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2218: First contact with the Klingon Empire. The incident is a disaster, leading to nearly a
century of hostilities between the Klingons and the Federation. [This fact is trumped by the series primere of
Enterprise.]
2222: Montgomery Scott is born.
2227: Leonard H. McCoy is born.
2230: Spock is born on Vulcan, son of Sarek and Amanda.
2233: James T. Kirk is born in Iowa on Earth.
2237: Hikaru Sulu is born in San Francisco on Earth.
2239: Uhura is born on Earth.
2243: Dr. Richard Daystrom invents duotronics, the basis for the computer systems used aboard the
Enterprise.
2245: The first FEDERATION Starship USS Enterprise is launched. This
Starfleet vessel bears the registry number of NCC-1701 and is originally classifed as a Starship class vessel, but is
later changed to Constitution class. Captain Robert April commands the ship's first five-year mission of
exploration. Pavel A. Chekov is born.
2249: Spock enters Starfleet Academy.
2250: Kirk enrolls in Starfleet Academy. As a cadet, he serves aboard the USS Republic.
2251: Christopher Pike assumes command of the Starship Enterprise. He heads two
five-year missions of exploration into the unknown.
2252: As a Starfleet Academy cadet, Spock begins serving aboard the Enterprise under Captain
Pike.
2253: Spock graduates from Starfleet Academy.
2254: Kirk graduates from Starfleet Academy, the only cadet ever to beat the infamous "no-win"
Kobayashi Maru training scenario. Kirk is assigned to USS Farragut. Under the command of Christopher Pike,
USS Enterprise encounters the Talosians on Talos IV.
2261: David Marcus, son of James Kirk and Carol Marcus, is born.
2264: Enterprise's commanding officer, Captain Christopher Pike is promoted to Fleet Captain
while Starfleet officer James T. Kirk is promoted to Captain and is given commmand of the Enterprise. Tuvok is
born.
2265: With Kirk in command, Enterprise begins its fourth and most historic five-year mission.
Enterprise encounters the Galactic Barrier, resulting in the initial death of nine crewmembers and the
mutation of navigator Gary Mitchell and psychiatrist Dr. E. Dehner, both later die on Delta Vega.
2266: Dr. Leonard H. McCoy replaces Mark Piper as Enterprise's chief surgeon. Lt. Hikaru Sulu
accepts a transfer from the ship's physics department to the helm.
(TOS1) First contact with First Federation via
Balok and his ship the Fesarius. A Romulan vessel violate the Neutral Zone for the first time in over a
century. The Bird-of-Prey destroys four Federation neutral zone outposts before being destroyed by Enterprise.
Fleet Captain Christopher Pike is severely injured in a training accident.
2267: Captain Kirk is court martialed on the charge of negligent homicide but is found not guilty.
Science officer Spock is promoted to Commander. Enterprise is commendered by Spock who has also kidnapped the
severely injured and immobile Captain Pike. Spock is court martialled en route to Talos IV. Spock is found not guilty
and Pike is beamed down to Talos IV to live out his life. Enterprise is accidentally throwing back in time
following a near collision with a black hole; the ship later returns to the proper time. S.S. Botany Bay, the sleeper
ship of Khan Nooien Singh, is discovered adrift near the Mutara Sector. Khan and his followers are exiled to planet
Ceti Alpha V, after an attempted hijacking of the Enterprise fails. Relations with the Klingon Empire
deteriorate; open warfare is averted by establishment of the Organian Peace Treaty.
(TOS2) Spock returns to Vulcan to take T'Pring
as his bride, but he is spurned in favor of Stonn. An automated weapon from another galaxy, dubbed the Doomsday
Machine or planet-killer, is encountered by first USS Constellation then by the Enterprise. It is
deactivated when the Constellation is flown in and her engines are detonated. Coridan is admitted to the
Federation after the Babel Conference.
2268: (TOS2) Enterprise is outfitted with a new computer called M-5 created by Richard
Daystrom. During tests of combat conditions, the ship, under M-5's control, fires full phasers at four of its' sister
ships. Excalibur is destroyed with all hands and Lexington is heavily damaged before the computer is
disconnected. Klingon-Romulan alliance established, permitting the exchange of spacecraft designs and military
technology, including the cloaking device.
(TOS3) Enterpise travels through the
Romulan Neutral Zone, into Romulan territory and is surrounded. Kirk and Spock, who are on a covert mission, are
arrested by Romulan authorities but successfully escape and achieve the primary mission objective; obtaining the
improved cloaking device. While investigating the disappearance of the USS Defiant, the Enterprise
encounters the Tholians and discovers a spatial phenomenon called interphase.
2269: (TOS3) Enterprise's crew study the Excalbians from orbit as Kirk and Spock visit
the surface. [It is the webmaster's guess that "Star Trek: The Animated Series" would have taken place after the
end of Season 3.]
2270: Kirk's five-year mission ends as the Enterprise returns to Spacedock. While Kirk is
promoted to Admiral and Chief of Starfleet Operations, Enterprise senior officers Spock and Dr. Leonard H.
