From: rebeccal@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Rebecca S. Lawrence)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Sat. Morn. Cartoons & Star Trek
Date: 8 Nov 92 03:14:50 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA


What with Tom Sellick appearing on Murder She Wrote, Jessica appearing
on Magnum P.I., and characters from Dynasty and Dallas constantly
getting cofused as to which set they should go to, have you ever
wondered what would happen if this was followed to it's natural
end?  For example, suppose Captain James T. Kirk met the Roadrunner.
This means, of course, that we must somehow integrate the Saturday
Morning Laws of Physics into the Star Trek universe.
i.e.:  1) Sentient creatures do not fall until they realize they are
   about to.

       2) Objects fall at a rate inversely proportional to their mass
       (otherwise known as "Anything falls faster than an anvil")

Now, if we assume that this is an effect of the Road Runner, as opposed
to some general joke of the universe (although, I admit I have never
seen an anvil descending over Kirk's head while he was falling), then we
can expect other effects, as well.  Notably:

1) Anything struck by a deadly weapon (presumably including phasers) is
not killed, but merely singed and stunned (somehow "He's covered with
soot, Jim" just doesn't carry, though).

2) Crewmembers surprised by the Roadrunner jump much higher than gravity
should allow.


Now, the difficulty here is that there must be some reason for the
encounter.  Remembering that the Roadrunner is a fairly self-centered
beast, the motivation for the episode must come from the Federation in
some form.  Let us suppose that the Enterprise is doing some sort of
research mission to an unknown planet.  I think the Captains Log would
be worth a look:

Captain's Log, Stardate 54324.5:  Starfleet Command has directed the
Enterprise to do a preliminary exploration of planet M22 in advance of a
full research team.  Scanners report the atmosphere to be breathable,
but are recieving confusing readings with regard to life forms.  I am
beaming down with a landing party composed of all our chief officers
except for poor Scotty.

Supplement:  Redshirt Riley has received a head injury, apparently while
exploring under a high rock shelf.  He reports only hearing a loud sound
and jumping before being struck.  After examination by Dr. McCoy he has
been judged capable of continuing duty.

Supplement:  We have encountered an alien creature on this planet.
While it does not itself seem menacing, a unfortunate occurance took
place when it was present.  Specifically, on my orders Lt. Sulu
withdrew his phaser.  The creature disappeared leaving a puff of smoke,
immediately following which a loud noise was heard next to Sulu.  Sulu
fired, hitting Ens. Chekov.  Oddly enough, although Sulu's weapon was
set to stun, Chekov was also covered with a black powder similar to
soot.  Mr. Chekov has been sent back to the ship for examination and
quarantine.

Stardate 54326.2, Mr. Spock reporting:  Tricorder readings indicate that
the creature we encountered earlier is constantly moving at great speed
over the surface of the planet.  We have encountered the creature once
again.  In an attempt to slow the creature for study, I attempted to
fire on it.  The creature, however, appeared to move faster than the
phaser beam.  Regretfully, the beam struck an outcropping of rock above
the Captain's head, causing it to break off and fall.  Although it
appears that several tons of rock fell squarely on the Captain, he was
driven straight into the ground but apparently not seriously injured,
though stunned.  The Captain has been beamed up to Sickbay, leaving me
in command of the research party.

Captain's Log, Stardate 54342.1:  The creature is still at large on the
planet surface.  While Mr. Spock continues to lead a research party I am
currently at work with Mr. Scott on an Acme Pressure Cooker for our lab,
for when the creature is finally apprehended.


<The adventure continues...>




Captain's Log, stardate 54342.3.  The strange occurences that have
dogged the landing party since our arrival at this planet have led me to
believe that the creature is in some way directly responsible for them.
Mr. Chekov and I have both been declared fit for return to duty, though
Dr. McCoy has entered in his medical log that he feels we should be kept
under observation.  Mr. Spock has constructed a device which he suspects
should be able to counteract the creature's incredible speed as follows:
We have placed a dish of birdseed out in the open, with several signs
pointing to it.  The dish is atop a cleverly concealed trap door, which
will open when any weight falls on it.  The creature will then travel a
slide, eventually being deposited in a cage constructed of sheets of
transparent aluminum.  We will then be free to analyze it at our
leisure.  Meanwhile, I have forbidden all beaming down to the surface of
the planet except on my or Mr. Spock's direct order.

Captain's Log, supplemental.  The plan failed.  The creature was indeed
lured by the birdseed, as expected.  It sped to the dish, consumed the
bait, and sped off without setting off the trap.  Mr. Spock is as
puzzled as I, and has begun tests to discover the flaw in the design.  I
have sent out three search parties to see if we can box the creature in,
one headed by Mr. Sulu, one by Mr. Chekov, and one by Sociologist
Xontel.

Captain's Log, stardate 54342.8.  Sociologist Xontel has been
temporarily incapacitated.  In pursuing the creature, he and his men
somehow managed to cross the place where Mr. Spock's trap was set just
as he completed the corrections to it.  The trap was sprung, and all
four of my men were suspended for a moment in mid-air, puzzled, just
before they fell into the cage we constructed.  We are now trying to
release them with phasers, as the lock was inadvertently smashed by the
impact from Sociologist Xontel's foot as he fell.  I consider this a
major setback.  Mr. Spock considers it "fascinating."

Captain's Log, stardate 54343.4.  In an all-out attempt to stop the
creature once and for all, I have had a phaser rifle beamed down from
the Enterprise.  The creature has behaved in an extremely cunning
manner, yet I am unsure whether this is a sign of actual intelligence.
Lt.  Uhura has been unsuccessful in her attempts to raise Starfleet
Command.  Meanwhile, Mr. Scott informs me that our dilithium crystals
are deteriorating at an alarming rate.  He has juryrigged a system that
will prevent the decay for a time, but it is imperative that we find new
crystals soon.

Captain's Log, supplemental.  Mr. Sulu reports high energy tricorder
readings from an area of the planet in which the creature has not yet
been sighted.  He has taken a small party, including Mr. Spock, to the
high-elevation spot from which the readings emanate.  I have begun to
analyze the creature's movements.  It seems to travel consistently over
a set path.  Perhaps we can corner it in a tunnel it seems to pass
through frequently.

Captain's Log, stardate 54344.7.  Mr. Sulu has located a cache of ACME
dilithium crystals atop a high cliff.  Regretfully, while collecting
them, the edge of the cliff broke off, and he and Mr. Spock plummetted
several hundred feet to the ground below.  Strangely enough, they both
survived the fall with no more than raising a cloud of dust on impact,
although they did pass the chunk of rock on the way down and end up
completely buried.  A rescue excavation has commenced, and they should
be safe shortly.

Captain's Log, stardate 54344.9.  Mr. Spock has beamed up to the ship
with them to assist Mr. Scott in their installation, as he forsees
compatability problems.  Back on the planet's surface, Mr. Chekov led
seven men into the tunnel in an attempt to capture the creature in
transit.  A loud BEEP, BEEP was heard, and Chekov aimed the phaser rifle
and commanded his men to spread out.  I wish to state for the record
that I would have acted similarly, and that Ensign Chekov should in no
way be held responsible for the unfortunate circumstances arising from
the unexpected appearance of an old Earth-style freight train.  He has
been beamed back up to the ship with minor injuries.

Captain's Log, stardate 54345.1.  Dr. McCoy has beamed down with a hypo
containing a mixture of kyranide, tri-ox compound, Scalosian
concentrate, a theragram derivative, and some other items he found in
unmarked containers in Sickbay.  By injecting a small amount into each
member of the landing party, I hope to be able to deal with the creature
on its own high speed terms.

Captain's Log, supplemental.  The latest experiment to deal with the
strange creature has failed.  As Dr. McCoy was injecting a measured dose
of the compound, it abruptly appeared behind him and uttered a loud
BEEP, BEEP!  Dr. McCoy, understandably flustered, accidentally pressured
in the entire contents of the hypo into his arm.  A full security team
is in pursuit of him, waiting for the effects of the drug to wear off.

Captain's Log, stardate 54345.2.  I have ordered the landing party
transported back to the ship.  The new dilithium crystals have been
successfully installed.  On my responsibility, the ship is preparing to
engage main phasers to attack the creature, which continues on its
semi-erratic course across the planet's surface.

Captain's Log, supplemental.  This is a warning to all other starships
that may pass this way.  Do not approach this planet!  The illogical
events occuring here are too much to overcome with simple science.  If
you have heard the events transcribed in the rest of this log, you will
learn that this creature is nearly undefeatable.  We channelled full
ship's power through the phaser banks.  Theoretically, the creature
should have been destroyed; however, the energies were too much strain
for the ACME crystals.  The full force of the phasers backlashed over
the Enterprise, engulfing her completely.  At first, the only noticeable
effect was a complete failure of all systems save emergency gravity and
life support.  Then a web of black lines spread through the Enterprise's
superstructure.  Next, the ship began breaking up, piece by piece,
falling through the atmosphere to land on the surface of the planet.
When the ship had collapsed entirely, my crew was left hanging in space
for a short time, and finally each of us began to fall to the planet
below.  We have no theories on how any of us survived, but every
crewmember has reported nothing more than a sense of uneasiness,
followed by the realization that they were several hundred miles up in
the air, a sinking sensation, and then a gradual drop:  first the feet,
then the body, and finally the head, usually wearing a resigned
expression of perplexion.  We are attempting now to communicate with the
creature in the hopes that it will prove intelligent.  Perhaps we can
communicate our peaceful intentions to it.  Mr. Spock has constructed a
crude rocket launcher from the wreckage of the ship, and with this we
hope to send the recorder marker up into space, where hopefully someone
will find it.  Captain James T. Kirk, of the United Federation of
Planets, Captain of the Starship Enterprise, recording.



