STAR TREK TIMELINES --------------------- by Simon Plumbe and Colin Gunn -------------------------------- Presenting a complete chronological list of major events in TREK history. This will be updated as more information is available, although not necessarily every issue. Nothing has been included in this list unless it is "official" i.e. from episodes or films or from the novel of STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (as this was written by Gene Roddenberry). Where dates have not been mentioned in episodes or films (i.e. Kirk's birth, McCoy's birth etc.), these have been extrapolated from known "facts". For example, It was stated clearly in "Encounter At Farpoint" that McCoy was 137, and later in Season 1 in "The Neutral Zone" it states that the year is 2364. It is obvious, working backwards, that McCoy was born 137 years before Season 1, or 2364 - 137 which leaves us with the year 2227. There is a lot more information available than the dates listed, but I didn't have enough time to go back and watch EVERY episode and EVERY film! Warning! If you you live in the UK and are only watching the episodes as they are broadcast, this guide will give away major plot information from Seasons 4 and 5. YEAR EVENT ---- ----- 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! 1957 - Uri Gagarin first human into space. 1969 - Neil Armstrong is first human to land on the moon. 1976 - American Space Shuttle Enterprise 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. 1993 - Start of the Eugenics Wars. 1996 - End of the Eugenics Wars. 2036 - New United Nations formed. 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. 2164 - Sarek of Vulcan born. 2227 - Dr Leonard "Bones" McCoy born. 2232 - Captain James Tiberius Kirk born. 2244 - Ensign Pavel Chekov born. 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. 2270 - USS Enterprise returns to Earth from it's five-year mission under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 2367 - Miles Edward O'Brien and Keiko Ishigawa marry. - 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 Miyaki Worf 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. A full update next issue, with more dates and information as I get them.