany [MRM]. 1982 On Earth, Element 109 is discovered in India [MRM]. 1983 On Earth, Element 110 is discovered in India [MRM]. 1986, 17 February Tom Raymond is born in Secaucus, New Jersey, on Earth [TNG 126]. The drug "coradrenalin" is developed on Earth from "adrenalin" to treat severe exposure and frostbite, after its unsuccessful use in cryogenic labs [MRM]. Admiral Kirk lands in San Francisco on Earth from 2288 in a Klingon scout vessel. With the help of his crew, he transports two Humpback whales and Dr. Gillian Taylor to the 23rd Century to stop probe [ST IV]. On Earth, Marcus Nichols "invents" transparent aluminum with help from Commander Scott of the ex-U.S.S. "Enterprise" [ST IV]. 1987 The drug "cordrazine" is developed on Earth and used in cryogenic labs [MRM]. 1988 Construction begins on the S.S. "Savannah" (DY-100) series, Earth's first interplanetary sleeper vessel. This collaborative development between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. marks the beginning toward eventual world-wide peace [DYC]. 1989 Eddie Raymond is born in Secaucus, New Jersey, on Earth [TNG 126]. 1990, 16 March The eugenic "supermen" are revealed to the public [EOM]. The Fusion Age on Earth: Fusion power and weaponry are developed [LOR]. 1992 Earth's World War III begins: the Eugenics Wars result in the death of over 37 million people over the next four years [SS, BC, EOM]. 'Chicago Mobs of the Twenties' is published in New York on Earth. This single book will serve as a guide for the society on Sigma Iotia II in the next century [PA]. 1993 The eugenics "supermen" seize power across Earth [SS]. 1994 The United Nations Peace Forces (UNPF) is formed on Earth [EOM]. A ship of cryogenically frozen dead are launched from Earth. They will be recovered and revived in over three centuries later [TNG 126]. 1995 The Planet Age on Earth: Interplanetary travel is developed [LOR]. The last DY-100 series sleeper vessel is built. The series now consists of ten ships--only eight of these will be officially accounted for over the next few centuries [DYC, EOM, SS]. 24 April On a demonstration run in the Black Sea, the "Gorshkov," a U.S.S.R. nuclear aircraft carrier is destroyed by an alien creature. The entire crews' life-essences are absorbed [TNG #1]. 1996 Khan Noonian Singh, absolute ruler of a quarter of Earth, from South Asia to the Middle East, escapes aboard the S.S. "Botany Bay," (DY-102) sleeper vessel with a crew of ninety "supermen." Their destination is Tau Ceti [SS, EOM, ST 2]. The Eugenics Wars comes to an end. Dr. Stavos Keniclius, Earth's first cloned human, is banned from the community [MRM, IV/a]. "Nightingale Woman," a love sonnet, is written by Phineas Tarbolde on Canopus III [WNM]. 1997 The Second Dark Ages begins on post-Eugenics Wars Earth. It will be at its worst over the next three years [MRM]. 1999 Stalik is born on on Vulcan. 2000 The Second Dark Ages ends and the Second Renaissance begins as Earth continues to rebuild. Medical sciences regrows. Emphasis is on controlling population and improving the quality of life [MRM]. Construction of the DY-200 Series begins. The "Brenton" class sleeper vessel becomes the first successful American designed interplanetary vessel. Constructed for extensive use as planetary survey and mining vessels, ten ships will be built [DYC]. The "Green Death," Vegan Choriomeningitus, ravages Vega IX. The Vegan Tyranny begins to decline [MRM, STM]. Morse code goes out of use [ST 2]. 2002, August Jackson Roykirk's interstellar probe, "Nomad," is launched from Earth to seek out new forms of life. It will later be reported damaged by a meteor and lost in space [Cg]. 2005 A vaccine to Cygnian Plague is developed by Zilzu on Tellar (61 Cygni V) [MRM]. 2008 The tenth, and last, DY-200 Series sleeper vessel is constructed [DYC]. The Icelandic public databank is established. It is the first attempt at creating a synthetic consciousness [TOS #42]. 2011 The Martian Fever ravages the Martian Colonies [MRM]. 2015 Algobarium (Element 115) is discovered on Mars: Martian Colony 3 [MRM]. The "Forty Families" generation ship is launched from Earth. This is the first Earth interstellar ship to use a Bussard ramjet for propulsion (not counting two robot probes). The "Forty Families" will be lost. Two more ramjet generation ships will be launched. One ship, the "Marilee," commanded by Captain Wayne Perry, will colonize Perry's Planet [ON 11, ON 14]. 2018 Work begins on the development of an ion internally-metered pulse drive. Ion-impulse, utilizing beryllium fusion resulting in a fast-moving jet of monatomic oxygen atoms, will in time provide ships with speeds surpassing 0.78c [DYC, LOR, SS, GN 3]. A cancer-inhibiting plant compound is discovered on Ganymede (Jupiter III) [MRM]. 2019 Surveys indicate that the body of baseball enthusiasts is less than half the size if had been two decades earlier [TNG #15]. 2020 The Star Age on Earth: Interstellar travel is perfected [LOR]. 2021 Topaline (Element 117) is discovered on Ganymede, the third moon of Jupiter (Sol V). It will, in later years, become vital for life support systems of planetoid colonies [MRM, FC]. 2022 Experiments with new power sources over the next four years leads to the development of two DY-300 prototype vessels. Experimental test drones for the new ion-impulse drive, they will be tested till 2029 [DYC]. 2023 On Mercury (Sol I), two new elements are discovered: Celebium (Element 103) and Pergium (Element 111), two trans-hahnic radioactives. Pergium, in later years, will be used in many fission reactors and will be in great demand [MRM, DD]. Over the period of five years, four baseball teams have gone bankrupt and another eight have changed hands a total of nineteen times [TNG #15]. 2024 The Irish Reunification occurs on Earth: terrorism wins out [TNG 160]. 2025 Zefram Cochrane, the creator of warp drive, is born [Mt]. 2026, 07 October The game of baseball in decline, the Phoenix Sunsets play against the Fairbanks Icebreakers. The final score is four to three [TNG #15]. 2029 Irillium (Element 116) is discovered in the asteroid belt in the Sol system [MRM]. 2030 The United Earth Space Probe Agency (UESPA) is re-established by the United Nations. In time it will replace NASA [EOM]. The Power Age on Earth: Antimatter power is developed and research into warp drive is begun [LOR]. 2033 America gains its 52nd state [TNG 138]. 2035 On Earth, Colonel Green's War begins. The last of the Eugenics scientists make a futile effort to gain power. They are eventually annihilated, but not before nearly pushing Earth back into the Second Dark Ages [SC, MRM]. Soljenov escapes Earth aboard an experimental long-jump sleeper ship. Centuries later he will conquer the Zarans, form the Totality, and have a daughter, Sola Thane [TOS #9]. 2036 The newly re-established United Nations declares that no Earth citizen can be made to answer for the crimes of his race or forbears [TNG 101]. Kazanga of Omega Cygni researches respiratory disease [MRM]. 2037 The DY-400 "Helsinki" class science survey/research vessels are constructed. Built with a new advanced second generation ion-impulse propulsion system, travel time is reduced to half. Cryogenic units are no longer used, but larger crews are needed [DYC]. 23 July The NASA starship S.S. "Charybdis," commanded by Colonel Steven Richey, departs the Sol system. This is the third manned interestellar ship to depart Earth's solar system. The ship's telemetry fails and is never heard from again [TNG 138]. 2038 The DY-500 "Woden" class space freighter is built. Over the next few years, the "Woden" class will total six vessels, as will the "Helsinki" class. The last of the DY-Series, the DY-500 ships will remain in service until the mid-2100's [DYC]. Rubindium (Element 120) is discovered in the asteroid belt (Sol system). The crystalline element is a natural laser if properly cut and polished [MRM, PF]. 2039 The starliner "Enterprise" makes Earth's first successful interstellar expedition of the Alpha Centauri system [STM]. 2040 Television becomes obsolete as a form of entertainment [TNG 126]. 2042 The Ka'Hat plague spreads throughout the Klingonii worlds [MRM]. 2043 The bloody Mind Control Revolts start on Earth [ST-TMP]. 2044 The S.S. "Charybdis" is contaminated by an alien life form. Colonel Richey, the last survivor, finds himself within a simulacrum created from the novel 'Hotel Royale,' on the planet Theta VIII [TNG 138]. 2045 A Vulcan scoutship crashlands on Earth. The survivors se Earth in a stolen DY-100 vessel with help from Captain Kirk and his officers (transported from 2259). The entire incident is covered up until the late 23rd Century [GN 2]. 2046 Sessek of Vulcan studies alien physiologies [MRM]. 2047 The Mind Control Revolts end on Earth [ST-TMP]. 2048 The U.N.S.S. "Icarus" makes contact with the inhabitants of Alpha Centauri VII. This is Earth's first official extraterrestrial contact. The Centaurians are quite humanoid, descendants of Greeks transported from Earth in the 3rd Century [GN 2, STM, TM]. 2049 Dilithium (Element 119) is discovered on Jupiter's fifth moon. The major properties of this crystalline element will not be known by Earth for the next two centuries [MRM]. The Kzinti, a race of felinoid warriors, invade the Sol system. All UESPA spacecraft are commandeered for military use. The DY-500 series is the most advanced of these vessels and is best equipped [SW/a, EOM]. 2051 Dr. Zefram Cochrane discovers the space warp at the Alpha Centauri Scientific Institute [Mt, LOR]. 2053 Cochrane's Factor, the curvature of space-time by the presence of mass in subspace, is discovered [STM]. 2055 First Generation warp drive is developed and tested by Zefram Cochrane [GN 2]. Construction begins on the Bekeem colony ship, initiated by the third Supreme Primary Lans [TNG #14]. 2059 Professional baseball succumbs to mounting losses. Only eight franchises remain of the thirty-two that had populated the American and National Leagues at the peak of their prosperity [TNG #15]. 2060 The S.S. "Bonaventure" (NCC-S1100) galactic survey cruiser, the first ship with warp drive, is built and launched. She will mysteriously disappear on her third voyage [Tr/a, EOM]. Lavinius V is attacked by flying parasites. All the inhabitants are used for slave labor and killed [OA]. 2062 John Burke, the Chief Astronomer at the Royal Academy of Great Britain, maps the UFC 24187 (Sherman's Planet) region [TT]. The "Great Awakening" occurs on Argelius II [WF]. A major earthquake strikes Oldtown San Francisco, Earth. It will take 20 years to rebuild the city [GN 5, TOS #54]. 2064 The Kzinti make one more attack on the Sol system. The Kzinti are once and for all defeated by Earth forces. Their Patriarchy is stripped down to a handful of planets by the Treaty of Sirius and they are confined to a spherical volume of space 50 light years in diameter [SW/a, STM, EOM]. The Terra 10 interstellar colonization ship is launched from Earth, complete with 1st generation transporters [Te/a]. Interstat code becomes outdated [Te/a]. Jason Nyere dies from an unspecifed fever [GN 2]. 2065 The U.N.S.S. "Amity" rescues a Vulcan ship trapped on the outskirts of Sol. This is Earth's first official contact with Vulcans [GN 2]. The Djanai settle their neighboring planet Inar--which later becomes uninhabitable via nuclear catastrophe, forcing them to reclaim Djana [GN 5]. 2066 The Myzarians are conquered. In the next 300 years they will be conquered five more times [TNG 166]. 2067 The "Great Exodus" begins when the Totality is banished from the planet Alaj. They colonize the neighboring world Etolos [TNG #14]. 2068 Diplomatic relations are established between Earth and Vulcan [GN 2]. 2069 Ralph Seron makes the first advances on toroidal space-time distortion [ST IV]. 2070 The Tau Ceti system is explored. Contact is made with the Kaferians, an insectoid race from Tau Ceti III (Kaferia), and trade relations are quickly established with Earth [STM, LOR]. 2071 The S.S. "Valiant" (NCC-S1104) galactic survey cruiser disappears near the edge of the galaxy [WNM, EOM, STM]. 2075 Synthococcus Novae, a bacillus strain, is created by accident on Tiburon [MRM, WEd]. 2079 United Earth is temporarily un-unified as the Post-Atomic Horror reaches its peak on Earth [TNG 101]. The "Wanderer," the first L5 Earth structure, departs Sol system. Essentially a sublight generation ship with fusion drive, contact will be lost and the vessel assumed to be destroyed [ON 15]. 2082 Colonel Steven Richey dies on Theta VIII in the alien "Hotel Royale" simulacrum, the last of the S.S. "Charybdis" [TNG 138]. 2083 Epsilon Rays are first detected when the baffle plate is torn off an old "Woden" class freighter during a passage through a comet's radioactive tail [MRM]. 2084 The Ceres expedition is lost. They are later believed to have founded the Tribes of Capella IV [STM, ST 3]. 2086 A feud starts between the Larnac and Tralesta clans on Akamar III [TNG 157]. 2087 Beginnings of the United Federation of Planets [GN 2]. The stardate dating system is established [GN 2]. 2089 Zefram Cochrane takes his last interstellar voyage [Mt, STM]. Earth vessels encounter the Vegan Tyranny. The decisive actions of the S.S. "Cochrane" and S.S. "Krushchev" cruisers prevent a major interstellar war [EOM, ST 2]. 2097 The groundwork for the United Federation of Planets is layed out on Earth [TOS #24]. 2100 The Synthococcus immunization is developed by John Pearce [MRM]. 2101 The Earth-Vulcan cultural exchange begins. Many new treatments and techniques in the field of medical science result [MRM]. 2105 The "Lafayette" starliner colonizes New Paris [EOM]. The Redjac entity kills eight women in the Martian Colonies [WF]. 'The Starship's Medicine Chest and First Aid in Space' is published for the first time [MRM]. 2107 Naja is born on Dalzell [ON 16]. 2112 Zefram Cochrane is reported missing [Mt, STM]. 2113 The Cicada star system (sector 4423) is briefly explored. Over the next 150 years, a ship will disappear in this region exactly every 27.346 years [LS/a, Log 2]. 2114 A cure is found for hyperthyroidism [TOS #56]. 2115 The "Marco Polo" encounters the Galactic Maelstrom, henceforth known as 'Polo's Bolos': twin black holes in motion [ON 15]. 2123, 27 November Captain Walter Granger, commanding the S.S. "Mariposa" (NAR 7678, a modified DY-500 vessel with Yoyodyne pulse fusion drive) departs Sol system. The vessel will colonize the Ficus Sector [TNG 144]. 2124 The first Federation congress meets. The Vulcan delegation introduces a referendum on Federation-wide Warrantorship [TOS #25]. 2127, 8 May (stardate 0965) The Articles of Federation are signed on Babel (Wolf 424). The United Federation of Planets is formed, consisting of the United Nations of Earth (Sol III), the Planetary Confederation of 40 Eridani A (Vulcan), the United Planets of 61 Cygni (Tellar), the Star Empire of Epsilon Indii (Andor), and the Alpha Centauri Concordium of Planets (Centaurus VII). The U.F.P. sphere of influence is a 90 parsec diameter sphere centered on Sol, approximately 380,000 cubic parsecs [STM, EOM, TM, LOR]. Under the Articles of Federation, expenditure is granted for the construction of an initial total of fourteen heavy cruiser starships and seventeen starbases [TM]. A ship disappears in the Cicada/Taurean region [LS/a]. The Worlds Court bans the ownership of synthetic consciousnesses [TOS #42]. 2129 Alpha (Procyon A) III (Terra 4) becomes the 6th U.F.P. member--the first colony to be launched after the advent of warp drive, a pacifist culture settled by Buddist Chinese [STM, LOR]. 2131, 10 February The U.S.S. "Durance" (FR-250) cargo/tug is commissioned. The class will number 15 ships (FR-250-FR-264). These warp 2 capacity vessels, with laser emplacements, a ship's complement of 40, and the most advanced turbo elevator system of its time, will serve for 33 years [CTP]. 2132 Vega IX becomes the 7th U.F.P. member [STM, LOR]. 2134 The U.S.S. "Carrizal" flyby of the Romulan home worlds (128 Trianguli) results in the Rihannsu preparing for a war against the U.F.P. [TOS #35]. A Star Fleet Academy is opened on Vulcan [EOM]. 2137 The U.S.S. "Balboa" enters the Romulan system on a peace mission. A squadron of fifty Rihannsu ships destroy the "Balboa" with massed particle beams. The Romulans then use high-powered lasers to decompress the crew compa after studying the ship, gain warp drive technology. The First Romulan War begins [TOS #35]. Jennifer Anne MacIntyre marries George William Jeffries. Their grandson, Frederick William Jeffries, will design the Jeffries tube [TOS #52]. 2147 The Theta VII mining and subterranean farming colony is established [STM]. 2149 Deneb (Alpha Cygni) becomes the 8th U.F.P. member [STM]. 2150 Navigational buoys are placed at each sector corner and along spacelanes for commercial and private interstellar craft [LOR]. The Eristaffe-Zynn Defense and Space Systems Division is established on Sebaldhesta Sennis [SsD]. Tetsuo Inomata, Hikaru Sulu's great-grandfather, is born [TOS #47]. 2151 Emanuel Tagore is born [TOS #16]. 2152 Marcos XII becomes the 9th U.F.P. member [STM]. 2153 Trivium (Element 127) is discovered in the Denevan asteroid belt [MRM]. 2154 A ship disappears in the Cicada/Taurean region [LS/a]. 2156 (8650 Vulcan Years) The Vulcan Outreach period begins [MRM]. The Redjac entity kills two women in Heliopolis on Alpha Proxima II [WF]. 2157 Izar (Epsilon Bootis III) becomes the 10th U.F.P. member [STM]. The first "Merchantman" Class J cargo ships are constructed. 1,827 of these warp 1.3, 12-man vessels will be built by 2175 and many will remain in service well into the late 23rd Century [MCP]. 2160 S'chn T'gai Sarek is born in ShiKahr, Sas-a-Shar on Vulcan [JB]. 2161 The Quantum II 'time warp' star drive is developed. This PB-series circumferential (2nd generation) warp drive, based upon an exponential scale of time warp factors, will enable the "Horizon/Archon" class starships to extend the boundaries of the U.F.P. by hundreds of parsecs [STM, HCE]. Deneva is colonized [OA]. The planet Eden (UFC 3676543) is discovered by shipwrecked U.F.P. forces [STM]. 2162 The Battle of Cheron ensures U.F.P. victory over the Romulan Star Empire [TNG 158]. stardate 1200.5 The Romulan War ends with the Treaty of Alpha Trianguli (Algeron), between Praetor Karzan of the Romulan Star Empire and Cristofur Thorpe, Governor of the Federation Council of the U.F.P. It is the first treaty in U.F.P. history to be negotiated entirely by data upload over subspace radio [TOS #35, TNG 158, TM, STM, BT, ST 1]. The Romulan Neutral Zone, an egg-shaped area of space 10 light years in width, with 128 Trianguli at the center, is established and construction begins on asteroid outposts bordering on the Zone [TM, STM]. 2163 A woman challenges the Right of Supercedence on Ligon II--the last to do so in more than two centuries [TNG 104]. 2164 The UFP-M'dok War begins [TNG #8]. The Delos system is first contacted by a U.F.P. scoutship [TNG 123]. In the Delos system, the planet Onara is stricken by a plague and the cure is found on the neighboring world, Breka. A trading agreement is established [TNG 123]. The Energy Barrier at the edge of the galaxy is first detected [LOR]. Singa stows away aboard a ship bound for Raga's Planet [ON 6]. 2165 The planet Lorca is settled by colonists from Earth [TNG #7]. The M'dok are defeated by the UFP and, like their Kzinti relatives, are stripped of their Empire and confined to a small area of space [TNG #8]. The Omega Sajus system is colonized [TNG 130]. Privately funded genetics labs on Earth produce the first Human-Vulcan hybrid. The accomplishment is kept secret for almost a century [TOS #44]. Guinan meets the Q [TNG 142]. 2166 Rigel (Beta Orionis) becomes the 11th U.F.P. member [STM]. The U.F.P. border is redefined between Rigel, Deneb, and Antares; 480 parsecs in diameter [STM]. Rampart (Rho Ophiuchi) is colonized by Earth [TNG #11]. The Chyrellkans make their first landing on their sisterworld Vancadia [TOS #55]. 2167 The Bekeem colony ship is completed [TNG #14]. 2168 The U.S.S. "Almeida" (GCC-120) heavy cruiser/freighter is commissioned. A dozen ships of this class (GCC-120-GCC-131), with a crew of 93 and laser bank weaponry, are built [HCFP]. 2169 The S.S. "Aurora" (NCC-C1200) space cruiser is built. A total of 237 of these six-person, warp 1.6 capacity, ships will be produced by 2180, with over 34 variations on the basic design [ACP, EOM]. 2170 Colony Terra (Alpha) 5 is established on Eta Serpentis IV [STM]. Kavis Alpha, a neutron star, explodes [TNG 150]. 2172 Cait (15 Lyncis) becomes the 12th U.F.P. member [STM]. Nisus (Vulcan Colony 9) is established. In later years it will be known as the finest example in the galaxy of cooperation among intelligent life forms [TOS #38]. 2173 (8700 Vulcan Years) The Vulcan Outreach period ends [MRM]. 2174 The "Montcalm" and "Meridio" space cruisers are built, two variations on the S.S. "Aurora" class [ACP]. 2175 Antos IV becomes the 13th U.F.P. member [STM]. Radioactive pollutants on Scalos begin to cause drastic mutations [MRM, WE]. 2176 Catulla (Theta Pictoris) becomes the 14th U.F.P. member [STM]. 2179 Singa, the Sleeping God, offers his services to the U.F.P. [ON 6]. 2180 Sarek observes the World Series, on Earth [GN 4]. 2181 Tiburon (Omega Fornacis III) becomes the 15th U.F.P. member [STM]. A ship disappears in the Cicada/Taurean region [LS/a]. 2183 Star Fleet is officially established as the peace-keeping branch of the U.F.P. [LOR, ST II]. 2184 Trititanium (Element 128) is discovered on Motherlode (Acadia III). It will soon become the most popular metal used in starship hulls until the discovery of quadrotanium [MRM]. 2185 Edos (92 Trianguli-Rho) becomes the 16th U.F.P. member [STM]. Theta Cygni XII, a dead planet wiped out by the flying parasites, is discovered by the U.F.P. [STM, OA]. Sarek invents the "satchel" crypton scrambler [GN 4]. 2188 Daniel Corrigan is born [TOS #20]. Chhay is born [GN 1]. 2189, 05 October The U.S.S. "Caracal" (CC-750) command cruiser is commissioned with an experimental dual phaser system and a ship's complement of 220. Fifteen ships of this class will be built (CC-750-CC-764), and will be in service until 2232 [CCP]. Robert April is born [CC/a]. 2192 Tricobolt (Element 129) is discovered on Janus VI [MRM]. (8756 Vulcan Years) Kironide (Element 139) is discovered on Vulcan [MRM]. Sarek negotiates the Vulcan-Terran Interstellar Comprehensive Trade Act [GN 4]. 2193 Merak II becomes the 17th U.F.P. member [STM]. 2194 T'Prylla is born [TOS #15]. 2195 The Cygnia Minor and the Beta 6 Colonies are established [STM]. 2196, 10 October The U.S.S. "Horizon" (NCC-1000) cruiser is commissioned with laser banks, a complement of 203, and a warp capacity of 4 via PB-18 dilithium-energized warp engines. These engines will remain in use for five decades, and this class will total 13 ships. The U.S.S. "Horizon" will be lost on a deep space survey mission. The "Horizon," and all other vessels of this time, lack subspace radio [HCE]. 2197 The U.S.S. "Horizon" surveys Sigma Iotia II and leaves behind the book 'Chicago Mobs of the Twenties.' The Prime Directive is not as of yet in effect. The Book will set the pattern of the society's future [PA, HCE]. 2202 The U.S.S. "Archon" (NCC-1370) cruiser is commissioned. This class, externally identical to the "Horizon," but with greater endurance, will total 7. The U.S.S. "Archon" will be lost with all hands on a survey mission to UFC 611-Beta III [RA, HCE]. 04 December The U.S.S. "Republic" (NCC-1371) cruiser is commissioned [HCE]. 2204 Amanda Stemple Grayson is born in Seattle, Washington, U.S. on Earth [EOM, Log 1]. Rohgan is born on Vancadia [TOS #55]. 2207 Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri III) becomes the 18th U.F.P. member [STM]. The U.F.P.'s first known contact with the Klingon Empire occurs when the U.S.S. "Sentry" meets the I.K.V. "Devisor" [TOS #16]. Theodore Wallace is born [ST 7]. 2208 Trititanium is used in the construction of the disc-shaped primary hull of starships 2209 A ship disappears in the Cicada/Taurean region [LS/a]. 2210 stardate 1098.07 The U.S.S. "Republic" (NCC-1371), an "Archon" class cruiser, is drydocked and fitted with a new disc-shaped primary hull. Further redesigning and hull stress testing leads to the development of the "Constitution" class heavy cruiser [HCE]. (8810 Vulcan Years) Dikironium (Element 112) is discovered on Vulcan [MRM]. The Janus VI pergium production colony is established [STM, ST 4]. 2211, 26 September The U.S.S. "Constellation" (NCC-1017) cruiser is commissioned [HCE]. 2212 Sarek returns to Vulcan and is officially rewarded the position as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from Vulcan, to Earth [GN 4]. Richard Daystrom is born [UC, ST 9]. Henson is born. 2213 Harcourt Fenton Mudd is born on Antares Pi IV [EOM]. The Tarsus IV colony is established [STM, EOM]. 2214, 11 April (stardate 1260.7) Christopher Robin Pike is born in Mojave, California, U.S., Earth [EOM]. 