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The 23rd Century

2222

Montgomery Scott is born.

2227

Leonard H. McCoy is born.

2230

Spock, son of Sarek and Amanda, is born on Vulcan.

2233

22 March — James T. Kirk is born in Iowa on Earth.

   An alternate timeline begins this year.

2237

Hikaru Sulu is born in San Francisco on Earth.

2239

Uhura is born on Earth.

2243

Dr. Richard Daystrom invents a new computer system called duotronics, which becomes the basis for the computer systems aboard Federation ships, including the first, second and third ships named Enterprise, for the next ninety years.

2245

A starship of the United Federation of Planets is launched and commissioned as USS Enterprise into Starfleet service. The Starfleet vessel bears the registry number 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 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

James T. Kirk graduates from Starfleet Academy as the only cadet ever to beat the infamous “no-win” Kobayashi Maru training scenario. His first assignment as a Lieutenant is aboard 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.

Future Starship Voyager Security Chief Tuvok is born.

2265

With Kirk in command, Enterprise begins its fourth and most historic five-year mission of exploration. During the first year of this mission, Enterprise encounters the Galactic Barrier; resulting in the initial death of nine crewmembers and the mutation of navigator Gary Mitchell and psychiatrist Dr. Elizabeth 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 the First Federation via Balok and his ship, the Fesarius. A Romulan vessel violates the Neutral Zone for the first time in over a century. The Bird-of-Prey destroys four Federation neutral zone outposts before being severely damaged by Enterprise. The Romulan ship's commander destroys his ship rather than being captured. Fleet Captain Christopher Pike is severely injured in a training accident.

2267

(TOS1) — Captain Kirk is court-martialed on the charge of negligent homicide but is found not guilty. Science officer Spock is promoted to Commander. Spock kidnaps the severly injured and immobile Fleet Captain Pike and commandeers the Enterprise in order to take Pike to Talos IV. Spock is court-martialed en route but, is found not guilty and Pike is beamed down to Talos IV to live out his life.
Enterprise is accidentally thrown back in time to the mid-20th Century following a near collision with a black hole; following a brief visit to Earth and its' past, the ship returns to the mid-23rd Century by using the “sling-shot” effect around the Sun. S.S. Botany Bay, the sleeper ship of Khan Noonien Singh, is discovered adrift near the Mutara Sector. After an failed attempt to hijack the Enterprise, Khan and his followers are exiled to the planet Ceti Alpha V. Relations with the Klingon Empire deteriorate; open warfare is averted when the Organians impose a peace treaty on the Federation and the Empire, establishing the Organian (Federation-Klingon) Neutral Zone.

(TOS2) — Spock returns to Vulcan to take T'Pring as his bride, but he is spurned in favor of another Vulcan named Stonn.  An automated weapon from another galaxy, dubbed “The Doomsday Machine” or “planet-killer”, is encountered first by USS Constellation (NCC-1017) then by the Enterprise. The device is deactivated when the Constellation is flown into the weapon's maw 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. USS Excalibur is destroyed with all hands and USS Lexington is heavily damaged before the computer is disconnected. The 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 by Klingon-designed Romulan warships. Kirk and Spock, 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 USS Defiant (NCC-1764), the Enterprise encounters the Tholians and discovers a spatial phenomenon called interphase in which Defiant, ultimately disappears into the phenomenon.

2269

(TOS3)Enterprise's crew study the Excalbians from orbit as Kirk and Spock visit the surface. [It is estimated that “Star Trek: The Animated Series” would occur following the end of Season 3.]

2270

Enterprise returns to Earth, completing its fourth five-year mission of exploration. The vessel's captain, James T. Kirk is promoted to (Rear) Admiral & Chief of Starfleet Operations as First Officer Commander Spock and Chief Medical Officer Lt. Commander 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 service as the incident unfolds. Following the V'Ger incident and undergoing “a proper shakedown”, Enterprise sets forth on its' fifth five-year mission of exploration, the second with James T. Kirk in command.

2278

Captain James T. Kirk and his crew complete their second five-year mission of exploration aboard the Enterprise. The successful mission is Enterprise's fifth since it was commissioned. Upon returning to Earth, Kirk retires from Starfleet. Spock is promoted to Captain, assumes command of the Enterprise, and becomes an instructor at Starfleet Academy as the vessel is assigned to the Academy for training duty.

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”.

Having been retired for six years, James T. Kirk decides to return to Starfleet. Upon his return, Starfleet promotes Kirk to Admiral and gives him an instructor position at Starfleet Academy.

