DATE: April 2271
STARDATE: 6987.1
INFO SOURCE: Five years after the first episode of Star Trek.
The U.S.S. Enterprise returns to Earth to spacedock at the end of
its historic five year mission.
This final trip was the last star-hour Kirk would log for the next
two and a half years. (Until October 2273 of course, Star Trek - The
Motion Picture). |
 DATE:
Sometime in 2271
INFO SOURCE: 22 years before the Enterprise-B sequence in
Star Trek:
GenerationsDemora Sulu is born |
DATE: Late April 2271
INFO SOURCE: The Lost Years novels
The crew goes on six months shore leave. |
DATE: Late July 2271
INFO SOURCE: 3 months into shore leave, The Lost Years novels
Admiral Nogura goes to the Kirk farm in Iowa and offers Jim a job as
a Starfleet Admiral. |
DATE: Late October 2271
INFO SOURCE: The Lost Years novels
Kirk meets with Ciana at Starfleet Operations, where she outlines
the duties of the new position. Kirk agrees to take on the job, a
fateful decision that would haunt him later. |
DATE: Early November 2271
INFO SOURCE: The Lost Years novels
Shore leave completed, the crew of the Enterprise take on new
assignments. Kirk begins his new job, and becomes an Admiral.
Spock returns to Vulcan to study Kohlinahr, Bones leaves Starfleet. |
 DATE:
Early November 2271
INFO SOURCE: The Lost Years novels, nine months before events of
Flag Full of Stars novel.Willard Decker is selected as Captain for the U.S.S.
Enterprise, to oversee her refit and command her when she is
returned to duty. |
DATE: Sometime in 2272
INFO SOURCE: Almost a century before Deep Space Nine's "Blood
Oath".Klingon forces, lead by Kor,
with a victory over the Romulans at the battle of Klach D'kel Brakt. |
DATE: Sometime in 2272
INFO SOURCE: Almost a century before The Next Generation's "Sub
Rosa".The terraforming project at
the planet Caldos is completed. The planet is a Scottish colony. |
DATE: Sometime in 2273
INFO SOURCE: 93 years prior to The Next Generation's "Sarek"
Ambassador Sarek of Vulcan begins working on a treaty with the
Legarans. |
 DATE:
October 2273
STARDATE: 7412.6
MOVIE: Star Trek The Motion Picture
INFO SOURCE: Date is speculation.
Eighteen months after the end of Captain Kirk's five year mission
aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, the starship and its crew are called
back into action when a mysterious, destructive cloud obliterates
three Klingon battle cruisers and a Federation space-station as it
proceeds on a direct course for Earth. Full synopsis coming
soon... |
DATE: November 2273
INFO SOURCE: Star Trek The Motion Picture
The Enterprise undergoes a brief shakedown cruise. |
DATE: Sometime in 2274
INFO SOURCE: This date is somewhat arbitrary, but it seems clear
that the Organians would probably have intervened in the events of
Star Trek III or certainly Star Trek VI under the treaty they
established in the Original Series episode "Errand of Mercy". Their
fate remains a mystery.Somewhere in
here, it is apparent that the Organians ceased to enforce the peace
treaty between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon
Empire. |
DATE: Sometime in 2274
INFO SOURCE: 92 years before The Next Generation's "The
Ensigns of Command"The colony ship
Artemis departs on a mission to settle Septimus Minor. |
DATE: January 2274
INFO SOURCE: Conjecture, also explored in many novels, and some
comic books.The start of a second Five
Year Mission for the Starship Enterprise under Admiral Kirk.
Note: The would also be when the events of the Star Trek series -
Star Trek: Phase II - would have taken place. |
 DATE:
Sometime in 2276
INFO SOURCE: 96 years before Voyager's "Innocence"
Tressa is born on Drayan II in the Delta Quadrant. |
 DATE:
Sometime in 2278
INFO SOURCE: 97 years before Deep Space Nine's "Field
of Fire"Chu'lak, a Vulcan that would
later commit three murders on Deep Space Nine in 2375, is born. |
DATE: January 2278
INFO SOURCE: Conjecture, also explored in many novels, and some
comic books.Starship Enterprise returns
from its second five year mission lead by James T. Kirk. |
DATE: Sometime in 2280
INFO SOURCE: Date is speculation based on events mentioned in
Deep Space Nine's "Once
More Into the Breach" - placing this event here may help explain
the level of hostility between the United Federation of Planets and Klingon forces in Star Trek III
The Search for Spock.At the battle of
Caleb-IV, Klingon forces led by Kang and Kor win a great victory
over Federation forces. This was one of the first uses of the
Klingon cloaking device in combat, and was used aboard the old D-5
class Klingon cruisers. Kor was commanding the Klothos at the time. |
DATE: Sometime in 2281
INFO SOURCE: Conjecture based on
Star Trek
Generations.Admiral Kirk retires
from Starfleet. |
 DATE:
Sometime in 2281
INFO SOURCE: Conjecture, Star Trek Chronology page 83.