03 November Construction begins on the U.S.S. "Constitution" cruiser, the most successful starship class in U.F.P. history [HCE, SotF]. The first U.F.P. contacts are made with the Sackers, a nomadic race of non-humanoid beings, revolting in appearace to Humans and humanoids [TOS #41]. On Boaco VI, the freedom movement starts [TOS #46]. 2215 Ardana (Mu Leonis) becomes the 19th U.F.P. member [STM]. The Alpha Majoris system is discovered [STM]. Roger Korby is born [ST 11]. An asteroid belt is created in the Selcundi Drema system following the destruction its 5th planet [TNG 141]. 2217, 16 March The U.S.S. "Constitution" (NCC-1700) cruiser is launched [EOM, SotF, HCE]. 30 June The "Constitution" class cruisers are reclassified as heavy cruisers [SotF]. George Stocker is born [ST7]. 2218, 20 January (stardate 1265.3) Leonard Horatio McCoy is born in Georgia, U.S., Earth [EOM]. 03 May The U.S.S. "Constitution" (NCC-1700) heavy cruiser is commissioned. This starship class will total 14 ships and, as other heavy cruisers of similar design are constructed over the next century, this class will be uprated to match the current state-of-the-art technologies [HCE, SotF]. Merak II is colonized [STM]. 2219 Heartland (UFC 513) is discovered by the Klingon Empire [ON 13]. 2220, 04 July The U.S.S. "Enterprise" (NCC-1701) is launched from Earth. Captain Robert April takes her out on a shakedown cruise, following her christening by the U.F.P.'s President Samuel Solomon Qasr [Log 7, SotF, HCE, TMOST, SFH]. Sekar is born on Vulcan [GN 5]. 2221, 05 January The U.S.S. "Enterprise" (NCC-1701) heavy cruiser is commissioned with two (4680 TEV rarium) laser banks, monotronic computers, PB-18 engines (as were all class I ships at this time), and a complement of 403. Captain Robert T. April takes her on his first five-year mission: galaxy exploration and investigation, beginning with the patrol of the 9th quadrant, from Alpha Centauri to the outer Pinial Galaxy limit [HCE, SotF, TMOST]. Argelius II becomes the 20th U.F.P. member [STM]. 2222, 03 March (stardate 1268.5) Montgomery Edward Scott is born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Earth [EOM]. 2223, 08 February The U.S.S. "Lexington" (NCC-1703) heavy cruiser is commissioned [SotF, HCE]. 12 February The U.S.S. "Farragut" (NCC-1702) heavy cruiser is commissioned [SotF, HCE]. 20 March The U.S.S. "Yorktown" (NCC-1704) heavy cruiser is commissioned [SotF, HCE]. 03 July The U.S.S. "Excalibur" (NCC-1705) heavy cruiser is commissioned [SotF, HCE]. 17 July While on patrol seven parsecs from Klingon space, the "Audace" (CC-757) heavy cruiser is lost. The victim of a Klingon sneak attack [CCP]? 10 August The U.S.S. "Exeter" (NCC-1706) heavy cruiser is commissioned [SotF, HCE]. 15 August The U.S.S. "Hood" (NCC-1707) heavy cruiser is commissioned [SotF, HCE]. Nancy Crater is born [MT]. Sharon Follett is born [ON 5]. Jeffrey Ryan Adams is born in New Orleans, U.S., on Earth [TOS #37]. 2224, 28 March The U.S.S. "Saladin" (NCC-500) destroyer is commissioned. Twenty of these single propulsion unit ships (NCC-500-NCC-519) will be constructed, with a complement of 200 [FRS, TM, SCP]. 30 April The U.S.S. "Ptolemy" (NCC-3801) transport/tug is commissioned. These unarmed transports, like the "Saladin" destroyers, utilize the same modular components originally developed for the "Constitution" class. Fifteen transport/tugs of this class will be built (NCC-3801-NCC-3815), each with a complement of 220, along with five different variations on specially-designed transport containers built strictly for this class [FRS, AES, TM]. The U.S.S. "Symma" (NCC-G128) cargo vessel is commissioned. These unarmed, unmanned ships, with warp 4 capacity, will form the "Sherman" series, introduced in 2235 [FRS, CDP]. 10 September The U.S.S. "Valiant" (NCC-1709) heavy cruiser is commissioned [SotF, HCE]. 03 November The U.S.S. "Detroyat" (NCC-1100) heavy destroyer is commissioned. Star Fleet's most expensive ships, these destroyers will total ten (NCC-1100-NCC-1109), each with a complement of 316 [DCP, AES]. 06 November The U.S.S. "Potemkin" (NCC-1711) heavy cruiser is commissioned [SotF, HCE]. The Irapina fleet makes telepathic contact with the Arivne [ON 5]. Silek visits Georgetown on Earth as an exchange student in a doctoral program. He teaches linguistics to undergraduates and shares his office with Amanda Grayson, whom he gives advice to on marrying Sarek [TOS #30]. 2225, 26 March (stardate 1272.7) Xtmprszntwlfd S'chn T'gai Spock is born in ShiKahr, Sas-a-Shar, Vulcan. He is the first product of genetic manipulation between two different hominid beings, Sarek of Vulcan and Amanda Grayson of Earth [EOM]. May The U.S.S. "Valiant" (NCC-1709) heavy cruiser is lost on her first mission, an exploratory probe of Eminiar VII, after reporting on the interplanetary war within this system [TA, SotF]. Clothing fabricators are installed on Star Fleet starships [FRS]. The U.F.P. colonization attempt of Heartland (UFC 513) is aborted [ON 13]. Sendet is born on Vulcan [TOS #20]. 2226 Quince Waverleigh is born [TOS #37]. Silek says his farewells to Sarek and Amanda [TOS #30]. 2227 The Ceti Alpha system is surveyed by an unmanned probe [ST II]. Alec MacPherson is born [TOS #28]. 2228 A geophysicist at the Lalande 8 mining complex discovers that dilithium crystals can focus and channel the energy from antimatter annihilation reactions [TOS #16]. stardate 1087.7 Gary Mitchell is born in Eldman [WNM, GN 1]. 2229, 26 March? (stardate 1277.1) James Tiberius Kirk is born in Riverside, Iowa, U.S., Earth [EOM, WNM]. The Memory Alpha complex is established [STM]. June The "Independence" (NCC-F1300) transport/freighter is commissioned. These Class II support ships, designed to supplement the main fleet of "Ptolemy" transport/tugs will total 100 vessels (NCC-F1300-NCC-F1399), each with a complement of 25, and warp 4 capability. With their success, the "Freedom," "Equality," "Liberty," "Justice," and "Fraternity" series vessels will be built in later years [FRS, ICP]. Marla McGivers is born [SS]. Elizabeth Shaeffer is born [ON 16]. Katalya Tremain is born [ON 8]. Sarda is born on Earth [TOS #29]. 2230, 24 June (stardate 1278.4) Hikaru Walter Itaka Sulu is born in San Francisco, U.S., Earth [EOM, ST IV]. stardate 1089.5 Elizabeth Dehner is born in Delman [WNM]. Captain Krenn sutai-Rustazh is the first Klingon ambassador on Earth. Spock meets his first Klingon [TOS #16]. Daran V becomes the 21st U.F.P. member [STM]. Harry Mudd marries Stella Klatskin on Antares Pi IV. He will stow away aboard a trading vessel two months later [EOM]. David Fein is born. Young Spock attempts his first practical joke [Yy/a]. 2231 The Memory Alpha complex is opened to the general public [STM]. Svonn kidnaps Spock's sehlat as an experiment. 2232 The S.S. "Colu survivor, Vina Oliver, the Talosians first human contact [Me, EOM]. (8877 Vulcan Years, 20th Day of Tasmeen) Spock undergoes the Kahs-wan ordeal on Vulcan. His life is saved by his cousin Selek prior to the actual test. His pet sehlat, I-chaya dies. Selek teaches Spock the Vulcan nerve pinch. Spock technically fails the Kahs-wan, but saves the life of Sendet in doing so. Sekar comes to Spock's defense, silencing the bullies challenging his heritage. Spock is joined by law, tradition, and the Vulcan mind touch to T'Pring [Yy/a, TOS #20, AT]. In an alternate timeline, Spock dies undertaking his own Kahs-wan test. His parents seperate after his death and Amanda Grayson dies in a shuttle accident at Lunaport on her way home from Earth. Commander Thelin, an Andorian Star Fleet officer, later serves as First Officer/Science Officer aboard the starship "Enterprise" [Yy/a]. The Duchiai Expansion results in the Mal Satz conflict [SotF]. 2233, 19 January (stardate 1281.2) Nyota Penda Uhura is born in Kitui Province, Kenya on Earth [EOM, Log 10]. Christopher Pike enters the Star Fleet Academy as a midshipman. He will major in spatial navigation and warp drive engineering, and will finish fifth in his class [EOM]. Mr. Brack purchases Omega VII (Holberg 917G) [RM]. Mira Romaine is born on Martian Colony 3 [ST 6]. Janet Wallace is born [ST 7]. Robert Johnson is born [DY]. 2234 Beta Ophiuchi becomes the 22nd U.F.P. member [STM]. Lori Ciana is born [GN 5]. 2235 The U.S.S. "Sherman" (NCC-G145) cargo vessel is commissioned. The successor to the "Symma" series which also forms the "Sherman" class, will consist of seven series: "Symma" (NCC-G128), "Sherman" (NCC-G145), "Linda" (NCC-G147), "Susan" (NCC-G150), "Alana"(NCC-G151), "Dirdra" (NCC-G153), and "Alexis" (NCC-G420). All vessels will be commissioned by 2244 [FRS, CDP]. Spock visits Minneapolis, Earth in the winter [ON 5]. Elaine Johnson is born [DY]. Donald Lorritson is born [TOS #12]. Jerry Freeman is born [TOS #18]. 2236 Richard Daystrom makes the Duotronic breakthrough, for which he will be awarded the Nobel and Z-Magnee prizes [UC]. Christopher Pike is placed aboard the U.S.S. "Farragut" (NCC-1702) with the rank of Ensign as an engineering technician. He will transfer to navigation in 2237 [EOM]. A ship disappears in the Cicada/Taurean region [LS/a]. Arlene Galway is born [ST 7]. 2237 Montgomery Scott constructs 7 seperate field generators to simulate the Klingon multiship field system and disproves the Perera Theory that photon torpedoes would detonate when placed at the junction points. It is called the Aberdeen Solution and later published in 'The Encyclopedia of Engineering Development and Design' [TOS #47]. Montgomery Scott ships out as a crewman aboard a private prospecting vessel, and is soon promoted to Assistant Engineer [EOM]. Kevin Thomas Riley is born on Earth [GN 5]. Latium, an immune system chemical, is synthesized [TOS #38]. 2238 Construction of a large, inexpensive class of mid-sized starships is proposed to patrol U.F.P. space in sectors adjoining the Romulan Neutral Zone and in other volatile areas. As a result, the "Detroyat" class starship "Resolution" is used as a testbed for what will eventually become the "Surya" class of frigates [AES]. The initial planetary survey of Vendor IX is carried out by the "Farragut" (NCC-1702). Chris Pike discovers and apprehends a Vendorian in the form of a fellow crewman. He will be promoted two grades to full Lieutenant and assigned as navigation officer to the scout "Hermes" (NCC-585) [EOM]. Wrigley's Pleasure Planet is founded [STM]. 30 May The U.S.S. "Republic" (NCC-1371) is reclassified as a heavy cruiser training ship [SotF]. The inhabitants of Altair IV and VI reacquire spaceflight and begin mining the asteroid belt and Altair III. Interplanetary civil war breaks out yet again in this system [LOR, AT]. Sybok comes to live with Spock in Sarek's household, on Vulcan [ST V]. Janice Rand is born [GN 1]. Jenny Hogan is born [TOS #54]. 2239 Aurelia (Xi Herculis) becomes the 23rd U.F.P. member [STM]. The Battle of Donatu V is fought [TT, STM]. Helen H. Gordon is born in the Martian Colonies [TOS #53]. Rachel Lanz is born [TOS #27]. 2240 Leonard McCoy receives his doctorate at the University of Georgia and John Hopkins [EOM]. Dr. Tristan Adams revolutionizes asylums [DMd]. Anitra M. Lanter is born [TOS #30]. 2241 Kodos the Executioner murders half the population of Tarsus IV. While visiting relatives there, James Kirk becomes one of the few witnesses and saves the life of young Kevin Riley [CK, EOM, TOS #54]. 19 September (stardate 1290.7) Pavel Andreievich Chekov is born in Pushkino, U.S.S.R., Earth [EOM]. The Raven species is first revealed to the U.F.P. from a survivor of a wrecked cargo freighter [TOS #34]. Hikaru Sulu and his family move from San Francisco, Earth to Ishikawa, Ganjitsu (Shinpai), a planet on the U.F.P.-Klingon border [GN 1, ST V]. Lenore Karidian is born [CK]. The PXK pergium fission reactor is phased out [DD]. 2242 Cygnet XIV becomes the 24th U.F.P. member [STM]. Joanna McCoy is born [EOM, TOS #28]. Spock enters the Star Fleet Academy [EOM]. 2243 The 'time barrier' (warp factor 4) is broken by intermix improvements--and dilithium crystal focus. The crystals are used to focus and channel the output, not just in the energizers. With more energy made available stronger warp generators are built. These PB-31 (3rd Generation warp drive) warp engines are quickly installed on all class I Mk-IX heavy cruisers, allowing warp 7 capacity. The "Enterprise" is one of the first [STM, TOS #16, HCE]. The U.S.S. "Rickover" is lost while on an exploratory mission near the galactic core [ON 9]. T'iana dies in a fire at the Institute for Advanced Mathematics [TOS #41]. James Kirk meets Patrick Brady [TOS #51]. Spock meets Grake [TOS #15]. Charles Evans is born [CX]. 2244 Sarek declines to speak to his son, Spock, after his choosing Star Fleet service over the Vulcan Academy of Science [JB]. Commodore Robert April becomes the U.F.P.'s ambassador-at-large. He will retain this position over the next two decades [CC/a]. Montgomery Scott, senior engineer on the Deneva asteroid belt run, applies for his warp drive papers [EOM]. The Brass Ring Incident: A U.F.P. passenger ship strays into the Romulan Neutral Zone, nearly triggering off another Romulan war. The original treaty is amended [TOS #37]. On Hafjian, a high-gravity world, Hikaru Sulu wears a Leiber exoskeleton [GN 1]. Metika Spyroukis is born [ON 10]. James Kirk meets Gary Mitchell [WNM]. Elizabeth Shaeffer enters Star Fleet Academy and becomes a member of the Special Security Division [ON 16]. The security system in Sarek's household is activated. It will not be used again in 20 years [TOS #30]. 14 December The U.S.S. "Surya" (NCC-1850) frigate is commissioned. These heavily-armed ships (4 21.5 QEV dilithium laser banks), each with a ship's complement of 320, were developed from the U.S.S. "Resolution" (NCC-1101), a "Detroyat" class heavy destroyer, used as a testbed for this new class ship. A total of 39 "Surya" frigates (NCC-1850-NCC-1888) will be constructed [SotF, HFP, AES]. 2245 Dr. Leonard McCoy enters Star Fleet [EOM]. The Auroral Plague slaughters the entire population of Dramia II. Dr. McCoy leads a mass-innoculation program on Dramia II [Al/a]. Spock becomes a Star Fleet officer. He is promoted to lieutenant (j.g.) and serves as third officer and science officer aboard the "Artemis" [EI, TOS #44]. Hikaru Sulu gets a tour of the "Aerfen" on Ganjitsu [GN 1]. The Navigational Hazard Classification Authority is established by Star Fleet to provide information to all interstellar vessels, both military and civilian, regarding potentially hazardous spots along known routes [ON 10]. E. Sandes Ishan graduates from Star Fleet Academy. He will go on to command the patrol cutter U.S.S. "Gynda," the destroyer U.S.S. "Rahman" (NCC-514), and the light cruiser U.S.S. "Seasprite" [SsD]. 2246 The Four Years War begins between the U.F.P. and the Klingon Empire [FRS, SotF]. Charles Evans is stranded on Thasus after a transport crash [CX]. Ruth Bonne, an assistant professor, and is bullied by Bruce Finnegan, an upperclassmate. Thomas Clayton will be Kirk's roommate for the first two years [EOM, SL, ON 9]. Lt. Sepel dies in a violent alien encounter on Lindoria while serving on the "Musashi" [TOS #44]. Charlotte Sanchez meets James Kirk [TOS #36]. 2247 The Battle of Axanar is fought [EOM, STM]. Hikaru Sulu enters the Star Fleet Academy and majors in Spatial Navigation [EOM]. After distinguishing himself in the Battle of Axanar, Captain Christopher R. Pike commands the "Enterprise," with Lt. Spock as science officer/second officer. Its new five-year mission begins with the "Enterprise" deployed primarily as a survey vessel. Lieutenant (j.g.) Montgomery Scott serves aboard the "Enterprise" for the first time [EOM, TOS #44]. Pavel Chekov gets his first telescope [ON 9]. Kad, a female nefittifi, is born on Etolos [TNG #14]. 2248, 17 January The U.S.S. "Coventry" (NCC-1230) frigate is commissioned. These high-warp frigates, each with a complement of 315, will replace the "Surya" class. Fourteen will be built (NCC-1230-NCC-1243) [SotF, AES]. Mantilles becomes the 25th U.F.P. member [STM]. Neural (Zeta Bootis III) is discovered [EOM, STM]. Dr. McCoy has his last meeting with archaeologist Nancy Crater [MT]. Commander Leigh Chapel is assigned as first officer to the "Enterprise" [EOM]. The "Enterprise" returns to Areta (Beta Circinus III) and establishes trade between the native nomads and townspeople. Vulcan's Glory is recovered by the "Enterprise" from GS391 [TOS #44]. The "Enterprise" surveys Rigel VII & VIII. Many of the crew are wounded on the former world. The ship heads for Vega IX for replacement of personnel and resupply [Me]. stardates 1298.3-1298.5 The Talos IV expedition: The Talosians are contacted by the "Enterprise" and Captain Pike is taken captive for a short period of time [Me, EOM]. 08 December The U.S.S. "Bonhomme Richard" (NCC-1712) heavy cruiser is commissioned with PB-32 warp engines. This first variation on the "Constitution" class has warp 8 capacity, two dilithium laser banks, duotronic computers, and a complement of 430. Sixteen ships of this class will be built (NCC-1712-NCC-1727) and, beginning in the 2250's, ten "Constitution" ships will be converted over to this class [SotF, HCE]. Kevin Katasai is born on Nisus (Vulcan Colony 9) [TOS #38]. 2249, 20 January Nyota Penda Uhura traditionally kills a lion (automaton) with a spear in East Africa, on Earth [Log 9]. The U.S.S. "Pralaya" (NCC-1855), a "Surya" class frigate, is destroyed near Beta Aurigae by Klingon-allied warships [SotF]. Axanar becomes the 26th U.F.P. member [STM]. Delkondros is appointed to the council on Vancadia [TOS #55]. Radak is born [TOS #15]. 2250 Hikaru Sulu graduates from the Star Fleet Academy and enrolls in the Tufts College of Military Science, where he specializes in astrophysics and tactical weaponry. He will receive his degree four years later [EOM]. The Four Years War between the U.F.P. and the Klingon Empire ends [FRS]. Cadet James Kirk enrolls in the Friendship Exchange Action and meets Kumara [Log 7]. The Axanar Peace Mission establishes the U.F.P.-Klingon border. James Kirk participates in this mission and is awarded the Palm Leaf [EOM, Cml]. Ensign James Kirk is assigned to the training vessel U.S.S. "Republic" (NCC-1371) and prevents a near-fatal explosion aboard ship, and is promoted to Lieutenant [Cml, EOM]. As navigator aboard the "Republic," Ensign Kirk participates in the "Vulcanian Expedition." The "Republic" is one of four starships in orbit of Vulcan as a show of unity and as a reminder to the Vulcan Council of the scarcity of Vulcan nationals in Star Fleet. The result will be the U.S.S. Intrepid (NCC-1708) manned by an all-Vulcan crew [GN 2]. James Kirk is given his first deep space assignment aboard the heavy cruiser U.S.S. "Farragut" (NCC-1702) under Captain Garrovick and makes the first planetary survey of Neural (Zeta Bootis III) [Ob, PLW]. All research on the Elway Theorem is abandoned after having been proven inaccurate [TNG 160]. Ira Stoller is born [TOS #54]. 2251 James Kirk contracts Vegan Choriomeningitis [EOM, MG]. Outnumbered 6 to 1, the "Farragut" battles pirates from Epsilon Canaris III. Ensign James Kirk, tactical weapons officer, receives the Decoration for Valor award. His knee is crushed and thigh shattered. Two weeks later, the "Farragut" arrives at Starbase 7 for repairs and medical treatment. At the base, Kirk meets Dr. Leonard McCoy and takes 7 months leave for therapy before returning to the "Farragut." While on leave, Kirk makes his first voyage to Alpha Centauri IV where he meet's McCoy's daughter. On his third trip there, he forms Starstruck Inc. and purchases a valley, later to be named Garrovick Valley following the death of his captain [TOS #28]. The "Farragut" is attacked by a Vampire Cloud near Tycho IV. Half the crew are killed including Captain Garrovick. Lt. James Kirk is given a commendation for bravery [Ob]. Kailyn is born on Shad [TOS #4]. Carlos Siegel is born [TOS #54]. 2252 Peter Kirk, James Kirk's nephew, is born [EOM]. James Kirk serves as Second Officer aboard the scoutship "Aeolus." He meets Cecelia Simons for the first time [TOS #51]. Katie Wesley is born [OPM/a]. Karl Katasai is born on Nisus (Vulcan Colony 9) [TOS #38]. 2253 The T-4 "Work Bee" single-operator multipurpose craft is introduced. Over three million of this small, popular craft will be produced over the next half century, with more than 17 different modular packages [FRS]. 03 July The U.S.S. "Potemkin" (NCC-1711) heavy cruiser is reclassified as a training vessel [SotF]. The Vulcan science survey vessel "Criterion" is lost on a mission near the Romulan Neutral Zone [TOS #49]. Hikaru Sulu enters Command School at Star Fleet Academy [EOM, TOS #47]. Sharon Follett graduates from the Star Fleet Academy--2nd in a class of 286 [ON 5]. Joseph Brickner is born [TOS #54]. 2254 Alterations in Star Fleet uniforms include larger group insignias, and U.F.P. insignias replacing United Earth fleet registry insignias. A command grade sleeve mark braid is issued, and ship's services and sciences insignias are swapped [FRS, WNM]. The planet Cerberus (Eta Lupi) II is striken by crop failure. Carter Winston uses his personal fortune to save the colony [Su/a]. Captain Brittany Mendez of the U.S.S. "Exeter" (NCC-1706) makes contact with Chyrellka [TOS #55]. Black Box Nebula Station One goes silent after its personnel are forced to resort to suspended animation in order to escape a radiation front [TOS #15]. 2255 Ship-mounted phaser banks are installed on all major Star Fleet starships. Starship lasers become obsolete [SotF, HCE]. Professor John Gill develops the Cultural Dynamicism Chart [LOR]. U.F.P. intervention ends the slave trade of Orion females in Federation space [STM]. The Romulans begin their Grand Design project on the planet Hellguard [TOS #49]. The Romulans establish a top secret research station in orbit of Levaeri V (113 Trianguli V). It will be used for research into Vulcan genetic material [TOS #18]. Cyrano Jones, intergalactic trader and general nuisance, embarks on his trade of buying and selling rare merchandise throughout space [TT]. Lt. Spock meets Leila Kalomi, a botanist, on Earth [TSP]. 24 July The U.S.S. "Federation" (NCC-2100) dreadnought is commissioned. A total of twelve of these high-warp ships, the first utilizing three warp drive propulsion units and a complement of 500, will be constructed (NCC-2100-NCC-2112). After installation of the PB-47 drive in 2263, they will have warp 10 capacity [FRS, TM, SsD, FCP]. Following the signing of the Treaty of Armens, the Sheliak Corporate sever all contact with the U.F.P. [TNG 149]. Dr. Leonard McCoy applies for starship duty after serving as a medical advisor/cultural observer. He is assigned to the "Enterprise" as a replacement surgeon following the death of Chief Surge Hikaru Sulu is placed aboard the U.S.S. "Essex" (NCC-1727) heavy cruiser as a relief helmsman with the rank of Lieutenant (j.g.) [EOM]. Nyota Uhura receives her degree at the University of Kenya [EOM]. Robert and Nancy Crater begin their archaelogical work on UFC 113 [MT]. Lori Ciana is assigned to Star Fleet Command, Earth [GN 5]. D.C. Costin graduates from the Star Fleet Academy [SsD]. Beau Deaver gets a teaching fellowship at the Vulcan Academy [TOS #20]. James Kirk briefly serves aboard the U.S.S. "Bonhomme Richard" (NCC-1712) heavy cruiser as Executive Officer [TOS #15]. Dr. Roger Korby disappears on Exo III. Over a period of five years, two expeditions will fail to locate him [LG, TOS #45]. 2256, 01 March Construction begins on the U.S.S. "Coronado" (NCC-1975) through-deck cruiser [SotF]. The S.S. "Beagle" (NCC-F1307), commanded by Captain R.M. Merik, is destroyed near UFC 892-IV (Magna Roma) [BC]. James Kirk has his last meeting with Janet Wallace [DY]. James Kirk is assigned as Executive Officer to the U.S.S. "Alexander" (NCC-511) destroyer with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He will receive command when her captain is killed in a battle with the Klingons, and be awarded the Medal of Honor [EOM]. The Klingons ignite a civil war on Shad, in an attempt to conquer a valuable flank of the U.F.P. Lt. Commander Kirk commands a Star Fleet advisory detail attached to the court of King Stevvin [TOS #4]. Lt. Montgomery Scott is assigned as an Engineering Officer aboard the U.S.S. "Enterprise" [EOM]. Lt. Hikaru Sulu temporarily leaves Star Fleet for the position of Chief of Development of the Daystrom Duotronics Corporation [EOM]. Nyota Uhura enrolls in the Star Fleet College of Communications, where she studies spatial navigation, duotronics, and cryptography under Lt. Commander Benjamin Finney [EOM]. Dr. Mornay and Perren begin working on the science of transwarp [TOS #31]. Krel Katasai dies in a battle with the U.F.P. [TOS #38]. Dr. Chhay has his last meeting with Dr. McCoy [GN 1]. 2257 The planet Medusa (XI Hydrae IV) is discovered [STM]. Orion pirates start raiding 1212 Muscae IV (Flyspeck). This will continue for 8 years until the U.F.P. negotiates a treaty with the inhabitants [TOS #50]. James Kirk has his last meeting with Areel Shaw prior to the court martial incident on Starbase 11 [Cml]. 10 Sept The U.S.S. "Republic" (NCC-1371) heavy cruiser is decommissioned [SotF]. The planet Midgwis (Elcidar Beta III) is discovered by the Klingons. Yarblis Geshkerroth, a Midgwin 'ghost walker,' destroys the Klingon scout parties [TOS #53]. 