Subject: A Star Trek Timeline (part 1 of 2) The following is a Star Trek timeline based primarily on cannonicial (sp?) sources. It was posted previously with severe warnings not to get get carried away with falmes for inaccuracy, etc. The result was only one person responded to the last post. Therefore, please feel free to comment in any fashion you desire -- flames, death threats, complaints, corrections, etc. Thanks and enjoy. ----------------------- S O U R C E S : ST:TOS* - Star Trek: The Original Series (* = season) ST:TMP - Star Trek: The Motion Picture ST:TMPN - Star Trek: The Motion Picture Novelization ST:TWOK - Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan ST:TSFS - Star Trek III: The Search For Spock ST:TVH - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ST:TFF - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier ST:TUC - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ST:TNG* - Star Trek The Next Generation (* = season) NGTM* - Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (*=page number) ST:DS9 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine SPEC - Speculation 597,630 BC - Circa, The Age of Makto. The Tkon Empire is destroyed when its central star goes supernova. The only known remnant of the empire is Portal 63 in the Delphi Ardu System. ST:TNG1 "The Last Outpost" 47,725 BC - Bele begins his hunt for Lokai. ST:TOS3 "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield". 7728 BC - The Yonadan asteroid is launched. ST:TOS3 "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky". 3834 BC - Birth date of the "immortal" Flint on Earth (Mesopotamia). Flint existed on Earth as Leonardo da Vinci, Johannes Brahms and other artists/intellects before travelling to Holberg 917-G, where he intends to die (circa 2270.) ST:TOS3 "Requiem For Methuselah." 0700 8th Century 0765 Circa. The start of the Solari Wars on Solais 5. In 2365 the warring factions on Solais ask for Federation help in transporting the mediator Riva to their planet to negotiate for peace. ST:TNG2 "Loud as a Whisper". 0300 4th Century 0360 Circa. The Kaelonians adopt their ritual suicide The Resolution, dictating that every member of their race commits suicide at age 60. ST:TNG4 "Half a Life" 1300 14th Century 1367 The mythological "Contract of Arda" is made on Ventax 2. Arda guarantees 1000 years of peace in exchange for the soul of every lifeform on the planet when the contract expires. ST:TNG4 "Devil's Due". 1370 Circa. The Kataan sun goes supernova. The USS Enterprise, NCC-1701- D, makes contact with a probe from Kataan in 2368. ST:TNG5 "The Inner Light". 1700 18th Century 1770 The start of the Eminian War. ST:TOS1 "A Taste of Armageddon". 1800 19th Century 1868 Circa. An unidentified alien race from the Uxmal Star System imprisons the consciousness of several hundred prisoners from their world on the moon of Mabu 6. ST:TNG5 "Power Play". 1893 August 12. Data arrives in San Francisco (from 2369) after being inadvertantly caught in a time dialation. ST:TNG5 "Time's Arrow, Part 1". 1900 20th Century 1930 Circa. Using the Guardian of Forever, Leonard McCoy accidentally travels (from 2270) back in time to the 1930's and alters history. James Kirk and Spock follow and are able to correct the alteration and return to their own time. ST:TOS1 "The City On The Edge Of Forever". 1939 Approximate birth date of Frank Oppenhouse on Earth. ST:TNG1 "The Neutral Zone". 1959 Approximate birth date of Claire Raymond on Earth. ST:TNG1 "The Neutral Zone". 1967 An encounter with a black star sends the Enterprise back in time to Earth (from 2270.) After removing evidence of their appearance, the Enterprise is able to return to its own time. ST:TOS1 "Tomorrow Is Yesterday". 