2380

The following events occurred in the year **2380** according to the Earth calendar and corresponds to the stardate period 57000 to 57999.

## Events

* While researching an experimental form of dilithium on Etaris IV, Dr. Leah Brahms is abducted by the Talarians. In response, the *Centaur*-class USS *Resolute* is dispatched to retrieve her. (*ST* comic: *Resurgence*)

* Circa this year or the next, the USS *Protostar*, prototype of her class is launched under the command of Captain Chakotay. The ship's mission is a return to the Delta Quadrant, to follow up on the exploration done by the USS *Voyager* on her journey home. To that end, the *Protostar* serves as a test-bed for several new technologies, most especially the experimental gravimetric protostar containment drive. (PRO: "Asylum", et. al)

* The USS *Vesta* (NCC-82601) enters service this year, along with the next several ships of her class, including the USS *Aventine*. They are among the first generation of Starfleet vessels equipped with quantum slipstream drive. (*TNG* novel: *Greater Than the Sum*)

* **December**: After six months of refit, the USS *Resolute* is re-launched from Starbase 128, dispatched on a diplomatic mission to the Hotari system. (ST game: *Resurgence*)

## Personal

### Assignments and promotions

* By this year, if not earlier, Admiral Victor Bordson becomes Command-in-Chief of Starfleet. Soon after, Captain Kirsten Clancy begins serving as his aide. (*PIC* novel: *The Last Best Hope*)
* Ensign D'Vana Tendi transfers from Outpost 79 to the USS *Ceritos*. (LDS: "Second Contact")
* Daniel Hunter is promoted to full Commander and assigned as first officer aboard the USS *Intrepid*, under Captain Walter Emick. (*Star Trek: Intrepid*)
* Lieutenant Commanders Ezri Dax and Simon Tarses are assigned to the USS *Aventine* as second officer and chief medical officer, respectively. (*conjecture*
* **6 December (stardate 57931.4)**: After departing the USS *Excelsior*, Commander Jara Rydek arrives at Starbase 128 and assumes the post of first officer aboard the USS *Resolute*. A number of other crew join the *Resolute* at this time, replacements for the ship's losses six months prior. (ST game: *Resurgence*)
* Following the Tkon incident, Commander Rydek is promoted to Captain, and given permanent command of the *Resolute*. (ST game: *Resurgence*)

### Births

* Jack Crusher, the son of Beverly Crusher and Jean-Luc Picard is born circa this year. (PIC: "Seventeen Seconds")
* Rylem Reon is born. (*Clear Skies: Perseverance*: "Episode 7")

### Relationships

June

* Kathryn Janeway and Chakotay meet for a date in Venice.

## *Stories*

* *TTN* novel: *Taking Wing*, end (8 January - 9 January)
* *ST* novel: *Articles of the Federation* (January - December)
* *TTN* novel: *The Red King* (9 January - 30 January)
* *TTN* novel: *Orion's Hounds* (20 February - 22 March)
* *TNG* novel: *Resistance* (April)
* *Star Trek: Legacy* (29 April - 1 May)
* *TNG* novel: *Q & A* (May)
* *ST* comic: *Resurgence* (ends six months before *Star Trek: Resurgence*)
* *TNG* novel: *Before Dishonor* (early June)
* *VOY* novel: *Full Circle*, begins (June 2380 to June 2381)
* LDS: "Second Contact" (8 June, stardate 57436.2)
* LDS: "Envoys"
* *ST* novel: *Captain's Blood* (19 June - 3 July)
* LDS: "Temporal Edict" (2 July, stardate 57501.4)
* *TTN* novel: *Sword of Damocles* (July? - "three months after" *Orion's Hounds*)
* LDS: "Moist Vessel" (16 July?, stardate 57538.9)
* LDS: "Cupid's Errant Arrow" (8 August?, stardate 57601.3)
* LDS: "Terminal Provocations" (30 August?, stardate 57663.9)
* *TNG* novel: *Greater Than the Sum* (September - 25 December)
* LDS: "Much Ado About Boimler" (2 October?, 57752.6)
* LDS: "Veritas" (after 26 October, stardate 57818.4)
* LDS: "Crisis Point"
* LDS: "No Small Parts" (ends 4 December - stardate 57925.4)
* ST game: *Resurgence* (begins 6 December - stardate 57931.4)
* LDS: "Strange Energies" (ends 30 December - stardate 57995.8)

## References

1. ↑ *Extrapolated from the timing of events in the Litverse, modified to fit with the* What We Left Behind *pitch.*

## External link

* 2380 article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
* 2380 article at ***Memory Beta***, the non-canon *Star Trek* wiki.
* 2380 article at ***Star Trek Expanded Universe***, the fanon and fanworks *Star Trek* wiki.