2258 Fresh out of the Academy, Nyota Uhura's commanding officer is killed in battle on Wynet V. She will serve aboard the U.S.S. "Ahriman" (NCC-513) destroyer as a junior communications officer with the rank of Lieutenant (j.g.) before her transfer to the "Enterprise" [TOS #19, EOM]. April Captain Christopher Pike is promoted to Fleet Captain. Over the next two years he will teach at the Star Fleet Academy as an instructor aboard a training starship [GN 1, Me]. Following the destruction of the "Lydia Sutherland" at the Battle of Ghioghe, Commander James Kirk is promoted to Captain and given command of the U.S.S. "Enterprise." The youngest man to captain a starship, his first mission is to transport a team of Vaudeville performers [GN 1, ST-TMP]. Dannan Stuart is born [GN 1]. Dr. Albar Exar voluntarily isolates himself on Fornax II [ON 2]. 12 July The U.S.S. "Coronado" (NCC-1975) through-deck cruiser is commissioned. This class will total six vessels by 2260. Designed with a unique 'double-ended' secondary hull, these warp 8 capacity ships, with a ship's complement of over 305, are the predecessors of the much larger "Ariel" class shuttlecarriers introduced decades later [SotF]. 2259 Carter Winston crashes on Vendor [Su/a]. Medusa (XI Hydrae IV) becomes the 27th U.F.P. member [STM]. Ingraham B is destroyed by the flying parasites [OA, STM]. The planet Elysia is charted by the U.S.S. "Clarion" GN 6]. The planet Alaj banishes a group of dissidents from their world for the 12th time [TNG #14]. Dr. Geoffrey M'Benga and T'Pina enter the Vulcan Academy on Vulcan [TOS #20]. Thomas Clayton vanishes near the galactic core [ON 9]. Commander Leigh Chapel marries Lt. Commander Jose Tyler [EOM]. stardate 1305.4 Captain James Kirk commands the "Enterprise" on a five-year mission. David Bailey and Dr. Elizabeth Dehner sign aboard the "Enterprise." Dr. Leonard McCoy takes leave on Starbase 6. After taking on supplies at the Aldebaran Colony, the "Enterprise" discovers the mysterious planet Kapeshet (UFC 155). An alien time experiment transports Captain Kirk and a small landing party to the 21st Century [EOM, FRS, WNM, GN 2]. stardates 1312.4-1313.8 The recorder-marker of the S.S. "Valiant" (NCC-S1104) is recovered by the "Enterprise" at the rim of the galaxy [WNM, EOM]. 25 December Captain Kirk meets Dr. Helen Noel at a science lab Christmas party aboard the "Enterprise" [DMd] 2260, 11 January In the Gamma 400 system, in orbit of Starbase 12, the "Enterprise" is drydocked and converted over to a "Bonhomme Richard" class heavy cruiser. Her new systems include two retractable phaser banks, an experimental photon torpedo system, warp 8 capacity via PB-32 engines, and a complement of 430 [HCE, SotF]. The Klingons give impulse drive technology to the Vancadians [TOS #55]. Saavik is born on the planet Hellguard (872 Trianguli V). She will be the first half-Romulan/half-Vulcan hybrid encountered by the U.F.P. [TOS #49, ST II]. The Klingons encounter the Kreel [TNG #5]. 01 February (stardate 6605.17) New Star Fleet uniforms are issued. They include brightened colors and greater diversification of sleeve mark braids and insignias. Sciences and services insignias are swapped back to normal [FRS, WNM]. June The U.S.S. "Enterprise" is recommissioned after her uprating to the "Bonhomme Richard" class. The five-year mission officially begins [FRS, EOM]. Omicron Ceti III is colonized [TSP]. stardates 1512.2-1514.1 On a star charting mission, the "Enterprise" makes the first contact with the First Federation [CMn]. stardates 1329.8-1330.1 Harry Mudd is pursued and captured by the "Enterprise," which sustains serious damage to her dilithium crystals. The crystals are replaced at Rigel XII [MW]. stardates 1672.1-1673.1 On planet Alfa 177, the "Enterprise"'s transporter system malfunctions, stranding a landing party on the rapidly freezing surface [EW]. stardates 1513.1-1513.8 In orbit of UFC 113, a salt vampire stalks the crew of the "Enterprise" [MT]. stardates 1704.2-1704.4 On a mission to pick up a team of scientists from Psi 2000, a virus is accidentally brought aboard the "Enterprise." By integrating cold matter/antimatter, the ship is transported several days back through time [NT]. 28 November (stardates 1533.6-1535.8) The U.S.S. "Antares" (NCC-F1312), a science probe vessel, is destroyed after picking up an orphan, Charlie Evans. Attempting to take control of the "Enterprise" with his special abilities, Evans is removed by his Thasian step parents [CX]. stardates 1709.1-1709.6 After a century, contact is re-established with the Romulan Star Empire when a Romulan P-1A "Bird of Prey" cruiser tests its new cloaking device and plasma weapon against U.F.P. forces. Four Earth outposts are destroyed before the Romulan vessel is forced to self-destruct [BT]. Over the next few years, the outpost colonies will be rebuilt, numbering 14. Outposts 1 through 8 will be outfitted with the highest grade of listening and scanning equipment available [FSF]. stardate 2712.4 The "Enterprise" is assigned to locate Dr. Roger Korby on Exo III. He is found alive in android form and, using the Exoan technology,duplica attempts to carry on Korby's dream of an android U.F.P. [LG, TOS #45]. stardates 2715.1-2715.2 Dr. Tristan Adams dies from his neural neutralizer machine on the Tantalus V Penal Colony, following the escape of Dr. Simon Van Gelder [DMd]. stardates 2713.5-2717.3 Miri's World (UFC M-347601), an exact duplicate of Earth, is discovered by the "Enterprise." The landing party fights, and defeats, a deadly virus there [Mi]. stardates 2817.6-2819.8 Kodos the Executioner dies aboard the "Enterprise" [CK]. stardates 2821.5-2823.1 On a mission to deliver medical supplies to New Paris, the "Galileo"/7 shuttlecraft crashes on Taurus II while investigating Murasaki 312, a quasar-like phenomena [GS]. stardate 2945.7 A Force 5 ion storm strikes the "Enterprise." Repairs are carried out in orbit of Starbase 11 [Cml]. stardates 2947.3-2950.1 Following the ion storm, Captain James Kirk is accused of murdering his records officer, Benjamin Finney. He is forced to stand a general court-martial on Starbase 11 and is cleared when it is revealed that he was framed by the victim. James Kirk is the first Star Fleet starship captain to stand trial. Finney will later seek revenge on Vancadia [Cml, TOS #55]. Dr. Ursula Mornay of the University of Tarrigor (Altair VI) synthesizes trilithium in solid form [TOS #31]. Beau Deaver moves to Nisus (Vulcan Colony 9) [TOS #38]. T'Mir travels aboard a sailing ship while on leave on Earth [TOS #20]. 2261 Tritanium (Element 125) is discovered on Argus X [MRM]. The Redjac entity murders women on Rigel IV. Administrator Hengist becomes possessed by the creature [WF]. Holtzman escapes from prison [TOS #28]. Ensign Ingrit Tomson signs aboard the "Enterprise" [GN 5]. Delkondros comes to power on Vancadia [TOS #55]. stardates 3012.4-3013.2 The "Enterprise" is called back to Starbase 11. It is then hijacked to Talos IV by Commander Spock along with her former commander, Fleet Captain Christopher Pike. Spock stands court-martial but all charges are dropped by Commodore Mendez. Pike becomes a cultural observer for the U.F.P. on Talos IV [Me]. stardates 3025.3-3025.8 The crew of the "Enterprise" take shore leave on Omicron Delta IV. Doctor McCoy is seemingly killed [SL]. stardates 2124.5-2126.3 While crossing a star desert on a mission to the Beta 6 Colony, the "Enterprise" battles Trelane, a childish super-being, on the rogue planet Gothos [SG]. stardates 3045.6-3046.2 Contact is made with the Gorn Hegemony when Cestus III, an Earth colony, is destroyed by a Gorn raid. The "Enterprise" goes in pursuit, but is apprehended by the Metrons. Captain Kirk is forced to fight the captain of the Gorn ship on an asteroid [Ar]. stardates 3087.6-3088.7 On a remote planet, a "winking out" phenomena is observed and corrected by the "Enterprise" [AF]. stardates 3113.2-3114.1 While heading back to Starbase 9 for resupply, the "Enterprise" is caught by a black star and flung back through time to the year 1969 [TY]. stardates 3125.3-3130.4 Romulans enter the Canara system when a plague destroys one-third of their population. After a week-long shore leave on Starbase 8, the "Enterprise" once again engages Romulan vessels [TOS #10]. stardates 3156.2-3158.7 The "Enterprise" goes in search of the long-lost U.S.S. "Horizon" (NCC-1370). On planet UFC 611-Beta III, a society enslaved by a computer called Landru is released [RA]. stardates 3192.1-3193.0 A 500 year interplanetary war fought by computers is halted by the intervention of the "Enterprise" at Eminiar VII [TA]. stardates 3141.9-3143.3 The DY-100 class sleeper vessel, S.S. "Botany Bay" (DY-102) is discovered drifting in space by the "Enterprise." Seventy-two 'supermen' from the Eugenics Wars are revived and, after a failed takeover attempt, are exiled to Ceti Alpha V [SS]. stardates 3417.3-3417.7 Under the influence of spore plants, the "Enterprise" crew desert the ship for the planet Omicron Ceti III. Commander Spock, through the use of subsonics, destroys the spore influence [TSP]. stardate 3196.1 Silicon-based life is discovered on Janus VI. The "Enterprise" investigates and discovers the Horta creatures are the last of its kind and a mining agreement is established. Dahai Iohor Naraht is born [DD]. stardates 3198.4-3201.7 The Organian Conflict: In orbit of the seemingly-primitive planet Organia, the forces of the Klingon Empire and the U.F.P. prepare for all-out war. The Organians, super-beings in reality, put a stop to the war and establish the Organian Peace Treaty [EM]. The Time Planet (Gateway) is discovered by the "Enterprise" by following waves of time distortion. Earth history is accidentally destroyed and then repaired through the use of the Guardian of Forever [CEF]. The "Enterprise" heads for Earth for shore leave. Captain James Kirk considers resigning from Star Fleet [GN 3]. stardates 3287.2-3289.8 A mass insanity of flying parasites is tracked to the planet Deneva by the "Enterprise." By setting up a ring of orbital trivium satellites, they are destroyed [OA]. The U.S.S. "Hood" (NCC-1707) heavy cruiser is attacked by a Kzinti cruiser. Ensign M'ress, sneaking aboard the enemy vessel, sends a distress signal [Log 5]. Ceti Alpha VI explodes, shifting the orbit of Ceti Alpha V. All life on Ceti Alpha V is destoyed, with the exception of the bulk of Khan Noonian Singh's colony and Ceti eels [ST II]. 2262 Corbomite (Element 140) is discovered on Star Base 27: named after James Kirk's famous bluff [MRM]! The Vulcan science survey ship "Diversity" is lost near the Romulan Neutral Zone [TOS #49]. stardate 3018.2 Two extra-galactic aliens are encountered by "Enterprise" crewmembers on the planet Pyrus VII [Cp]. stardates 3219.4-3220.3 Enroute to Epsilon Canaris III, the shuttlecraft "Galileo (7)" is hijacked in space to Gamma Canaris N by a gaseous life form [Mt]. stardates 3497.2-3499.1 A topaline mining agreement treaty is negotiated on Capella IV despite Klingon mining interest [FC]. stardate 3468.1 The "Enterprise" is stopped dead in space by a super-being calling himself Apollo, while approaching Pollux IV [WM]. stardate 3372.7 Commander Spock is forced to return to Vulcan due to the Koon-ut kal-if-fee mating drive [AT]. stardate 4202.9 The U.S.S. "Constellation" (NCC-1017) is found wrecked in star system L374. The intergalactic berserker responsible is destroyed enroute to the Rigel colonies by the starship "Enterprise" [DMa]. stardates 3614.9-3615.4 While on therapeutic shore leave on Argelius II, Lt. Commander Scott is accused of murder. Further investigation proves that a non-corporeal being (Redjac) is responsible [WF]. stardate 3541.9 The long-lost space probe "Nomad" is brought aboard the "Enterprise" after having destroyed all life in the Malurian star system. The probe itself eventually self-destructs [Cg]. stardates 3715.3-3715.6 On Gamma Trianguli VI, a primitive subservient civilization is freed of its mechanical god [Ap]. During an ion storm, a landing party beaming up to the "Enterprise" from the planet Halka transpose with their counterparts in an alternate universe [MM]. stardates 3478.2-3479.4 While delivering supplies to Gamma Hydra IV, members of the "Enterprise" landing party become subject to hyperaging. Command is temporarily transferred to Commodore Stocker who takes the ship into the Romulan Neutral Zone and nearly destroys the "Enterprise" moments before an antidote is developed [DY]. stardate 4513.3 The "Enterprise" is hijacked to the planet Mudd (UFC 257704-II) by an android commanded by Harry Mudd. After control of the "Enterprise" is regained, Mudd is forced into exile on the planet [IM]. stardates 4523.3-4525.6 A priority A-1 distress signal draws th station K7. Captain Kirk is ordered to guard a shipment of wheat to Sherman's Planet while his ship becomes infested with tribbles [TT]. stardates 4040.7-4041.7 The wreckage of the S.S. "Beagle" (NCC-F1307) is traced to planet UFC 892-IV (Magna Roma) where, due to its 20th Century-styled culture, the Prime Directive of Non-Interference is nearly broken [BC]. stardates 3842.3-3843.4 The "Enterprise" is assigned the task of transporting ambassadors of U.F.P. planets to the planet Babel. Contact is made with an Orion high-speed vessel [JB]. Captain James Kirk investigates a series of murders at the Vulcan Academy of Science on the planet Vulcan [TOS #20]. After a month in orbit of Vulcan, the "Enterprise" encounters a plague condition on Nisus (Vulcan Colony 9) [TOS #38]. Dr. Geoffrey M'Benga is assigned to the "Enterprise" [TOS #38]. Kevin Katasai becomes the first Klingon to enter the Star Fleet Academy [TOS #38]. stardates 4211.4-4211.8 On Neural, the Klingons are discovered breaking the Prime Directive by escalating the development of firearms [PLW]. stardates 3211.7-3259.2 Captain Kirk and a landing party, while checking the Gamma II station, are kidnapped to the planet Triskelion and sold as thralls [GT]. stardates 3619.2-3620.7 On Argus X, a Vampire Cloud creature is battled. It is the same creature that decimated the "Farragut" eleven years earlier, and it is destroyed by the "Enterprise" on Tycho IV [Ob]. stardates 4307.1-4309.4 A gigantic spacegoing 'ameba' is destroyed after having annihilated the U.S.S. "Intrepid" (NCC-1708) and the entire Gamma 7A system [IS]. The "Enterprise" is sent to Sigma Iotia II to discover what sociological damage the pre-Prime Directive ship "Horizon" (NCC-1000) had on the planet [PA]. stardates 4657.5-4658.9 Kelvans, from the distant Andromeda galaxy, take control of the "Enterprise" and ready it for an intergalactic journey home [AON]. stardates 4768.3-4770.3 Three disembodied entities are unearthed on the long-dead planet Arret. In an experiment, they take control of the bodies of three "Enterprise" officers [RT]. A drastic violation of the Prime Directive is discovered on Ekos, where old Earth's Nazi Germany society had been recreated by U.F.P. cultural observer John Gill [PF]. Terise Haleakala-LoBrutto is selected for the upcoming deep-cover mission into Romulan space [TOS #35]. stardate 4729.4 Dr. Richard Daystrom's new computer, the M-5, is installed aboard the "Enterprise" and given a test run. It fails miserably after destroying the S.S. "Woden" (DY-500) automated ore freighter, and firing on the heavy cruisers U.S.S. "Lexington" (NCC-1703), "Excalibur" (NCC-1705), "Hood" (NCC-1707), and "Potemkin" (NCC-1711). Dr. Daystrom is hospitalized [UC]. A crewless U.S.S. "Exeter" (NCC-1706) in orbit of Omega IV is found contaminated with a deadly virus, and Fleet Captain Ronald Tracy is found to be violating the Prime Directive on the planet [OG]. By use of the lightspeed breakaway factor, the "Enterprise" is sent back through time to the year 1968 for crucial historical research. Captain Kirk discovers that an alien team is already stationed on Earth, ensuring its survival [AE]. stardate 5947.3 After having delivered a contact team to Midgwis (Elcidar Beta III), Yarblis Geshkerroth, a 'ghost walker,' takes possession of Captain Kirk's body [TOS #53]. The Klingon hierarchy undergoes a purge resulting in a series of border skirmishes. Vice Admiral Vaughan Rittenhouse orders the construction of the U.S.S. "Star Empire" (NCC-2116) prototype dreadnought (later to evolve into the upgraded "Federation II" dreadnought class). A year later, a new strain of Klingons (the Bur Chak) will control the Klingon Empire [TOS #29, FSF]. 2263, 12 March The U.S.S. "Achernar" (NCC-1732) heavy cruiser is commissioned, the first starship with the PB-47 circumferential warp drive, and the last major starhip class with circumferential (as opposed to linear) engines. This second variation on the "Constitution" class will establish records for hyperspace acceleration unsurpassed until the development of linear warp drive in the mid-2260's. Her expanded systems include 6 phasers, 2 photon torpedo banks, and an externally-mounted deflector shield grid. Thirteen ships of this class will be built (NCC-1732-NCC-1744) and 22 "Constitution/Bonhomme Richard" ships will be converted over to this class [SotF, FRS, HCE]. The Klingon-Romulan Alliance is discovered by Star Fleet. The Romulans trade cloaking device modules in exchange for Klingon D-6 "Raxor" and D-7 "Klolode" class battlecruisers complete with transporter and disruptor technology. In later years the Romulans will trade the data on their plasma torpedo and "Bird of Prey" scout ships in exchange for Klingon D-8 "K'T'Inga" class warships [FRS, EI, TBoT]. stardate 4385.3 Under orders to contact the Melkots, the "Enterprise" officers, before achieving their goal, become entrapped in an illusionary world [SGn]. stardate 4372.5 The "Enterprise" transports the Dohlman of Elas to Troyius, in the Tellun star system. The starship's engines are sabotaged and a Klingon D-6 battlecruiser engaged [ET]. stardates 4842.6-4843.6+ An asteroid is diverted from destroying the planet Amerind. In doing so, the "Enterprise"'s warp engines are burned out, forcing the ship to drift to Amerind on impulse engines for 59.223 days. The first evidence of the Preservers, an advanced culture known to have saved many primitive cultures in ancient times, is found on this class M world [PSy]. stardates 5027.3-5027.4 On sealed orders, the "Enterprise" enters Romulan space and is captured by a small fleet of Romulan vessels: "Luctas" ("Starfire," CHR 316), "Parno" ("Broadsword," CHR 381), and "N'Lanaes" ("Predator," CHR 385). The "Enterprise" escapes with the Romulans' new cloaking device and the fleet commander. It is confirmed that Romulans are now employing Klingon vessels (D-7 battlecruisers) and technology due to the recent Klingon-Romulan alliance [EI, FRS]. stardate 5029.5 In the Epsilon Indii system, the Starnes expedition is found dead on Triacus. The "Enterprise" investigates and a non-corporeal alien is found responsible and is dealt with [CL]. stardates 5431.4-5432.3 Commander Spock's brain is removed by an alien woman from Sigma Draconus VI. His brain is restored in the advanced underground city [SB]. stardates 5630.7-5630.8 While transporting the Medusan ambassador to the U.F.P. back to its homeworld, Dr. Lawrence Marvick, one of the designers of starship engines, goes mad from exposure to the Medusan. He takes control of the ship and takes it out of our universe and dies. By use of a Medusan mind meld, the "Enterprise" returns home [TB] stardate 5121.5 Sent to pick up a team of scientists in the Minara system which is entering a nova phase, the "Enterprise" finds the team murdered by humanoids. The "Enterprise" warps out as Minara goes nova [Em]. stardate 5693.2 In the Territorial Annex of the Tholian Assembly, the "Enterprise" encounters the U.S.S. "Defiant" (NCC-1717) trapped in a dimensional interphase. While trying to recover Captain Kirk from the "Defiant," the "Enterprise" returns fire with Tholian scout ships [TW]. stardates 5476.3-5476.4 An immense generation ship built by the Fabrini, called "Yonada," is diverted from destroying the U.F.P. member world Daran V, by the "Enterprise." By researching the Fabrini records, a cure for Xenopolycythemia is found [FW]. A non-corporeal alien that feeds on hate attempts to start a war between the survivors of the Klingon battlecruiser "Klolode"(?) aboard the "Enterprise," but is overpowered [Dv]. stardates 5784.2-5784.3 The planet Platonius is discovered by the "Enterprise." A fight against the psychokinetic Platonians result when the ship's chief medical officer refuses to remain on the planet [PSt]. stardates 5710.5-5710.9 Hyperaccelerated humanoids are discovered on Scalos. They nearly seize control of the "Enterpri breeding stock [WE]. An "Enterprise" landing party discover an ancient Kalandan outpost and battle against a deadly computer-generated 'woman' [TWS]. stardates 5730.2-5730.6 Contact is made with the last two natives of the planet Cheron, which is found to have destroyed itself [LB]. stardate 5718.3 The deranged Fleet Captain Garth of Izar takes control of the Elba II Penal Colony and its inmates. The "Enterprise" delivers a new therapeutic drug to the correctional facility, which results in most of the inmates' rehabilitation [WGD]. stardates 5423.4-5423.8 The first U.F.P. delegation to the planet Gideon (Delta Dorado) reveals the planet to be grossly overpopulated. The forced introduction of Vegan Choriomeningitis results in a crude form of population control [MG]. stardates 5725.3-5725.6 The memory core of Memory Alpha is attacked and destroyed by the non-corporeal inhabitants of Zetar. Rebuilding of the library complex begins [LZ]. stardates 5818.4-5819.3 On the U.F.P. world Ardana (Mu Leonis), a sociological revolution occurs. The Troglytes gain their freedom to live in the cloud city of Stratos [CMn]. stardates 5832.3-5832.6 The space cruiser S.S. "Aurora" (NCC-C1200) is destroyed after being stolen by a band of 'space hippies' in search of the mythical planet Eden (UFC 3676543). With help from the U.S.S. "Enterprise," the planet is located. Their leader, Dr. Sevrin, dies after briefly commandeering the ship [WEd]. stardates 5843.7-5843.8 Rigellian fever strikes the crew of the "Enterprise" and, in hopes of obtaining the only known antidote, Mr. Flint, a wealthy hermit is bargained with on Holberg 917G (Omega VII) [RM]. stardates 5906.4-5906.5 The planet Excalbia is surveyed by the "Enterprise" and contact is made with non-humanoid, carbon-cycle beings. Through the power of mass transformation, the Excalbians learn the concepts of Good and Evil from the crew of the "Enterprise" [SC]. stardates 5943.7-5943.9 While exploring Sarpeidon, the only inhabited planet of Beta Niobe which is on the verge of going nova, an "Enterprise" landing party becomes entrapped in different time zones. The ship and landing party leave in time to escape the nova [AY]. stardates 5928.5-5930.3 Through the use of an ancient machine unearthed on Camus II, Dr. Janice Lester swaps bodies with Captain James Kirk of the "Enterprise" and assumes command. The transfer is broken and Lester is committed [TI]. A new faction of Klingons, based from Kahless (neighbor system to Kazh) ascend to power and gain control of the Klingonese government. Opposition is suppressed or annihilated, and the new leaders thrust full steam into a program of arms buildup, outfitting their ships with massive weaponry. The first product will be the "K'T'Inga" class warship [FSC]. stardates 6346.02-6389.91 The U.S.S. "Enterprise" at the Arias Mastac Prime Dockyards in orbit of Daran V is uprated to the "Achernar" class with some new systems, including a new holographic recreation room, life support belts in place of environmental suits, new phaser systems etc. Lt. M'Ress signs on as a communications officer and Lt. Arex as chief navigator. Ensign Pavel Chekov is temporarily transferred to the U.S.S. "Lermontov" as executive officer [HCE, FRS, EOM]. stardates 5221.3-5221.8 In orbit of Questar M-17, the "Enterprise" battles an ancient magnetic organism [BFS/a]. stardates 5373.4-5373.9 An intelligent cosmic cloud is diverted from destroying Pallas XIV by the "Enterprise" [OPM/a]. While assisting a team of historians on the planet Gateway, Commander Spock's time stream is disrupted. He returns to Vulcan with the use of the Guardian of Forever and corrects history [Yy/a]. The LN-64 pulsed linear (4th Generation) warp drive is developed. These new engines, utilizing linear warp drive intermix shafts connecting impulse and warp systems for efficient energy distribution will enable ships to attain warp 12 speeds [FSF, HCE, FRS, SotF, LOR]. 25 December (stardates 5143.3-5148.7) Patrolling near the edge of the Romulan Neutral Zone, the "Enterprise" comes to the rescue of Carter Winston, who turns out to be a shape-changing Vendorian spy set up by the Romulans. After commandeering the "Enterprise" and taking the ship into Romulan space, the Vendorian agent is captured and the ship makes a narrow escape from Romulan vessels. The "Enterprise" takes on supplies and is briefly refitted in orbit of Valeria [Su/a, Log 2]. Terise Haleakala-LoBrutto, deep-cover Star Fleet agent, is planted on the Romulan homeworld [TOS #35]. 