1968 The Enterprise travels back in time to study how the Earth avoided an atomic war during the 1960's (from 2271.) ST:TOS2 "Assignment: Earth". 1975 Circa. The Voyager 6 probe is launched from Earth. The probe disappeared into a "black hole" and was presumably found by an alien intelligence that modified the probe and sent it back to look for its creator on Earth. ST:TMP. 1986 The renegade Kirk and crew time travel to Earth (from 2286) to capture a pair of Humpback whales needed to answer the call of an orbiting probe that is threatening to sterilize the planet. ST:TVH. 1992 "Chicago Mobs of the Twenties" is published. ST:TOS2 "A Piece of the Action". Khan Singh comes into power on Earth. ST:TOS1 "Space Seed". 1994 Approximate date of death for Claire Raymond, Ralph Oppenhouse and L.Q. Sonny Bonds. ST:TNG1 "The Neutral Zone." 1995 Circa. The Eugenic Wars on Earth. ST:TOS1 "Space Seed", ST:TWOK. 1996 The SS Botany Bay, carrying Khan Singh and his followers in cryogenic freeze, is launched from Earth. ST:TWOK. 2000 21st Century 2000 Circa +. Humpback whales are hunted into extinction on Earth. ST:TVH. 2020 The Nomad space probe is launched from Earth, its mission to seek out alien life forms. The probe would eventually meet and combine with an alien probe named Tan-Ru. This malign combination would be discovered and destroyed by the Enterprise in 2271 ST:TOS2 "The Changeling". 2024 The Irish Unification. ST:TNG3 "The High Ground". 2030 Circa. Birth date of Zefram Cochrane on Earth. ST:TOS2 "Metamorphosis". 2036 The New United Nations declares: "No Earth citizen can be made to answer for the crimes of their race or forbears". ST:TNG1 "Encounter At Farpoint, Part 1". 2040 Circa. Television begins its decline as a popular entertainment medium on Earth. ST:TNG1 "The Neutral Zone." 2043-2047. The Mind Control Revolts on Earth. ST:TMPN 2050 Circa. The process of cryogenics falls out of favor on Earth. ST:TNG1 "The Neutral Zone." 2061 Zefram Cochrane's engineering team develops a prototype CDP (continuum distortion principle) engine capable of light speed travel. NGTM-54. 2065 Approximate date Zefram Cochrane relocates to Alpha Centauri colony. NGTM-54. 2070 Circa. The galactic survey vessel Valiant is destroyed while attempting to leave the galaxy. ST:TOSP "Where No Man Has Gone Before". 2079 The New United Nations has been abolished by this time. ST:TNG1 "Encounter At Farpoint, Part 1". .......... Robert Oliver, tallman%ailanth.uucp@wang.com via Ailanthus Project +1 207-989-6562 - Brewer, Maine. .......... Path: moe.ksu.ksu.edu!unlinfo.unl.edu!wupost!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!uunet!das.wang.com!wang!ailanth!tallman From: tallman%ailanth.uucp@wang.com (Robert Oliver) Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.arts.startrek.tech Subject: A Star Trek Timeline (part 2 of 2) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 14:25:15 EST Organization: Ailanthus Project Lines: 215 Xref: moe.ksu.ksu.edu rec.arts.startrek.misc:8289 rec.arts.startrek.tech:4345 (Part 2) 2100 22nd Century 2120 Circa. Zefram Cochrane (87) disappears from Alpha Centauri. ST:TOS2 "Metamorphosis". 2160 Circa. The last challenge to the Ligonian Right of Supercedence (prior to 2364.) ST:TNG1 "Code of Honor" Circa. The planets Altec and Straleb are colonized and will eventually form the Madena Coalition. ST:TNG2 "The Outrageous Okona". Circa. The Romulan War. The Starfleet Charter is established soon after the war ends. NGTM-133. 