2285

(ST2) — The genetically-modified human Khan Noonien Singh and his followers escape Ceti Alpha V by hijacking the Miranda-class starship USS Reliant (NCC-1864). He maroons most of the ship's crew on Ceti Alpha V, learns of Project Genesis from the ship's captain and first officer and uses those officers in an attempt to steal the Project Genesis materials from its creators, Drs. Carol and David Marcus, at the Regula 1 science station. Dr. Carol Marcus requests assistance from Admiral Kirk, who is aboard Enterprise during an Acadamy training cruise. Kirk assumes command of the ship and heads to the science station. En route to the station, Enterprise is attacked by Reliant under Khan's command. After taking heavy damage, Enterprise is able to disable Reliant and flee to the station. At the science station, a landing party from Enterprise discovers most of the Project Genesis science team dead but the Reliant's captain and first officer alive. The landing party learn of a cave created by Project Genesis experiments under the surface of Regula I.

   Once there, the landing party find some of the science team alive including Drs. Carol and David Marcus. However, Khan is able to obtain the Genesis Device and other materials related to the project. Enterprise attempts to flee into the Mutara Nebula and Reliant pursues the damaged ship. In the nebula Enterprise and Reliant battle each other and Reliant is destroyed along with the entire Mutara Nebula when the Genesis Device is detonated aboard the ship by Khan in his attempt to destroy the Enterprise. Spock dies from radiation poisoning 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. Despite the destruction of the Grissom, two members of the ship's crew; David Marcus and Lt. Saavik survive on the planet but are located and captured 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 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 ship's auto-destruct sequence and beam down to Genesis. Enterprise explodes in orbit, killing most of the Bird-of-Prey's crew; its' remains tumble into and burn up in the atmosphere.

   On the surface, Kirk and his crew locate Savvik, Spock's regenerated body, the body of David Marcus and the Klingon guard who is shot by Kirk. Kruge returns to the surface, Kirk's crew is beamed up to the Bird-of-Prey while Kirk and Kruge engage in hand-to-hand combat as the planet tears itself apart. Kirk kills Kruge, contacts the Bird-of-Prey and beams up to the ship with Spock's body. Under Kirk's command, the Bird-of-Prey flees Genesis as it explodes and heads to Vulcan to re-fuse Spock's katra with his body which is ultimately successful.

2286

(ST4) — Following three months on Vulcan, Kirk and company choose to return to Earth to face judgement of the crimes they committed while saving Spock. En route, they learn that the transmissions of an orbiting probe of unknown origin is causing enviromental havoc to Earth, particularly its' oceans. Spock determines that the probe's transmissions could be answered by humpback whales which are extinct on 23rd Century Earth. To save Earth, Kirk decides to travel back in time using the “sling-shot effect” and retrieve the despritely whales in the past. With assistance from 20th Century cetacean biologist Dr. Gillian Taylor, Kirk and his crew are able to bring two humback whales to the 23rd Century and release them in San Fransisco Bay. The whales communicate with the probe and it departs Earth without further incident.

   In the Federation Council chambers, the Federation President announces that all charges except one against Kirk and his crew are dropped “due to mitigating circumstances”. The remaining charge of disobeying a superior officer, Starfleet's Commander-in-Chief, specifically; is solely against Admiral Kirk. The President announces that the Council's judgement against Kirk is that he is demoted to the rank of Captain and granted the opportunity to command a starship again. Starfleet launches and commissions the second Federation starship to bear the name Enterprise. Bearing registry number NCC-1701-A, the refit Constitution-class starship is placed under Kirk's command.

2287

(ST5) — Sybok, an exiled Vulcan, gathers followers on Nimbus III; “The Planet of Galactic Peace” by freeing their minds of guilt and fear as part of a larger plan to meet “God” on “Sha Ka Ree”, a supposed planet located at the center of the galaxy. Sybok and his followers capture the only settlement on the planet and three diplomats; a human, a Klingon, and a Romulan. The Federation responds by sending the Enterprise-A without a full complement to Nimbus III. Upon arrival, Kirk, several of his senior officers, and a security team travel by shuttle to the surface. Kirk and his team are captured following a brief skirmish on the surface. Sybok, along with several of his followers, including the diplomats-turned-followers, and Kirk & his senior officers attempt to return to the Enterprise but are initially prevented from doing so due to a Klingon Bird-of-Prey in the area. Kirk orders the Enterprise and the shuttle's helmsman, Commander Hikaru Sulu, to perform an unorthodox emergency landing procedure, which works but wrecks the shuttle in the bay. Enterprise escapes at Warp Speed just as the Klingon vessel fires a torpedo at them. Kirk, Spock and McCoy are placed in the brig while the Enterprise's course is set for the center of the galaxy. While in the brig Kirk and McCoy learn from Spock that Sybok is Spock's half-brother. Chief Engineer Captain Montgomery Scott effects a “jailbreak” for the trio, who escape to the observation deck to use an emergency transmitter to request assistance from Starfleet, however the message is intercepted by the Klingons.