2264 Coridan becomes the 28th U.F.P. member [STM]. stardates 5483.7-5483.9 The "Enterprise" frees the women of Taurus II from their own glandular secretion trap [LS/a]. stardates 5554.4-5554.8 The 5th clone of Stavos Keniclius is discovered ruling the planet Phylos by the "Enterprise" [IV/a]. stardate 5591.2 The "Enterprise" returns to Omicron Delta IV, the 'shore leave planet' for R & R. The planet's computer is running wild and is negotiated with before shore leave commences [OUP/a]. stardate 4978.5 Harry Mudd is once again apprehended by the "Enterprise," after having tried to sell 'love crystals' [MP/a]. stardate 1254.4 Given the task of exploring the galactic core, the "Enterprise" is drawn into a parallel universe. The crew are tried by the inhabitants of Megas-tu and helped to cross back into our universe [Mtu/a]. stardates 5577.3-5577.7 Responding to a strange distress signal, the "Enterprise" is bombarded with spiroid epsilon radiation. The crew begin to contract but are restructured by the transporter systems. The lost colony Terra 10 is found to be responsible, and the entire city is spacelifted to Verdanis (Epsilon Pegasi), renamed Verdantin [Te/a, Log 4]. stardates 5267.2-5267.6 Surveying the Delta Triangle region of space, the "Enterprise" and the Klingon battlecruiser "Klothos" ("Carnage," KL 99970), are transported into a parallel universe. Through cooperation, they manage to return to our own continuum [Tr/a]. stardate 5392.4 While escorting two robot grain ships to Sherman's Planet, the "Enterprise" rescues trader Cyrano Jones from a pursuing Klingon battlecruiser, the "Tor'Stog" ("Devisor," KL 73796) The "Enterprise" once again becomes infested with tribbles, as does the "Devisor" [MTT/a]. stardates 5499.9-5506.2 The Class N water world Argo is studied by the "Enterprise" when Captain Kirk and Commander Spock are transformed into water-breathers by the planet's inhabitants. The process is reversed, and a sea-quake is diverted by the "Enterprise" [Am/a]. stardates 6334.1-6336.2 Commander Spock is stricken by Choriocytosis and the U.S.S. "Huron" (NCC-F1313), carrying the only cure, is attacked and ravaged by Orion pirates. After pursuit by the "Enterprise," the Orion pirate vessel is captured intact and Spock's life is saved [PO/a]. stardate 5683.1 Numerous ships are called to rendezvous with a Vedalan asteroid for a unique mission. A holy war will erupt across the galaxy unless the stolen Soul of Skorr is returned to its people. Kirk and Spock and a group of specially selected beings retrieve it from a Mad Planet (Upsilon Mensae) [Ji/a]. stardates 5275.6-5276.8 Dr. Leonard McCoy of the "Enterprise" is tried for medical mispractice in the Dramen system for the slaughter of the inhabitants of Dramia II, nineteen years ago. He is released after finding a cure for the Auroral Plague which threatened the crew of the "Enterprise" [Al/a]. stardate 3183.3 After escaping from a Romulan sneak attack into an energy cloud, the "Enterprise"'s main computer malfunctions and threatens the lives of the ship [PJ/a]. stardates 6063.4-6063.5 The "Enterprise" officers meet Kukulkan, a space traveler who visited Earth in ancient times, while tracing the origin of Kukulkan's unmanned probe of Earth [HS/a]. stardates 6770.3-6770.6 Enroute to Babel with the retiring Ambassador Robert April, the first captain of the "Enterprise," the ship seemingly crosses over into an antimat doing of a rogue planetoid of telepathic beings testing the U.F.P. and the Klingon Empire [CC/a, Log 7]. stardate 5501.2 The disappearance of the crew of the science vessel "Ariel," in orbit of Lactra VII, leads the officers of the "Enterprise" into a planet-sized zoo of specimens from all across the galaxy. After being released by the Lactrans, the ship aids them in a quest for a new creature for their zoo, a jawanda [EB/a, Log 8]. stardate 7403.6 Commander Ari bn Bem from the recently-contacted planet Pandro (Garo VII), joins the "Enterprise" on a series of exploratory and contact missions. Trouble starts on Delta Theta III, and later on Pandro itself when Klingons are found experimenting with Pandronian life forms [Be/a, Log 9]. stardate 4187.3 The "Enterprise," enroute to negotiations with the newly-contacted Briamosites, discovers a Slaver stasis box. It is transported to Starbase 25 by shuttlecraft and is captured by Kzinti enroute. The box is opened, revealing an advanced weapon which self-destructs, killing the Kzinti. Afterwards, the stasis box is used to impress the Briamosites into allying themselves with the U.F.P., to the regret of the Klingon negotiators [SW/a, Log 10]. Ensign Chekov returns to the "Enterprise" as navigation officer [EOM]. The U.S.S. "Star Empire" (NCC-2116) prototype "Federation (II)" class dreadnought is destroyed following its theft by terrorists: The Admiral Rittenhouse Scandal [TOS #29]. The theft of the experimental transwarp drive leads the "Enterprise" into a desperate battle for the revolutionary new star drive [TOS #31]. The Duotronic II series computer is developed by Dr. Richard Daystrom, incorporating many features of the failed M-5 multitronic unit [FSF]. The Division takes place among the Bekeem people [TNG #14]. November (stardate 7190) The U.S.S. "Constitution" (NCC-1700) confronts a new Klingon prototype "K'T'Inga" ("Great Powerful Conqueror," KL 99634) heavy battlecruiser near Gamma Canaris. Having sustained considerable hull and bulkhead damage from the engagement, the "Constitution" is drydocked at Starbase 27. This delay in resuming it's mission will prevent her from being uprated to the new "Enterprise" class [FSF, FRS]. 2265 Construction on the Epsilon series listening outposts on the disputed border of the Klingon Empire continues. Epsilon outposts one, two, and three are completed and fully operational. These outpost stations will number nine by 2268 [STM, FSF]. Guinan's people encounter the Borg. Her people are destroyed. The few survivors scatter throughout the galaxy [TNG 142]. stardate 6205.7 The U.F.P. encounters the Tomarii. Commander Spock goes undercover and fabricates the legend of Black Fire. The new Star Fleet uniforms are tried out aboard the "Enterprise," and naturally-occuring trilithium crystals are discovered. The "Enterprise" sustains battle damage [TOS #8]. Fleet Admiral Heihachiro Nogura, Chief of Staff, prepares a special report on a new program of fleet rejuvenation [FSF]. March (stardate 6987.31) The five-year voyage of the U.S.S. "Enterprise" ends. Over the next six months: Captain James Kirk is promoted three grades to Rear Admiral and assigned to Star Fleet Headquarters, Terra, as Chief of Star Fleet Operations. Commander Spock and Dr. Leonard McCoy resign their Star Fleet Commissions. Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott is promoted to Commander and supervises the work on the new linear warp drive engines and the fleet rejuvenation program. Spock bonds with T'Sura. McCoy journeys to Yonada and meets Dr. Keridwen Llewellyn [ST-TMP, FSF, EOM, GN 5]. Over the next nine months, all ground based fabrication facilities (Sol system) begin producing components for heavy cruisers to be refitted to the new "Enterprise" class. Warp simulation testing of the new LN-64 pulsed linear warp drive nacelles is carried out at the Star Fleet Orbital Simulation Yards in orbit of Earth. Drydock Facility number one is specially constructed to accommodate the new class one heavy cruiser to be constructed. The "Enterprise" herself, meanwhile, is tested for structural integrity while all fuels and consumables are purged [FSF]. The Tandem 14 warp driven shuttlecraft is developed. This shuttle consists of a warp drive sled housing both impulse and warp engines, with a maximum speed of warp 4 [FRS, FSF]. 02 December Construction starts on the U.S.S. "Decatur" (NCC-2500) strike cruiser, the first class one starship with LN-64 linear warp drive [SotF, FRS, SsD]. 2266, 03 January The U.S.S. "Enterprise" enters drydock number one in orbit of Earth and uprating begins to form the new "Enterprise" (NCC-1701) class heavy cruiser [FRS, SotF, FSF, HCE]. A skeleton crew seperates the saucer section from the "Enterprise" and grounds it in the San Francisco Navy Yard on Earth--a revolutionary new starship construction technique [TOS #54]. 13 February (stardate 7912.04) New Star Fleet uniforms are issued. These new uniforms are materialized directly on the wearer while standing in a combination sonic shower/clothing fabricator. The Erati CMA (Clothing Materialization Apparatus) is installed aboard all new fleet vessels and shore establishments [FRS]. April The U.S.S. "Essex" (NCC-1727), while on stand down at Rigel, is the victim of sabotage by Orion pirates [SotF]. Svonn steals the Katra of Zakal from Vulcan. Dr. Llewellyn dies, sacrificing herself to destroy Zakal. Spock breaks the link with T'sura and decides to achieve Kohlinahr [GN 5]. July After six months of upgrading on Earth, the primary hull of the "Enterprise" is reconnected to the secondary hull in Spacedock 4. G'Dath, a Klingon instructor working on Earth, is kidnapped by Klingons following his discovery of a new propulsion system [TOS #54]. The ruins of Tagus III are sealed off [TNG 194]. 2267, 17 February The U.S.S. "Decatur" (NCC-2500) cruiser is launched, the first starship with linear warp drive. A maximum warp speed of 10 is attained. Further refining will enable a two warp factor increase [SotF, FRS, DPS, SsD]. Delta IV becomes the 29th U.F.P. member [STM]. The Imperial government collapses on Magna Roma (UFC 892-IV) [TNG #8]. 23 August (stardates 7412.6-7414.1) A high-energy cloud destroys the Epsilon 9 monitoring station after having destroyed three Klingon "K'T'Inga" class warships: "Arakkab" ("Indignant," KL 11805), "Eelst" ("Hunter," KL 83452), and "Amar" ("Revenge," KL 98520). The barely-completed U.S.S. "Enterprise" is launched ahead of schedule to intercept the V'ger entity enroute to Earth. Rear Admiral James Kirk is given temporary command of the starship for this mission, and many of the previous "Enterprise" officers are reassigned to the "Enterprise." The loss of the ship's captain, Willard Decker, results in Kirk being re-awarded permanent command [ST-TMP, FRS]. The Vulcan ship "Symmetry" is dispatched to the planet Hellguard (872 Trianguli V) in Romulan space. Spock and Sarek recover the Romulan/Vulcan children there, including Saavik [TOS #49]. Koro Quintal is born on Earth [GN 2]. 2268, 17 May The U.S.S. "Enterprise" (NCC-1701) heavy cruiser is recommissioned. This, yet another variation on the original "Constitution" design, and the second Class I ship with linear (LN-64) warp drive, incorporates all of the latest advances in Star Fleet technology: 18 warp-powered phasers, two photon torpedo banks, warp 12 capacity, a cloaking device, new deflector shields and screens, Duotronic II computers, and a complement of 500. This starship class will consist of eight vessels, all rebuilt heavy cruisers. Possessing the best warp dynamics of all Class I starships, the "Enterprise" class starship's speed, long range, impressive ordnance, and the habitability gained from its size, make them a natural choice for extended exploration missions throughout the unknown frontiers of the U.F.P. Treaty Zone [FRS, SotF, FSF, LOR]. The first of two five-year missions of the new U.S.S. "Enterprise" b The Helvan race is being experimented upon by aliens. The "Enterprise" is assigned to study the waves of violence sweeping through this section of the galaxy [TOS #5]. The New Human movement of the Zaran Totality reaches its peak as the "Enterprise" is ordered to transport the Zaran ambassador home. Admiral Kirk and Commander Spock battle against the oneness [TOS #9]. Commander Spock takes a two-week leave on Vulcan while the "Enterprise" transports a diplomatic party of Kaldorni [TOS #51]. Ael t'Rllaillieu conducts a V.I.P. inspection tour of the Levaeri V research station [TOS #18]. The U.F.P., Klingon Empire, and Romulan Empire jointly agree to develop the planet Nimbus III, "The Planet of Galactic Peace," in the Neutral Zone [ST V]. The "Black Swan," "Guillemot," and "Halcyon" class sloops are designed [FRS]. 2269 Although not known to the U.F.P. at large, Star Fleet begins to take covert actions against the Kzinti. This "hemming-in" will lead to the Kzinti Incursion in three years, and will later have great affect on Star Fleet's shipbuilding schedule [SotF]. Dr. Daniel Corrigan and Sorel perfect nerve regeneration [TOS #39]. 2270, 12 May The U.S.S. "Decatur" (NCC-2500) prototype cruiser is commissioned. It will be further uprated and become a member of the "Belknap" (NCC-2501) strike cruiser class [SotF, FRS, DPS]. Admiral Kirk meets Carmen Ikeya, the first woman to command a starship [TOS #39]. Six Warrantors are kidnapped by the Romulans to forment political chaos. They are rescued by the "Enterprise" [TOS #25]. stardates 0304.6-2816.3 With the aid of Ael t'Rllaillieu, a Romulan defector and commander of the "Bloodwing," the "Enterprise" destroys the Levaeri (113 Trianguli) V research laboratory in Romulan space and rescues Vulcan captives [TOS #18]. 2271, 19 October The uprated U.S.S. "Constitution" (NCC-1700) heavy cruiser is recommissioned. This first variation on the "Enterprise" class utilizes LN-60 warp engines and is capable of only warp 11, has a complement of only 435, and is armed with twelve phasers and two torpedo banks. Seven ships will form this scaled-down "Enterprise" class, all rebuilt from older heavy cruisers [SotF, HCE]. Dr. Leonard McCoy is kidnapped by Romulans while on a three-week voyage aboard the U.S.S. "Vega" starliner. With help from Commander t'Rllaillieu, the "Enterprise" rescues McCoy from the Romulan homeworld [TOS #35]. Believing that war is imminent, Rear Admiral Andrew Cunningham, Chief of Spacecraft, proposes the "Hunt" class escort destroyers to supplement the sloops on borderspace, spacelane patrol, and escort duty [FRS]. Dr. Emanuel Tagore dies [TOS #16]. 2272 stardate 2213.5 The Klingon warship "Hakkarl" ("Vanguard," KL 1017), an uprated "K'T'Inga" heavy battlecruiser (fully automated) is launched with Captain Kasak sutai-Khornezh in command, via a Klingon Bird of Prey scout ship, "Tazhat" (KL 1018). The renegade Klingon heads for Dekkanar (4725 Cancri IV) to trigger a war--and is destroyed by the "Enterprise" [TOS #48]. The Kzinti Incursion: Forces from Kzin attack Tau Ceti. Admiral Kirk, aboard the U.S.S. "Enterprise" (NCC-1701), commands a large task force against the Kzinti and employs the "Zetarian Squeeze" maneuver to force the enemy fleet into a neutron star. The starships "Astrad" (NCC-1739) and "Alfr" (NCC-1741) track down and capture the Kzinti patriarch's flagship [SotF, FRS]. The Duotronic III series computer system is developed [HCE, SotF]. 'The Final Reflection,' by Dr. Emanuel Tagore, is published [TOS #16]. Captain E. Sandes Ishan retires from active duty, and becomes the head of the Strike Warfare Branch of the Chief of Star Fleet Operations' Systems Analysis Division [SsD]. 2273, March The U.S.S. "Avenger" (NCC-1860) heavy frigate rebuilding begins, using the old "Surya" class frigates [SotF, HFP, FRS]. 13 July The U.S.S. "Endeaver" (NCC-1716) heavy cruiser is commissioned. Essentially uprated heavy cruisers based on the "Achernar" design with self-contained non-networked LN-52 linear warp drive nacelles and uprated sensor/navigational deflector dishes, twelve of this class are converted ships while four (NCC-1728-1731) are newly-built replacements for the destroyed heavy cruisers "Constellation," "Defiant," "Intrepid" and "Valiant". Each ship has warp 10 capacity and carries a complement of 430 [SotF, HCE]. The "Marco Polo" class I freighter is launched [TNG #13]. Peter Preston is born [ST II]. Ambassador Sarek begins preparations for the Legaran conference [TNG 171]. 2274, 20 January (stardates 7815.3-7816.1) King Stevvin is transported aboard the "Enterprise" which has the mission of retrieving the hidden Crown of Shad on Sigma 1212 [TOS #4]. The Space Control Ship Project is considered by senior officers of Star Fleet Command [ECP]. The warp engines of the "Enterprise" heavy cruisers are uprated with minor modifications. Uprating on all "Enterprise" starships will be completed by 2276. The engines will again be uprated once again, beginning in 2281 [SotF]. 07 February The U.S.S. "Belknap" (NCC-2501) strike cruiser is commissioned. Capable of warp 12, these cruisers which will total 28, combines many of the features of the heavy cruisers and dreadnoughts into a more warp dynamic design. Basically the "Belknap" class is an "Enterprise" class heavy cruiser with a smaller secondary hull--having increased maneuverability. They will be assigned patrol duties along the U.F.P./Klingon Neutral Zone, their maneuverability giving them the best battle advantage over the Klingon "K'T'Inga" class destroyers [SotF, FRS, DPS, SsD, LOR]. May The U.S.S. "Avenger" (NCC-1860) heavy frigate is commissioned. These new heavily-armed vessels equipped with 4 megaphaser cannons, 4 photon torpedo banks, and 12 standard phasers, will form the basis of the "Knox" frigates to be constructed in the future. With a complement of 360 and a warp capacity of 11, a total of 22 ships of this class (NCC-1860-NCC-1881) will be built. Smaller and slower than the "Belknap" strike cruiser, the "Avenger" possesses increased maneuverability and fire-power, added to the enormous hangar facilities, allowing it to carry a squadron of "Killerbee" attack craft. They are ideally used for patrolling the various small neutral zones in the U.F.P. Treaty Zone, such as the Kzin Patriarchy and the Orion system [SotF, FRS, HFP]. The Cammell IV revelations occur [FRS]. The U.S.S. "Artemis," bound for Septimus Minor, colonizes Tau Cygna V after a guidance system malfunction [TNG 149]. November Rebuilding begins on the U.S.S. "Federation" (NCC-2100) dreadnought, incorporating the latest systems [FRS]. Saavik enrolls in Star Fleet Academy [TOS #49]. The Romulans' Grand Design is put into action. The "Enterprise" recovers a Romulan warship loaded with deadly cargo. Star Fleet H.Q. on Earth is contaminated and the "Enterprise" voyages back to the planet Hellguard for the cure [TOS #49]. 2275, 16 February The "Avenger" class U.S.S. "Reliant" (NCC-1864) heavy frigate is commissioned [SotF, FRS, HFP]. The U.S.S. "Daran" (NCC-3201) fast frigate is commissioned. By 2278, this class, based upon the "Avenger" heavy frigate design, will total twelve starships (NCC-3201-NCC-3212), each having warp 11 capacity, a complement of 345, and 12 phaser emplacements [SotF]. 15 August The U.S.S. "Tikopai" (NCC-1800) heavy cruiser is, at long last, commissioned. After constant redesigns due to the influx of new drive technologies in the early 2260's this class was greatly delayed. Utilizing LN-65A engines, a complement of 440, and a slightly modified primary hull, these are essentially another variation on the "Enterprise" heavy cruiser. A total of 33 "Tikopai" heavy cruisers will be built (NCC-1800-NCC-1832), all new ships [SotF]. Jaine and Nervek do theoretical work in subatomic 'kindergarten physics.' This will, in time, lead to the Project Genesis [ST II]. 2276, August The uprated U.S.S. "Federation (II)" (NCC-2100) dread recommissioned. With state-of-the-art warp drive (three LN-64 nacelles), 20 phasers, 4 photon torpedo banks, a cloaking device, and a complement of 500, these "Federation II" dreadnoughts serve as flagships for many subquadrant fleets and system defense forces. A total of nine will be reconstructed, each one capable of warp 15--the fastest ships in Star Fleet of the 23rd Century [FRS, SsD, DDS, LOR]. A program is authorized to develop the transwarp drive system [ECP]. 22 November The U.S.S. "Ariel" (NCC-2200) shuttlecarrier is commissioned. This immense delta-winged starship with warp 14 capacity via LN-65A engines and a complement of 842 is the largest Star Fleet vessel to date. Only four such vessels will be constructed (NCC-2200-NCC-2203), but its extremely warp-dynamic design is considered for the construction of future deep-space ships [HCE]. Charis (T'Kuht), Vulcan's sister planet, is at its closest orbital position to Vulcan in more than three centuries [TOS #20]. 2277 A special committee of the Federation Council agrees upon a new U.F.P. flag: a flat representation of the Federation Treaty Zone, surrounded by a white circular field, superimposed upon a blue field [LOR]. The U.S.S. "Enterprise" makes first contact with the Inari civilization when encountering a scout ship just beyond subquadrant 3 south [SotF]. The U.S.S. "Excelsior" (NCC-1718) heavy cruiser disappears while on a reconnaissance mission outside U.F.P. treaty territory (external to subquadrant 2 south) [SotF]. 17 May The U.S.S. "Knox" (NCC-1940) frigate is commissioned. Essentially scaled-down "Avenger" heavy frigates, 26 in all will be built (NCC-1940-NCC-1965). Armed with only phasers (no torpedoes), a complement of 350, and a warp capacity of 11, these ships will replace the converted "Surya" frigates. Having increased speed and even greater maneuverability than the "Avenger" heavy frigates, they will be used for similar missions but closer to the U.F.P.'s interior [SotF, FRS, SsD, LOR]. 2278 stardates 7823.6-7835.8 The Akkalla-Chorym Alliance is formed. Lt. Commander Pavel Chekov is promoted to Commander rank and is promoted to first officer of the U.S.S. "Reliant" (NCC-1864) heavy frigate [TOS #33]. The "Enterprise" is drydocked, following her last deep-space mission. Admiral James Kirk becomes an instructor at the Star Fleet Academy on Earth [FRS]. The "Enterprise" is deployed as the flagship of the Terran Defense Group, fleet quadrant zero, under command of Commodore Gregory Westlake [FRS]. 02 June The "Ascension" (NCC-2520) dreadnought is commissioned. A mini-"Federation II" class dreadnought, ten ships of this class will be constructed (NCC-2520-NCC-2529). With warp 15 capability, a crew of 485, and--like the "Federation"--three LN-64 propulsion units. A built-up version of the "Belknap" class. Long-range coupled with truly high speed capabilities make the "Ascension" and her sisters ideal for investigating trouble spots throughout the U.F.P. Treaty Zone--as they happen, and especially for emergency rescue operations. For these reasons, they are stationed in a disperse pattern throughout the U.F.P., with at least one based at every major starbase [FRS, LOR, SsD, DDS]. 2279 The I.K.V. "K'Teremny" ("Great Slayer of Enemies," KL 44104) Klingon destroyer is commissioned [FRS, SsD]. The U.S.S. "Menahga" (NCC-3100) heavy destroyer is constructed [FRS, SsD, MDS]. Mark Jameson is born [TNG 112]. stardates 8083.6-8097.4 'Strangers from the Sky,' by Garamet Jen-Saunor, is published. The resultant publication triggers off deeply buried memories in the minds of Admiral Kirk and Captain Spock [GN 2]. 2280, January Achernar goes nova, destroying the U.S.S. "Constellation" (NCC-7100?, class ship of the Constellation class?). Alpha Centauri B also goes nova shortly thereafter. Many other stars are also showing signs of entering a nova phase due to a time acceleration phenomena. Admiral Kirk is once again given temporary command of the "Enterprise" on a mission to Gateway, in order to halt the phenomena [TOS #39]. 2281 The second minor uprating of warp drive engines on "Enterprise" heavy cruisers begins. It will be complete on all ships of this class in one year [SotF, GN 4]. The secession of Vulcan from the U.F.P. is debated [GN 4]. T'Pau dies on Vulcan [GN 4]. 2283, 08 June On Kazh, the Bur Chak kingdom of Shanto K'tor consolidates its hold over the Klingon Emperor's seat [SotF]. Lars-Eric Valdemar becomes Federation Commissioner of the Star Fleet Division [SotF]. The U.S.S. "Tori" (NCC-1725), "Lafayette" (NCC-1720), and "Wasp" (NCC-1721) defeat the Klingon hunter-killers "K'chss" and "K'utuul" during the Taal Tan Offensive. This substantial increase in Klingon activity leads to the construction of additional frigate-type starships by Star Fleet [SotF]. The U.S.S. "Matapan" (NCC-1960) frigate is lost with an entire TacFleet force during the MTK Security Action beyond Federation treaty territory (outside subquadrant 2 north). No survivors are found [SotF]. The "Avenger" class heavy frigates "Illustrious" (NCC-1963) and "Amiens" (NCC-1869) discover the Romulan outpost Rihannii outside subquadrant 4 South [SotF]. An attempt is made to salvage the transwarp drive project by pairing it with the space control ship project. This results ultimately in the U.S.S. "Excelsior" (NCC-2000) class space control ship. With the Koeller UTI K27 transwarp engines, a maximum warp of 17 is achieved. The transwarp drive will be unofficially placed back on the research and development status in the next few years [ECP]. Kyd, a male nefittifi, is born on Etolos [TNG #14]. 2284 The U.S.S. "Renner" (NCC-3250) corvette is commissioned. Twenty-one of these successful warp 11, 180 complement, vessels (NCC-3250-NCC-3270) will be built [FRS]. The U.S.S. "Enterprise," at the request of Admiral Kirk, Director of Personnel, is reassigned to the Academy for use on rotation as an Academy midshipman training vessel [FRS]. Magna Roma (UFC 892-IV) begins to transform into a republic [TNG #8]. Rishon Uxbridge is born [TNG 151]. 