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STAR TREK TIMELINES --------------------- by Simon Plumbe and Colin Gunn -------------------------------- This is the second and probably the final update of our complete chronological list of major events in TREK history. Unfortunately, there is going to be an official book released in October this year, so we felt it best to drop this feature. However, we've VASTLY expanded on the last issue so we hope you're not TOO disappointed! If nothing else, when the book is released, you can use this guide to check how accurate the book actually is! One last thing, if the book ISN'T released by the time Issue 4 is due out, we will update the guide again! Note - there are some discrepancies between this guide and some of the material on-screen. In Star Trek II, McCoy brings Kirk a bottle of Romulan Ale on his birthday and comments on the vintage as being 2283. However, elsewhere in the film, Khan mentions that he had been stranded on Ceti Alpha V for 15 years, a statement which Kirk also repeats further on in the movie. (Because this is repeated by Kirk, it rules out the possiblity of Khan's memory failing him and him losing track of time.) Now, based on the two statements of Sarek's age ("Sarek" aged 202 and "Journey To Babel" aged 102), we know that there is 100 years difference between Clasic Trek Season 2 and TNG Season 3. It is stated quite clearly (by Data) in "The Neutral Zone" that the year is 2364. Based on that information, TNG Season 3 must take place in the year 2366 and Season 2 Classic Trek must therefore be in the year 2266. Following on from this, "Space Seed", which took place in Classic Trek Season 1 must have occured in the year 2265 and if Khan had been stranded for 15 years then Star Trek II MUST be in the year 2280! The reason I say this is because in almost every other timeline article I have seen, they place the events of Star Trek II - Star Trek V in the year 2286. Make up your own minds... Hopefully this will all be explained properly in the book due out this year. Enough of my excuses, let's get on with it... YEAR EVENT ---- ----- 3834 - Birth of the immortal being, Flint in Mesopotamia. BC 1367 - The fabled creature Ardra strikes a deal with the population of Bentax II, offering them 1000 years of prosperity in return for the planet being handed over to her control after that time. 1930 - Captain James T. Kirk and Commander Spock from USS Enterprise go back in time to New York, America, Earth in pursuit of Doctor McCoy who ran through a time portal known as the Guardian of Forever while temporarily insane! 1936 - U.S. naval vessel USS Enterprise, reg. CVN-6, commissioned. 1939 - Birth of Ralph Offenhouse who was to die in 1994 of a heart attack. His body was cryogenically frozen and was re-awakened by the crew of the USS Enterprise in 2364. 1946 - U.S. naval vessel USS Enterprise, reg. CVN-6, dismantled. 1957 - Uri Gagarin first human into space. 1959 - Birth of Clare Raymond who was to die in 1994 of an annurism. Her husband was to have her body cryogenically frozen. She was re-awakened by the crew of the USS Enterprise in 2364. 1963 - U.S. naval vessel USS Enterprise, reg. CV(N)-65, commissioned. 1969 - Neil Armstrong is first human to land on the moon. 1976 - American Space Shuttle, USS Enterprise, reg. OV-101, launched on series of test flights. The craft never actually left Earth, it was merely airlifted by plane and left to fly back down to the ground. 1986 - American Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 15 seconds after take-off, killing all seven crewmembers on board, including one civilian. - Former command crew of USS Enterprise return to the past to find a pair of humpback whales to re-populate the species. 1992 - The text book, "Chicago Mobs of the 1920's" published. This was left behind on the planet Iota by the USS Horizon in 2166 which resulted in the Iotians basing their entire culture on the book. 1993 - Start of the Eugenics Wars. 1994 - Satellite launched containing a number of cryogenically frozen bodies, including those of Ralph Offenhouse, Clare Raymond and Sonny Clemens, who are revived in the year 2364. 1996 - End of the Eugenics Wars. 2024 - Unification of Ireland. 