   The Enterprise arrives at and passes through the Great Barrier at the center of the galaxy and reaches Sha Ka Ree. Sybok, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy travel to the planet's surface by shuttle. On the surface, the group meet “God” and “God” insists on the use of the Enterprise to “spread his wisdom”. Kirk questions “God”'s motives and is attacked for it. Spock is also attacked by the “God” entity when he attempts to back Kirk. Sybok confronts the entity and the two have a physical confrontation. Kirk orders Enterprise to fire a torpedo directly on their position, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy escape but Sybok is killed. The trio return to the shuttle but are unable to leave because the entity has disable it. Kirk contacts Scott and Scott is able to beam up Spock and McCoy to the Enterprise but the ship is attacked by the Klingons before Kirk can be beamed up. While Kirk is being pursued by the entity, Spock convinces the Klingon diplomat to use his authority to get the Klingon ship to rescue Kirk. Kirk is rescued and the entity is destroyed by the Klingons. Enterprise and the Klingon Bird-of-Prey eventually leave Sha Ka Ree and return to their respective territory.

2288

The Transwarp Development Project is deemed unsuccessful by Starfleet, but believes that Excelsior itself has potential and begins to refit the ship with standard warp drive.

2290

The refit of USS Excelsior is completed and the vessel is re-registered by Starfleet with the number NCC-2000. Commander Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of Starship Enterprise, is promoted to Captain and given command of Excelsior; begins a three-year mission of mapping gaseous anomolies in the Beta Quadrant of the galaxy.

2293

(ST6) — On its return journey home, Starship Excelsior is hit by a massive shockwave created by the explosion of the Klingon moon Praxis. The moon was the Empire's key energy production facility and its' loss cripples the Klingon economy and causes irreparable damage to the atmosphere of the Klingon homeworld. Starfleet Command sends the Enterprise to escort the ship transporting Chancellor of the Klingon High Council and his staff to Earth for peace negotiations. During the voyage however the Chancellor is assassinated and Kirk, along with Dr. McCoy, is arrested for the assassination. The new Chancellor, the deceased Chancellor's daughter, negotiates with the Federation President for a new secret and neutral location for peace talks. Kirk and McCoy are tried & convicted of the assassination and are sentenced to life in prison on the penal asteroid of Rura Penthe. Kirk and McCoy escape from prison and are rescued by their ship. Kirk and his crew determine that there is a conspiracy taking place to prevent peace and the conspirators include Starfleet and Klingon military officers. They also learn that the new location of the peace talks is “Camp Khitomer, near the Romulan border”, from Captain Sulu of the Excelsior and head there to prevent the possibility of another assassination.

   Upon arriving in the Khitomer star system, Enterprise is intercepted and attacked by a Klingon Bird-of-Prey that can fire its' weapons while cloaked. The one-sided battle results in heavy damage to the Enterprise as the Excelsior arrives, which is also assaulted by the cloaked Klingon ship. Aboard Enterprise, Spock and McCoy modify a photon torpedo to detect the ionized gas exhaust of the Klingon ship. Once launched, the torpedo homes in on and hits the Bird-of-Prey allowing Excelsior and Enterprise fire torpedo barrages that destroys the Klingon ship and kills a number of the conspirators. Kirk and his crew, along with Sulu and a contingent of his ship's security personnel, transport down to the surface and prevent the assassinations of the Federation President & the new Klingon Chancellor and capture the remaining conspirators. The peace negotiations continue and successfully establish the Khitomer Peace Accords between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire.

   Following its brief seven years of service to the Federation, Starship Enterprise-A returns to Earth and is decommissioned by Starfleet as the ship's senior officers retire.

(ST7) — A modified Excelsior-class starship is commissioned into Federation service as the third ship to bear the name Enterprise. The vessel, registered as NCC-1701-B, is launched under the command of Captain John Harriman with Ensign Demora Sulu as helmsman and retired Starfleet offiers James T. Kirk, Montgomery Scott and Pavel Chekov onboard as honored guests for the maiden voyage. During the voyage the ship receives a distress signal and Harriman decides to help despite the ship not being fully manned or outfitted. Enterprise-B is able to save 47 refugees but is caught in the gravitational pull of an energy ribbon that the ship encounters. Captain Kirk personally reconfigures the Enterprise-B's navigational deflector to fire a antimatter discharge, freeing the ship. However, the section of the Enterprise's secondary hull that Captain Kirk is in is hit by the energy ribbon. There is no trace of him and it is reported that he was killed (in action), saving the lives of others.

2294

While transporting retired Starfleet engineer Montgomery Scott, USS Jenolen disappears en route to the Norpin V Colony.

2298

Tuvok resigns from Starfleet.