2161 Circa +. A Federation scout visits the Delos System (Brekke and Ornara). ST:TNG1 "Symbiosis". 2161 The United Federation of Planets is founded. ST:TNG5 "The Outcast". Starfleet Academy is founded at San Francisco, Earth. SF Academy Logo. 2164 Approximate date the Ornaran Plague breaks out on Ornara. The plague is cured soon after, but the Brekkians continue to provide the "cure", felicium, which has become an addiction to the Ornarans. ST:TNG1 "Symbiosis". 2165 Circa. Daedalus class USS Essex, NCC-173, is destroyed: Mabu 6 moon. ST:TNG5 "Power Play". 2168 The colony on Moab 4 is established. This earth colony was established as a genetically pure environment designed so that every member was bred for a specific task. ST:TNG5 "The Masterpiece Society." 2169 Birth date of Sarek on Vulcan. ST:TOS2 "Journey To Babel". 2170 The USS Archon visits Beta III, Star System 6-11, and does not return. ST:TOS1 "The Return Of The Archons". The USS Horizon visits Iotia and leaves behind the book Chicago Mobs of the Twenties, after which the Iotians modeled their culture. ST: TOS2 "A Piece Of The Action". 2196 The last Daedalus class starship taken out of service. ST:TNG5 "Power Play". 2200 23rd Century 2213 Birth date of Amanda Grayson. ST:TOS2 "Journey to Babel". 2215 Starfleet begins development of its first photon torpedo design. NGTM-128. 2220 The first Federation contact with Eminar 7. ST:TOS1 "A Taste of Armageddon". 2227 Birth date of Leonard H. McCoy on Earth (Georgia). ST:TNG1 "Encounter At Farpoint, Part 1". 2231 The SS Columbia crashes on Talos IV. ST:TOS1 "The Menagerie". 2237 Birth date of James Tiberius Kirk on Earth (Iowa). ST:TOS2 "The Deadly Years". 2245 Constitution class USS Enterprise, NCC-1701, commissioned: San Francisco Yards, Earth. Enterprise was first commanded by Captain Robert April. NGTM-3. 2246 Dr. Richard Daystrom invents duotronic computer technology. ST:TOS2 "The Ultimate Computer". 2250 The USS Valiant is lost after contact with Eminar 7. ST:TOS1 "A Taste of Armageddon". 2253 Spock enters Starfleet Academy. ST:TOS2 "Journey to Babel". 2255 James Kirk enters Starfleet Academy. ST:TOS1 "Shore Leave". 2259 James Kirk graduates from Starfleet Academy. SPEC. 2256 An unidentified ship crashes on Thasus, the only survivor is Charlie Evans. Charlie is given special abilities by the Thasians in order to ensure his survival. ST:TOS1 "Charlie X". 2257 Events of "The Cage". ST:TOS1 "The Menagerie". 2258 James Kirk visits the planet Neural. ST:TOS2 "A Private Little War". 2260 Lt. James Kirk is stationed on the Constitution class USS Farragut, NCC-1702. ST:TOS2 "Obsession". 2261 UFP 100th Anniversary. ST:TNG5 "The Outcast". 2265 Circa. Starfleet Academy bans the dangerous Colvoid Starburst maneuver when it results in the death of 5 students. ST:TNG5 "The First Duty". Roger Korby's expedition disappears. ST:TOS1 "What Are Little Girls Made Of?". 2266 The UFP, Klingon Empire and Romulan Star Empire jointly colonize Nimbus III. This attempt at peaceful co-existence was a complete failure, resulting in a barren world inhabited by the dregs of each society. ST:TFF 2270 Star Trek: The Original Series - Season One. ST:TWOK. The Federation cargo ship Antares is destroyed by Charlie Evans. ST:TOS1 "Charlie X". 2271 Star Trek: The Original Series - Season Two. SPEC. Starfleet makes operational a second photon torpedo design. NGTM-128. Constitution class USS Constellation, NCC-1017, destroyed by the Doomsday Machine. ST:TOS2 "The Doomsday Machine". Constitution class USS Intrepid NCC-1708, destroyed by a giant "amoeba." ST:TOS2 "The Immunity Syndrome". 