Saavik enters Starfleet Academy |
 DATE:
Sometime in 2282
INFO SOURCE: Eleven years before the 23rd century segment in
Star Trek
GenerationsKirk, staying at his
uncle's farm in Iowa, meets Antonia. The two fall deeply in love. |
DATE: Sometime in 2285
INFO SOURCE: Deep Space Nine episode "Equilibrium"
Torias Dax, who had been living as a joined Trill
for less than a year, is killed in a fatal shuttle accident. The Dax
symbiont survived, and was joined with Joran Belar, the sixth host,
to become Joran Dax. Joran had been previously deemed unsuitable as
a host but was mistakenly accepted by the Trill Symbiosis Commission
as an initiate. |
 DATE:
Sometime in 2285
STARDATE:
8130.4
MOVIE: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
INFO SOURCE: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
As Admiral James T. Kirk contemplates his fiftieth
birthday, the U.S.S. Reliant encounters Khan Noonien Singh and his
followers marooned on Ceti Alpha V. Seizing control of the vessel,
Khan's quest for vengeance against Admiral Kirk is side-tracked when he
learns of the experimental Genesis Device; a process that can create or
destroy whole worlds in the blink of an eye. Full synopsis
available later... |
 DATE:
Sometime in 2285
STARDATE:
8210.3
MOVIE: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
INFO SOURCE: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
The U.S.S. Enterprise limps home after the defeat
of Khan, the death of Mr. Spock and the creation of the Genesis
Planet. While the Federation hopes to keep Genesis a secret, a
Klingon bird of prey under the command of Lord Kruge learns of its
existence and plans to capture the secret of the process for the
Klingon Empire. Meanwhile, when Ambassador Sarek informs Kirk that
Spock's katra may be able to be restored to his body, Admiral Kirk
and his crew steal the Enterprise and return to Genesis to find
their absent friend. Full synopsis available later... |
 DATE:
Sometime in 2286
STARDATE:
8390
MOVIE: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
INFO SOURCE: Star Trek IV was set 78 years prior to the events
of The Next Generation's "Encounter
at Farpoint" according to next generation promotional material.
Resolved to return to Earth to face the
consequences of their actions, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise
learn of a mysterious alien probe sending out destructive signals at
Earth causing critical damage to the planet. Upon investigation, Mr.
Spock learns that the probe's signals can only be answered by
humpback whales; a species extinct in the 23rd century. With no
choice, the crew travels back in time to 1986 San Francisco; a place
where none of them have ever gone before. Full synopsis available
later... |
 DATE:
Sometime in 2287
STARDATE:
8454.1
MOVIE: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
INFO SOURCE: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
When Federation, Klingon and Romulan
representatives on Nimbus III; "The Planet of Galactic Peace" are
taken hostage by a radical group, the new U.S.S. Enterprise is sent
in to rescue them. Little do they know that the hostages are mere
bait for the leader's true intention, that of acquiring the
Enterprise itself. After hijacking the starship, he sets it on a
course for the Great Barrier at the center of the galaxy where he
hopes to find Sha Ka Ree; his God. Full synopsis available
later... |
 DATE:
Sometime in 2293
STARDATE:
9521.6
MOVIE: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
INFO SOURCE: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
The Klingon energy production facility, Praxis,
explodes, leaving the Klingon Empire with fifty years of life
remaining. With no other options, the Klingon chancellor, Gorkon,
opens up dialogue with the Federation, dealing with Mr. Spock.
Volunteering for Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock arranges for the U.S.S.
Enterprise to escort the chancellor's flagship to Earth. However, en
route, the flagship is attacked and the chancellor is murdered by
two Starfleet crewmembers leaving Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy as the
main suspects. Full synopsis available later... |
 DATE:
c. July 2293
INFO SOURCE: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (exact date
is speculation).After only seven years
of service, the Enterprise A is (for some reason) decommissioned. |
 DATE:
Late 2293
MOVIE: 23rd Century portion of
Star Trek
Generations
INFO SOURCE:
Star Trek: GenerationsA Champagne
bottle tumbles through space, slowly drifting towards its intended
target, the new U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701-B. It is late in the
23rd century, and the inauguration of the vessel is attended by crew
from the former starship of the same name — James Kirk, Montgomery
Scott and Pavel Chekov. Reporters and onlookers clamor to interview
Kirk and the new U.S.S. Enterprise captain about commanding a
starship, as the crew begins to embark on its routine maiden voyage.
A short time into the flight, however, the starship receives a
distress call and is diverted to aid two El-Aurian transport vessels
which are caught in a strange, mysterious energy ribbon. Kirk,
falling back on his old instincts, quickly finds that not only is
the new captain inexperienced, but most of the ship's vital weapons
and functions have not yet been installed. While Kirk, Scott and
Chekov struggle to save the ship, the transporter room beams aboard
survivors, even as their El-Aurian transport vessels are torn apart
by the energy ribbon.
Kirk goes below deck to work on the deflector relays, but the ribbon
suddenly strikes the starship, tearing a large gash through the hull
and leaving only debris where Kirk was working. Scotty and Chekov
stare out into space, bewildered by the sudden loss of their friend. |
 DATE:
Sometime in 2294
INFO SOURCE: The Next Generation's "Relics"
The U.S.S. Jenolan crash lands on a Dyson's Sphere and Scotty ends
up stuck in the transporter. |
DATE: Sometime in 2297
INFO SOURCE: The Next Generation's "Devil's
Due"Klingons establish first contact
with the people of Ventax II. |