2036 - New United Nations formed. - New United Nations declared that no citizen of Earth should be made to answer for the crimes of his race or forebears. 2037 - Launch of NASA vessel "Carybdis", commanded by Colonel Steven Richey. This was the third attempt at a space flight outside our solar system. 2040 - The popularity of television as a form of entertainment begins to fade. 2043 - Start of the Mind Control Revolts. 2047 - End of the Mind Control Revolts. 2078 - Start of the "Post-Atomic" age. 2079 - "United Earth" treaty abolished. 2123 - Launch of SS Mariposa, a vessel transporting two groups of colonists to the Ficus Sector, one scientifically based, the other agricultural. 2161 - United Federation of Planets formed. 2164 - Sarek of Vulcan born. 2166 - A copy of the text book, "Chicago Mobs of the 1920's" was left behind on the planet Iota by the USS Horizon, which resulted in the Iotians, a race known to be very imitative, basing their entire culture on the book. 2227 - Dr Leonard "Bones" McCoy born. 2232 - Captain James Tiberius Kirk born. 2244 - Ensign Pavel Chekov born. 2245 - Marshall law is declared on the colony of Tarsus IV by it's then govenor, Kodos when the majority of the planet's food supply is wiped out by a fungal virus. In order to save as many of the population as possible, he order the deaths of over 4,000 people - half of the human population of 8,000. However, shortly after the killings took place, a supply ship arrived on Tarsus IV and Kodos was dubbed "Kodos The Executioner". A burned body was found shortly after, believed to have been Kodos', but he was later discovered under the alias of Anton Karidian, a wandering actor and was identified by James Kirk in 2265. 2251 - A colony ship crashes on Thasus, killing all on board apart from a three year old human child, Charlie Evans. 2255 - The Treaty of Armens is signed between the Federation and the Sheliak. Contact is then broken off between the two and nothing is heard from the Sheliak until 2366. 2258 - A major crop failure occurs on Cerberus, leading to the possible starvation of the entire population, including Doctor McCoy's daughter, Joanna, who was at school there. The population were saved when Carter Winston uses his own personal fortune to transport enough food to guarantee survival for the planet. 2260 - A survey ship, the SS Beagle, is destroyed by it's captain, R. Merik, enabling him to strand all of his crew on the Earth-like planet, 892-IV, a duplicate of Earth apart from the fact that Rome never fell. 2263 - Carter Winston, a well known trader disappears. It is later discovered that his ship crash-landed and he dies a year later. His form is assumed by a Vendorian shape-changer. 2265 - Captain James T. Kirk assumes command of USS Enterprise, aged 33. - Khan Noonian Singh marooned by Kirk on Ceti Alpha V. 2266 - Sarek of Vulcan suffers several heart attacks, aged 102. 2267 - Kirk's wife, Miramanee is killed while the couple were under attack from a mob of indians who believed Kirk to be a God. Kirk was temporarily suffering from amnesia. 2270 - USS Enterprise returns to Earth from it's five-year mission under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. 2274 - Launch of the colony vessel, Artemis. The vessel was presumed lost, but was infact sent off course and landed on the planet Tau Cygna V, a planet that belonged to the Sheliaks. 2280 - Kirk re-encounters Khan after his escape from Ceti Alpha V. - Captain Spock dies of radiation poisoning while saving USS Enterprise from destruction. - USS Enterprise returns to Earth to be de-commissioned. - Kirk and his remaining command crew steal the USS Enterprise to retrieve the body of Captain Spock from the Genesis Planet. - USS Enterprise is destroyed when Kirk sets the self-destruct mechanism to prevent capture by a Klingon boarding party. - Earth is attacked by a probe of unknown origin. It is discovered that the probe's signal, which is destroying the Earth's atmosphere, is the signal made by humpback whales and Admiral James T. Kirk and former command crew of USS Enterprise travel back to the late 20th Century to collect a pair of whales in order to re-populate the species. - USS Enterprise NCC 1701-A launched. The ship is actually the USS Yorktown, re-named. Command given to James Kirk after his demotion to Captain. 