[Editors Note: The following ran in issue #24 of CCSTSG Enterprises, the
monthly newsletter of the Central Connecticut Star Trek Support Group (7
Quarry St./Vernon, CT 06066, for more info), a few weeks ago. At Shore Leave
14, in Hunt Valley, MD, on the weekend of July 11-12, 1992, Majel Barrett
Roddenberry addressed the large audience on the subject of Deep Space Nine by
reading extensive excerpts out of the writers bible and answering questions.
She also made some interesting comments on other issues surrounding Trek in
the post-Gene era. I captured Majels presentation on tape and transcribed it
for my newsletter. Note: I have verified the spelling of proper names where
possible, but some discrepancies may exist.]

Majel Barrett Roddenberry speaking:

  The first thing Id really like to do is to thank all of you who did send
cards and letters last year. Ive come to tell you that I appreciate it from
the bottom of my heart. Ive tried to send back thank-you notes to everyone. I
hope you all got them. The second thing I want to thank you for is having me
back here again. I think it was probably about four or five years ago that I
was here before. It could be twenty eight as far as I know -- I dont know, Ive
been hanging around Star Trek that long.

  Now, I dont talk, I dont give speeches or anything like that. Gene did that.
And I dont sing -- Michelle does that. Jimmy tells jokes with an accent. All I
do is gossip, so... So basically, Im here for you to ask me questions and Ill
try to answer them. If I dont know the answer, Ill make one up.

  What I am going to do, though, in whatever order youd like it, is to tell
you about Deep Space Nine. I have the Bible with me. You cant have it, Im not
allowed to sell it to you or give it to you, or let you look at it, but I
certainly can read it to you. If you would like me to start with that I will.
[Applause] Okay. It would take me a long time to read it word for word, so Im
going to do a little bit of skipping, but youre going to get the general idea:

  [Reading from the series bible:]  Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the series,
set in the next generation of Star Trek lore, follows a team of Starfleet
officers who take command of an alien space station situated near the Bejoran
Worm Hole, one of the most strategic locations in the galaxy. The Bejoran Worm
Hole. Worm holes, simply put, are shortcuts through space. You go in one end,
come out the other in seconds to find yourself billions of kilometers away.
All known worm holes previously encountered in the Star Trek universe have
been unstable. Their ends can whip randomly around the universe, and they last
for brief periods of time before collapsing. But in our pilot episode, the
first stable worm hole is discovered near the Denarias asteroid field close to
the planet Bejor. Like other worm holes it is only visible when an object
enters or exits through it. A brief journey through the Bejoran Worm Hole will
take a starship to the Gamma Quadrant, normally a sixty-year journey at
warp 9. The ride is a spectacular light show: very brilliant colors surround
the ship, while inside, strange visual distortions affect perceptions as
passengers tear through the space-time continuum. This worm hole is a new
passage way to hundreds of unexplored sectors of space and it will turn Bejor
into the leading center of commerce and scientific exploration in the sector,
attracting travelers from all over the galaxy. In the first episode, we learn
that the worm hole has been artificially created by a species of aliens that
do not live in the same space-time continuum as we do. Thus, we encounter them
unexpectedly within the worm hole itself. They have been sending out orb-like
probes from the worm hole, one orb every century for a thousand years, seeking
contact with other life forms.

The Backstory. The Cardassians and Bejora are known to Star Trek audiences. A
century ago the Cardassians conquered the planet Bejor, an ancient society
dedicated to spiritual pursuits. The mysterious orbs that have arrived each
century are among the fundamental sacraments of the Bejoran religion. Bejoran
terrorism during the last several decades has been a significant problem for
the Cardassians. Just before our series begins, the Cardassians have completed
mining operations on Bejor, stripping the planet of all its resources. They
have decided to unilaterally withdraw from Bejoran space and give up the
headaches that the Bejoran have caused them.

  Well, they have not left quietly and in revenge for the years of terrorism,
the Cardassians ravaged the planet, poisoned the wells, scorched the ground
and, striking at the heart of the Bejoran people, have desecrated the ancient
monastery that is the center of spiritual life. The Bejoran desperately need
help. Theyve asked for membership in the Federation and have been granted
preliminary acceptance. But the political situation on the planet is terribly
unstable: factions that have been united in opposition to Cardassian rule have
resumed age-old conflicts. The Starfleet teams mission is to spearhead the
arduous diplomatic and scientific efforts that accompany the lengthy entry
procedure. All of this is about to be complicated by the discovery of the worm
hole.

Deep Space Nine. The station designated DS9 by Starfleet was assembled
haphazardly over several years by Cardassian and Bejoran work teams and
anybody else who happened to offer services at a premium. It was used by the
Cardassians primarily to monitor mining operations on Bejor and to service
incoming and outgoing crews. About two hundred people, mostly Bejorans, still
live there. By episode three, there will be about fifty Starfleet officers and
crewmen stationed there. When the Cardassians abandoned Bejor they stripped
the station of all advanced technology and defense capability and the
Starfleet team has a huge job of making it operational again. In fact, it will
never work up to our re-quirements and will always be causing the engineering
crew a lot of headaches.

  The Ops controls are a hub of activity; there are shuttle bays for smaller
vessels. On a given day there might be anywhere from 10 to 300 visitors to
DS9, as ships come through  with foreigners, scientists, merchants, and spies.
Most of the visitors stay on their ships but there are special quarters for
some guests. In the first episode, we learn that the ships power sources are
destructive to the ionic field that is home to the aliens who created the worm
hole and live within a different timeframe. During that experience, we are
told how to travel through without harming them.

  One aspect of life on the space station hasnt changed since the departure of
the Cardassians. During their tenure they sold commercial concessions to the
highest bidder to provide services to the mining crews. The result is the
Promenade. Unlike any space interior ever seen on Star Trek, its somewhere
between a free port and a flea market, bustling with aliens of all sorts when
a ships in, intriguing and unusual characters at every bend. Theres gambling
and smuggling, alien grifters at work here, bars with sexual holo-suites
upstairs. Right next to the traditional ships stores are the Bejoran temple
and the kiosk serving live food. Part of the job of the Starfleet team will be
to try to tame this honky tonk atmosphere. They will have Runabouts [ed: a new
class of smaller ships], which allow our characters to travel to numerous star
systems with a maximum speed of 4.7, operated by a two-man crew, with a single
pilot in control if necessary. They can transport up to forty people, but
thats a crowd. There are cramped, uncomfortable sleeping quarters for six
people.

Bejor. Bejor is the world we will visit most often because of its proximity to
the space station. Striking architecture with rounded domes and spherical
shapes mark the landscape. The ancient Bejora were great architects and
engineers before humans were standing erect. The people are deeply mystical.
On their planet we will find monks who meditate and chant in chords. They are
people who believe in spiritual phenomenon, are devoted to a nonsecular
philosophy that goes against the Federations logical, scientific way of life.
Their religious leader, known as the Kai, is curious and insightful and
develops a strong bond with our Commander.

The Characters. Benjamin Sisko, human Starfleet commander with a twelve year-
old son, whose gentle, strong, soft spoken demeanor belies the temper that he
is constantly trying to control. And when he loses it, he gets furious with
himself. Hes a man of action who gets impatient with too much talk, but as he
has become more mature, hes learned to stop and think twice about losing
control. He has a weakness for baseball, a sport that died out in the 22nd
century and he frequently goes to a holo-suite to have a chat and a catch with
one his legendary ballplayer heroes. Sisko was on a starship with his wife and
son at the famous encounter with the Borg led by the Borgified Picard, and his
wife was killed. That leads to bitterness toward Picard. Picard: Have we met
before? Sisko: Yes, we met in battle. Since that tragedy, he has been assigned
to shore duty on Mars where he was on the team reconstructing the fleet at
Utopia Benecia Yards. Sisko objected to being assigned to DS9. He told
Starfleet he had a son to raise and had been asking for an Earth assignment,
not this. His important work on DS9 gives him a new direction, but his is
still very much a life framed by tragedy.

  Major Kira, a former major in the Bejoran underground. Kira is now an
outspoken critic of the provisional government. Having fought for freedom all
her life, it has angered her to see the older leaders throw it all away
through their petty dissensions. She has been trying without success to reach
the Kai herself to air her grievances. It is very possible she was sent by the
government to be the Bejoran administrator at the space station simply to get
her outspoken voice out of ear shot. [Addressing the audience:] This part was
to have been played by Ensign Ro, but Michelle decided she wanted to try to be
a movie star instead, so she turned it down. And its a shame because it was a
good character. But the characters just been renamed, the character will still
be there -- it just wont be Michelle whos playing it. [Reading again:] Kira
loathes the Cardassians. She committed atrocities against them in the name of
freedom, some of which bother her. But others in the Bejoran underground begin
a new wave of terrorism and she is forced into a moral quandary about tracking
them down and bringing them to justice. Former terrorists consider her a
turncoat.