2272 Star Trek: The Original Series - Season Three. SPEC. Constitution class USS Defiant, NCC--1717, lost in a dimensional rift. ST:TOS3 "The Tholian Web". 2275 The Enterprise returns from its five-year mission. SPEC. James Kirk is promoted to Admiral (Chief of Starfleet Operations). ST:TMP. Spock begins his study of Kolinahr on Vulcan. ST:TMPN. 2276 The Enterprise refit begins. William Decker is promoted to Captain of the Enterprise. ST:TMPN 2277 Events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. William Decker and Ilia listed as MIA. ST:TMPN & ST:TMP. The Enterprise insignia is adopted as the symbol for all of Starfleet. NGTM-3. 2278 Soyuz class USS Bozeman, NCC-1941, enters a time-rift and exits in the Typhon Expanse in 2368. ST:TNG5 "Cause And Effect". 2279 Birth date of (Admiral) Mark Jameson. ST:TNG1 "Too Short a Season" 2284 The Enterprise is assigned to Starfleet Academy as a training vessel. NGTM-3. 2285 Circa. Approximate date Soyuz class starships are taken out of service. ST:TNG5 "Cause And Effect". 2285 Events of Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan & Star Trek III: The Search For Spock. Spock dies on board the USS Enterprise, Mutara Nebula. Khan Noonian Singh dies on board the USS Reliant, Mutara Nebula. Miranda class USS Reliant, NCC-1864, destroyed in the Mutara Nebula. Oberth class USS Grissom, NCC-638, destroyed in the Mutara Sector, orbiting the Genesis Planet. David Marcus dies on the Genesis Planet, Mutara Sector. Constitution class USS Enterprise, NCC-1701, destroyed in the Mutara Sect or, orbiting the Genesis Planet. ST:TWOK, ST:TSFS & NGTM. 2286 Events of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home & Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. Constitution class USS Yorktown commissioned and later redesignated USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A. ST:TVH, ST:TFF & NGTM-3. 2294 Excelsior class USS Excelsior, NCC-2000, begins its mission charting the Reydovan Sector. ST:TUC. 2297 Events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. ST:TUC. A Klingon expedition makes first contact with Ventax 2. ST:TNG4 "Devil's Due". 2300 24th Century 2302 The last Federation contact with Angel One (prior to 2364.) ST:TNG1 "Angel One". 2305 Birth date of Jean-Luc Picard on Earth (LaBarre, France.) ST:TNG5 "Conundrum". 2307 Birth date of (Dr.) Timicin on Kaelon 2. ST:TNG4 "Half a Life". 2311 The last Federation contact with the Romulan Star Empire (prior to 2364.) ST:TNG1 "The Neutral Zone". 2313 Yuta kills Penthor-Mul, a member of the Lornack Clan. ST:TNG3 "The Vengeance Factor". 2314 Mark Jameson marries Anne. ST:TNG1 "Too Short a Season" 2319 The hostage situation on Mordan IV is resolved by Mark Jameson. Civil war breaks out soon after. ST:TNG1 "Too Short a Season". 2323 Jean-Luc Picard enters Starfleet Academy. SPEC. 2327 Jean-Luc Picard graduates from Starfleet Academy. ST:TNG5 "The First Duty". 2328 The Cardassians annex the Bajoran homeworld. ST:TNG5 "Ensign Ro". 2337 The government of the Turkana IV colony begins to lose control of the populace. ST:TNG4 "Legacy". 2338 Data is discovered on Omicron Theta by the USS Tripoli. ST:TNG1 "Datalore". 2340 January 14. Birth date of Ro Laren. ST:TNG5 "The Next Phase". (this date may be incorrect) 2342 April 9. Jean-Luc Picard fails to meet Janice (Manheim) at the Cafe des Artistes, Paris, France. ST:TNG1 "We'll Always Have Paris". Data graduates from Starfleet Academy. ST:TNG5 "Redemption, Part 2". 2343 July. Galaxy class Starship Development Project begins. NGTM. 2344 Ambassador class USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-C, destroyed in the Narendra System while defending a Klingon outpost under attack by Romulans. NGTM. 2345 Birth date of Sela on Romulus. ST:TNG4 "Redemption, Part 2". 