2285 The U.S.S. "Enterprise" heavy cruiser undergoes an extensive overhaul, which includes the installation of an experimental photon torpedo launch system utilizing manual loading and prelaunch control [SotF]. Delwin March and Vance Madison attain their doctoral degrees. Captain Spock meets them at a symposium [ST II]. The U.S.S. "Hathaway" (NCC-2593) "Constellation" class cruiser is built [TNG 147]. During the Rykla Dagh Incident, the U.S.S. "Hood" (NCC-1707) heavy cruiser defeats and captures the Klingon battlecruiser "L'ktja" [SotF]. 01 December The U.S.S. "Endurance" (NCC-1862) frigate is commissioned. All eight frigates of this class (NCC-1862-NCC-1880) are refits of the "Avenger" class heavy frigates and will all be commissioned by early 2286. They are all scaled-down "Avengers," each now possessing only 14 phasers total and no photon torpedo banks [SotF]. 2286 stardate 7130.4 The Project Genesis tape is recorded by Dr. Carol Marcus [ST II]. The Klingon destroyer "Qrish" is pursued between borderspace and Donatu, by U.F.P. starships upon discovering her disappearence from her homeport in the Shahkur star sytem. The U.S.S. "Hood" (NCC-1707) heavy cruiser is destroyed in the ensuing battle and the new destroyer U.S.S. "Ajax" (NCC-547) withdraws badly mauled. The "Qrish" escapes unscathed [SotF, FRS]. Shar-Lon is born on the soon-to-become 'World of the Peacekeepers' [TNG #2]. The U.S.S. "Cyane" (NCC-1890) heavy frigate is commissioned. Based directly upon the "Avenger" class, all ten ships (NCC-1890-1899) possess the same firepower of their predecessor heavy frigate class but with newer system types. Almost identical to the "Avenger," these ships have the capacity to embark full squadrons of "Killer Bee" tactical assault craft [SotF]. The Larnacs massacre the Tralesca cla in the Akamarian system [TNG 157]. The Duotronic IV series computer is developed. When later installed aboard the "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-A) it will cause a major shipwide breakdown, the last one to occur in a Star Fleet ship of the line until nearly a century later [SotF, ST V, TNG 150]. 2287, 28 January (stardates 8130.3-8141.6) On a survey mission, the U.S.S. "Reliant" (NCC-1864) is hijacked by Khan Noonian Singh from Ceti Alpha V. The Genesis Device is prematurely activated, following a space battle between the "Enterprise" and the commandeered "Reliant." The latter vessel is destroyed and the former is severely damaged. The Genesis planet is created from the Mutara Nebula. Captain Spock dies in the line of duty and is reborn on the Genesis planet [ST II]. stardate 8210.01 The Requirements Analysis Board (under the direction of Fleet Admiral Harry Morrow) issues its controversial recommendation for the decommissioning of "Enterprise" class starships as more vessels of the cheaper, but less versatile, "Tikopai" class become available [FRS, ST III]. Star Fleet receives a message that Captain Mandala Flynn of the "Magellan" ("Galaxy" class) starship, exploring the Andromeda galaxy, completed the first close-range observation of a supernova [ST III]. stardate 8210.3 Admiral James Kirk, in direct violation of Star Fleet orders, takes the "Enterprise" to Genesis. The "Enterprise" is destroyed upon encountering a Klingon "Bird of Prey" scout commanded by Captain Kruge, who also dies, and the Genesis planet breaks up into an asteroid belt. Admiral Kirk and his officers capture the Klingon scout ship intact and spend the next four months in exile on Vulcan [ST III]. 01 March Construction begins on the "Enterprise (II)" (Ex-"Levant," NCC-1843) heavy cruiser [SotF, HCE]. April The Chief of Star Fleet Command orders that all remaining "Enterprise" class starships be retained in active service, and that they undergo systems refurbishing during regular overhauls to permit them to once again be assigned to deep-space exploration [FRS]. Emil Costa is born [TNG #16]. 2288, 17 May (stardate 8390) Enroute to Earth to face court-martial, Admiral Kirk and his officers are forced to employ the light speed breakaway factor to the Klingon scout ship, to time warp into Earth's past (1986 O.C.). A Cetacean Probe is diverted from Earth with the help of two Humpback whales saved from extinction via time travel. Admiral Kirk is demoted to Captain rank and is given command of a new "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-A) [ST IV]. 07 June? (stardate 8454.1) The newly-launched "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-A), while being debugged, is commandeered by Sybok, Captain Spock's half-brother, while on a rescue mission to Nimbus III. The "Enterprise" is taken through the Great Barrier and to the galactic center where it battles and defeats a non-corporeal entity. Sybok sacrifices himself and the "Enterprise" makes her escape with the Klingon scout ship "Okrona." Klingon Captain Klaa makes the first steps toward Klingon-U.F.P. peace [ST V]. October The "Cyane" (NCC-1890) and "Reprisal" (NCC-1896) heavy frigates challenge and later engage three Klingon "Domis'avyi" ("Guardians of the Border") ships over a territorial violation during Operation Distant Hammer. All three vessels are quickly defeated. The "K'chjne" and an unidentified ship self-destruct. The "Mje'ask" is escorted to the Federation border and tracked into Klingon territory [SotF]. Lynn Costa is born [TNG #16]. 'The Federation Reference Series' is published [FRS]. 2289, 30 January The uprated U.S.S. "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-A) heavy cruiser is commissioned. The "Enterprise II" class will consist of a total of 14 vessels: six of the original "Enterprise" class converted and seven newly constructed ships (NCC-1843-NCC-1849), including the rebuilt "Enterprise." Each ship, while externally identical to the "Enterprise" class, contains new Duotronic IV computer systems, advanced LN-64B warp engines capable of warp 13, a ship's complement of 510, and all-new shipwide touch sensor control interfaces [SotF, HCE]. The U.S.S. "Ingram" (NCC-2001) space control ship is launched. An upgraded "Excelsior" class starship with 22 phasers, 4 megaphasers, and 3 torpedo banks, the "Ingram" is equipped with a sophisticated form of standard linear warp drive due to the complexity, suceptibility to extraneous factors, and poor power curve of the transwarp drive [ECP]. War breaks out between the U.F.P. and the Klingon Empire [TNG 146]. Captain K'Temoc, commanding the Klingon warship "T'Ong," embarks on a long-term voyage with his crew in suspended animation [TNG 146]. 2292 The Klingon-Romulan Alliance is dissolved [TNG 181]. 2294 Magna Roma (UFC 892-IV) becomes a member of the U.F.P. following revolutions and the start of reforms [TNG #8]. 2295 The outbreak of Plasma Plague in the Opy system takes many lives [TNG 150]. 2296 The Ansada of Rutia IV are denied their independance and resort to terrorism which will last for over 70 years [TNG 160]. 2297 A Klingon expedition makes contact with Ventax II [TNG 187]. 2298 Beta Li'odo signs a treaty with the U.F.P. The first known contact with the Nuaran Imperium occurs when the U.S.S. "Polaris" engages the invading fleet [TNG #6]. 2302 The U.F.P. makes its first contact with the inhabitants of Angel I [TNG 115]. 2305 The Klah'Kimmbri resort to kidnapping off-worlders to continue their Conflicts [TNG #9]. 2307 Timison is born on Kaylon II [TNG 196]. 2309 Jean-Luc Picard is born [TNG #0]. 2310 The first unofficial contacts between the U.F.P. and the Ferengi Alliance start [TNG #0]. 2311 The Tomad Incident is the last U.F.P. contact with the Romulans. Thousands of lives are lost. For more than half a century they will remain out of contact with the U.F.P. and the Klingon Empire (excluding the Norendra III attack of 2344) [TNG 126]. 2313 Gatherer Penthar Mull, of the Larnac clan, is killed by Utah of the Tralesta clan [TNG 157]. Rishon marries 'Kevin Uxbridge' [TNG 151]. Stephaleh n' Ehliarch is born on Andor [TNG #12]. 2314 The Hamlin Massacre occurs: the entire adult population of the U.F.P. colony on Hamlin is slaughtered by the Choraii, but the children are taken alive [TNG #3]. Shar-Lon acquires the 'Gifts' of the 'Repository' of the 'Builders' and eliminates all nuclear weapons on his planet. He demands the construction of the 'World of the Peacekeepers' and becomes their dictator [TNG #2]. Mark Jameson marries Anne [TNG 112]. 2317 The U.F.P. colony on Orin IV discovers an ancient computer net of individual memory packets developed by an ancient race, possibly the Preservers [GN 9]. 2318 Omne's Vortex is once again accessable [ON 12]. 2319 Mark Jameson negotiates a hostage situation on Mordan IV. By breaking the Prime Directive through arming both sides with weapons, four decades of civil war will result [TNG 112]. Lynn marries Emil Costa [TNG #16]. 2320 Jackson Carter is born [TNG #10]. Devononi Rahl is born on Earth [TNG 156]. 2326 T'Para (Selar) is born on Vulcan [TNG #13]. 2327 The Sadalsuudians of Beta Aquarius V make exploratory contacts with ships from the U.F.P. They obtain Human genetic material and grow a Human: Dorothy "Chops" Taylor [TNG #11]. Timison begins his work on developing a program to revitalize Kaylon II's sun [TNG 196]. 2329 Mark Brooks is born [TNG 184]. 2330 Kingsley is born [TNG 133]. 2331 The artificial world Kirlos is discovered by the U.F.P. and the K'vin Hegemony [TNG #12]. The first U.F.P. outpost in the Beratis system is established on Beratis III. 2332 William Thomas Riker is born [TNG #0]. Eli Telaka is born [TNG 133]. 2333 Captain Picard commands the U.S.S. "Stargazer" (NCC-2893) cruiser [TNG #6]. Selar is bonded to Sukat [TNG #13]. 23 The Chaquafar's scientific community share their information with the U.F.P. [TNG #9]. The class I freighter "Marco Polo" is completely refitted [TNG #13]. 2337 Natasha Yar is born on Turkana IV (New Paris) [TNG #4]. Emil and Lynn Costa are forced to resign from a research project on Epsilon IV [TNG #16]. 2338 The U.F.P. colony on Omicron Theta is destroyed by Lore, a prototype android created by Dr. Noonian Soong, who lures a crystalline life-sapping entity to the colony. Lore is disassembled and stored. Data, its successor, is created and soon discovered by a U.F.P. survey team from the U.S.S. "Tripoli." Data will spend 4 years in the Star Fleet Academy, 3 years as an ensign, and 10-12 years on various space duties before serving aboard the "Enterprise" [TNG 114]. Government collapses on Turkana IV (New Paris) [TNG 180]. 2339, 16 September Geordi La Forge is operated on by Dr. Lenske and receives his VISOR sight [TNG #11]. The Klingon Empire allies itself with the U.F.P. after negotiations between Riva, Sarek, and Kobry [TNG #0]. 2340 Worf is born. William Riker plays anbo-jyutsu with his father for the first time [TNG 140]. 2341 With her medical degree, Dr. Beverly Crusher establishes her own private practice [TNG #0]. Imprima (Dante Maxima VII) cuts off trade with the U.F.P. [TNG #15]. Megan Terry sues Emil and Lynn Costa for the scientific plagiarism of biofilter version 8975G--and loses [TNG #16]. 2342, 09 April Jean-Luc Picard misses a rendezvous in Paris [TNG 124]. Natasha Yar is abandoned [TNG 103]. Jasmine Terry is born in Calcutta on Earth [TNG #16]. 2344 The U.F.P. makes its first contact with the Harada, to disasterous effect [TNG 113]. The U.S.S. "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-C) commanded by Captain Rachel Garret successfully defends the Norendra III Klingon outpost under attack by 4 Romulan warbirds, but is destroyed in the battle [TNG 163]. In an alternate universe, the Klingon outpost is destroyed by the Romulans. The Klingons, believing their new U.F.P. allies betrayed them, break away from the treaty, and over two decades of war result between the U.F.P. and Klingon Empire [TNG 163]. Jean-Luc Picard meets Abraham Orbutu on Cassiopeia Gamma IV [TNG #9]. Devononi Rahl relocates to Hurcles III [TNG 156]. 2345 stardate 22519.5 The U.S.S. "Brittain" (NCC-21166) "Miranda" class science vessel is commissioned [TNG 191]. 2346 The Khitomer Massacre: Romulan ships ravage the Klingon agricultural colony on Khitomer, killing 4,000 Klingons. Worf and Kahlesst are the only survivors. This is the first major battle between the Romulans and Klingons after the end of their alliance [TNG 165, TNG #5]. "The Egg," a neutronium probe, is designed and developed by Paul Stubbs [TNG 150]. 2347 William Riker meets Paula Andropova in Golden Gate Park on Earth [TNG #13]. On Antares IV, Dr. Costa and his wife combat an infestation of parasitic micro organisms and teach the inhabitants hydroponic farming under ultraclean conditions [TNG #16]. The Romulans attack the planet Penzatti. Dantar VI & VII die in the attack [GN 8]. 2348 Amnesty is offered to the Gatherers. They refuse [TNG 124]. Wesley Crusher is born. 2349 Dr. Paul Manheim disappears with a team of scientists to work on non-linear time experiments [TNG 124]. A Ferengi merchant encounters a crippled Choraii ship marooned in space. The Ferengi exchange metal for five Human captives, who in turn are sold to the U.F.P. The first official U.F.P. contact with the Choraii is made [TNG #3]. The planet Treva petitions for U.F.P. membership [TNG #4]. William Riker enrolls in Star Fleet Academy [TNG #13, TNG #15]. Salia is tranported from her homeworld Daled IV to Klavdia III [TNG 136]. Dr. Beverly Crusher meets Captain Jean-Luc Picard prior to the second voyage of the "Stargazer" (NCC-2893). Lt. Jack Crusher is assigned to the "Stargazer" as First Officer. Three months later, Jack Crusher dies during an away mission on an alien planet [TNG #0]. 2350 Kyle Riker deserts his son, William T. Riker [TNG 140]. Gina Pace is born. 2351 Dr. Beverly Crusher enters Star Fleet [TOS #0]. Selar joins Star Fleet and leaves Vulcan [TNG #13]. Ensign William Riker is assigned to the cruiser "Nogura." He will later serve on the "Potemkin" and "Yorktown" alongside his best friend, Teller Conlon [TNG #13]. Stephy Carter is born [TNG #10]. 2352 Natasha Yar is rescued from Turkana IV (New Paris) by Darryl Adin, security chief of the U.S.S. "Cochrane" exploratory vessel [TNG #4]. Beverly Crusher meets Dalen Quaice [TNG 179]. Varia meets Kevas Fajo [TNG 170]. 2353 Turkana IV (New Paris) severs contact with the U.F.P. [TNG 180]. Kyle Riker is the sole survivor of a U.F.P.-Tholian conflict [TNG 140]. The first of the genetically engineered children of Darwin station are born on Gagarin IV [TNG 133]. Jeremiah Rossa is born on the U.F.P. colony Galen IV [TNG 176]. 2354 Captain Picard, in command of the U.S.S. "Stargazer," visits the planet Chalna [TNG 166]. Admiral Leonard McCoy retires from Star Fleet [TNG #0]. Reannon "The Brass Lass" Bonaventure is captured by the Borg. She is officially declared missing, and presumed dead [GN 8]. Jeremy Aster is born [TNG 153]. 2355 The Battle of Maxia: The U.S.S. "Stargazer" (NCC-2893), under command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, engages a Ferengi vessel in the Maxia Zeta system. The "Stargazer," Picard's first command, is abandoned after the famous "Picard Maneuver" is executed [TNG 110]. Natasha Yar enters Star Fleet Academy [TNG #4]. 2356 The last Tyrellian plague ship is believed to have been destroyed by the Alcions [TNG 105]. The U.S.S. "Huxley," commanded by Captain Alfred C. Bowles, is destroyed by a thermonuclear device in orbit of the planet Rampart in the Rho Ophiuchi system [TNG #11]. Cona and Morna Rossa die on Galen IV during a Talarian attack. Their son, Jeremiah Rossa, is adopted by Talarians [TNG 176]. 2357 The planet Alaj becomes a U.F.P. member [TNG #14]. Tenara requests U.F.P. membership, which is delayed due to M'dok objections [TNG #8]. The Klah'Kimmbri kidnap the crew of the "Le-Matya" for their Conflicts [TNG #9]. Following the destruction of the freighter "Odin," the survivors settle on Angel I. A conflict with the Prime Directive of Non-Interference results [TNG 115]. 2358 Willie Potts is born [TNG 177]. 2359 The planet Vorgon becomes a U.F.P. member [TNG #14]. A temporary peace on Mordan IV will last for five years [TNG 112]. Worf meets the half-Human/half Klingon K'Ehleyr [TNG 146]. Alexander, K'Ehleyr's/Worf's son, is born [TNG 146]. Thala is born [TNG #13]. 2360 Admiral Mark Jameson is confined to a wheelchair due to the effects of Ireson's Disease [TNG 112]. Timison's grandson is born [TNG 196]. 2361 Tellar Conlon and William Riker forge the Impriman Trade Agreement on Dante Maxima VII (Imprima). Riker is promoted to First Officer of the U.S.S. "Hood" (NCC-42296) [TNG #15]. The U.S.S. "Potemkin" is the last Star Fleet vessel to contact Turkana IV (New Paris) [TNG 180]. Rishon and Kevin Uxbridge move to the Delta Rona IV colony [TNG 151]. Aster dies from a Rushtin infection [TNG 153]. Dr. Dalen Quaice is stationed at Starbase 133 [TNG 179]. Vosh serves as Professor Samuel Estragon's personal assistant in his search for the Tox Utat [TNG 167]. 2362 Dr. Manheim and his associates begin their search for a suitable planet for their temporal experiments [TNG 124]. The planet Ta'Trosha IV becomes a U.F.P. member [TNG #14]. The Farpoint Station entity lands on Deneb IV [TNG #0]. 2363 stardate 40164.7 The U.S.S. "Victory" (NCC-9754) surveys the planet Tarchanon III [TNG 192]. stardate 40291.7 The "Oberth" class science vessel "Tsiolkovski" (NCC-53911) is commissioned [TNG 103]. The U.S.S. "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-D) "Galaxy" class starship is commissioned [TNG 185]. Tenara becomes a U.F.P. member world [TNG #8]. The U.S.S. "Moniter" visits the planet Ianni (Roze VII) [TNG #10]. Ambassador Stephaleh is assigned to Kirlos [TNG #12]. 2364 Kirlos is opened to widespread archaeological exploration [TNG #12] Grastow, Saduk, and Lynn & Emil Costa sign aboard the "Enterprise" [TNG #16]. Megan Terry dies [TNG #16]. stardate 41124 Captain Jean-Luc Picard attains command of the U.S.S. "Enterprise" [TNG 101, TNG 195]. stardates 41153.7-41174.2 Enroute to Farpoint Station on Deneb IV, the "Enterprise" makes contact with, and is tested by, a super-being known as the Q. In orbit of Deneb IV, First Officer Commander William Riker, Chief Medical Officer Commander Beverly Crusher, and Wesley Crusher sign aboard the "Enterprise." Farpoint Station is revealed to be a living, intelligent organism exploited by the Bandi inhabitants [TNG 101, TNG 102]. stardates 41209.2-41209.3 A mutant form of Psi 2000 virus is brought aboard the "Enterprise" from the research vessel S.S. "Tsiolkovsky" (NCC-53911) which is later destroyed. A cure is found in time to prevent the destruction of the "Enterprise" [TNG 103]. stardates 41235.25-41235.32 On a mission to obtain a rare vaccine needed on Styris IV to cure Angelese Fever, Lt. Yar is challenged to a duel to the death by Yarina, wife of Lutan, ruler of Ligon II. The drug is obtained and the "Enterprise" heads for Styris IV [TNG 104]. stardates 41386.4-41386.5 The "Enterprise" goes in pursuit of a T-9 energy converter stolen from Gamma Tauri IV in the Delphi Aru system. In orbit of an ancient outpost of the long-dead Tkon Empire, the "Enterprise" makes the first official U.F.P. contact with the Ferengi Alliance [TNG 107]. stardates 41263.1-41263.4 During warp engine enhancement tests conducted by Kazintski and 'The Traveller,' the "Enterprise" is thrown a distance of 2,700,000 light years into the galaxy M33, then over a billion light years from the Milky Way galaxy. Wesley Crusher is promoted to Acting Ensign [TNG 106]. stardates 41249.3-41249.4 While transporting Antigan and Selae ambassadors from Beta Renner to Parliament, the "Enterprise" is invaded by a non-corporeal energy being. Members of the crew are taken over, including Captain Picard [TNG 108]. stardates 41255.6-41255.9 After delivering a party of Earth colonists to the Strnad system, the neighboring Rubicun system is discovered. Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher is given the death penalty by the Edo of Rubicun III. Only through communication with their "God," an advanced multidimensional vessel, is he released. The "Enterprise" removes the colonists from in the Strnad system, and Rubicun III is declared off limits [TNG 109]. stardate 41723.9 In the Zendi Sabu system, a Ferengi captain takes revenge on Captain Picard for the death of his son 9 years ago in the Battle of Maxia. The U.S.S. "Stargazer" (NCC-2893) is recovered [TNG 110]. stardates 41590.5-41591.4 Councilor Troi is dropped off on Starbase G6 for a shuttle visit home. Responding to a distress call from Quadra Sigma III, Q is once again encountered by the "Enterprise." The Q being offers Commander William Riker Q-like superpowers and is rejected [TNG 111]. stardates 41294.5-41294.6 In orbit of Haven (Beta Cacius), Counselor Deanna Troi is nearly bonded to Dr. Wyatt Miller. The intervention of a Tyrellian ship aborts the marriage [TNG 105]. stardate 41997.7 While on a critical diplomatic mission to contact the Harada, one of the "Enterprise"'s holodecks malfunctions. Captain Picard and several officers are trapped within an early 20th Century simulacrum (Dixon Hill, Private Investigator, 1941 O.C.) in the newly-uprated holodeck 3 [TNG 113]. stardates 41242.4-41242.5 Returning to Lt. Commander Data's home planet, Omicron Theta, a duplicate Data android is found, assembled, and activated by the "Enterprise" officers. He attempts to offer the "Enterprise" complement to a crystalline life-sapping being. Beamed out into open space, Lore will be rescued by a Pakled trading vessel two years later [TNG 114]. stardate 41636.9 The "Enterprise" has the difficult task of evacuating the shipwrecked party of the freighter "Odin" from Angel I, a female-dominated world not part of the Federation. The U.S.S. "Berlin" (NCC-14232) encounters 7 Romulan battlecruisers at the Neutral Zone [TNG 115]. stardate 41365.9 At Starbase 74, in orbit of Tarsus III, the "Enterprise" enters dock for routine maintenance checks and holodeck upgrading. The Bynars, computer-dependent beings from Beta Magellan, hijack the "Enterprise" from the starbase and download the data from their computer banks on the verge of being disrupted by a nearby nova flare [TNG 116]. stardate 41309.5 Admiral Mark Jameson is transported from Persephone V to Mordan IV in order to negotiate a hostage situation, by the "Enterprise." He dies shortly after completing his mission from an anti-aging drug he previously appropriated on Cerberus II. The "Enterprise" heads for Isis III [TNG 112]. stardates 41509.1-41512.9 In the Epsilon Mynos system, the mythical world Aldea is found by the "Enterprise." Its inhabitants want the "Enterprise"'s children to replenish their own dying world. Investigation proves that their own technological cloaking shield generator is responsible for their situation, and it is deactivated [TNG 118]. stardates 41463.9-41464.8 The terraforming team on Velara III, in the Pleiades cluster, nearly destroy an intelligent crystalline-based race of 'micro brains.' The three remaining terraform members are transported to starbase [TNG 117]. stardate 41416.2 Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher takes his entrance examination on Relva VII to enter the Star Fleet Academy and fails. An investigation of the "Enterprise" and her crew is made by Admiral Gregory Quinn and Lt. Commander Dexter Remik. Captain Picard turns down the position of Commandant of Star Fleet Academy. The "Enterprise" heads for Alderon IV [TNG 119]. stardate 41503.7 In the Romulan Neutral Zone, a group of renegade Klingons are rescued by the "Enterprise" from the doomed Tellarian cargo vessel "Batress," and nearly recruit Lt. Worf. to their purposes. The "Enterprise" heads for Starbase 84 [TNG 120]. stardate 41798.2 The investigation of the disappearance of the U.S.S. "Drake" light cruiser, commanded by Captain Paul Rice, and the inhabitants of the planet Minos in the Lorenz cluster, takes the "Enterprise" into battle against an automated weapon capable of wiping out entire worlds [TNG 121]. Lt. Yar and Lt. Commander Data are sent to Treva to investigate the rebellions there. They become involved in aiding the rebels [TNG #4]. Darryl Adin is cleared of the charges of treason and murder [TNG #4]. The "Enterprise" rendezvous with a Choraii vessel to exchange the hostages taken decades ago for much needed minerals. The U.S.S. "Ferrel," a "Constellation" class starship, is destroyed in the resulting encounter [TNG #3]. An interplanetary drug trading/exploitation agreement is encountered by the "Enterprise" in the Delos star system, after rescuing the crew of the "Sanction" freighter transporting felicium. Captain Jean-Luc Picard is forbidden to act against it due to the Prime Directive. The "Enterprise" heads for the Opraline system [TNG #123]. stardates 41601.3-41602.1 Deanna Troi returning to the "Enterprise" from a conference via shuttlecraf, crashes on a planet in the Zed Lapus sector. Lt. Natasha Yar dies in the line of duty while trying to rescue the marooned Counselor Troi from Armus, a 'skin of evil' being on Vagra II. Lt. (j.g.) Worf becomes the new Security Chief. The shuttlecraft is destroyed and the planet declared off limits [TNG 122]. stardate 41697.9 Enroute to Sarona VIII for much-needed shore leave, time distortions lead the "Enterprise" to Vandor IV where Dr. Paul Manheim is carrying out dangerous temporal experiments. Lt. Commander Data neutralizes the lab complex [TNG 124]. stardates 41775.5-41780.2 Enroute to Pacifica, the "Enterprise" is diverted to Ditalix B (Mira /Omicron Ceti V) to rendezvous with the frigates "Renegade," "Thomas Paine" (NCC-65530), and the Ambassador class heavy cruiser "Horatio." The "Horatio" is destroyed. An invasion of the U.F.P. by parasitic beings is stopped(?) by the "Enterprise," after heading to Star Fleet H.Q. on Earth, but not before a homing beacon is sent towards an unexplored sector of the galaxy [TNG 125]. stardate 41986.0 Captain conference on Starbase 718. Three 20th Century deep-freeze corpses are found aboard an ancient interplanetary Earth vessel near the Kazis system and revived. Communication is lost with starbases in sector 31. Science Station Delta 5 and Tarad 9 are found destroyed by an unknown force. After more than five decades, contact is re-established with the Romulan Star Empire by the "Enterprise." The three Humans are transported to Starbase 39 Sierra [TNG 126]. Lt. (j.g.) Geordi La Forge is promoted full Lieutenant and Chief Engineer of the "Enterprise." stardate 41800.9 The "Enterprise" is assigned the task of assisting the "Centurion" (NCC-1702, ex-"Farragut") with protecting the planet Tenara from M'dok raiders [TNG #8]. Dr. Beverly Crusher becomes head of Star Fleet Medical. The bridge of the "Enterprise" undergoes minor upgrading [TNG 127]. The search begins to locate a star similar to Kaylon [TNG 196]. 