  Miles OBrien... will be played by Colm Meany. [Applause] OBrien has been the
transporter chief on NexGen for five years. This assignment represents a
promotion to Master Chief of Operations, and a tremendous career opportunity
for him. [ed: Not to mention Colm Meany.] He has a wife, Keiko, and a three
year-old baby girl, Molly. Molly just happens to be Rick Bermans three year-
old daughter. He will be in charge of the comings and goings of vessels, plus
the nuts and bolts maintenance of the station. Hes constantly frustrated by
the jerry-rigged way this place is put together. He saw the Cardassians commit
unspeakable atrocities and lost a close friend at the massacre at Setma III.
The war changed and hardened him. The first man he ever killed was a
Cardassian who jumped him on patrol. As he tells the story to another
Cardassian in the NexGen episode, The Wounded, I never killed anything before.
When I was a kid I would worry about having to swat a mosquito. Its not you I
hate, Cardassian: I hate what I became because of you.

  Jadzia Dax is a science officer ranked lieutenant, an alien woman, very
attractive, late 20s. Dax is a Trill, the joint species first encountered in
the NexGen episode, The Host. A Trill is comprised of two separate but
interdependent entities -- a host and a symbiont. The host provided the
humanoid body, the symbiont is an invertebrate, androgynous life form that
lives within the host. It looks like a short, fat snake. Many centuries ago
[on the Trills home world], the symbionts lived underground while the
humanoids were on the surface. Due to an environmental disaster, they were
forced to join to survive. As time went on this mutual support evolved to
become a biological dependency, and thus two individuals became one. They
speak with one voice. The symbionts life span is far longer than the hosts
and, as a result, one symbiont will be combined with several hosts during its
life. When a host dies, doctors surgically remove the symbiont. The worm then
burrows itself into the new host. Daxs host was joined with her when she was
an adult. The symbiont part of her is 300 years old, a brilliant scientist
with an innate wisdom who can draw upon a library of knowledge built of six
lifetimes of experience. Kira forms a very close relationship with Dax and
often tells her to loosen up. Dax admires Kira for her youthful energy, her
purpose and her drive and becomes something of a mentor to her. Dax and Sisko
have worked together before; the only problem is that back then, Dax was still
in the host body of an elderly man and was something of a mentor to Sisko. Her
sexually appealing new form will create a certain tension between her and
Sisko, which they will both resist. After all, hes still having a hard time
getting used to the fact that shes a 300 year-old worm. But he does not hide
the respect and affection he has for her.

  Odo, an alien male, middle-aged curmudgeon, and a shape-shifter. In his
natural state he is a gelatinous liquid. He was Bejoran law enforcement
officer on the space station under the Cardassians. Starfleet decides to have
him continue in that role, since hes extremely savvy about the Promenade and
all who frequent it. His back story is: 50 years ago, with no memory of his
past, he was found alone in a mysterious space craft that appeared in the
Denarias asteroid belt. He was found by the Bejoran and lived amongst them. At
first he was sort of an Elephant Man, a source of curiosity and humor as he
turned himself into a chair or pencil. Finally he realized he would have to
take the form of a humanoid to assimilate and function in their environment.
He does it, but resents it. As a result, Odo performs a uniquely important
role in the ensemble: he is a character who explores and comments on human
values. Because he is forced to pass as one of us, his point of view usually
comes with a cynical and critical edge. But he cant quite get it right, this
humanoid shape, though he continues to try. So he looks a little unfinished in
a way. Hes been working on it a long time. Someone might ask him: Why dont you
take the form of a younger man. His answer: I would if I could. He has the
adopted child syndrome, searching for his own personal identity. Although he
doesnt know anything about his species, he is certain that justice is an
integral part of their being, because the necessity for it runs through every
fiber of his body -- a racial memory. Thats why he became a law man. He has a
couple of Bejoran deputies; he doesnt allow weapons on the Promenade, and once
every day he must return to his gelatinous form.

  Quark is the Ferengi bartender. The Ferengi race has been a part of NexGen
since the very beginning. They are ugly, sexist, greedy little aliens who are
interested only in profit and getting their hands on anything of yours they
happen to fancy. Quark runs many of the entertainment concessions on DS9,
including the bar, restaurant, gambling house, and the holo-suites upstairs
where your every fantasy can be played out. He spends most of his time behind
the bar. If there is some scam being run in the sector it often involves him.
But beyond the mal-evolence he is a charming host, in a Ferengi sort of way,
and forges an interesting relationship with Sisko. They actually enjoy
sparring together now and then. The Ferengi lends a hand to dissolve a problem
for the commander -- as long as theres something in it for him. His completely
sexist attitude makes Kira an obvious adversary, and he is consumed with
passion for Dax.

  Then we have Dr. Julian Amoros -- human male, mid 20s, rank of lieutenant
commander, fresh out of Starfleet, graduated second in class, brilliant
specialist in multi-species medicine. He arrives at DS9 with gung-ho
expectations about adventures in Starfleet. Hes naive and charming and cocky
all at the same time. Hes chosen this remote outpost instead of the cushy job
he was offered at Starfleet medical because this is where the action is, where
heroes are made, in the wilderness. Dr. Amoros is still wet behind the ears
and has a lot to learn. He is the antithesis of Kira who is street wise savvy
but wiser and cynical. OBrien becomes Amoros confidant As a man who has seen
combat and a decorated veteran of Starfleet duty, OBrien represents an ideal
to the young doctor. Julian greatly respects Sisko, but is terrified of him.
He is anxious to live up the commanders expectations. Sisko is amused by
Julian and is very patient with him.

  Recurring Characters. Jake Sisko, the commanders son. An Army brat who
doesnt remember life on Earth, has been aboard four different starships, and
stationed on two planets. This transient life style has taught him how to
scope out a new terrain and assimilate quickly. At the same time he has an
inner fear of forming new friendships because he loses them so easily. He
dreams of going to live on Earth. He collects holodeck programs of various
places on Earth that he uses to try to fulfill his fantasy. Deep inside he
knows that his mom would still be alive if they did not live in space, and he
has a suppressed bitterness about it. His father promised there would be other
kids on the station; as it turns out there are only a handful of various alien
species. Only one is his age, Nog, a Ferengi teenage boy who is a bad
influence. Jake is close with his dad; they are buddies. The boy has no
technical expertise at all [great applause]. He struggles with his homework
but is dedicated to doing his best.

       Keiko is OBriens wife. She wondered what a botanist would do on a space
station -- she was happy on the Enterprise -- but she agreed that the
promotion was an incredible opportunity for her husband. Shes not entirely
happy on DS9, and in the early episodes she sees serious shortcomings in the
educational facilities and volunteers to be the station's tutor.

  Then theres Lwaxana Troi. [Loud applause: Im with you!] Lwaxana is Deannas
mother, established on NexGen as the Auntie Mame of the galaxy. When
circumstances bring her to the space station she forms a romantic attachment
to Odo and finds reasons to come back to see him. He tries to discourage her:
Maam, I turn into a liquid form at night. Lwaxana: I can swim. [Audience glee:
Boy, were off and running.]

  One of the other Ferengi who works for Quark is his teenage son, Nog, who
becomes friends of the commanders son. Nog is a bad boy, the kind of kid your
parents didnt want you to associate with.

  And Gil Ducket is a 40s male, deceptively amiable Cardassian commander who
represents the continuing threat to our people. The military empire and its
borders are only a short distance away from Bejor and DS9. He used to be the
Prefect of the Bejoran province when it was under Cardassian denomination.
Thus he is the former landlord of the space station.

  Kai Apaka is the spiritual leader of Bejor, who provides sharp counterpoint
to the secular nature of Starfleet. She challenges conventional human logic.
The Kai seems to have an awareness on a higher plane of consciousness and
knows things she cannot possibly know. Although our people do not accepts her
powers at face value, we cannot always explain them, either. She speaks in
vague, mystical indirect language, forcing her listeners to seek her meaning.

  Star Trek: Deep Space Nine brings into the Star Trek universe an original
set of characters as diverse and memorable as the crews of the first two
series. It also provides far more interpersonal conflict than weve seen before
in the 24th century. If, as Gene Roddenberry always said, Star Trek is wagon
train to space, then think of Deep Space Nine as Fort Laramie on the edge of
the frontier.

  [Closing the Bible...] This one is going to have a lot more humor, a lot
more probably what youd call action, and a little sex and violence. Were going
to mix it up a little bit. I hesitate to use the word violence -- youre all
going to get the wrong idea. But I think you know what I mean. Its not going
to be even as cerebral as Star Trek. So... Im going to take questions now.

Q:   Did Gene have anything to do with this?!
Majel:    [Laughing] Uh, he knew about it, but he was not about to become
involved. He had done what he wanted to do and that was it. He just wished
them Godspeed and go ahead. And as long as the name Star Trek is on it, yes,
the estate will have a part of the action.

Q:   Will there be NexGen movies?
Majel:    NexGen actors have all signed on for a seventh year -- at least most
of them have. There will be a seventh season, for sure. They were trying to
get everybody to go for eight, but theyve so far resisted it. I have a feeling
that if were still in the ratings the way we are now -- which is just
incredible -- I cant see Paramount letting it die. What really could happen
is, when this group graduates to movies, they might keep some of them on and
fill in the other parts with new people. You know, captains change, and other
officers change -- or they could go for a whole new cast and just keep on
filling it in. I think Paramount is now at the stage where they feel that its
the vehicle that is the important thing -- and theyre just going to keep it
going as long as you guys want it... Under these circumstances, the 7th movie
wouldnt happen for at least another three years. I can
t see Paramount letting it go that long. There was some talk -- again, its
only a rumor -- about perhaps trying to do another one with the old cast.
Excuse the expression! They [the NexGen actors] work 8-9 months a year now,
and only get two and a half months off, which isnt enough time to do a movie.
And when you sell to syndication, those people buy 26 episodes, youve got to
make em 26 episodes. Thats your contract and thats what has to be delivered.
You cant say, Well, fellas, well only give you 20 this year.

