From: tallman%ailanth.uucp@wang.com (Robert Oliver)
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Subject: STAR TREK TIMELINE/STARDATES PART 1
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 16:11:41 EDT
Reply-To: tallman%ailanth.uucp@wang.com (Robert Oliver)
Organization: Ailanthus Project

As always, constructive comments/corrections/suggestions/additions are 
appreciated. This is a work in progress and is therefore constantly being 
added to, changed, revised, etc. Someone asked that I only post changes 
instead of the whole document. I can't do that because I work on timeline 
(which is part of a much larger document) whenever I acquire new info. I 
might not touch it for a week and then spend the next week working on it 
at various times of the day for a whole week. I have been trying to 
expand the entries with more detail, fixing mistakes, adding new entries, 
and generally working in an erratic manner that would make it difficult 
to keep track of changes since the last post. In the past I had problems 
with getting info from TOS, but recently a local station has started 
airing reruns (once a week) so I will now be able to expand the 
"coverage" of TOS.
 
The STAR TREK Encyclopedia
Section 01 - TIMELINE & STARDATES
 
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
 
-597,730  Circa - The Arretians colonize the galaxy. ST:TOS2 "Return To 
Tommorrow".
 
-597,630  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"
 
-497,730  Circa - The population of the planet Arret is destroyed. Three 
members of this ancient civilization survived in a disembodied state and 
were discovered by the USS Enterprise in 2271. ST:TOS2 "Return To 
Tommorrow".
 
-47,725  Bele begins his hunt for Lokai. ST:TOS3 "Let That Be Your Last 
Battlefield".
 
-7728  The Yonadan asteroid is launched. ST:TOS3 "For the World is Hollow 
... ".
 
-3834  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 intended 
to die (circa 2270.)  ST:TOS3 "Requiem For Methuselah".
 
-2730  Circa - The Vulcan race at this time had yet to abandon their 
emotions in favor of total logic. ST:TOS3 "All Our Yesterdays". 
 
-28  Birth date of Philana on Platonius. ST:TOS3 "Plato's Stepchildren".
 
 
0301-400     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"
 
 
0701-0800     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".
 
0770  Circa - Birth date of the Metron encountered by Captain Kirk in 
2270. ST:TOS1 "Arena".
 
 
1301-1400     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 "Devils Due".
 
1368  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".
        
 
1801-1900     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 - While investigating the mysterious appearance of Datas 
disembodied head in a cavern in San Francisco and the possibility of 
alien intervention in Earths past, Data is inadverdantly caught in the 
effects of an alien time distortion on Delvidia II and is thrown back to 
19th century San Francicso. Members of the USS Enterprise, in an effort 
to discover the aliens plan, are also transported back in time. Together 
with Guinan, who is currently living on Earth, the Enterprise crew 
discovers that the aliens are draining the neural energy from humans as a 
form of sustenance. The Enterprise officers were able to return to the 
24th Century, where they destroy the aliens base of operation on Delvidia 
II. ST:TNG5/6 "Times Arrow, Parts 1 & 2".
 
1901-2000     20th Century
1931  Circa - Using the Guardian of Forever, Leonard McCoy accidentally 
travels (from 2270) back in time to the 1930s and alters history. James 
Kirk and Spock follow and are able to correct the alteration and return 
with McCoy 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".
 
1968  The Enterprise travels back in time to study how the Earth avoided 
an atomic war during the 1960s (from 2271.) ST:TOS2 "Assignment: Earth".
 
1969  July, 5:30 - 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".
 
1971  Circa - An expedition from the Kelvan Empire in Andromeda embarks 
on a mission to the Milky Way. The Kelvans task is to determine the 
suitability of the Milky Way for conquest by their Empire. The Kelvans 
were prevented from returning to Andromeda by the USS Enterprise in 2271. 
ST:TOS2 "By Any Other Name".
 
1972  March 3 - Pioneer 10 is launched from Earth. The probe was 
destroyed by the Klingon Bird of Prey Okrona in 2286 in Klingon 
territory. How the probe managed to reach Klingon space is a mystery, as 
it would have taken 80,000 years just to reach Alpha Centauri (4.3 light 
years away). ST:TFF.
 
1976  September 6 - Viking 2 lands on the Mars plain Utopia Planitia, the 
future site of Starfleets Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards.
 
1978  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 James 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".
 
"The Eugenics Wars are coming, the Eugenics Wars are coming!!!" :-)
 
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.
 
 
2001-2100     21st Century
2001  Circa(+) - Humpback whales are hunted into extinction on Earth. 
ST:TVH.
 
2017  INFO ABOUT TERRORISM FROM THE HIGH GROUND. ST:TNG3 "The High 
Ground".
 
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".
 
2025  Circa - The Acts of Cumberland. ST:TNG2 "The Measure of a Man".
 
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 Cochranes 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".
 
2071  The Great Awakening on Argelius. ST:TOS 2 "Wolf in the Fold".
 
2079  The New United Nations has been abolished by this time. ST:TNG1 
"Encounter At Farpoint, Part 1".
 
 
2101-2200     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  The United Federation of Planets is founded. ST:TNG5 "The Outcast". 
Starfleet Academy is founded at San Francisco, Earth SF Academy Logo.
 
2164  Circa(-) - A Federation scout visits the Delos System (Brekke and 
Ornara). ST:TNG1 "Symbiosis". 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". 
 
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