2365 stardate 42073.1 The "Enterprise" rendezvous with the U.S.S. "Repulse" (NCC-2544). Dr. Katherine Pulaski replaces Dr. Crusher as Chief Medical Officer aboard the "Enterprise." An alien energy being impregnates Councilor Troi, who gives birth to a short-lived alien child. Ensign Wesley Crusher decides to remain aboard. To halt a plasma plague in the Rochelli system, the "Enterprise" transports specimens from Odet IX to science station Tango Siera where an antidote an be produced, and then heads for the Mogona quadrant [TNG 127]. The "Enterprise" is used as a mediator between the Klingons and the Kreel when the latter uncover an ancient stronghold of super weapons [TNG #5]. stardates 42193.6-42194.7 In the Mogana quadrant, the "Enterprise" finds itself outside of the normal universe and its crew are tested by an alien being named Nagilum interested in understanding Death [TNG 128]. stardate 42286.3 Three days prior to a rendezvous with the starship U.S.S. "Victory" (NCC-9754), a holodeck simulation accidentally becomes too real, aboard the "Enterprise." A holographic Moriarty achieves consciousness in a game to defeat Lt. Commander Data in holodeck 2 [TNG 129]. stardate 42402.7 A space rogue, Okona, is assisted by the "Enterprise" which leads to a dispute between neighboring worlds Atlec and Straleb of the Coalition of Madena, in the Omega Sajenus system [TNG 130]. stardate 42422.5 The "Enterprise" delivers emergency famine relief to Thiopa [TNG #6]. stardates 42477.2-42479.3 Deaf mute Riva is transported by the "Enterprise" from Romatais III to halt a centuries old war on Solais V [TNG 132]. stardates 42437.5-42437.7 Lt. Commander Data is overcome by the life force of a dead cybernetic genius, Ira Graves, on Grave's World. The starliner "Constantinople" is assisted by the "Enterprise" transporting Kareen Brianon to Starbase 6. The knowledge of Ira Graves is deposited into the "Enterprise"'s computer [TNG 131]. stardate 42494.8 The U.S.S. "Lantree" supply ship is found with her entire ship's complement dead, by the "Enterprise" which leads her to a genetic engineering disaster at the Darwin science station on Gagarin IV. The "Lantree" is destroyed to prevent contamination and the "Enterprise" heads for Starstation India [TNG 133]. stardates 42506.5-42507.8 Commander Riker accepts transfer, temporarily, to the Klingon Bird of Prey "Pagh," commanded by Captain Kargan. The Klingon captain suspects treachery and a battle is narrowly avoided [TNG 134]. stardates 42523.7-42527.4 The "Enterprise" is docked at newly-established Starbase 173 near the Neutral Zone for standard crew rotations. Data is put on trial for his rights as a Star Fleet Officer when a young scientist, Commander Bruce Maddox, wishes to disassemble and duplicate him [TNG 135]. stardate 42528.6 The "Enterprise" surveys the planet Elysia and halts the Samdan-Koner Conflict [GN 6]. In an alternate universe, Data becomes a Human being, a gift from the Elysian 'Gods' [GN 6]. stardate 42568.8 Assigned to transport a female ruler (Salia) from Klavdia III to Daled IV, Ensign Wesley Crusher clashes with Allasomorph shape-shifting beings [TNG 136]. stardate 42609.1 The U.S.S. "Yamato" (NCC-71807), another "Galaxy" class starship, is destroyed myseriously, near the Romulan Neutral Zone after locating the planet Iconia within the Zone. The "Enterprise" later discovers, almost too late, that an advanced Iconian computer virus is responsible [TNG 137]. stardate 42625.4 An "Enterprise" away team, while exploring planet Theta 116 VIII, becomes entrapped within an alien-generated simulacrum of an ancient novel, 'The Royale' [TNG 138]. stardate 42679.2 After leaving Starbase 73, enroute to the Endicor system, a shuttlecraft ("El-Baz," NCC-1701-D/05) bearing a duplicate Captain Picard is recovered by the "Enterprise." Her ship's log indicates that the "Enterprise" was destroyed in the near-future. Trapped by an energy vortex, the closed causal loop is broken by non-linear thinking on Picard's part [TNG 139]. stardate 42686.4 At Starbase Montgomery, investigating minor engineering anomalies in the "Enterprise," Commander Riker confronts his father. The tenth anniversary of Lt. Worf's Age of Ascension is celebrated. Riker turns down the offer to command a ship of his own, the "Aries" (NCC-45167) in the Vega Omicron sector. The "Enterprise" heads for Beta Cupsic [TNG 140]. stardates 42695.3-42741.3 Data makes contact with an inhabitant of Selcundi Drema IV, a planet protected under the Prime Directive. Only through Dr. Pulaski's help is the near-contamination prevented [TNG 141]. stardates 42761.3-42761.9 Q returns and flings the "Enterprise" over 7,000 light years into deep space to the J25 system. The Borg, a race of cybernetic humanoids, is encountered by the U.F.P. for the first time. Returned to the original coordinates by Q, the "Enterprise" heads for Starbase 83 [TNG 142]. stardates 42779.1-42779.5 Captain Picard undergoes a serious cardiac replacement operation on Starbase 515 while Wesley Crusher takes his Star Fleet entrance exam. Chief Engineer La Forge is kidnapped and forced to upgrade the systems of the "Mondor," a Pakled ship in the Romboid Dronagur sector. The operation is completed by Dr. Pulaski and the "Enterprise" resumes its mission to the Epsilon 9 pulsar cluster for astronomical survey [TNG 143]. stardates 42823.2-42827.3 The "Enterprise," departing from Starbase 73, is assigned to relocate a lost Earth colony in the Ficus sector. Two troubled colonies from the same colony ship are found and assisted [TNG 144]. stardate 42859.2 Lwaxana Troi returns to the "Enterprise" in search of a mate during a mission to transport ambassadors from Antedi III to Pacifica. She apprehends a pair of Antedian assassins planning on destroying the conference [TNG 145]. stardate 42901.3 Starbase 336 receives an automated transmission from the Klingon warship "T'Ong." Near the Boradis system, K'Ehleyr, a half-Human/half-Klingon emissary sent from Starbase 153 by class 8 probe, boards the "Enterprise" in order to assist in the recovery of the warship manned by pre-Alliance Klingons [TNG 146]. stardate 42908.6 The "Enterprise" recovers the crew of the "Gregor Mandel" in the Trilik'Kon Mahk'ti system and puts an end to the Klah'Kimmbri Conflicts [TNG #9]. stardate 42923.4 The "Enterprise" participates in wargames (Operation Lovely Angel) with the 80 year old U.S.S. "Hathaway" (NCC-2593), a "Constellation" class starship, in the Braslota system (Oneamisu sector) with Master Strategist Sirna Kolrami. A Ferengi ship jeapardizes the lives of the crew aboard the "Hathaway." Following the mission, the "Enterprise" once again heads for the nearest starbase [TNG 147]. stardates 42976.1-42976.3 During a geological survey of Surata IV, Commander Riker becomes infected with an unknown micro organism and for a brief time relives past memories [TNG 148]. 2366 New Star Fleet uniforms are issued for Senior Officers. Chief Engineer La Forge is promoted to Lieutenant Commander. Lt. (j.g.) Worf is promoted to full Lieutenant grade. Dr. Beverly Crusher returns to the "Enterprise" as Chief Medical Officer [TNG 150]. stardate 43125.8 Ensign Crusher accidentally frees enhanced Nanites, microscopic robots, aboard the "Enterprise". The mission of deploying a neutron star probe, developed by Dr. Paul Stubbs, in the binary Kavis Alpha star system is jeapardized when they infect the ship's main computer core. Lt. Commander Data establishes contact with them and permits them to colonize Kavis Alpha Lt. Commander Data is given the difficult duty of evacuating Tau Cygna V, an old U.F.P. colony in the DeLore Belt that lies within Sheliak Corporate space [TNG 149]. stardates 43152.4-43153.7 When a the Delta Rana IV colony is found destroyed, with the exception of two survivors (or so it seems). Lt. Commander Troi is under mental attack. After discovering the true cause, a Douwd responsible for the extermination of the Husnock, the "Enterprise" departs for Starbase 133 [TNG 151]. stardates 43173.5-43174.2 Accidental violation of the Prime Directive on Mintaka III, a primitive world dominated by proto-Vulcanoids, leads Captain Picard to explain the "Enterprise" to the natives [TNG 152]. stardate 43197.5 The Ariantu attempt to reclaim the planet Kirlos. The Sullurh are given the world following the near-activation of The Howling God super-weapon [TNG #12]. stardate 43198.7 Lt. Worf bonds with a Jeremy Aster, son of ship's geologist Lt. Marla Aster, killed during the exploration of a dead world. The planet's non-corporeal inhabitants attempt to simulate her [TNG 153]. stardate 43205.6 An ancient Famelian warship is discovered intact in an asteroid field in the Aurius IX system, but before long the "Enterprise" finds itself within the same booby trap which doomed the ancient vessel. Lt. Commander La Forge uses the holodeck to recreate the engineering systems of the Enterprise to find an escape. Shutting down all systems, the "Enterprise" makes her escape using just 2 maneuvering thrusters [TNG 154]. stardate 43349.2 Chief Engineer La Forge is marooned on the hostile world Galondencore when the "Enterprise" encounters a Romulan warship trespassing into U.F.P. space. Two Romulans are recovered from a wrecked craft on the surface. One is returned to the Romulan warbird, the other dies [TNG 155]. stardate 43385.6 A 'stable' wormhole is negotiated for in the Barzan II system between the U.F.P. and the Crusalians [TNG 156]. stardate 43421.9 The "Enterprise" negotiates with The Gatherers of Akamar III in the Harami Gamma III system. Utah of the Tralesta Clan is executed. The "Enterprise" heads for Starbase 343 to take on medical supplies for the Alpha Leonis system, and for shore leave [TNG 157]. stardates 43462.5-43465.2 Outpost Sierra 6 detects a Romulan scoutship in the Neutral Zone. Admiral Aledar Jarok, a Romulan, is tricked into defecting to the U.F.P. The "Enterprise," lured into the Neutral Zone by the belief that a first-strike base was being readied on Nelvana III, encounters Commander Tomalak again. Backed up by Klingon Birds of Prey, the "Enterprise" retreats [TNG 158]. stardate 43489.2 Roga Danar, a genetically-enhanced war veteran from Lunar 5, is hunted aboard the "Enterprise" while negotiating with Angosia III. The "Enterprise" heads for Starbase Lyra III [TNG 159]. A peace treaty is established between the U.F.P. and Cardassia, ending a long conflict [TNG 186]. stardate 43510.7 Dr. Crusher is taken hostage by Ansada terrorists while delivering medical supplies to the planet Rutia IV. After nearly destroying the "Enterprise," the terrorists h.q. is located and Crusher is released [TNG 160]. stardate 43539.1 Q is briefly stripped of his powers and exiled to the "Enterprise." He stabilizes the moon of Bre'el IV, and is accepted back into the Q Continuum. The "Enterprise" heads for station Negala IV [TNG 161]. stardates 43610.4-43611.6 Commander William Riker is accused of destroying a Batanica IV science station and its head scientist, Dr. Nel Abgar. The "Enterprise" heads for Emela II after delivering dicasilium [TNG 162]. stardate 43625.2 The "Enterprise" encounters a temporal rift on a mission to Archer IV [TNG 163]. stardate 43657.0 While Commander Riker is on leave and the "Enterprise" is on a mission charting the Celebi asteroid belt in sector 396, Lt. Commander Data constructs an android named Lol. The android is deactivated after suffering a complete neural breakdown. The "Enterprise" heads for the starbase on Artar II [TNG 164]. Commander William Riker returns to Dante Maxima VII (Imprima) to solve the theft of Fortune's Light [TNG #15]. stardate 43685.2 Worf's brother, Commander Kern, is assigned to the "Enterprise" as a temporary replacement for First Officer Riker. Worf's father is charged for the destruction of the Khitomer colony 20 years ago. Worf accepts discommodation by the High Council for being the son of a traitor [TNG 165]. stardate 43714.1 The "Enterprise" eradicates the Firox Plague on Corcoraldi V and prepares to rendezvous with the "Hood" to assist in terraforming efforts on Brawda IV, when a duplicate Picard diverts the ship to a pulsar in the Lonka cluster. The real Captain Picard is kidnapped by a group of aliens trying to understand alien interaction [TNG 166]. stardate 43745.2 Departing Jamatus V after two weeks of negotiating a trade agreement, Captain Picard takes a week of shore leave on Riza while the "Enterprise" undergoes an extensive overhaul at Starbase 12. Picard finds himself involved with Vorgons from the 27th Century in search of the Tox Utat, a super-weapon, which he destroys [TNG 167]. stardate 43747.3 Eric Baldwin infects the computer of the "Enterprise" with a hybrid 'Boogeyman'-d'Ort'd virus [TNG #17]. stardate 43779.3 The "Enterprise" takes on Tan Elbrun from the "Hood," an eccentric Betazoid, to aid in the contact of an alien life form/ship (Gumtu) code-named 'Tin Man' in orbit of Beta Stramgrin. The "Enterprise" heads for Starbase 152 for inspection and repairs. Tin Man and Elbrun are unaccounted for [TNG 168]. stardates 43807.4-43808.2 The "Enterprise" is transporting tissue samples to Nami IV for the treatment of Corellian fever on that world. Lt. (j.g.) Reginald Barkley saves the "Enterprise" from destruction by isolating an invidium contaminant from a broken cannister responsible for freezing the matter-antimatter injectors. The "Enterprise" heads for Starbase 121 for a complete systems and bio decontamination [TNG 169]. stardate 43872.2 To neutralize tricyanate contaminated water on Beta Agni II, the "Enterprise" obtains hytritium from Kevas Fajo, a space trader. Lt. Commander Data is kidnapped by Fajo to complete his priceless collection, but is taken into custody [TNG 170]. stardates 43917.4-43920.7 Ambassador Sarek is transported by the "Enterprise" from Vulcan to Legara II to negotiate with the Legarans. Suffering from Bendies Syndrome, he is transported back to Vulcan aboard the "Merrimac" (NCC-61827) and retires shortly afterwards [TNG 171]. stardate 43930.7 In orbit of Betazed in attendance of the Biennial Trade Agreements Conference, Commander Riker and Lwaxana and Deanna Troi are kidnapped by Ferengi, and rescued by the "Enterprise." Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher is promoted to full Ensign. The "Enterprise" heads for Zanthra III for rendezvous with the "Zapata" [TNG 172]. stardates 43957.2-43960.6 While on a mission to map the Zeta Galleus star cluster, the prosecuted survivor of an alien race, a Zalconian, is rescued by the "Enterprise" [TNG 173]. stardates 43989.1-43998.5 A distress signal brings the "Enterprise" to the Jureg IV colony. It is found destroyed, with no survivors (900 colonists killed), apparently by the Borg. The Borg makes contact with the "Enterprise" once again, capturing Captain Picard and converting him. The Borg vessel sets course for sector 001: Sol III (Earth) [TNG 174]. 2367 stardates 44001.4-44002.3 Captain Picard is rescued by the "Enterprise" following an unsuccessful attempt to disable the Borg vessel. Star Fleet dispatches a fleet of 40 ships to engage the Borg vessel at Wolf 359. 39 of which are destroyed, including the "Tolstoy," "Melbourne," and "K'ushui" (NCC-1801?)--over 11,000 are killed. Using Picard as a link, Commander Data inerfaces into the Borg network and issues the sleep/regeneration command to disable them. The Borg vessel normal and the "Enterprise" is drydocked and repaired over the next 5 to 6 weeks in Earth orbit [TNG 175, TNG 195]. stardate 44012.3 While the "Enterprise" is being refitted in Earth orbit at the McKinley Station, Captain Picard returns home. Lt. Worf is reunited with his foster parents, Sergey & Helena Rozhenko, who are given a tour of the "Enterprise" [TNG 178]. stardates 44085.7-44091.1 Dr. Noonian Soong summons his androids Data and Lore. Data temporarily takes command of the "Enterprise" and hijacks it to Soong's planet. Soong dies after accidentally installing a chip in Lore enabling the android to experience emotions. The "Enterprise" remains at Starbase 416 for several days due to a minor medical emergency [TNG 177]. stardate 44143.7 In sector 21947, the "Enterprise" rescues Jono (Jeremiah Rossa) from a Talarian vessel. Captain Endar of the warship "Q'Maire" nearly goes to war over custody of the Talarian-raised Human boy [TNG 176]. stardates 44161.2-44162.8 After departing Starbase 133 following standard "Enterprise" crew rotation, an experimental static warp bubble transports Dr. Crusher into another reality. The Traveler returns and retrieves her [TNG 179]. stardates 44215.2-44225.3 Enroute to Camus II for archaeological survey, the "Enterprise" rescues the survivors of the "Arcos" freighter. Ishara Yar aids the "Enterprise" in rescuing the hostages on Turkana IV (New Paris) [TNG 180]. stardate 44246.3 The "Enterprise" is in the Gamma Arigulon system investigating radiation anomalies reported by the starship "LaSalle." Klingon Emperor K'mpec dies from Ridian-6 poisoning. Rendezvousing with the "Enterprise," he instructs Captain Picard to find his assassin and act in his name. Lt. Worf meets his son, Alexander and kills Duras following the murder of Ambassador K'Ehleyr. Worf's Human parents take Alexander into their care at Starbase 73 [TNG 181]. stardates 44261.3-44263.9 Dr. Lynn Costa is murdered aboard the "Enterprise" while enroute to Kayran Rock [TNG #16]. stardate 44286.5 Commander Riker finds himself aboard the "Enterprise" 16 years into the future. It is a simulacrum created by a marooned alien child, Barash, on Alpha Onias III near the Neutral Zone [TNG 182]. stardates 44307.3-44307.6 Enroute to Pentarus V via shuttlecraft, Captain Picard and Ensign Crusher become stranded on Lambda Paz, a moon of Pentarus III. The "Enterprise" assists Gamelan V with the removal of a rogue vessel emitting lethal radiation and then rescues the officers. Ensign Crusher leaves the "Enterprise" for the Star Fleet Academy [TNG 183]. stardates 44356.9-44359.5 On a mission to the Tlee Beta system, the "Enterprise" is stopped dead in space by a field of two-dimensional creatures. Counselor Troi temporarily loses her empathic ability and the "Enterprise" narrowly escapes being drawn into a cosmic string fragment [TNG 184]. stardate 44390.1 Lt. Commander Data prepares a report for Commander Bruce Maddox about his life as an android aboard the "Enterprise." The "Enterprise" ferries Vulcan ambassador T'Pel--later revealed to be a Romulan plant--into the Romulan Neutral Zone. Transporter Chief Lt. Miles O'Brien marries Keiko Ishikawa. The "Enterprise" heads for Adeiphus IV [TNG 185]. stardate 44429.1 The planetary government of Etolos requests the "Enterprise" in ending long-standing hostilities with its neighboring planet, Alaj. Danid, Supreme Primary of the Holy Bekeem, returns to Alaj [TNG #14]. stardates 44429.6-44431.7 While on a mapping mission near the Cardassian sector, the "Enterprise" intercepts the "Nebula" class starship U.S.S. "Phoenix" (NCC-65420) commanded by Captain Benjamin Maxwell. The Captain is taken into custody after having destroyed a Cardassian base in the Quaydar system, and escorted to Starbase 211 [TNG 186]. stardate 44474.5 A distress call brings the "Enterprise" to the science station on Ventax II. A woman masquerading as the mythical figure Ardra is apprehended [TNG 187]. stardate 44502.7 Following completion of a mission at Harakis V, the xenophobic Faxons erase 24 hours time aboard the "Enterprise" to prevent discovery. The "Enterprise" heads for Abadny IV [TNG 188]. The "Enterprise" makes first contact with the planet Malcor III [TNG 189]. stardate 44614.6 Transporting equipment from Starbase 313 to an outpost in the Gerniga system, Dr. Lia Brahms inspects the engines of the "Enterprise." A space-going creature is encountered orbiting Alpha Omicron VII, mistakenly destroyed, and it's offspring delivered to an asteroid belt [TNG 190]. stardates 44631.2-44642.1 The science vessel U.S.S. "Brittain" (NCC-21166) is found with its entire crew dead in a Tyken's Rift by the "Enterprise," which itself becomes entrapped. Councilor Troi makes contact with another vessel trapped on the opposite end of the Rift and discovers a means of freeing the ship, and heads for Starbase 220 [TNG 191]. stardates 44664.5-44668.1 Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge mutates from an organism picked up from Tarchanon III. A race of non-sapient, nearly-invisible beings are discovered on the surface of the planet [TNG 192]. stardates 44704.2-44721.9 At the very edge of U.F.P. space, the "Enterprise" repairs the Argus subspace telescope array and encounters an alien probe. Lt. Reginald Barclay's intelligence is augmented and through alien compulsion brings the "Enterprise" to the galactic core. First contact is made with the Cytherians who exchange information with the "Enterprise" [TNG 193]. stardate 44741.9 In orbit of Targus III, the "Enterprise" serves as host to the U.F.P. Archeology Council's annual symposium. Captain Picard is reunited with Vosh when Q returns and traps the officers in a Robin Hood simulacrum. Vosh agrees to accompany Q [TNG 194]. stardates 44769.2-44780 Klingon exobiologist exchange officer J'dan and "Enterprise" crewman Simon Tarsus are accused of sabotaging the ship's warp engines and for a leaking information to the Romulans [TNG 195]. stardate 44793.6 The Borg return to U.F.P. space and destroy the planet Penzatti. Delcara, one of the Shgin and Guinan's bonded sister, destroys several Borg ships using an ancient planet-killer berserker ship. The starships "Enterprise," "Chekov," and "Repulse" battle the Borg near Tholian space, and dying Delcara swears vengeance as she takes the planet-killer at high warp speed on a course into the heart of Borg space [GN 8]. stardates 44805.3-44812.6 The U.F.P. offers to assist in revitalizing Kaylon II's sun. Dr. Timison and Lwaxana Troi are transported to the Bracillus system where a helium-ignition test is conducted using photon torpedoes fired from the "Enterprise" [TNG 196]. stardates 44821.3-44824.4 Ambassador Odan, a Tril symbiont being, settles a conflict between the moons Alpha and Beta of the planet Peli Azel [TNG 197]. stardates 44885.5-44896.9 Enroute to Riza to attend an artificial intelligence seminar, Lt. Commander La Forge is intercepted and brainwashed by Romulans into assassinating Governor Vhag of Kreos. Ambassador Kel is revealed to be aiding the Romulans in their goal of severing the U.F.P.-Klingon alliance [TNG 198]. stardates 44932.3-44935.9 The "Enterprise" probes a dark matter nebula and encounters unique space deformation pockets produced by the dark matter contents. The ship heads for Starbase 260 after narrowly escaping the nebula [TNG 199]. stardates 44995.3-44998.3 Captain Picard participates in the installation ceremony of Galron, on the Klingon home world, as arbiter of succession. The Duras family line, allied with the Romulans, gather a large force near Beta Thorador. Civil war erupts in the Klingon Empire, generated by Romulans intent on breaking the Klingon-U.F.P. alliance. Lt. Worf resigns his Star Fleet commission to aid in the war [TNG #200]. 2372 Dr. Emil Costa's 5-year term of house arrest on Kayran Rock expires [TNG #16]. 2502 In the "Mirror" universe, the Star Empire begins to crumble [MM]. 