  With Deep Space coming, what theyll be doing is running them in tandem. The
NexGen will introduce Deep Space Nine, so in your home town, whatever station
is carrying the NexGen does not have it backed up with Deep Space, yell at em.
Theyll listen to you. Really! It is being offered to the stations that are
already carrying Next Generation. Other stations were coming in and saying,
Well give you more money than you were asking for, and for a while I think
Paramount toyed with it, then decided this was not real good public relations.
So they went back and offered it on the same basis that the Next Generation is
picked up on. And most of them have picked it up. If your channel has not,
honest, yell at em! They listen to things like that.

Q:   Since Genes death have you had different relations with the studio than
before? i.e., Are you filling in where Gene was?
Majel:    No, not really. Thats not my job, thats not my input. I stay away
from all the creative heads of it and just go ahead and let them do their job.
Gene had a marvelous machine going, and its well-oiled and beautifully trained
and its working like magic and all they need is someone to stick their nose
in. I have no contractual arrangements in any capacity -- at all.

Q:   Last November or December the Star Trek office was closed. What is the
status of that? Is there any hope of getting it opened?
Majel:    Oh, the Star Trek office? Its not closed. Its just not Genes office
anymore. Its up in Rick and Mikes office. I mean, you ask for Star Trek and
thats what youll get. So his office was not really closed. Its just that his
physical office was closed. You know, there was really no need to keep it
open. You know, why have somebody sitting there doing nothing. All the mail
comes to the house anyway, so... No, there arent any real big changes.

Q:   Will Deep Space Nine be carrying a handicapped character?
Majel:    Not the way it is right now. They had, at one point, a very, very
interesting character they said they worked and worked and worked on, and they
just couldnt get the character to work. It was a doctor, and it was a female,
and she was wheelchair bound because, theres no gravity on her original
planet, and everybody floats. When everybody came to see her in her lab, they
would have to be in a wheelchair, because there would be no gravity. It was a
very interesting character, but they said they just couldnt make it work in
connection with the other characters.

Q:   My question is a little personal. I dont want to make it too difficult
for you, but you probably know better than anyone else how to answer this
question: Do you think Gene was happy being remembered mainly for Star Trek?
Or did he ever sometimes wish that people would remember the other things that
he did in his life?
Majel:    Oh, Ill tell you that for awhile it was kind of touch and go. He
said, I dont want to go away with my epitaph saying, this is a tribute to the
man who created Star Trek. And then it got to the point where Star Trek became
a world and he could work on other projects and other things. And then it
became a challenge. And then he worked so hard to get you people interested
and get his ideas and everything across. And it finally became his life. By
the end he really loved it. He was very, very appreciative of everything that
had happened and I think its rather remarkable that he was allowed to live
long enough to see and reap some of the benefits of this, too, and to know how
much people loved him and his show and his ideas and how part of his vision
was coming true. I think that was the most important part. If there would be
one thing that would be put on his epitaph, this is what he said: I would like
to see it say that He loved humanity. I would say that by the looks of
everyone here, humanity loved him too.

Q:   Im a really big virtual reality fan and Im really glad that you guys put
the holo-deck on the Next Generation. Ive heard a lot of rumors about the
Elementary, My Dear Data episode. Why wasnt there ever a sequel to it? Are
they planning one?
Majel:    No. Cant. Its the Arthur Conan Doyle thing. I thought it was
absolutely delightful and charming. And they wanted to do more with the
character, but the estate came in and said uh-unh, not on your life. I think
its a big, big mistake. It gave new life and dimension to the characters. Its
the same thing as when Gene wrote Tarzan. He did a combination of Tarzan and
John Carter from Mars -- seeing as how the same author wrote them both. So he
put them together and it got very, very sexy. Course I tell you, he went
overboard on the Tarzan thing. There were green monsters and all sorts of
took one look at it and said, Are you crazy? They said they werent going to
let this squeaky clean character that they had built for so many years be
tarnished by making love to strange green women in the middle of the jungle.
Which is what Gene had them doing.
  But some of them get very protective. And I think, basically thats what you
writers here might keep in mind, also. I think to a certain degree, I know
that you didnt like the idea that Gene did as much supervising on your scripts
or as much tearing apart on your scripts or your stories as he did. But, he
had a vision, too. And I have a theory on that. I almost have to go along with
the Doyle Estate and the Tarzan Estate. If you dont like the world that Gene
created, if you cant live within his universe, go write your own. Leave his
alone. Dont write in brothers and sisters and things like this. It had gotten
to the point where everybody kinda thought that these were real people. And
they say what happened to so and so? Its like whos that? Its Spocks sister.
Spock doesnt have a sister! We never wrote that in. But you guys did, and
thats what Gene took objection to. Work within the framework of it. I think
thats what the estates are trying to say, too: We created the character; dont
screw it up.

Q:   Youve invented so many marvelous characters. Where did these characters
come from? And what are their pasts? And how did they get to where they were
and everything?
Majel:    I think that this particular show, after five years, has done a
rather remarkable job of exploring some of those things, whereas the original
show did not. Theyre two entirely different shows. They have very little
similarity. I think the way to describe them is that the first one is more of
a fantasy type of thing. If this kind of space travel were possible in the
future this is the way we would like it to be. In the Next Generation I think
were a little more realistic to say if this kind of space travel were possible
this is the way it will be. And I think thats one of your basic, main
differences. You see, cause Star Trek the television series was just that. It
was seventy-nine episodes of a television series made for the purposes of
entertainment and to sell soap and toothpaste. But Star Trek the legend --now
that was an ideal. Thats a vision. That was Genes vision and it encompassed
humanity, unity, peace and love. And to quote Genes own words, Civilization
will reach wisdom and mat-urity on the day it learns to value diversity of
character and ideas. To be different is not necessarily to be ugly. To have a
different idea is not necessarily to be wrong. The worst thing that could
possibly happen is for all of us to look and think and act alike. For if we
can not learn to appreciate the small variations of our own kind here on
earth, then God help us if we get out into space and meet the variations that
are almost certainly out there.
  I think I rambled on that. Did I get anywhere near the question? I think we
have done a lot of exploration of the characters.

Q:   When will Deep Space Nine be on the air?
Majel:    It will be on January of 93. We start filming in August. The sets
are already being built. And were taking up three stages, which means that the
Star Trek productions will have six permanent stages on the Paramount lot --
something unheard of.
Q:    Do you think the two series running together will take anything away
from either one?
Majel:   I dont think so. Supposing you liked one and didnt like the other?
You know how to use the on and off button. No, I dont think so.

Q:   Will ILM be doing the special effects?
Majel:    Everything is crossing over. So, what we use on one well be using on
the other. Its going to be one big happy family. Itll be two shows, but one
group. Michael is going to oversee the makeup on both of them. Bob Blackman is
going to oversee the costumes on all of them. Itll have the same beautiful,
marvelous technicians. We hired the best, now we just sit back and let them do
their work.






           A  S T A R  T R E K (TM)  C H R O N O L O G Y

by Allan Finkas and William Stone, III

Version 5.00, dated October 5, 1991

COPYRIGHT 1990, 1991 BY William Stone, III and Allan Finkas



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 c1,000,000,000 BC  The Slaver Empire falls in a massive
                 interstellar war that destroys all intelligent
                 life in the galaxy, leaving it to re-evolve all
                 over again. (TAS: "The Slaver Weapon")

1,741,647 BC     Last of "The Makers" from the Andromeda galaxy
                 die leaving an android population behind on an
                 outpost in our galaxy. Harry Mudd happens upon
                 their world in 2265 AD and they declare him,
                 Mudd the First. (TOS: "I, Mudd")

c600,000 BC      Tkon Empire, a large technologically advanced
                 interstellar federation which occupied regions
                 of the galaxy that would one day become part of
                 the United Federation of Planets frontier, is
                 wiped out due to a supernova in the Tkon home
                 system. All that survives is several outpost
                 worlds which would leave reminders of the Tkon
                 legacy for future generations. (TNG: "The Last
                 Outpost")

c500,000 BC      A great war between the possible pregenators of
                 all humanoid species in this galaxy ravages all
                 participants. Survivors from both sides: Sargon,
                 Thalassa, and Henoch, preserve their minds in
                 receptacles on the planet Arret. Its atmosphere
                 is ripped away as a result of the war. (TOS:
                 "Return to Tomorrow")

c300,000 BC      The Borg, a flourishing humanoid species, begin
                 the process of learning how to cyborg their
                 species. Although their technology is
                 sufficiently advanced, they find it is still
                 insufficient to the improvement of their
                 lifeform. It is the beginning of the process
                 which sees the Borg evolve by stealing the
                 technology of other species and absorbing those
                 populations within their own. * (TNG: "Q Who")

c50,000 BC       Lokai of Cheron tried and convicted as a
                 political traitor by Bele, the Chief Officer of
                 the Commission of Political Traitors on Cheron.
                 Lokai escapes, to be chased around the galaxy by
                 Bele until they both eventually return to Cheron
                 on the USS Enterprise in 2267 AD, finding it to
                 be a dead planet. (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last
                 Battlefield")

c30,000 BC       American Indians are transplanted to another
                 world by a mysterious race known only as "The
                 Preservers". (TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome")

c7500 BC         Star Fabrina goes nova. Inhabitants of habitable
                 planet build a generation ship called Yonada to
                 carry its descendants to a new world before nova
                 occurs. (TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I
                 have Touched the Sky")

3834 BC          Birth of Flint, the immortal, in Mesopotamia as
                 Akharin, a foot soldier. (TOS: "Requiem For
                 Methuselah")

c3700 BC         Spock and McCoy trapped on planet Sarpeidon in
                 this time by time machine called the atavachron.
                 (TOS: "All Our Yesterdays")

c3500 BC         Landru, a great scientist on the planet Beta
                 III, dies, but leaves his memories in a computer
                 which would help guide future generations of
                 inhabitants. (TOS: "The Return of the Archons")

c2700 BC         Humanoids from Pollux IV arrive on Earth. They
                 are regarded as gods by the native humans,
                 classical literature would eventually refer to
                 them as the Olympian Gods. They would later
                 return to Pollux IV after human civilization
                 grows tired of worshipping them in favor of a
                 new and growing religion, Christianity. (TOS:
                 "Who Mourns For Adonis?")

