James T. Kirk/Starfleet career/USS Enterprise

By 2265, at the age of thirty-two, Kirk assumed command of the USS Enterprise from Fleet Captain Pike. () Kirk's father lived long enough to see his son earn his first captaincy. ()
Along with the Enterprise, Kirk also acquired a number of Pike's old crewmates as well as science officer Spock, as his first officer. For his first command, he also requested to have Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell along with him. () Also under his command was his former instructor, Ben Finney. ()
Kirk was initially quartered on Deck 12 in 2266, before moving to Deck 5, room "3F 121". ()
At some point during the 2260s, Kirk and "his pointy-eared pal" attempted to "crash" the Command Conference afterparty on Starbase 25, but struck out and settled to end the night in a nearby dive bar. Over a century later, two other Starfleet officers – Beckett Mariner and Brad Boimler – also struck out, before ending up in the same bar. 
In recollecting the incident, the alien bartender, who coincidentally was the same who served Kirk and Spock years before, added to her story that "[t]he blonde one did most of the drinking." Before they left, "Kirk + Spock" was left behind, scrawled into the bar's countertop. Likewise, before Mariner and Boimler left, they too scrawled their names alongside those of their heroes. ()
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