2266

The following events occurred in the year **2266** according to the Earth calendar.

## Events

January
* The USS *Enterprise* encounters the *Fesarius* and makes first contact with the First Federation. (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver")

*Possibly takes place late the previous year.*
April
* The Romulans breach the Neutral Zone, destroying several Starfleet outposts along the border. The *Enterprise* responds, and Federation personnel lay eyes on Romulans for the first time. The *Enterprise* ultimately destroys the attacking bird-of-prey in what the Romulans will come to regard as the Battle of Icarus IV. (TOS: "Balance of Terror")

May
* The *Enterprise* investigates the disappearance of Dr. Roger Korby on Exo III. (TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?")

June
* The *Enterprise* undertakes a mission to the Tantalus V penal colony. (TOS: "Dagger of the Mind")

* The *Enterprise* discovers the Onlies on Miri's World, a "duplicate" of Earth. (TOS: "Miri")

July
* The *Enterprise* diverts to Planet Q, and takes on the Karidian Company of Players. (TOS: "The Conscience of the King")

August
* The *Enterprise* shuttlecraft *Galileo* crashes on Taurus II. (TOS: "The Galileo Seven")

* At Starbase 11, James T. Kirk becomes the first starship captain in Starfleet history to undergo a court martial. He is acquitted upon discovery that Lt. Commander Benjamin Finney faked his own death. (TOS: "Court Martial")

October
* After a period of extended patrol and "three months without shore leave" for the crew, the USS *Enterprise* discovers the "Amusement Park planet," Beta Omicron Delta III. (TOS: "Shore Leave")

November
* While leading a cadet training cruise aboard an old Class J transport, Fleet Captain Christopher Pike is exposed to delta rays and suffers extreme radiation damage; afterwards, he is confined to a life-support chair. (TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I"; *TOS* comic: *Captain's Log: Pike*; DSC: "Through the Valley of the Shadow")

* Following the destruction of the Federation outpost on Cestus III, the Captain Kirk and the *Enterprise* make first contact with the Gorn Hegemony and the Metron Consortium. (TOS: "Arena"; *TNG* novel: *Requiem*; *VAN* novel: *Open Secrets*

* The USS *Antares* conducts a planetary survey of Thasus, and discovers human teenager Charlie Evans, the lone survivor of a crash there in 2251. (TOS: "Charlie X")

* **23-26 November**: The *Enterprise* rendezvous with the *Antares* and takes on Charlie Evans as a passenger. Shortly afterwards, the *Antares* is destroyed, and after attempting to take over the *Enterprise*, Evans is retrieved by the Thasians. (TOS: "Charlie X")

December
* Passing a black star, the USS *Enterprise* is thrown back in time to 1969. Upon returning to this year, the ship undergoes three weeks of repairs. (TOS: "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"; *DTI* novel: *Forgotten History*)

## Personal

### Assignments and promotions

* Ensign Pavel Chekov graduates Starfleet Academy and is assigned to the USS *Enterprise*. (*TOS* novel: *The Janus Gate*; *Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan*; *TOS* comic: *Who's Who in Star Trek*)

## *Stories*

* *VAN* novel: *Reap the Whirlwind*
* TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver"
* *VAN* novel: *Open Secrets* (spans a full year)
* TOS: "Mudd's Women"
* TOS: "The Enemy Within"
* TOS: "The Man Trap"
* TOS: "The Naked Time"
* *TOS* novel: *The Janus Gate*
* *ST* novel: *The Brave and the Bold, Book One*:*The First Artifact*
* TOS: "Balance of Terror"
* TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
* TOS: "Dagger of the Mind"
* TOS: "Miri"
* TOS: "The Conscience of the King"
* TOS: "The Galileo Seven"
* TOS: "Court Martial"
* TOS: "Shore Leave"
* TOS: "Arena"
* TOS: "Charlie X"
* TOS: "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"

## Background

* Certain episodes have been moved out of production order:

* "Arena" is placed towards the end of this year as opposed to early 2267 based on references in *VAN* novel: *Open Secrets* and other books.
* "The Galileo Seven" and "Court "Martial" are tentatively placed here to preserve production order as much as possible, and allow time for the change in command at Starbase 11 from Commodore Stone to Commodore Mendez.
* "Shore Leave" is placed here to account for "three months without shore leave," which means it must be before the ship's extended refit around the time of "Tomorrow Is Yesterday". This also fits the "fifteen years" references to Kirk's first year at the Academy better.
* "Charlie X" takes place over Thanksgiving, making it November, in either 2265 or 2266. Rand's presence could place it very early in the 5YM, but Uhura's switch to the operations division pushes it until after "Mudd's Women" at least. The latter date is more likely, given all the evidence.
* "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" is placed in December 2266 based on the DTI novel "Forgotten History"

## External link

* 2266 article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
* 2266 article at ***Memory Beta***, the non-canon *Star Trek* wiki.
* 2266 article at ***Star Trek Expanded Universe***, the fanon and fanworks *Star Trek* wiki.