44 BC            Birth of Parman of Sandara, Leader of the
                 immortals living on the planet Platonius. (TOS:
                 "Plato's Stepchildren")

33 BC            Birth of Philana of Sandara, another immortal
                 later found on planet Platonius. (TOS: "Plato's
                 Stepchildren")

84 AD            Parman marries Philana. (TOS: "Plato's
                 Stepchildren")

c865             Civil war breaks out on Solais V. Bloody battles
                 would rage for next 1500 years. (TNG: "Loud as a
                 Whisper")

c1200            War destroys planet Zetar, leaving several
                 inhabitants to flee as little more than mental
                 forces of light to search the galaxy for a body
                 to take over so they might live again. (TOS:
                 "The Lights of Zetar")

c1350            Battle of Aurilius IX, where the Menthas and the
                 Promelians fought their final battle in a
                 legendary interstellar war. (TNG: "Booby Trap")

1367             "Ardra", a female representation of the Prince
                 of Darkness, allegedly strikes a deal with the
                 natives of Bentax II so that they would gain
                 1000 years of peace and prosperity in exchange
                 for their souls and eternal slavery at the end
                 of that time. (TNG: "Devil's Due")

c1760            Start of interplanetary war between planets
                 Eminiar VII and Vendikar. First known war
                 completely waged by computer with "casulties"
                 reporting to disintegration chambers when they
                 are instructed. (TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon")

1888             Redjac entity kills six in London on Earth.
                 (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")

1930             Time vortex Guardian of Forever places McCoy,
                 Kirk and Spock back in time. (TOS: "The City on
                 the Edge of Forever")

1932             Redjac entity kills seven women in Shanghai,
                 China on Earth (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")

1936             USS Enterprise (CV-6) commissioned

1939             Birth of Ralph Olphemhouse, future financier.
                 Will live until the 24th century through
                 cryogenic technique. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")

1946             USS Enterprise (CV-6) dismantled

1948             Birth of Roberta Lincoln, Gary Seven's
                 secretary. (TOS: "Assignment: Earth")

c1950            A group of scientists begins clandestine
                 experimentation which leads to advanced
                 practical genetic engineering techniques by
                 about 1960, with the goal of uniting the world.
                 (TOS: "Space Seed", ST2.)

1959             Birth of Claire Raymond, future homemaker. Will
                 live until the 24th century through cryogenic
                 technique. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")

1963             USS Enterprise (CV(N)-65) commissioned

1965             The entire population of Miri's World dies from
                 a virus created in an effort to prolong life.
                 Only children under age 15 survive. (TOS:
                 "Miri")

1968             Two agents from an unknown race (Gary Seven and
                 Isis) are assigned to earth and meet Roberta
                 Lincoln. A rocket carrying a nuclear weapon
                 malfunctions and explodes, causing world powers
                 to agree to keep nuclear weapons out of space.
                 The incident is not made public but is reported
                 in historical documents which are eventually
                 revealed. Unfortunate timing brings the
                 Enterprise back in time to this same date via a
                 planned slingshot effect. (TOS: "Assignment:
                 Earth")

1969             Accidental slingshot effect takes Enterprise
                 back in time. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday")

                 Mid July: Man walks on the moon.

1974             Redjac entity kills five women in Kiev, USSR on
                 Earth. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")

1976             USS Enterprise (OV-101) - ALT Test Vehicle
                 commissioned

1977             First of the "Voyager" series of space probes
                 launched, designed to explore the outer solar
                 system and near interstellar space. several of
                 these probes are sent out during the following
                 decades. Contact is lost with Voyager Six when
                 it encounters with a black hole. (ST: THE MOTION
                 PICTURE)

1987             Slingshot effect carries HMS Bounty back in
                 time. Two humpback whales and Dr. Gillian Taylor
                 are displaced to 2286. (STIV: THE VOYAGE HOME)

1992             "Chicago Mobs of the 1920s" published in New
                 York. The Book which Iotian culture would
                 eventually be based upon. (TOS: "A Piece of the
                 Action")

1992-1996        Eugenics War. Previously unknown race of
                 "supermen" are introduced as adults by
                 scientists as the future of the human race.
                 Aspirations of power has these supermen take
                 over several key governments, leading to a major
                 war between them and their scientist creators
                 against the rest of the world. Eventually
                 overthrown, some "supermen" leave Earth on the
                 sleeper ship `Botany Bay'. Some of the
                 scientists involved leave Earth as well, among
                 them Dr. Stavros Keniculus. (TOS: "Space Seed" &
                 TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan")

1994             Cryogenic satellite launched containing the
                 bodies of Claire Raymond, Ralph Ophemhouse, and
                 L.Q. "Sonny" Clemens. Satellite lost, but
                 apparently never missed. Later retrieved in
                 interstellar space 370 years later. (TNG: "The
                 Neutral Zone")

1996             SS Botany Bay, a DY-100 vessel, leaves earth.
                 (TOS: "Space Seed")

                 "Nightingale Woman", a love sonnet, written by
                 Phineas Tarbolde on the Canopus planet. (TOS:
                 "Where No Man Has Gone Before")

2010             Earth-Saturn probe, led by Col. Shaun Geoffrey
                 Christopher launched. * (TOS: "Tomorrow is
                 Yesterday")

2018             The use of DY-100 class Sleeper Ships is
                 discontinued. (TOS: "Space Seed")

2020             Space probe "Nomad" launched from Earth to
                 explore space outside August the solar system.
                 Perhaps the first attempted extrasolar mission
                 by NASA, but without a crew. Nomad designed and
                 built by Jackson Roykirk. (TOS: "The
                 Changeling")

2029             Birth of Zefram Cochrane, discoverer of the
                 space warp. (TOS: "Metamorphisis")

2037             The `Carybdis', NASA's 3rd attempted extrasolar
                 mission ship July 23 launched, Col. Steven
                 Richey commanding (TNG: "The Royale")

2040             Television fades away as a source of
                 entertainment. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")

2044             `Carybdis' mysteriously disappears. Assumed that
                 telemetry had failed. Ship's fate remains
                 unknown for next 321 years. (TNG: "The Royale")

c2050            "The Great Awakening" on planet Argelius II
                 (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")

                 Cryogenics abadoned as a fad. Never proven to
                 this point that it would be feasable and cast as
                 nothing more than a scam. (TNG: "The Neutral
                 Zone")

2053             The New United Nations establishes that no Earth
                 Citizen can be held responsible for the crimes
                 of his race or forbearers. (TNG: "Encounter at
                 Farpoint")

2053-2079        The United States of America has 52 states.
                 (TNG: "The Royale")

c2060            First of 6 planetary conquests over 300 years on
                 planet Mizar II. (TNG: "Allegiance")

c2066            SS Valiant launched and encounters energy
                 barrier at the edge of the galaxy. (TOS: "Where
                 No Man Has Gone Before")

c2070            The region of space that includes Sherman's
                 Planet first observed by John Burke, Chief
                 Astronomer of the Royal Academy of Great
                 Britain. (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles")

c2079            World War Three, (may also have been known as
                 Colonel Green's War [ TOS: "The Savage Curtain"
                 ] or possibly the Mind Control Revolts [ ST-TMP
                 novelization ]). Nuclear devastation is
                 widespread, known as "the Post-Atomic Horror"
                 (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint"). In some areas,
                 populations must resort to controlling their
                 military with drugs. (TNG: "Encounter at
                 Farpoint")

                  The New United Nations is abolished. (TNG:
                 "Encounter at Farpoint")

2082             Col. Richey dies in 'Hotel Royale' on planet
                 Theta VIII (TNG: "The Royale")

2105             Redjac entity kills eight women at the colonies
                 on Mars. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")

2116             Zefram Cochrane disappears, presumed dead at age
                 87. (TOS: "Metamorphisis")

2123             SS Mariposa, DY-500 class, launched for Ficus
                 Sector with two Nov. 23 separate groups of
                 colonists. (TNG: "Up the Long Ladder")

c2140            Kal Dayno, fleeing from criminals in the mid
                 27th century, hides the Tax Utat in a cave in
                 Rhysa. (TNG: "Captain's Holiday")

2156             Redjac entity kills two women at Heliopolis on
                 Alpha Proxima II. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")

2157             First contact with the Romulan Empire leads to
                 immediate hostilities, due to the aggressive,
                 imperialistic nature of Romulan culture. The
                 Romulans declare war. *

c2160            Planet Deneva first colonized as part of a
                 trading line between other Federation planets
                 (TOS: "Operation: Annihilate!")