2290 - The Klingon vessel "Tong" is launched towards the Federation border on a secret military mission. All the crew travelled while in suspended animation. 2292 - Praxis, the Klingon moon, explodes leaving the Klingon Empire only 50 years of life. This forces the Klingons to initialise peace talks with the Federation. 2311 - Final contact the Federation has with the Romulans until events of the mysterious attacks on Federation and Romulan outposts (believed to be caused by the Borg) in 2364. 2333 - Launch of the USS Stargazer, NCC 2893, on it's historic 22 year mission, which was later to be commanded by Jean-Luc Picard. 2338 - Lt. Commander Data discovered on Omicron Theta. 2344 - Enterprise "C" destroyed by a Romulan attack while responding to a Klingon distress call. Lt Tasha Yar one of few survivors kidnapped by the Romulans. - A Federation starship is destroyed by the insect-like race, the Jarada when the captain fails to deliver the customary greeting properly during a diplomatic mission. There is no further contact with the race for another 20 years. 2345 - Tasha Yar gives birth to her half-Human half-Romulan daughter, Sela. 2348 - Wesley Crusher born to parents Beverly and Jack Crusher. 2349 - Tasha Yar killed while trying to escape her Romulan captors. 2350 - Riker and his father lose contact with each other, presumably when Riker enters the Academy. They do not meet again until 15 years later on the Enterprise. 2353 - While Kyle Riker was acting as a civilian strategist advising Starfleet over their conflict with the Tholians, the starbase he was on was attacked, killing all on board apart from Kyle Riker. Shortly after, he meets Kate Pulaski and they begin a relationship, which is broken off due to Kyle's devotion to his career. 2355 - USS Stargazer attacked by unknown forces (later discovered to be the Ferengi) while under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The ship is subsequently abandoned, but not before the Ferengi are defeated when Picard first makes use of the now-legendary "Picard Manoeuvre". 2356 - The last known Turellian ship is destroyed by the Alcians. The Turellians were a race of humanoids who were all but wiped out due to biological warfare. A cure for the plague, that all Turellians carry, has yet to have been found. Another ship was to be encountered by the USS Enterprise in 2364. 2364 - Tasha Yar killed by Armus while trying to reach a trapped Deanna Troi. - Lt. Worf promoted to Chief of Security. 2365 - Lt. J.G. Geordi LaForge promoted to full Lt. and re-assigned as Chief Engineer. - Doctor Katherine Pulaski assigned to the Enterprise as a replacement for Doctor Beverly Crusher, currently Head of Starfleet Medical. - USS Enterprise is the first Federation vessel to encounter the race known as the Borg. Enterprise is defeated in combat and returns to Federation space after the being known as Q interferes, but not before 18 crew members were killed. 2366 - Sarek of Vulcan diagnosed of having Bandi Syndrome, aged 202. - USS Enterprise 1701-D enters an alternative timeline after the NCC 1701-C has passed through a portal in space, into the present day. The Enterprise "C" was in the middle of defending a Klingon outpost from Romulan attack. When the "C" travelled through time, history was changed and Tasha Yar was still alive - she returns to the year 2344 with the Enterprise "C" to correct the change. - Body of Lore, twin "brother" of Lt. Commander Data found floating in space by Pakled vessel after drifting for 2 years. - Birth of Worf's son, Alexander. 2367 - Miles Edward O'Brien and Keiko Ishigawa marry. - Wesley Crusher is finally accepted to enter the Starfleet Academy. - Lt Worf resigns his commission as a Starfleet Officer over a conflict between his loyalty to Starfleet and to the Klingon Empire. 2368 - Sarek of Vulcan dies, aged 204. - Keiko O'Brien gives birth to a daughter, Molly O'Brien. - Lt. Worf's son, Alexander, returns from Earth where he was staying with Worf's human parents and joins his father permanently on the Enterprise. 2369 - Miles O'Brien and his family transfer from USS Enterprise to Starbase Deep Space Nine. Well that's it! Now go any buy the book! Some of the material in this guide has been adapted from information in the Star Trek Chronology by William Stone III and Allan Finkas distributed on the FidoNet system.