2371

The following events occurred in the year **2371** according to the Earth calendar and corresponds to the stardate period 48000 to 48999.

## Events

* January
* Starfleet introduces a new combadge, replacing the oval backpiece with a rectangle-and-oval-cutout design.
* **15 January (stardate 48038.5)**: The USS *Voyager* departs Earth Station McKinley under the command of Captain Kathryn Janeway. (VOY: "Relativity")
* The USS *Sally Ride* is launched from Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. (*Shield of Tomorrow*)

March

* The Federation learns of the Dominion threat when the USS *Defiant* returns from the Gamma Quadrant with news of the Founders. (DS9: "The Search, Part II")
* The USS *Equinox* disappears, drawn to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker. Shortly afterwards, she encounters the Krowtonan Guard, and within a week, over half her crew is killed. (VOY: "Equinox")

April
* **26 April (stardate 48315.7-48317)**: The USS *Voyager* is lost in the Badlands, transported over 70,000 light years to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker. It will be several years before Starfleet becomes aware of her fate. (VOY: "Caretaker")

June

* **20 June (stardate 48467.3)**: Thomas Riker and the Maquis steal the USS *Defiant* from Deep Space 9, and expose a secret Cardassian military outpost in the Orias system. Riker is turned over to the Cardassians, and sentenced to life imprisonment at the labor camp on Lazon II. (DS9: "Defiant")

July

* **31 July (stardate 48579.4)**: The USS *Voyager* discovers a micro-wormhole to the Alpha Quadrant, and makes contact with Romulan scientist Dr. Telek R'Mor in the year 2351. (VOY: "Eye of the Needle")

August

* **15-16 August (stardate 48620.3-48622.5): The Obsidian Order and Tal Shiar launch a joint attack on the Founder homeworld in the Omarion Nebula. The assault fails, and both organizations suffer heavy losses. (DS9: "Improbable Cause", "The Die is Cast")**

* **19-26 August (stardate 48632.4-48650)**: Lt. Commander Data incorporates the emotion chip created by his father in into his neural net. The Amargosa Observatory is attacked, and the Amargosa star is destroyed by a trilithium-based weapon. Investigating the incident, the USS *Enterprise*-D is destroyed at Veridian III. Captain Jean-Luc Picard retrieves retired Captain James T. Kirk from the nexus in order to stop Tolian Soran from destroying the Veridian star and annihilating the pre-warp inhabitants of Veridan IV. (*Star Trek Generations*)
* The USS *Intrepid* responds to a distress call from the Salva Prime colony in the Demilitarized Zone, and finds every colonist dead, slaughtered by the Cardassians. (PDN: "The Good Fight")

September

* Starfleet discovers that the Borg have assimilated Starbase 804 on the Federation's Core Frontier. (*ST* novel: *The Return*)

October

* Shakaar Edon becomes First Minister of Bajor. (DS9: "Shakaar")
* Ben Bartholomew resigns his Starfleet commission and joins the Maquis. (PDN: "The Good Fight", "*L'Morte d'Maquis*")
* The USS *Sally Ride* responds to a distress call from the Akahrik system, and is ambushed by Capo Malgog of the Orion Syndicate. (*Shield of Tomorrow*: "Episode Zero")
* **31 October (stardate 48832.42)**: Captain Rafael Martinez and Commander Junil Rue of the *Sally Ride* log their reports on the Malgog incident. (*Shield of Tomorrow*: "Episode Zero" crew logs)

December

* The USS *Olympia* crashes on an L-class planet in the Rutharian sector while returning from an eight-year mission of exploration in the Beta Quadrant. All hands are lost, including Captain Lisa Cusack. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

## Personal

### Assignments and promotions

* Sarita Carson graduates from Starfleet Academy. (*Star Trek: Starship Creator*, DS9: "Starship Down")
* Lieutenant j.g Daniel Hunter completes the bridge officer training program. (*Star Trek: Intrepid*)
* Richard Adams is promoted to Captain and assumes command of the USS *Geronimo* (NCC-62501). (*Star Trek: Prometheus*)

### Births

* Noah Powell, the son of Alyssa Ogawa and Andrew Powell is born. (*TTN* novel: *Taking Wing*)

### Deaths

* Captain James T. Kirk is recovered from the nexus energy ribbon, only to die on Veridian III. (*Star Trek Generations*)
* Lieutenant Commander Lind Xadas, Chief Engineer of the USS *Sally Ride* is murdered by Orion Syndicate forces led by Malgog. (*Shield of Tomorrow*: "Episode Zero")
* Captain Lisa Cusak, sole survivor of the USS *Olympia*, dies alone on a planet in the Rutharian sector. Her body will be found three years later by the USS *Defiant*. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