2164             Birth of Sarek of Vulcan (TOS: "Journey to
                 Babel" & TNG: "Sarek")

                 First contact with Delos star system by
                 Federation scout ship. Reports two inhabited
                 planets, Brekka and Onarra, one close to space
                 travel technology, the other, a simple
                 agricultural society. (TNG: "Symbiosis")

2165             Plague strikes planet Onarra. Cure provided by
                 Brekkans which is eventually to be found to be a
                 narcotic. (TNG: "Symbiosis")

                 The Federation/Romulan War ends in stalemate. A
                 peace treaty is negotiated via subspace radio.
                 The Romulan Neutral Zone is established, entry
                 into which - by either side - constitutes an act
                 of war. (TOS: "Balance of Terror")

c2167            Guinan and Q have some sort of encounter. (TNG:
                 "Deja Q")

c2170            USS Horizon visits planet Iotia, leaving behind
                 a book called "Chicago Mobs of the 1920s", which
                 the culture eventually imitates. (TOS: "A Piece
                 of the Action")

                 USS Archon visits planet Beta III. Ship is
                 pulled from orbit and destroyed by computer,
                 Landru. Survivors mix with natives and implant
                 the seeds of rebellion against Landru. (TOS:
                 "Return of the Archons")

2194             Birth of Robert April (TAS: "The Counter-Clock
                 Incident")

2212             Birth of Amanda Grayson, 1st wife of Sarek,
                 mother of Spock *

2214             Birth of Christopher Pike (Mojave, Arizona,
                 Earth) *

2215             First Federation contact with planet Eminiar VII
                 by USS Valiant. Valiant never heard from again,
                 assumed destroyed in the ongoing war of that
                 planet with its neighbor, Vendikar. (TOS: "A
                 Taste of Armageddon")

c2215            First hostilities and mutual tolerance between
                 the Federation and the Klingon Empire. (TOS:
                 "Day of the Dove") Because of the circumstances
                 surrounding the Klingon first contact, leaders
                 of the Federation establish the Prime Directive,
                 which prohibits Federation ships from
                 interfering with the progress of a growing
                 society. (TNG: "First Contact")

2224             Birth of Montgomery Scott (Aberdeen, Scotland,
                 Earth) *

2227             Birth of Leonard H. McCoy (Georgia, Earth) (TNG:
                 "Encounter at Farpoint")

2231             Birth of Spock (Vulcan)

2232             Birth of James Tiberious Kirk (Iowa, Earth)
                 (TOS: "The Deadly Years")

2234             SS Columbia (a research vessel attached to the
                 American Continent Institute) crash lands on
                 Talos IV with one survivor--Vina. (TOS: "The
                 Menagerie")

2236             Sarek of Vulcan becomes Vulcan's ambassador to
                 sixteen planets before becoming ambassador to
                 Earth (TAS: "Yesteryear")

2237             Mr. Brack (Flint) purchases planet Holberg 917G
                 as a personal retreat. (TOS: "Requiem for
                 Methuselah")

2239             Birth of Hikaru Sulu (San Francisco, California,
                 Earth) *

2240             Birth of Nyota Upenda Uhura *

2241             Dr. Richard Daystrom develops the Duotronics.
                 This new technology would be the prototype of
                 all future Federation computers. (TOS: "The
                 Ultimate Computer")

                 Birth of Kevin Riley (Tarsus IV) (TOS: "The
                 Conscience of the King")

2243             Battle of Donatu V is fought near Sherman's
                 Planet on the Klingon boarder. (TOS: "The
                 Trouble with Tribbles")

2244             Birth of Pavel Andreievich Chekov (USSR, Earth)
                 (TOS: "Who Mourns For Adonis?")

2245             Governor Kodos of Tarsus IV declares martial law
                 and executes most of the population in his
                 solution to save the colony. There were few
                 survivors including James Kirk, Kevin Riley, and
                 Thomas Leighton. (TOS: "The Conscience of the
                 King")

                 Population of planet Lavinius V wiped out by
                 flying parasites (TOS: "Operation: Annihilate!")

2247             Capt. Robert April heads the "Starship Project."
                 USS Enterprise constructed. (FINAL FRONTIER by
                 Diane Carey)

2248             Spock of Vulcan recieves Starfleet commission

2249             James T. Kirk enters Starfleet Academy

                 Birth of Joanna McCoy (TAS: "The Survivor")

2250             Dr. McCoy leads a mass-inoculation program on
                 Dramia II to conquer Saurian virus. Plague
                 strikes the planet after the medical team leaves
                 Dramia, killing many of the inhabitants. (TAS:
                 "Albatross")

                 Capt. Robert April leads a rescue mission to the
                 Romulan Neutral Zone (FINAL FRONTIER by Diane
                 Carey)

                 Late 2250 USS Enterprise undergoes post-
                 shakedown refit * - mid 2251

2251             USS Enterprise commissioned. Captain Robert
                 April is C.O on six month shakedown cruise. *

                 A colony ship crashes on the planet Thasus,
                 leaving only a three year old survivor, Charlie
                 Evans. (TOS: "Charlie X")

2252             Capt. Christopher Pike takes command of the
                 Enterprise *

                 The Enterprise intercepts a distress call from
                 Talos IV and investigates. The discover a race
                 of beings with incredible mental powers. General
                 Order Number Seven is esablished, prohibiting
                 any Federation ship from visiting Talos IV. To
                 do so is punishable by death (the only remaining
                 instance of the capital punishment for a
                 violation of Starfleet regulations). (TOS: "The
                 Cage", "The Menagerie")

2253             Ensign James Kirk serves on the USS Republic,
                 NCC-1373 (TOS:"Court-Martial")

                 Federation starship (possibly the USS Republic)
                 first visits planet Neural. Lt. James Kirk leads
                 survey team that finds planet to be in
                 relatively primitive state. (TOS: "A Private
                 Little War")

2254             Lieutenant James Kirk serves on the ill-fated
                 USS Farragut, which encounters a gaseous cloud
                 that drains red blood cells from living
                 organisms on planet Tycho IV. (TOS: "Obsession")

2255             Treaty of Armens signed between representatives
                 of the Federation and the Sheliak Corporate.
                 Contact between these parties severed after this
                 for next 111 years. (TNG: "The Ensigns of
                 Command")

                 Guinan's home world is ravaged by a fleet of
                 Borg vessels which swarm on the planet and cause
                 the inhabitants to flee to various portions of
                 the galaxy. (TNG: "Q Who")

2258             Carter Winston helps planet Cerberus, which
                 experienced major crop failure and faced mass
                 starvations. Dr. McCoy's daughter was going to
                 school on Cerberus during this time. (TAS: "The
                 Survivor")

2259             Spock meets Leila Kalomi on Earth. (TOS: "This
                 Side of Paradise")

2260             Birth of David Marcus

                 SS Beagle, Class 4 stardrive vessel commanded by
                 Captain R. M. Merik, damaged by Merik so that he
                 can maroon his crew on planet 892-IV. (TOS:
                 "Bread and Circuses")

                 Ruins of Teigas III made off limits to
                 offworlders, including archeologists. All
                 further archeological studies conducted by
                 native scientists. (TNG: "Qpid")

2261             Birth of Saavik (Hellguard)

2263             Carter Winston, successful space trader and a
                 noted philanthropist, disappears. It is later
                 learned that he dies and his identity is assumed
                 by a Vendorian shape-changer. (TAS: "The
                 Survivor")

                 Population of planet Ingraham B wiped out by
                 flying parasites (TOS: "Operation: Annihilate!")

                 Enterprise returns from latest five-year
                 mission. Pike is promoted to Fleet Captain and
                 assigned to Starfleet Academy (TOS: "The
                 Menagerie")

2263             Major refit/reconstruction of USS Enterprise
                 late 2264

2264             Redjac entity, as Beratis, kills women on Rigel
                 IV. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")

                 Capt. James Kirk takes command of Enterprise

2264             Unchronicled adventures. Up to and including
                 "Where no Man Has early 2265 Gone Before"

2265             Minor refit of Enterprise following events at
                 the edge of the galaxy (TOS: "Where No Man Has
                 Gone Before")

 Episodes of STAR TREK's first season

                 Talosians allow crippled Fleet Captain Pike to
                 remain on Talos IV (TOS: "The Menagerie")

                 SS Botany Bay recovered with all hands by USS
                 Enterprise. Khan Noonian Singh, genetic superman
                 from Eugenics War, tries to overtake ship. Khan
                 and his followers are marooned on Ceti Alpha V
                 to prevent exposure to rest of the Federation.
                 (TOS: "Space Seed")

                  Abortive Federation/Klingon war. Organians
                 intervene, establish the Organian Peace Treaty
                 and the Federation/Klingon Neutral Zone. (TOS:
                 "Errand of Mercy")

                 Ceti Alpha VI explodes, throwing Ceti Alpha V
                 off its orbit, laying the planet to waste and
                 forcing Kahn's colony into chaos to survive.
                 (ST2:TWOK)