2664 The U.F.P. is welcome to return to Velara III by the crystalline micro-brains [TNG 117]. 2666 An alien super-weapon, the Tox Utat, a quantum phase inhibitor capable of halting all nuclear reaction within a star, is constructed by Caldano and displac 167]. 2800 The U.F.P. Treaty Zone is fully explored [LOR]? 11265 The Energy Barrier's wavefront begins to impact on inhabited U.F.P. worlds, according to K't'lk's calculations [TOS #13]. 12260 All life in the Andromeda galaxy is destroyed by high radiation [AON]. 14264 The Wanderers Who Play return to the U.F.P. to judge its progress [Log7]. ********************************************************************* * Star Trek Chronology (Version 4.0) Notes 9107.01 * ********************************************************************* FASA dates have been ignored, except in certain cases where they have been incorporated into the novels and do not conflict. All comic books have also been avoided since I personally doubt their accuracy, do not collect them, and am still recovering from the 1st generation of Star Trek comic books from way back when. Many novels and short stories are included however, though it is very doubtful that they all occur in the same Star Trek timeline. Note that primarily only past references of the novels and short stories are in the timeline. This is because the majority of novels occur during the latter half of the 5-year mission (c. 2263-2265), and accurately piecing together the exact order of novels and short stories is a near-impossible jigsaw puzzle, especially where they contradict one another. Only specific novels with relevent date references have been included, primarily those that occur between Star Trek-The Motion Picture and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The Five-year Mission The dates during which the famous 5 year mission occurs have been obtained from numerous sources. The original Star Trek Time Line was written by Chuck Graham and published in the fanzine Menagerie V, c. 1974. It was a mere two pages long with less than 3 dozen dates up to the start of the mission (2260 A.D.), but it was reprinted in Geoffrey Mandel's Starfleet Handbook and apparently made its way around in fandom. The Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual went by these dates and all other publications and blueprints followed suite. Around 1980, a poorly researched book came out called Star Trek Space Flight Chronology which totally blew away all previously established dates... How was 2260 A.D. established for the start of the 5-year mission? It's quite obvious that Star Trek is set in the 23rd Century, this is an automatic "given" from sources such as The Making of Star Trek. The question then arose as to exaactly WHEN in this century. Star Trek's second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" had the "Enterprise" recover the recorder-marker of an Earth ship at the edge of the galaxy, the S.S. "Valiant." It was mentioned repeatedly that the Valiant had been lost 200 years ago. For an Earth vessel to travel that far it had to have had warp drive (despite Kirk's comment about the inferior impulse engines of the "Valiant"). Warp drive was developed by Earth in the 21st Century as we later would meet the inventor, Zefram Cochrane in "Metamorphosis" who disappeared "150 years ago" by McCoy's reckoning. He was an old man at the time, in Cochrane's own words, before the Companion rejuvenated him. Furthermore, he went on to identify Mr. Spock as a Vulcan (questionably), but had never heard of the United Federation of Planets. These facts alone place "Where No Man Has Gone Before" no sooner than the mid-23rd Century. In the first season episode "Miri," the "Enterprise" encounters a duplicate Earth where, we assume, history ran parallel to that on the real Earth. Shortly after beamdown, Spock comments that it is Earth circa 1960. Later on in the episode, Kirk and Spock come across an ancient piano. Kirk asks Mr. Spock its age and Spock replies with the figure of 300 years. 1960 + 300 = 2260 A.D. "Space Seed," the episode by which Space Flight Chronology, and later FASA, falsly place Star Trek around the early 23rd Century, must be ignored. If we examine this episode closely from the start, Kirk was confused by the age of the S.S. "Botany Bay." When first spotted, Kirk mistakenly refers to it as a DY-500 series ship and Spock corrects him "Much older, DY-100 series." After Khan's revival Kirk tells him he was sleeping for "Two centuries we estimate." The DY-100 series was an interplanetary ship, according to Spock, last produced and launched in the late 20th Century. Obviously the DY-500 came much later (mid- or late-21st Century). Kirk absent-mindedly told Khan the two centuries after the DY-500 series (c. 2050 + 200 = 2250). Likewise, the date mentioned in "Squire of Gothos" must also be ignored (placing Star Trek centuries LATER in time). The animated series which followed went on to support the 2260 Star Trek date. "The Terratin Incident" dealt with a lost Earth colony stranded on the planet Cepheus. At the beginning of the episode, Uhura picks up a message in interstat code, commenting that inerstat's been out of use for two centuries. We later learn that the colony had transporters, which Mr. Spock was not surprised to learn for an early Earth colony. The colony was originally named Terra 10 and we assume that there were at least 9 other interstellar Earth colonies attempted. This suggests that transporter technology was developed in the 21st Century, probably shortly after warp drive. The episode "The Slaver Weapon" introduced us to the Kzinti (borrowed from Larry Niven's Known Space books). We learn from Mr. Sulu that the Kzinti fought 4 wars with Mankind and lost all of them--the last one being 200 years ago. Indeed, Star Trek cannot take place any EARLIER than 2260. In order to defeat the Kzinti, Earth had to have had space flight and warp-driven ships. Quite possibly the development of warp drive and transporter technology shortly thereafter enabled Earth to conquer the Kzinti. The novels which shortly followed supported this dating system. The dates mentioned in "World Without End" place Star Trek sometime in the mid-23rd Century and the novel "Perry's Planet" is set around an Earth colony launched about 300 years ago (a bit on the high side). Later novels would, unfortunately, use FASA/Space Flight Chronology dates ("The Final Reflection," "Final Frontier" and "Strangers From The Sky"). Thus, the voyages of the "Enterprise" under Kirk's command occured from 2260-2265 A.D. Other novels and references "fine-tuned" this a bit. "Enterprise: The First Adventure" tells us that Kirk took command of the "Enterprise" even earlier, 2258, based upon his age. Furthermore, it would have taken time for Kirk to familiarize himself with the ship before taking on any major missions. Shortly after "Enterprise" comes the novel "Strangers From the Sky (Book II)," and then on to "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (late 2259). This last episode takes up the bulk of time between 2258 and 2260: the two-way trip from U.F.P. space to the Energy Barrier at the edge of our galaxy. Early 2260 is also spent uprating the "Enterprise" ("Constitution" class to the specs of the "Bonhomme Richard" class--but that's ANOTHER file in itself!) and of course the installation of new systems and the institution of new uniforms ("Corbomite Maneuver" onwards). The 5 year mission therefore "officially" begins right after the "Enterprise" returns and is refitted following the second pilot episode, in early 2260. (Kirk's prologue explaining "Its five year mission..." isn't even incorporated into the title sequence of the 2nd pilot episode!). Now if the order of the Original episodes are examined, you will notice them to be in Production Order. Considering the minute changes of systems (and uniforms worn) aboard the Enterprise, there is simply no other logical way to chronicle the episodes. Aired Order begins with "The Man Trap," when clearly the first episode is "Where No Man Has Gone Before." Taking them in Stardate Order is an intriguing idea, but stardates do not hold up when the additional stardates of the animated series and the novels are incorporated. Novels make things worse. In fact, stardates actually OVERLAP in certain episodes ("Corbomite Maneuver" and "The Man Trap"). In addition, many novelists don't take stardates seriously. We have to live with the information in The Making of Star Trek that stardates have no real chronological bearing for the "Enterprise", even though the latest Next Generation episodes have been trying to keep the stardate order consistent with the Examining the chronology you will see that the first season episodes span the first two years, 2260 and 2261 and the second and third season epsides are in 2262 and 2263 respectively. Why? "Charlie X" is set in November as Kirk mentions Thanksgiving--the latter half of the year. The episodes "Court-Martial" and "The Menagerie" were filmed one after another yet both take place at the SAME starbase 11 (despite Asherman's numerical errors in his Star Trek Compendium--we have seen only ONE starbase in the original series). We first see the base being commanded by Commodore Stone and then we see it commanded by Commodore Mendez. Obviously there is a considerable gap of time between these two episodes. Furthermore, in "Day of the Dove," Kang states that the Klingon Empire and the Federation have been at peace for 3 years, NOT 2 as we would believe (deliberately overlooking the possibility that he was referring to Klingon years). Immediately following the original episodes are the 22 animated episodes. They are not in Production Order, Aired Order, or Stardate Order. They follow in the order in which Alan Dean Foster novelized them. Why? A.D.F. has contributed more to the Star Trek Universe than many other novelists in his Star Trek Log series of ten books. They are linked together in his own unique order, with the last 4 adaptations blown-up into full-length novels, greatly expanded and providing a rich source of information to fandom. The "Klolode" class ship name was taken from Star Trek Log 4, the concept of transporter patterns being used for security purposes was taken from Star Trek Log 3, and the rich background of the characters Arex and M'ress were drawn from these novelizations. Each of which was far more faithful to the original work than any of James Blish's attempts. "The Survivor" is said to take place on Christmas and thus is considered the last episode of 2263. The bulk of the Star Trek novels follow the animated episodes in the remaining 2263 and 2264 years. Early 2265 marks the end of the mission and "The Lost Years" follow immediately. Two and a half years after, in 2267, Star Trek-The Motion Picure takes place. As previously stated, most Trek novels are set during the "5th year" of the 5-year mission. They bridge the gap between the 22 cartoon adventures and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Arranging them in any kind of order is nearly impossible because of the myriad discontinuities introduced. It is highly unlikely that all of them actually occur in the same universe or timeline--certainly not in the brief year of time allocated. Still, I have made an attempt to arrange the novels and short stories into a reasonable order. I've also added on a few notes that helped me sort them. It is not flawless, but is probably as close as we'll ever come to a chronology of early/mid 2264 to March 2265: "The Galactic Whirlpool" by David Gerrold [M'Ress & Arex still aboard--along with Riley] "Spock Must Die!" by James Blish [Yeoman Rand aboard] "Spock, Messiah!" by Cogswell & Spano [Direct reference to "Spock Must Die!"] "Mudd's Angels" ("The Business As Usual During Altercations") by J.A. Lawrence [Numerous Blish elements abound] *"Star Trek: The New Voyages" edited by Marshak & Culbreath* "The Price of the Phoenix" by Marshak & Culbreath "The Fate of the Phoenix" by Marshak & Culbreath "Planet of Judgment" by Joe Haldeman "World Without End" by Joe Haldeman *"Star Trek: The New Voyages 2" edited by Marshak & Culbreath* "Vulcan!" by Kathleen Sky "Death's Angel" by Kathleen Sky "The Starless World" by Gordon Eklund "Devil World" by Gordon Eklund "Trek to Madworld" by Stephen Goldin "Perry's Planet" by Jack C. Haldeman II ------------NEW NOVELS----------------------------------------------- #2 "The Entropy Effect" by Vonda N. McIntrye #3 "The Klingon Gambit" by Robert E. Vardeman #12 "Mutiny on the Enterprise" by Robert E. Vardeman #6 "The Abode of Life" by Lee Correy [Follows 'Klingon activity.' Rand aboard.] #11 "Yesterday's Son" by A.C. Crispin #14 "The Trellisane Confrontation" by David Dvorkin #40 "Timetrap" by David Dvorkin #15 "Corona" by Greg Bear [Spock is 79!?] #19 "The Tears of the Singers" by Melinda Snodgrass #21 "Uhura's Song" by Janet Kagan #22 "Shadow Lord" by Laurence Yep #23 "Ishmael" by Barbara Hambly #24 "Killing Time" by Della Van Hise [Chekov on 2-week leave. Romulans have been silent for the past 5 years!?] #28 "Crisis on Centaurus" by Brad Ferguson [Joana is 21. "Court Martial" over 2 years ago] #29 "Dreadnought!" by Diane Carey [Ref. to '4th year refitting' & newly painted insignia. Last time in Sol system was 1 year ago! Enterprise now carries assault craft. Reference to Memory Gamma. Scott has a mustache & a little gray. Upgraded hangar bay.] #31 "Battlestations!" by Diane Carey [Weeks after "Dreadnought!" Lt. Commander Sulu. Trilithium has been synthesized. U.S.S. "Hood" assisting "Enterprise."] #34 "Dreams of the Raven" by Carmen Carter [Kyle is Transporter Chief. Nurse Chapel aboard. McCoy is 48?] #36 "How Much For Just The Planet?" by John M. Ford [Very silly and unrealistic.] #41 "The Three-Minute Universe" by Barbara Paul [Transporter Chief is Kyle. Chapel is a nurse.] #42 "Memory Prime" by Gar & Judith Reeves-Stevens [Nurse Chapel is aboard. Transporter Chief is Kyle. Mention of a Horta recently enrolled in Star Fleet Academy (Naraht?). Scotty considers trilithium to be a fictitious dream.] #45 "Double, Double" by Michael Jan Friedman #46 "The Cry of the Onlies" by Judy Klass #27 "Mind Shadow" by J.M. Dillard [Security Chief Lt. Tomson and Ensign al-Baslama introduced. Tomson noted as serving long on the Enterprise but only recently promoted to Chief. Nurse Chapel aboard. Repetative misspellings: Ensign 'Chekhov' and Transporter Chief 'Lyle'!] #30 "Demons" by J.M. Dillard [2nd main-stream Tomson novel. Last shore leave was 7 months ago.] #32 "Chain of Attack" by Gene DeWeese [Followup to "The Abode of Life." Lt. IngriD Tomson aboard.] #37 "Bloodthirst" by J.M. Dillard [Intership beaming, field suits. 3rd main-stream Tomson novel. Given date: October 31st!] #43 "The Final Nexus" by Gene DeWeese [Followup to "Chain of Attack" which occurred 'a couple of months ago.' Lt. Tomson is Security Chief. Chapel is a nurse.] #55 "Renegade" by Gene DeWeese [Intership beaming, field effect suits, atmospheric containment field on hangar deck, Kyle is Transporter Chief.] #13 "The Wounded Sky" by Diane Duane [Security Chief Matlock(!) and Lt. Harb Tanzer aboard. Kirk's 1st meeting with Lt. Commander Lia Burke--being trained to be a nurse by Nurse Chapel.] #50 "Doctor's Orders" by Diane Duane [Tomson is Security Chief. McCoy has Commander rank. Lia Burke acting as Head Nurse while Chapel offship doing doctorate practices. Kirk's birthday was "not too long ago."] #26 "Pawns and Symbols" by Majliss Larson [followup to "Procrustean Petard" of "Star Trek: The New Voyages." Given date: Dec. 31st!] ------------2265?---------------------------------------------------- #8 "Black Fire" by Sonni Cooper [STTMP uniforms first issued. Naturally-occuring trilithium discovered. Chekov promoted to Lt. "Hood" destroyed. "Enterprise" heads for new repairs...] "The Lost Years" by J.M. Dillard [Bridges Mission & STTMP] ------------2266----------------------------------------------------- #54 "A Flag Full of Stars" by Brad Ferguson [The author blew the date by 3 years by having it set during the Apollo Moon Landing Tricentennial!] Note that the two "New Voyages" books are collections of short stories. Not all of which are set in the same timeline. This is especially true for "Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited" (a comedy where the actors transpose with their characters) and "Mind Sifter" (involving Captain Spock rescuing Kirk A.W.O.L. for a year in Earth's past). Here's how I developed it. The novels were first arrang publication. This was done because later novels would would sometimes build upon earlier ones (i.e. particular events and characters). The influences of the films are also evident in the novels and the advances of technology. Next, all novels set after Star Trek-The Motion Picture were eliminated, along with the few novels set during the original series ("Web of the Romulans," "The Vulcan Academy Murders," "The IDIC Epidemic" and the more recent "Ghost-Walker") or before it ("Vulcan's Glory," "Enterprise: The First Adventure"). Next, novels were grouped by author, in most instances. Many writers recycle minor characters, and considering crew rotations at starbase layovers it seems plausible that they would occur very close to one another. The character of Dr. Rigel in "Vulcan!" reappearing "Death's Angel" is a good example. There are exceptions, of course. An example is "Yesterday's Son" and "Time For Yesterday." Both are by the same author, A.C. Crispin, yet "Time" clearly is set between Star Trek-The Motion Picture and ST II. Sequels are common, including "Battlestations!" which immediately follows "Dreadnought!" Finally, arranging the novels by data supplied in each--no easy task! The easiest to handle were the 'chained' adventures such as "Spock Must Die!" and "Spock, Messiah!" Early on in "Messiah" McCoy jokes "The last time Scotty operated the tranporter we got duplicate Spocks" and a footnote confirms that it immediately follows "Spock Must Die!" Similarly, "The Final Nexus" is a follow up to "Chain of Attack" which is in turn a follow up to "The Abode of Life." Ingrit Tomson, Security Chief aboard the "Enterprise" is another useful key in chronicling the novels. She first appeared in "Mindshadow" by J.M. Dillard and has survived all the way through "The Lost Years," the prequel to Star Trek-The Motion Picture, which officially marks the end of the 5-year mission. Her character was borrowed by other authors and has appeared frequently, but this may end due to new Paramount restrictions on Trek authors... The obvious point remains: she was the last Security Chief and novels with her in them should be grouped. "The Lost Years" indicates that she served under Kirk aboard the "Enterprise" for 4 years, not as the Chief but as a security guard or other junior position. Diane Duane complicates matters. In her novels set during the tail end of the 5-year mission, Nurse Chapel has left the "Enterprise" to get her doctorate. Her replacement is Lia Burke, introduced to us in "The Wounded Sky." Then why do the Ingrit Tomson novels, last in the series, sometimes feature Nurse Chapel aboard? Also featured in this novel is another security chief (Matlock)! Diane Duane's final novel, "Doctor's Orders," however, features BOTH Chief Tomson AND Lia Burke! In "The Lost Years," when the "Enterprise" enters dock, Nurse Chapel is mentioned as still being aboard and intent on getting her doctorate... One solution is to take the Duane novels as being in an alternate timeline--but that's not for me to decide. Another solution is that she left and came back. Make no mistake, this order is not flawless--it depends on how deeply you want to dig. Consider "Spock Must Die!" the first Star Trek novel. Written by James Blish who did the novelizations of the classic episodes, he adds a brief footnote in a 3rd season novelized episode referring to "Spock Must Die!" One would think that the novel takes place before or during the third season--but it's chuck full of references to many other third season episodes After the key episode! It ends with the Organians depriving the Klingons of space travel. As a result, "Spock Must Die!" was placed at the top of the "5th Year List" of books, bunked down only by "The Galactic Whirlpool" which features Arex and M'Ress AND Chekov, apparently bridging the animated series with the novels. More problems of the sort accumulate because authors refuse to accept or view the animated episodes. In "Dreams of the Raven," Bob Wesley still commands the U.S.S. "Lexington" as in "The Ultimate Computer." But as we all know, he left Star Fleet to become the governor of the Pallas XIV system ("One of Our Planets is Missing")... "Yesterday's Son" makes no reference to "Yesteryear" yet clearly takes place afterwards as proven in the sequel "Time For Yesterday"... "Dreams of the Raven" gives us McCoy's current age as being 48--clearly a "5th year" novel, but a bit off... The novel "Bloodthirst": Kirk doesn't, at first, know what a vampire is. The novel "Death's Angel," on the other hand, tells us he was haunted by vampire myths since childhood... "Black Fire" ends with the "Enterprise" heading for some new repairs, Chekov promoted to Lt., and new ST-TMP uniforms recently issued. Clearly the last episode in the bunch but it contradicts "The Lost Years" where the ST-TMP uniforms again first appear... The Movies Undisputably, the films Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier all occur one after another with very short timelapses between one another. In fact, the above four films occured within one to two year's time, no longer. Many months being the crews exile on Vulcan between ST III and ST IV, and the alteration of bridge and systems of NCC-1701-A between ST IV and ST V. This leaves us with the gap of time between Star Trek-The Motion Picture and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. From the statements of Kirk and Khan we are led to believe that "Space Seed" happened 15 years ago. There is therefore a gap of 7-8 years between ST-TMP and ST II. Unfortunately this does not hold up under intense analysis. There is overwhelming data to suggest that "Space Seed" occured further back than just 15 years. 1. In ST II, Kirk reads the date 2283 off of the Romulan ale bottle. McCoy replies that it needs to age. Assuming it is an Earth date and not a Romulan date (FASA fans prefer the latter) then the timeline is off by 8+ years, as it brings us to 2275. 2. In ST III, Admiral Morrow states that the "Enterprise" is 20 years old. What comes as a shock to the officers is Star Fleet's idea of decommissioning the "Enterprise." Although externally scarred from battling the "Reliant," the "Enterprise" was still quite intact and repairable. If there was only a 7-8 year gap between the time she was rebuilt and the time Star Fleet wants to decommission her, something is terribly wrong. Even more troubling is the 20 years statement, when it should be more like 55 years. The "Enterprise" is the pride of the Fleet, the finest starship and according to unanimous tech sources, has a duration of 22 years. 3. In ST V, The Planet of Galactic Peace was established between the Klingons, Romulans, and Federation. If "Space Seed" (a 1st season episode) was really 15 years ago, then it occured the same year as "Balance of Terror": the Federation's only contact with the Romulans in a century's time. In other words, Nimbus III was settled 5 years BEFORE "Balance of Terror" which is impossible. It's also quite unlikely that the war-mongering Romulans would sit down with the Federation and agree to jointly settle a planet. What is the solution to all these discontinuties? If Admiral Morrow was referring to the age of the UPRATED "Enterprise" of ST-TMP, then most of these problems are solved. 2267 + 20 = 2287. The date comes reasonably close to her maximum duration deadline (22 years). The date also surpasses the 2283 date on the ale bottle, well within the "need to age range" (4 year old ale). It's also a reasonable amount of time after "Balance of Terror" for the Romulans to reaquaint themselves with the U.F.P. Furthermore, the actors would be portraying characters much closer to their actual ages. Otherwise, Shatner, Nimoy, and Kelly would have been portraying characters 10+ years younger than themselves in ST V! The only glitch in this approach is the 15 year statements in ST II. Some were made by Khan: perhaps a Ceti Alphan year is longer than an Earth year? Either way he still clung to 200 years from 1996, "On Earth--200 years ago--I was a prince..." He was clearly confused about time passage. F and friends of Shane Johnson's books who dispute this and point to the service pins on the uniforms as a "proof" of a 7-8 year gap will be sad to know that the pins don't hold water under close analysis, since Kirk (/./././) should have at least one more 5 year pin and possibly 2 of them (Kirk was at the Academy 15 years before "Space Seed" according to "Shore Leave"). There are even MORE problems if anyone's analyzed the service pins on Spock (..////..), McCoy (/../../), Chekov (..