## *Stories*

* *TNG* novel: *Intellivore* (January, stardate 48002.5)
* *TNG* comic: *Convergence* (stardate 48015.1)
* VOY short story: "Doctors Three"
* DS9: "The Search, Part I" (stardate 48212.4-48214.5)
* DS9: "The Search, Part II" (stardate 48217.7) \*
* *TNG* novel: *Ancient Blood*
* DS9: "The House of Quark" (stardate 48224.2) \*
* *VOY* novel: *The Third Artifact*
* *TNG* novel: *Quarantine*
* *TNG* novel: *Crossover*
* DS9: "Equilibrium" (stardate 48231.7) \*
* *TNG* novel: *Kahless*
* DS9: "Second Skin" (stardate 48244.5) \*
* *TNG* comic: *War and Madness* (stardate 48252.6-48257.8)
* DS9: "The Abandoned" (stardate 48301.1) \*
* VOY: "Caretaker" (stardate 48315.6-48317)
* TNG comic: "Gateway"
* TNG comic: "The Unconquered"
* DS9: "Civil Defense" (stardate 48388.8) \*
* DS9: "Meridian" (stardate 48423.2)
* VOY: "Parallax" (stardate 48439.7)
* DS9: "Defiant" (stardate 48467.3)
* DS9: "Fascination" (stardate 48441.6) \*
* DS9: "Past Tense, Part I" (stardate 48481.2 - )
* DS9: "Past Tense, Part II" (- stardate 48483.3)
* DS9: "Life Support" (stardate 48498.4)
* VOY: "Time and Again" (stardate 48498.5) \*
* *TNG* comic: *Perchance to Dream* (stardate 48501.9)
* DS9 short story: "The Orb of Opportunity"
* *TNG* novel: *Dujonian's Hoard*
* DS9: "Heart of Stone" (stardate 48532.4)
* VOY: "Phage" (stardate 48532.4)
* DS9: "Destiny" (stardate 48543.2)
* VOY: "The Cloud" (stardate 48546.2)
* DS9: "Prophet Motive" (stardate 48555.5) \*
* DS9: "Visionary" (stardate 48576.7) \*
* VOY: "Eye of the Needle" (stardate 48579.4)
* DS9: "Distant Voices" (stardate 48592.2) \*
* DS9: "Through the Looking Glass" (stardate 48601.1) \*
* *TNG* novel: *The Soldiers of Fear*
* VOY: "Ex Post Facto" (stardate 48610.1) \*
* DS9: "Improbable Cause" (stardate 48620.3) \*
* DS9: "The Die is Cast" (stardate 48622.5) \*
* VOY: "Emanations" (stardate 48623.5)
* *Star Trek Generations* (stardate 48632.1-48650.1)
* VOY: "Prime Factors" (stardate 48642.5)
* *TNG* novel: *Triangle: Imzadi II*)
* VOY: "State of Flux" (stardate 48658.2)
* VOY: "Heroes and Demons" (stardate 48693.2)
* DS9: "Explorers" (stardate 48699.9) \*
* DS9: "Family Business" (stardate 48731.2) \*
* VOY: "Cathexis" (stardate 48734.2)
* *ST* novel: *The Return*
* *MU* novel: *The Worst of Both Worlds* (28 September)
* VOY: "Faces" (stardate 48784.2)
* DS9: "Shakaar" (stardate 48764.8) \*
* *Shield of Tomorrow*: "Episode Zero"
* VOY: "Jetrel" (stardate 48832.1)
* VOY: "Learning Curve" (stardate 48846.5)
* DS9: "Facets" (stardate 48876.3)
* VOY: "Projections" (stardate 48892.1)
* *VOY* novel: *The Murdered Sun* (stardate 48897.1)
* VOY: "Elogium" (stardate 48921.3)
* DS9: "The Adversary" (stardate 48959.1-48962.5)
* *DS9* novel: *Time's Enemy*
* VOY: "Twisted" (stardate 48945.8)
* *VOY* novel: *The Final Fury*
* VOY: "The 37s" (stardate 48975.1)
* DS9 game: *Harbinger* (stardate 48987.7)

### Notes

* This year is the "default setting" for *Star Trek Adventures* , and thus in their printed forms, many of the adventures for that game are set this year, though they may actually occur at other points in various continuities.

## External link

* 2371 article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
* 2371 article at ***Memory Beta***, the non-canon *Star Trek* wiki.
* 2371 article at ***Star Trek Expanded Universe***, the fanon and fanworks *Star Trek* wiki.