Episodes of STAR TREK's second season

2266              The Enterprise hosts a number of dignitaries
                 going to the planet Babel to debate the
                 admission of Coridan into the Federation. En
                 route, ambassador Sarek of Vulcan suffers
                 cardial problems at a particularly inopportune
                 time. (TOS: "Journey to Babel")

                 "Official" end of the clan wars that had ravaged
                 on planet Achamar for generations. Group of
                 Achamarions calling themselves "The Gatherers"
                 split from popular Achamarion culture and leave
                 the planet to find their fortunes plundering
                 neighboring solar systems. (TNG: "The Vengeance
                 Factor")

Episodes of STAR TREK's third season

2267             Doctor Leonard McCoy diagnosed with a fatal,
                 rare disease, xenoplycythemia. He is gives
                 himself about a year to live. Cure for the
                 disease is found on the asteroid world, Yonada.
                 (TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have
                 Touched the Sky")

                 Birth of Uta of the Trelestas (Achamar). (TNG:
                 "The Vengeance Factor")

                 First recorded occurances of wormhole phenomena
                 in the 39 Titaura star system. (TNG: "Clues")

2268             Establishment of Nimbus III, publicly touted as
                 "The Planet of Galactic Peace." It is jointly
                 governed by the Romulans, Klingons, and
                 Federation and colonized by races from all over
                 the known galaxy. (STV: THE FINAL FRONTIER)

 Episodes of animated STAR TREK's first season

                 A giant clone of Dr. Stavros Keniculus (one of
                 the scientists responsible for the gentic
                 supermen of the Eugenics Wars) is found by the
                 Enterprise on the planet Phylos. As the
                 Phlosians are a dying race, both he and a giant
                 clone of Spock are left on that planet to try
                 and save them from extinction. (TAS: "The
                 Infinite Vulcan")

Episodes of animated STAR TREK's second season

2269

2270              Early in year, Enterprise returns from five-
                 year mission. Of the original 13 Constitution-
                 class starships launched circa 2251, she is the
                 only to return relatively intact. James T. Kirk
                 promoted to Admiral.

2270-2271         Enterprise mothballed

2271             Enterprise undergoes major refit/reconstruction
                 mid 2273

2273             Vejur Incident (ST1)

Mid 2273         Unchronicled second five-year mission * late
                 2278

2274             Colony ship 'Artemis' launched for system
                 Septimus Minor. Accident causes ship to go off
                 course and eventually crash land on Tau Cygna V,
                 a planet, by treaty, belonging to the Sheliak
                 Corporate, but uninhabited. Survivors start
                 colony which thrives for next 92 years. (TNG:
                 "The Ensigns of Command")

2275             Sarek begins first of a series of negotiations
                 with the Legarans which would take 93 years to
                 culminate in a settlement that would see the
                 Legarans finally become members of the
                 Federation. (TNG: "Sarek")

2278             Minor refit of Enterprise. James Kirk appointed
                 Commandant of Starfleet Academy.

2279             Enterprise assigned as Starfleet Academy
                 training vessel (STII: THE WRATH OF KHAN)

                 Birth of Admiral Mark Jameson (TNG: "Too Short a
                 Season")

2281             Record of when Kevin Uxbridge, a botanist, is
                 supposed to have been born on Earth. Uxbridge is
                 later found to have been a wandering immortal of
                 the species, the Dowd. It is uncertain if this
                 was when he arrived on Earth. (TNG: "The
                 Survivors")

2284             Rashan Uxbridge, a future botanist, born on
                 Earth. She would eventually fall victim of an
                 attack on her colony by a hostile race, the
                 Huwsnok. (TNG: "The Survivors")

2286             Khan Noonian Singh and followers who had been
                 exiled on planet Ceti Alpha V hijack starship
                 USS Reliant, steal the Genesis torpedo, and
                 ultimately die while trying to seek revenge
                 against Star Fleet Admiral James T. Kirk. The
                 Genesis Planet in the Mutara sector is formed by
                 the Genesis device from the Mutara Nebula. (ST2)

                 Captain Spock dies of extreme radiation
                 poisoning. Body is left on the Genesis Planet.
                 (ST2)

                 Science vessel USS Grissom destroyed by renegade
                 Klingon forces. (ST3)

                 David Marcus, son of Admiral James T. Kirk,
                 killed on Genesis Planet by renegade Klingon
                 forces. (ST3)

                 USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) self-destructed over
                 Genesis Planet. (ST3)

                 Whalesong Crisis. Doctor Jillian Taylor is
                 displaced from 1987 in order to care for pair of
                 humpback whales also displaced by James Kirk and
                 associates to help end the crisis. (ST4)

                 Klingon ambassador to Earth vows: "There shall
                 be no peace so long as Kirk lives!" (ST4)

                 Terrorist takeover of Nimbus III, the "Galactic
                 Planet of Peace" by renegade Vulcan, Sybok.
                 (ST5)

                 USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) hijacked by Sybok to
                 planet Shakaree. Sybok killed by godlike entity.
                 (ST5)

                 Trelesta clan thought to be wiped out by Lornak
                 clan on planet Achamar, ending a 200 year blood
                 feud. (TNG: "The Vengeance Factor")

2287             Last known occurance of a systems-wide
                 technological failure on a starship. (TNG:
                 "Evolution") Note: The above could have referred
                 to USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A (ST5)

2288             Mysteriously, the Organians disappear, leaving
                 the treaty without its enforcers *

2289             Rising tensions of the last twenty years
                 combined with the recent Purge of Klingon non-
                 Imperial races and the withdrawal of the
                 Organians ignite the Federation/Klingon War.

2290             Klingon Battlecruiser Tong launched on secret
                 military mission to Federation frontier with her
                 crew in suspended animation. (TNG: "The
                 Emissary")

2297             First Klingon contact with planet Bentax II
                 (TNG: "Devil's Due")

2302             Last known contact with planet Angel I by
                 Federation starship before visit by USS
                 Enterprise in 2364. (TNG: "Angel One")

2307             Launch of USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-B, an
                 EXCELSIOR-class starship *

                 The Federation/Klingon War ends in stalemate,
                 due to the reticence of the Romulans to become
                 involved. They apparently have problems on
                 another frontier. *

2310             Birth of Jean-Luc Picard (France, Earth) *

2311             Romulans sever diplomatic relations with the
                 Federation during the Tomad Incident, costing
                 thousands of lives. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")

2313             Kevin and Rashan Uxbridge married on Earth.
                 (TNG: "The Survivors")

                 Penthar Mohl of Lornak clan killed by microvirus
                 engineered by Trelesta clan and transmitted by
                 Uta of the Trelestas on planet Achamar. (TNG:
                 "The Vengeance Factor")

2314             Future Admiral Mark Jameson marries (TNG: "Too
                 Short a Season")

2319             Civil war rages on Mordan IV. Gov't kidnaps 63
                 passengers and crew of a passing starliner.
                 Jameson sent by StarFleet after 2 Federation
                 negotiators are killed to bargain for the
                 hostages. Jameson violates Prime Directive by
                 providing Mordanians with Federation weapons for
                 the release of the hostages. This results in 4
                 decades of continuing civil war on Mordan IV.
                 (TNG: "Too Short a Season")

2323             Birth of Beverly Crusher *

2330             Ensign Jean-Luc Picard gets into a ballroom
                 brawl with a trio of Norsicans at Starbase
                 Eirhardt. Picard is impaled and requires cardiac
                 replacement in order to survive. (TNG:
                 "Samaritan Snare")

2334             USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-B decommissioned *

c2335            Lieutenant Jean-Luc Picard attends the wedding
                 of Ambassador Sarek's son. (TNG: "Sarek")

                 Birth of William T. Riker (Valdez, Alaska,
                 Earth) (TNG: "The Icarus Factor")

                 Launch of USS Enterprise NCC-1701-C, an
                 AMBASSADOR-class starship *

c2337            Civil war breaks out on colony world Turkana IV,
                 leading to an anarchist society that still rules
                 the colony (TNG: "Legacy")

2338             Birth of Worf, son of Morgh (Kling) *

                 Lt. Cmdr. Data found by a landing party from the
                 starship USS Tripoli on the planet Omicron Theta
                 while investigating the disappearance of the
                 planet's colony. (TNG: "Datalore")

2340             Birth of Tasha Yar (Turkana IV) *

2342             Negotiations for Federation/Klingon alliance
                 begin.

                 April 9 J.L. Picard stands up the future Jenise
                 Manhiem by not showing up at the Cafe des
                 Artistes in Paris before end of shore leave on
                 Earth. Shipped out on the USS Stargazer,
                 Picard's first command. (TNG: "We'll Always Have
                 Paris")

2344             NCC-1701-C, Captain Rachel Garrett commanding,
                 destroyed while defending Klingon outpost
                 Nirendra III from Romulans. Several crew members
                 are taken prisoner and interrogated including
                 Lieutenant Tasha Yar. (TNG: "Yesterday's
                 Enterprise", "Redemption II")

                  A Federation starship is destroyed by the
                 Harada during diplomatic contact when the ship's
                 captain mispronounced a Haradan greeting,
                 outraging the insectoid race. (TNG: "The Big
                 Goodbye")

2345             Birth of K'Hern, brother of Worf, son of Morgh.
                 (TNG: "Sins of the Father")

                 Birth of Sela, daughter of Tasha Yar and a
                 Romulan General. (TNG: "Redemption II"

2346             Romulan/Klingon Alliance collapses as the result
                 of a Romulan attacks on Klingon bases (including
                 Khitomer).