///..) and other officers. The Next Generation How well does the timeline hold up when Next Generation dates and references are taken into account? Very well, but there are anomalies. In "Encounter at Farpoint," Data states McCoy's age at being 137. This places the first season of The Next Generation in the year 2355. Towards the end of the first season, Data GIVES us the year as being 2364. Finally something undisputable to work with! There is a +9 year discrepancy. In the 3rd season, we are told by Data in "Evolution" that the last shipwide computer failure in a Star Fleet starship was 79 years ago. 2364 + 3 (3rd season/year) = 2366. 2366 - 79 = 2287! 2287, the year of our last 4 Trek movies, the year of NCC-1701-A's launch and it's flop in ST V due to a shipwide computer failure. There is little doubt why Data was given this line in "Evolution" and it's highly unlikely for it to be mere coincidence. Right on the nose. In "Sarek," Picard tells his bridge officers that Sarek is 202 years old. In "Journey to Babel" Sarek stated his age at being 102.437--about 100 years between the two episodes. Using my timeline, taking "Journey to Babel" as being in 2262 and "Sarek" as being 2366, there's a +4 year discrepancy. One possible means of explaining away the problem of age is time dilation: the slowing down of time aboard ships approaching light speed in real space. Although it's generally assumed that the time dilation problem's been licked in Star Trek via warp drive which seemingly cuts out all Relativistic effects, sublight travel (shuttlecraft and such) should still be subject to the effects. Over a great period of time, this can add up. Consider the possibility that a being in Star Trek's time may have a biological age (the subjective age of the being's body) and a chronological age (the being's objective age computed from birthdate and present date). In the novel "Enterprise: The First Adventure," it is stated that Yeoman Rand had experienced this firsthand and used it to her advantage. The more recent novel, "Vendetta," also explains that time dilation occurs in warp space, or at least at excessively high warp factors. With all the time McCoy and Sarek spent in space, it would add up to a few years. It's quite apparent where the Star Trek script writers got their dates from. They went by the original series dates (1966-1969) and added 300 years on. The 2364 of The Next Generation was probably chosen because it is a century after "The Cage," Trek's first produced episode (1964). When ST II was filmed, it WAS nearly 15 years after 1966's "Space Seed." By the time ST III came out, the "Enterprise" (the original model, that is!) was around 20 years old. The same figure of 20 years was used to place the time of The Planet of Galactic Peace. The ages of McCoy and Sarek were only roughly estimated by the writers based upon these factors, and in either case failed to take into account minute changes, such as "Sarek" being a third season episode. The year 2287 of ST V was appropriately chosen because it is nearly contemporary and nearly the year of ST V's release, minus three centuries. Popular Misconceptions I know that many of you, after reading the launch dates of the "Enterprise" and the other "Constitution" class heavy cruisers, are shocked by them being some 40 years before Star Trek's first year. One of the most damaging misconceptions introduced by the Space Flight Chronology book was that the "Enterprise" and her sisters had only been a couple decades old at the time. FASA, of course, spread this around and many authors accepted it without question. According to The Making of Star Trek, "The 'Enterprise' ['Constitution'] class starships have been in existence for about 40 years..." Alan Dean Foster, in his novelization of "The Counter-Clock Incident," additionally has the first captain of the "Enterprise" (Robert April) say, repeatedly, that he first took command of her four decades ago. Franz Joseph's classic Star Fleet Technical Manual gives a listing of all 14 original "Constitution" class ships, among them is the "Valiant" (NCC-1709) listed as 'lost in the line of duty.' In "A Taste of Armageddon," the "Valiant" was lost on a mission to Eminiar VII "50 years ago," according to Spock. A bit on the high side, but nevertheless lost decades back. There was another "Valiant" lost 200 years earlier mentioned in "Where No Man Has Gone Before," the S.S. "Valiant," one of the first Earth starships. We never hear of the "Constitution" class "Valiant" ever again, unlike the other 13 ships which surface in novels and fan fiction. "Tech fandom" took FJ's Tech Manual and blueprints a step further and published exact launch and commissioning dates for all vessels: they were launched almost exactly 40 years ago. All other "tech fandom" sources invariably agree: Ships of the Fleet, Heavy Cruiser Evolution Blueprints, Federation Reference Series, Starfleet Handbook and many more. Those who reject this explanation that starships could remain in service for so many decades should take into account how these ships were uprated to accomodate the new technology available--as well as looking over "The Battle," "Peak Performance," and the novel "Eyes of the Beholders" which goes to show that 80-100 year old ships are still spaceworthy. After 80 years, the "Excelsior" class ships also seem pretty active in The Next Generation. One of the original "Constitution" class ships makes an appearance in the Next Generation novel "The Captain's Honor"-- revamped and renamed, and the hull of an "Enterprise" class heavy cruiser is seen among the wreckage in "The Best of Both Worlds Part II." Just as Spaceflight Chronology diverged from the age of the "Enterprise," so it does for the age of the transporter. SFC and FASA have both claimed that the transporter is a relatively recent 23rd Century invention--both consistently ignore the animated series too. The Terra 10 Earth colony ship launched roughly two centuries ago, in "The Terratin Incident," had transporters. Transporter technology may have been lost or banned after the 21st Century, one might speculate. While there's nothing else to either prove or disprove when the transporter was invented, it did play a key role in the episode, and if it weren't for the Terratins having transporters, the episode would have came to a sinister end! Vulcan Dates Some dates are not Earth Old Calendar dates, but Vulcan. Two different systems are in use: Vulcan Years and Vulcan Old Date. The former was used in the animated episode "Yesteryear" and is apparently the current system in use on Vulcan. 8877 Vulcan Years is equal to the Earth date 2232 A.D., the date of Spock's Kahs-wan maturity test. It is this dating system which is used in certain "tech fandom" books notably the Star Fleet Medical Reference (which happens to footnote that they are dates Post-Surak which does not follow certain sources). Vulcan Old Dates seem to be used strictly in the novels and are longer than 4 digits. A Vulcan year is equivalent to 123.02 Earth days according to the U.S.S. Enterprise Officer's Manual which originally appeared in Geoffrey Mandel's Star Fleet Handbook. Gene Roddenberry's novelization of Star Trek-The Motion Picture supports this in a footnote (9 Vulcan years is approx. 2.8 years)--very close. SpaceFlight Chronology, on the other hand, states that Vulcan years are LONGER than Earth years...and it would seem that the authors of Trek fiction may be working by this. The date 140005 is given for the death of Zakal in "The Lost Years" AND for the year of The 80,000 departing Vulcan in "The Romulan Way"--yet it cannot be considering the later references in "Romulan Way" place the migration at at least 100 A.D. In any case, the V.O.D. given in "Lost Years" for the present day return of the Enterprise from her 5-year mission is wrong. Stardates Whenever possible I've added stardate references drawn from the episodes. Note that when two stardates are given they do not represen the first and last stardates given. Stardates given in novelizations have been ignored, as they are sometimes wrong (one of the flaws of the Foster Log Series which uses alternate stardates). Note that some stardates are drawn from "tech fandom" sources (mainly the birthdates of the crew from the U.S.S. Enterprise Officers Manual). Bjo Trimble's Concordance, while being an excellent reference, sometimes rounds stardates off or supplies dates not even given in the series and was also ignored. Episodes in the original series, animated series, and novels do not follow sequentially. If stardates were in order, then the animated episode "The Magicks of Megas Tu" (sd. 1254.4) would precede "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (sd. 1312.4), the first episode with Kirk in command. This simply cannot be. Even in the latter episode, on Kirk's tombstone, his stardate of birth reads 1277.1 (even though his middle initial is "R" instead of "T" on the same stone). Other episodes overlap stardates. "Miri" begins at stardate 2713.5 and goes through 2717.3. "Dagger of the Mind" is from 2715.1 through 2715.2! In other instances, stardates jump back and forth in individual episodes (listen carefully to the logs in "The Enemy Within," "Spock's Brain," "Gamesters of Triskelion," "Mudd's Women," and many others). Either Kirk (and Spock) are very careless or else there's something to stardates being nonsequential. According to Gene Roddenberry himself, in The Making of Star Trek: "This time system adjusts for shifts in relative time which occur due to the vessel's speed and space warp ability. It has little relationship to Earth's time as we know it. One hour aboard the 'Enterprise' at different times may equal as little as three Earth hours. The star date specified in the log entry must be computed against the speed of the vessel, the space warp, and it's position within our galaxy, in order to give a meaningful reading." "I'm not quite sure what I meant by that explanation, but a lot of people have indicated it makes sense," Gene later said. I wish it did make sense, it's been bugging me since the first time I watched Star Trek. One theory is that the U.F.P. treaty zone may be divided up into "time zones" where stardates may increase and decrease. This would explain why the date crashes down to 1254.4 in "Magicks of Megas-Tu" when the "Enterprise" is at the galactic center. Why the dating system should be this way is beyond me. If stardate shifting is indeed tied to warp travel, another theory is that Cochrane's Factor (see Star Trek Maps' Intro to Navigation Manual) might play a vital role. Anyhow, stardates are "supposed to" progress normally outside of warp travel in a fixed place--at least all the research I've done into it says so. Under these conditions, the numbers to the left of the decimal point are days and the digit to the right of the decimal represents the time (in tenths of a day). So an example would be stardate 4213.5 being noon of one day and 4214.5 being noon of the next day. For more accuracy it may be extened to two digits after the decimal point. This was the case in "Requiem For Methuselah," the only episode from the original series to do so. Time was of the essence as Kirk desperately needed rytaln to combat the plague aboard ship, as you recall. Note that this timekeeping system in use aboard ship is not necessarily in sync with the ship's own timekeeping system of military hours, but in the case of the episodes "Contagion" and "Identity Crisis" (regarding visual logs) they WERE. If the digit is a true representation of the time in tenths of a solar day, then the following table could be used: Duty Shift Sections (IF Stardates are in sync with ship's time) .041 = 1:00 A.M. .083 = 2:00 A.M. .1 = 2:24 A.M. .125 = 3:00 A.M. .167 = 4:00 A.M. .2 = 4:48 A.M. .208 = 5:00 A.M. .250 = 6:00 A.M. .292 = 7:00 A.M. .3 = 7:12 A.M. .333 = 8:00 A.M. Gamma Section off/Alpha Section on .375 = 9:00 A.M. .4 = 9:36 A.M. .417 = 10:00 A.M. .458 = 11:00 A.M. .5 = 12:00 P.M. .542 = 1:00 P.M. [13:00] .583 = 2:00 P.M. [14:00] .6 = 2:24 P.M. [14:24] .625 = 3:00 P.M. [15:00] .667 = 4:00 P.M. [16:00] Alpha Section off/Beta Section on .7 = 4:48 P.M. [16:48] .708 = 5:00 P.M. [17:00] .750 = 6:00 P.M. [18:00] .792 = 7:00 P.M. [19:00] .8 = 7:12 P.M. [19:12] .833 = 8:00 P.M. [20:00] .875 = 9:00 P.M. [21:00] .9 = 9:36 P.M. [21:36] .916 = 10:00 P.M. [22:00] .958 = 11:00 P.M. [23:00] 1.000 = 12:00 A.M. [24:00] Beta Section off/Gamma Section on (Note: Duty shift sections rotate by 8 hours every two weeks. Source: Line Officer Requirements Manual, Vol. I). Stardates used in The Next Generation are taken much more seriously. They consist of 5 digits to the left of the decimal point. According to the writer's guide, the first digit (a 4) is used to represent The Next Generation, the following digit represents the season, and the remaining 3 digits vary. This was done strictly for continuity, to keep the numbers within an acceptable range: 4xxxx.x. A very reasonable range too: stardate 7412 (STTMP) + 36500 (100 years converted to days) = stardate 43912, or late in the year 2366--less than a year off, taking Star Trek-The Motion Picture as taking place in mid-2267 A.D. Too bad this doesn't work for all stardates, the range is what matters. Even with this degree of refining stardates, the episodes are still not in order. Stardates jumped all over in the first season of The Next Generation. The second season episodes were almost aired in stardate order. By TNG's third season and onwards, episodes were aired in stardate order. Taking this a step further, we know from "The Neutral Zone," a first season episode, that the year was 2364 and all stardates of this time began with 41. Likewise, stardates of TNG's 2nd season began with 42, and the third season 43. Therefore, to calculate the year a TNG stardate falls in, take the first two digits and add 2323. Miscellaneous Notes And A Little Speculation After reading "Survivors" it's clear that there are two different New Paris colonies. New Paris was first mentioned in "The Galileo Seven" in the original series as the destination of the "Enterprise." In "Survivors," New Paris is an ancient Earth colony settled sometime in the 21st Century--and completely out of contact with Earth and the U.F.P. until its rediscovery in the 24th Century. Tech fandom has the original New Paris world settled in 2105 AD and a major colony. Since the TNG New Paris colony was apparently settled decades earlier, the later colony might have been named after the former world believed to be "lost." Anyhow, it's just a name, and in "Legacy" New Paris was simply called Turkana IV... If the dating of the planet-killer by Spock in Blish's "Star Trek 3" novelization of "The Doomsday Machine" is accurate, then the Borg could very well be the oldest race in the galaxy. The Blish dates are highly questionable (and wrong in many cases) but they are still dates and sometimes the only sources available. If the over 3 billion years old figure is correct, then the Borg undoubtedly started out assimilating non-Humanoid races and bore little resemblance to the way they are known in TNG's time. Another interesting point is the interior of the anti-Borg planet-killer described in "Vendetta." Crystalline structures that harness all matter of energy: physical, kinetic, electromagnetic. In "Beyond The Farthest Star," the "Enterprise" encounters a gigantic alien pod ship derelict over three hundred million years old, once commanded by an insectoid being. Part of its interior consisted of ceiling-high energy accumulator wands: receptors to attract and store energy much like that in the planet-killer. Apparently the There are two different classes of "Galaxy" class starships. The first "Galaxy" class ships were commissioned sometime near the end of the 5-year mission. These are small, fast exploratory ships and the first manned vessels to pierce the Barrier and explore other galaxies--far-fetched, but I don't write this stuff! They are mentioned in Vonda N. McIntyre novels and in Diane Carey's "Dreadnought!" novel. The more familiar "Galaxy" class ships we are accustomed to were commissioned about a century later and have only the class name in common. We know from "Peak Performance" that the "Constellation" class cruisers are at least 80 years old. In the novel "Time For Yesterday," another U.S.S. "Constellation" is destroyed. It is not the same ship from "The Doomsday Machine," nor is it the frigate of Ships Of The Fleet. This starship appears to be the class ship of the "Constellation" class of TNG... The "god" appearing in ST V may be related to the Cytherians of "The Nth Degree." Both of which originate from the galactic core region and are advanced non-corporeal entities. The novelization of ST V also leads one to believe that the Great Barrier was constructed to contain the creature--a Cytherian renegade sentenced to life imprisonment? Documentation Everyone has requested where certain entries and dates came from. So finally, I've tagged on codes in brackets. For the original series and animated series episodes, I've used the call letters developed by Bjo Trimble for her classic Concordance. Star Trek movies have been designated ST-TMP, ST II, ST III, ST IV, or ST V. Note that these may also refer to information taken from the novelizations and not necessarily the movies themselves. The Next Generation episodes presented a problem. Rather than trying to contrive my own call letters for each episode, I simply used the production numbers. TNG 101/102 is "Encounter at Farpoint" (parts 1 & 2), TNG 103 is "The Naked Now" etc. The Pocket Books novels conveniently use numbers to identify them. Thus: TOS #54 is the Star Trek novel "A Flag Full of Stars" from The Original Series, and TNG #16 is The Next Generation novel "Contamination." David Gerrold's novelization of "Encounter at Farpoint" is designated TNG #0. The # sign is used to differentiate between a TNG novels and live-action episodes. Also, TNG episodes are 3 digits long and TNG novels are 1 or two digits. Assuming the Eugenics Wars don't disrupt Pocket Books' publishing schedule, TNG novels won't reach the 3-digit mark until around 2004 A.D. The so-called "giant novels" created a problem. I simply listed them in publication order and numbered them: GN 1: "Enterprise, The First Adventure" GN 2: "Strangers From The Sky" GN 3: "Final Frontier" GN 4: "Spock's World" GN 5: "The Lost Years" GN 6: "Metamorphosis" (First TNG "giant novel") GN 7: "Prime Directive" GN 8: "Vendetta" GN 9: "Probe" (coming soon...) An even bigger problem were the original novels by Bantam Books. So I did the same, preceding each number by ON (Old Novel): ON 1: "Spock Must Die!" ON 2: "Star Trek: The New Voyages" ON 3: "Spock, Messiah!" ON 4: "The Price of the Phoenix" ON 5: "Planet of Judgement" ON 6: "Star Trek: The New Voyages 2" ON 7: "Mudd's Angels" ON 8: "Vulcan!" ON 9: "The Starless World" ON 10: "Trek to Madworld" ON 11: "World Without End" ON 12: "The Fate of the Phoenix" ON 13: "Devil World" ON 14: "Perry's Planet" ON 15: "The Galactic Whirlpool" ON 16: "Death's Angel" The Alan Dean Foster "Log Series" of novelizations of the animated series has added much background to the Trek universe. Any info taken from them is indicated by Log n, where n is from 1 to 10. Similarly, the James Blish novelizations of the original series are indicated by ST n, where n is from 1 to 12. "Tech Fandom" posed the biggest problem, and the only solution was to invent call letters... ACP: S.S. Aurora Class Space Cruiser Blueprints AES: Avenger Class Evolution Sheet CCP: U.S.S. Caracal Class Command Cruiser Blueprints CDP: U.S.S. Sherman Class Cargo Drone Blueprints CTP: U.S.S. Durance Class Cargo/Tug Class Blueprints DCP: U.S.S. Detroyat Class Heavy Destroyer Blueprints. DDS: Dreadnought Design Sheet (Federation II & Ascension) DPS: U.S.S. Decatur Prototype Test Starship Sheet DYC: DY-Series Comparison Chart ECP: U.S.S. Excelsior/Ingram Space Control Ship Blueprints FCP: U.S.S. Federation Class Dreadnought Blueprints FRS: Federation Reference Series FSF: From the Files of Star Fleet Command HCE: U.S.S. Enterprise Heavy Cruiser Evolution Blueprints HCFP: U.S.S. Almeida Heavy Cruiser/Freighter Blueprints HFP: U.S.S. Avenger Class Heavy Frigate Blueprints ICP: U.S.S. Independence Class Armed Freighter Blueprints LOR: Line Officer Requirements Manuals (2 volumes & 1 supplement) MCP: Merchantman Class J Cargo Ship Blueprints MDS: Menahga Tactical Battlecruiser Development Sheet MRM: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual SCP: U.S.S. Saladin Class Destroyer/Scout Blueprints SFH: Star Fleet Handbooks SotF: Ships of the Fleet (Vol. 1) SsD: Starship Design STM: Star Trek Maps and/or Introduction to Navigation Manual TBoT: The Best of Trek (paperbacks) TM: Star Fleet Technical Manual TMoST: The Making of Star Trek (paperback) In closing, let me add that I am NOT responsible for CREATING this chronology. These dates are COMPILED from numerous sources, spanning over 15 years, from Star Trek "tech fandom" which has been responsible for much of the detailed technical background of the Star Trek Universe. The material from the novels was simply integrated in based upon references given. As for the chronology itself, here are some of my main sources, a bibliography: The Starfleet Handbook (1975): Chuck Graham's 2-page Star Trek Timeline which set the trend for future Trek historians. Not very accurate for certain dates, but overall forming the layout of Trek History. Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual: Featuring an impressive Medical Timeline of dates and a detailed listing of elements and their dates and places of discovery. U.S.S. Enterprise Officer's Manual: The first book to accurately nail down the starting and ending dates of the 5 year mission. The manual is also a treasure chest of birthdates and service records of the Enterprise Officers, and also the launch date of the Constitution class heavy cruiser (c. 2217), nicely jiving with the material in The Making of Star Trek and Star Trek Log 7. As a side note, a Revised U.S.S. Enterprise Officer's Manual was later published--drastically changed with dates ALTERED to fit into the faulty FASA roleplaying/Spaceflight Chronology universe. MUCH was removed and some pages were added, with considerable contributions from Shane Johnson, a die-hard FASA supporter who has his own conflicting tech drawings. The Revised manual should be ignored date-wise at the very least. Star Trek Maps: Once again adding to what went before it, this beautiful package features the U.F.P. mapped out in 4 colorful maps based upon actual star charts PACKED with details. The 29 U.F.P. worlds admission dates into the Federation are given here along with the founding/contact dates in an Introduction to Navigation Manual, which also provides insight into the chronological development of warp drive. U.S.S. Avenger Class Blueprints: Mostly background information and dates about how the "Reliant" of ST II evolved in an excellent set of blueprints. Starship Design: A 23rd Century Naval publication showing numerous ships and their background. Line Officer Requirements: A 3-Volume set (Volumes I & II plus a supplement). The least impressive of all manuals, artwork wise, but easily surpassing FASA works in workmanship and research (if overlooking numerous typographical errors). Numerous historical dates are given. Federation Reference Series: 6 issues forming an updated tech m which includes THE best guide to Star Fleet uniforms ever. The actual launch dates of classic Star Fleet ship classes are given along with their status codes (based upon the Subquadrant info in Star Trek Maps). Dates of uniform issuing, the Klingon War etc. The first manual to go by the 20 year gap (STTMP/ST II) assumption. U.S.S. Ingram/Excelsior Blueprints: Nice prints of the upgraded U.S.S. "Excelsior." Acknowledges the 20 year gap (as does all publications from here on) and supplies dates concerning the transwarp development and the date of the most recent films (2287). U.S.S. Enterprise Heavy Cruiser Evolution Blueprints: 3 giant sheets packed with info, expanding upon Federation Reference Series, giving the launch and commissioning dates of heavy cruisers and how the U.S.S. "Enterprise" was uprated over the decades to match the latest heavy cruiser specs. Ships of the Fleet (Vol. I): An expansion of Heavy Cruiser Evolution Blueprints but with emphasis upon their current status. Not only featuring Heavy Cruisers but also the Belknap strike cruiser and rich backgrounds of each class. Oh, one more thing... This Star Trek Chronology is copyright 1990 by 'James Dixon'. It's not to be sold or altered in any way but you're free to distribute it around all you'd like... In fact, I'm hoping that you do. Leave the altering to me. I'm sure that by the time you read this file my original will be greatly expanded. This originally started off as a hobby for my own private use and I had no intention of uploading it. Now it's grown beyond that. Special thanks go to "Captain" Lyndon Brunel for technical support and additional research and, of course, my deepest thanks to those who've contributed to and expanded upon "tech fandom"...