2347 Jean-Luc Picard's last visit to his home village in LaBarre, France (prior to 2367.) ST:TNG4 "Family". 2348 Circa. The United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire form an Alliance. ST:TNG5 "Redemption, Part 2". 2349 Birth date of Wesley Crusher. ST:TNG1 "Coming of Age". Dr. Paul Manheim disappears to the Pegos Minor System to continue his studies of non-linear time. ST:TNG1 "We'll Always Have Paris". Natasha Yar (from "Yesterday's Enterprise") dies on Romulus. ST:TNG 4 "Redemption, Part 2". 2350 June 3. The initial construction begins on Galaxy class USS Enterprise. NGTM-14. 2352 Beverly Crusher meets Dr. Daylon Quaice. ST:TNG4 "Remember Me". The colony at Turkana IV severs its relations with the Federation. ST:TNG4 "Legacy". 2353 Birth date of Jeramiah "Jono" Rosa on Galon 4 Colony. ST:TNG4 "Suddenly Human". 2355 The Constellation class USS Stargazer, NCC-2893, is attacked and disabled by a (then unknown) Ferengi vessel in the Maxia Zeta Star System. The Ferengi vessel was destroyed and the Stargazer was abandoned. ST:TNG1 "The Battle". 2356 The last Tarellian plague ship is believed destroyed (prior to 2364.) ST:TNG1 "Haven". The Tallerians attack the colony at Galon 4. ST:TNG4 "Suddenly Human". 2357 Galaxy class USS Galaxy, NCC-70637, commissioned. NGTM-17. The Federation freighter Odin is disabled by an asteroid, the survivors making their way to the planet Angel One. ST:TNG1 "Angel One". 2359 Peace is achieved in the civil war on Mordan IV. ST:TNG1 "Too Short a Season". 2360 Admiral Mark Jameson contracts Iverson's Disease. ST:TNG1 "Too Short a Season" 2361 Dr. Daylon Quaice is stationed at Starbase 133. ST:TNG4 "Remember Me". The last contact by a Federation vessel (Potempkin) with the Turkana IV colony (prior to 2367.) ST:TNG4 "Legacy". UFP 200th Anniversary. ST:TNG5 "The Outcast. 2362 (Ensign) Geordi LaForge is stationed on the Constellation class USS Victory, NCC-9547. ST:TNG4 "Identity Crisis", "The Outrageous Okona". 2363 October 4 - Galaxy class USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-D, commissioned: Utopia Planitia Starfleet Yards, Mars. NGTM-17. 2364 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season One. ST:TNG1 "The Neutral Zone." Oberth class SS Tsiolkovsky is destroyed by a fragment of stellar material. ST:TNG1 "The Naked Now". Lt. Natasha Yar is killed by Armus on Vagra 2. ST:TNG1 "Skin Of Evil". Ambassador class USS Horatio is destroyed during the Conspiracy Incident. ST:TNG1 "Conspiracy". Starfleet begins searching for a suitable test star for the Kaelonians. ST:TNG4 "Half a Life" 2365 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season Two. SPEC. Miranda class USS Lantree, NCC-1837, is destroyed to contain a DNA virus. ST:TNG2 "Unnatural Selection". Galaxy class USS Yamato, NCC-1305-E, is destroyed by a computer virus in the Romulan Neutral Zone, orbiting Iconia. ST:TNG2 "Contagion". 2366 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season Three. SPEC. 2367 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season Four. SPEC. The 39-ship Starfleet armada is destroyed by the Borg at System Wolf 359. ST:TNG4 "The Best Of Both Worlds, Part 2". The Federation freighter Argos is destroyed in the Turkana System, orbiting Turkana IV. ST:TNG4 "Legacy". 2368 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season Five. SPEC. Sarek dies on Vulcan. ST:TNG5 "Unification, Part 1". .......... Robert Oliver, tallman%ailanth.uucp@wang.com via Ailanthus Project +1 207-989-6562 - Brewer, Maine. ..........