2347             Federation/Klingon Alliance begins, directly as
                 a result of Enterprise-C's sacrifice in defense
                 of Nirendra III.

2348             Last attempt of reconcilliation between the
                 Achmarions and the Gatherers. (TNG: "The
                 Vengeance Factor")

                 Birth of Wesley Crusher (TNG: "Evolution")

2349             Dr. Paul Manhiem leaves Earth to find a planet
                 suitable for conducting experiments relating to
                 his time theories. (TNG: "We'll Always Have
                 Paris")

2349             Tasha Yar attempts to escape from Romulus with
                 her four-year-old daughter. She is apprehended
                 and executed. It is a turning point in young
                 Sela's life. She regarded her mother's escape as
                 an act of treachery toward her father. (TNG:
                 "Redemption II")

2350             William Riker leaves home to join Star Fleet
                 Academy. (TNG: "The Icarus Factor")

                 Salia of Dalid IV taken as an infant to grow up
                 on Clavdia III where she would be educated until
                 she returns to her homeworld to reunite two
                 warring factions of a centuries-old civil war.
                 (TNG: "The Dauphin")

c2351            USS Stargazer (Captain Jean-Luc Picard,
                 commanding) is chased from sector 21505 by a
                 Cardassian warship. The Stargazer was to attempt
                 peace treaty negotaions, but was attacked when
                 she lowered shields as a gesture of good faith.
                 * (TNG: "The Wounded")

                 Dr. Paul Manhiem and collegues take up shop on
                 planet Vandor IV. Begins time experiments that
                 would come to a head and take the lives of all
                 of his collegues an nearly himself 15 years
                 later. (TNG: "We'll Always Have Paris")

2352             Tasha Yar escapes from her homeworld, Turkana
                 IV, eventually to join Starfleet. (TNG:
                 "Legacy")

2353             Kyle Riker was a civilian strategist advising
                 Starfleet in their continuing conflict with the
                 Tholians. The Starbase he was on is attacked,
                 leaving Riker the sole survivor. Riker meets
                 Kate Pulaski at this time, nearly marries her.
                 (TNG: "The Icarus Factor")

                 Jeremiah Rossa born on colony world Gaelin IV.
                 (TNG: "Suddenly Human")

2354             While commanding the USS Stargazer, J.L. Picard
                 visits planet Chalna. (TNG: "Allegiance")

2355             USS Stargazer (NCC-2893) attacked by a then
                 unidentified Ferengi vessel. The Stargazer is
                 abandoned in the Maxia Zeta star system. (TNG:
                 "The Battle")

2356             J.L. Picard cleared in court-martial proceedings
                 following the loss of the USS Stargazer. He
                 doesn't see Phillipa Luvoir (the JAG officer
                 assigned to prosecute his case) for 10 years.
                 (TNG: "The Measure of a Man")

                 Last Terallian plague ship believed destroyed by
                 the Alcians. Another ship is encountered in
                 2364. (TNG: "Haven")

2357             Gaelin IV attacked by Tellerian military forces.
                 Jeremiah Rossa's parents are killed in the
                 action. Jeremiah survives and is rescued by the
                 Tellerian captain responsible. By Tellerian
                 custom, Jeremiah is raised as the Captain's son.
                 (TNG: "Suddenly Human")

                 Accident befalls the freighter Odin in space
                 near the Romulan Neutral Zone. Four survivors in
                 escape pods reach planet Angel One where they
                 seek refuge. (TNG: "Angel One")

2359             Civil war ends on Mordan IV (TNG: "Too Short a
                 Season")

2360             Birth of Alexander, son of Worf and K'Eylar.
                 (TNG: "Reunions")

2361             Turkana IV visted by USS Potemkin, colonists
                 warn starship that if anyone beams down to the
                 planet, they will be killed. (TNG: "Legacy")

                 Kevin and Rashan Uxbridge move from Earth to
                 their retirement home on planet Delta Rana IV.
                 (TNG: "The Survivors")

2362             Lt. Geordi LaForge, serving aboard the USS
                 Victory (NCC-9754), unknowingly contracts a
                 parasite during away duty on planet Tarchanan
                 III while investigating the disappearance of 49
                 colonists. Fate of the colonists would remain
                 unknown until the parasite became active within
                 LaForge and other members of that away team five
                 years later. (TNG: "Identity Crisis")

2364             Miles Edward O'Brian transferred to USS
                 Enterprise after serving aboard the USS Rutlidge
                 (Captain Benjamin Maxwell commanding) as
                 tactical officer. The Rutlidge was a front line
                 ship involved in the Federation/Cardassian
                 conflict. * (TNG: "The Wounded")

                 Launch of GALAXY-class USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-
                 D, Capt. Jean-Luc Picard commanding (TNG:
                 "Encounter at Farpoint")

 Episodes of TNG's first season

                 USS Stargazer recovered during a Ferengi attempt
                 to discredit Captain Picard in the Zendi Sabu
                 star system. (TNG:"The Battle")

                 Admiral Mark Jameson lured to Mordan IV where he
                 eventually dies from a drug overdose. (TNG: "Too
                 Short a Season")

                 Tasha Yar killed by Armus on planet Vagra II
                 (TNG: "Skin of Evil")

                 Conspiracy to take over Star Fleet by an alien
                 life form thwarted by the actions of a few
                 individuals, followed through and ended by
                 Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Cmdr. Will Riker of
                 the USS Enterprise. (TNG: "Conspiracy")

                 Evidence of unknown species that "scoops" away
                 inhabitants and technology of several Federation
                 and Romulan outposts along the Neutral Zone.
                 (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")

Episodes of TNG's second season

2365             Beverly Crusher promoted to head of Star Fleet
                 Medical (TNG: "The Child")

                 IKV Tong arrives at Federation frontier (TNG:
                 "The Emissary")

                 Enterprise thrown 7000 light years by Q to
                 system J-25 where they make first contact with
                 the Borg, a cyborg species described by Guinan
                 and Q as the perfect "users" (TNG: "Q Who?")

Episodes of TNG's third season

2366              Beverly Crusher returns as CMO to starship
                 Enterprise to remain closer to her son. (TNG:
                 "Evolution")

                 Sector 23 JAG, Captain Phillipa Luvoir
                 presiding, upholds previous Starfleet ruling
                 that LCDR Data - while admittedly a machine - is
                 a sentient being, deserving the rights and
                 priviledges granted all other sentient life
                 forms. (TNG: "The Measure of a Man")

                 Peace treaty signed between the Cardassians and
                 the Federation after a protracted interstellar
                 war. (TNG: "The Wounded")

                 The android Lore, Data's "brother" found
                 floating in space by a Paklid starship. Fate of
                 the Paklid crew is unknown, presumed dead. (TNG:
                 "Brothers")

                 A star-faring race, the Huwsnok, are
                 exterminated by an immortal being of a race
                 called the Dowd (Kevin Uxbridge) living on
                 colony planet Delta Rana IV. After a Huwsnok
                 warship destroys the colony, killing 11,000
                 humans, the Dowd kills 50 billion Huwsnok. Delta
                 Rana IV is quarantined by Starfleet Command to
                 avoid contact with the lone Dowd inhabitant.
                 (TNG: "The Survivors")

Late 2366        Borg starship kidnaps Capt. Picard of the
                 Enterprise, destroys Early 2367 39 Starfleet
                 vessels (11,000 hands lost) and nearly has the
                 opportunity to assimilate the inhabitants of
                 planet Earth into their collective. Attempt
                 repelled by Enterprise under Brevet Captain
                 William T. Riker, and Picard is retrieved. (TNG:
                 "The Best of Both Worlds (Parts I and II)") &
                 (TNG: "The Drumhead")

Episodes of TNG's fourth season.

2367             Doctor Noonian Soongh, creater of the androids
                 Data and Lore, found to still be alive on planet
                 in uncharted star system. It is believed Soongh
                 died shortly after an encounter with the
                 starship USS Enterprise. (TNG: "Brothers")

                 Transporter Chief Miles Edward O'Brien marries
                 (TNG: "Data's Day")

                 Wesley Crusher enters Star Fleet Academy. (TNG:
                 "Final Mission")

                 Captain Benjamin Maxwell is arrested and
                 transported back to Starfleet when he uses the
                 USS Phoenix to make preventative strikes against
                 Cardassian bases and ships. Evidence that the
                 Cardassians are re-arming for war is discovered.
                 (TNG: "The Wounded")

                 An interstellar con artist uses the legend of
                 Ardra to attempt to gain control of Bentax II.
                 The entire planet is nearly duped into believing
                 a goddess of evil had returned. (TNG: "Devil's
                 Due")

Late 2367        Klingon civil war. Aided by the Romulans, the
                 Duras family early 2368 succeeds in splitting
                 the Empire. While regaining his family honor,
                 Worf resigns his Starfleet commission. When the
                 Romulan conspiracy is uncovered by a fleet
                 commanded by Jean-Luc Picard, the civil war
                 collapses. Worf returns to Starfleet. (TNG:
                 "Redemption", "Redemption II")

Episodes of TNG's fifth season.

2368

c2650            Kal Dayno invents the Tax Utat--a quantum phase
                 inhibitor in the shape of a large crystal. It is
                 capable of halting all nuclear activity within a
                 star. Two Vorgon criminals attempt to steal the
                 Utat and Dayno flees to the 22nd century. He
                 hides it on Rhysa. (TNG: "Captain's Holiday")








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