McCoy retire from Starfleet.
2271: Starfleet begins a major refit project on Constitution class starships beginning
with USS Enterprise. The refit of Enterprise is supervised by the ship's Chief Engineer, Commander
Montgomery Scott. Demora Sulu, daughter of Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu, is born.
2273: (ST1) A mysterious cloud enters Federation space through Klingon territory on course to
Earth. To intercept the object Starfleet grants Admiral Kirk's request for demotion to captain and is given command
of Enterprise which successfully investigates the cloud and the vessel within, learning that it was once the
NASA probe Voyager 6. The ship and crew defends Earth from the V'Ger probe. Spock and McCoy return to Starfleet.
After the V'Ger incident ends and undergoing "a proper shakedown", Enterprise sets forth on another five-year
mission of exploration, with Kirk in command.
2278: Upon returning to Earth, Captain James T. Kirk and his crew complete another five-year mission
of exploration aboard the Enterprise. The successful mission is Kirk's second while in command of the starship
and Enterprise's fifth since it was commissioned. Spock is promoted to Captain, assumes command of the
Enterprise, and becomes an instructor at Starfleet Academy.USS Enterprise is assigned to training duty
at the Academy.
2284: Starfleet begins testing on the experimental vessel USS Excelsior which is registered as
NX-2000. As part of the Transwarp Development Project, the vessel is equipped with a transwarp drive and dubbed "The
Great Experiment". After having been retired for a number of years, James T. Kirk decides to return to Starfleet. He
returns with the rank of Admiral and is given an instructor position at Starfleet Academy.
2285: (ST2) Khan escapes Ceti Alpha V by hijacking the Miranda class starship
USS Reliant. He also steals Project Genesis from its creators, Drs. Carol and David Marcus, at the Regula 1
science station. USS Reliant is destroyed along with the Mutara Nebula when the Genesis torpedo is detonated
aboard the ship by Khan in his attempt to destroy the Enterprise which is under the temporary command of
Admiral Kirk. Spock dies after successfully restarting the ship's warp drive, allowing the ship to escape
destruction, but not before transferring his katra (soul) to Dr. McCoy. Spock's remains are placed in a photon
torpedo casing and launched into space. The torpedo gently lands on the newly-formed Genesis Planet.
(ST3) As the Enterprise returns to
Earth, Spock's body is reborn on Genesis. The Oberth class science vessel USS Grissom begins to
survey Genesis but is destroyed by a Klingon Bird-of-Prey, however two of the ship's crew; David Marcus and Lt.
Saavik survive on the planet but are located by a Klingon landing party. On Earth, it is discovered that Spock's
katra resides in McCoy's mind. Kirk asks for permission to go to Genesis to retrieve Spock's body but is refused.
He and his senior officers steal the Starship Enterprise and head to Genesis. Upon arrival, Enterprise
encounters the Bird-of-Prey and a brief scuffle between the ships occurs, disabling both. Kruge, the Klingon
commander, states he has prisoners on the surface and orders the death of one of them. Attempting to protect Saavik
and the reborn Spock, David Marcus, Kirk's son, is killed. Kirk surrenders and Klingon troops board
Enterprise however, Kirk and his crew activate the Enterprise's auto-destruct sequence and beam down to
Genesis. Enterprise explodes in orbit, killing most of the Bird-of-Prey's crew, the its' remains tumbling into
and burning up in the atmosphere. is stolen then destroyed by Kirk and crew as they rescue Spock's body, which is
later reunited with his katra on his home planet of Vulcan.
2286: (ST4) Kirk and company save Earth from an alien probe by bringing two humpback whales
from the 20th Century to the 23rd Century. For disobeying direct orders, Kirk is demoted from Admiral to Captain.
Starfleet launches the second Federation starship to bear the name Enterprise. The vessel is a refitted
Constitution class ship, bears the registry number NCC-1701-A and is placed under Kirk's command.
2287: (ST5) Starship Enterprise-A is hijacked by Spock's half-brother, Sybok, who
pursues his visions of God. The Transwarp Development Project is deemed unsuccessful by Starfleet, but believe that
Excelsior has potential and decides to refit the ship with standard warp drive and re-registers the vessel as
NCC-2000.
2290: Refit procedures are completed aboard USS Excelsior. Commander Hikaru Sulu,
helmsman of Starship Enterprise, is promoted to Captain and assumes command of Excelsior.
2293: (ST6) Klingon moon Praxis explodes, crippling the Klingon economy, forcing the
Khitomer peace accords. Starship Enterprise-A is retired by Starfleet. The ship's senior officers also
retire.
(ST7) The modified Excelsior class
starship USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-B, is launched under the command of Captain John Harriman with Ensign Demora
Sulu as helmsman. Captain James T. Kirk is reported killed on the maiden voyage of the ship.
2294: Transporting Captain Montgomery Scott (retired), USS Jenolen disappears en route to the
Norpin V Colony.
2298: Tuvok resigns from Starfleet.
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