STAR TREK UNIVERSE TIMELINE

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                          STAR TREK UNIVERSE TIMELINE

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                            Compiled and Edited by:

                                 Tim E. Dayger

                        Version: #02  Release: 03/23/93

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AUTHOR'S NOTE to the 2nd release:

This is the second public release of the STAR TREK UNIVERSE TIMELINE.  It

incorporates the following updates, changes, and corrections:

    *  New information from the first ten episodes of "Deep Space Nine".

       ("Emissary" - "The Nagus")

    *  New Information from six recent episodes of the "The Next Generation".

       ("Ship in a Bottle" - "Birthright, Part II")

    *  A complete rewrite of the system used to calculate modern Vulcan

       calendar dates.

    *  Minor editing corrections made by the author.

    *  Ocassional suggestions offered by readers of the previous release of

       this timeline.

INTRODUCTION:

Welcome!  Following this introduction is a timeline of events chronicling the

history of the STAR TREK universe as it is dramatized in the television

episodes and feature films.

Although some obscure visual details have been confirmed by refering to photos

and illustrations from Starlog's  STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION MAGAZINE and

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE MAGAZINE,, all source material used in compiling

this timeline has been taken directly from live-action & animated film/video

footage.  No supplemental material has been taken from any 'authoritative'

written materials such as ST-phenomenon books, technical manuals, adventure

novels, or fan magazines.

This timeline has been organized as a chronologically ordered series of

independent entries.  In numerous cases separate threads of information from

different sources have been drawn together and interwoven to produce a coherent

speculative picture of events in the STAR TREK universe.  Less often;

contradictory data from different sources has been sifted, weighed for accuracy

and credibility, and then melded together to present a plausible compromise.

The author has made an effort to resist the temptation to unduly embelish

existing materials beyond reasonable extrapolations, or to "invent" new

information to fill in tantalizing gaps in existing material.  The conclusions

offered in some instances in this timeline may not agree with the extensive

body of external fan-lore that has grown up around STAR TREK.

This timeline consists of several parts:

TIMELINE.INT : This Introduction.

TIMELINE.MAI : The Main Timeline primarily chronicles the rise of Terra as a

               spacefaring civilization, as well as the formation and growth

               of the Federation.  It covers the period AD 1968-2369, and

               focuses primarily on important events referred to in episodes in

               historical context. it also includes events which occurr "live"

               in one episode, and which are then mentioned again in a later

               one.

TIMELINE.CRU : The Crew Timeline focuses on chronicaling the personal histories

               of prominent characters in the STAR TREK universe.  The same

               criteria are used as mentioned above.

TIMELINE.GAL : The Galactic Timeline chronicles events in galactic history

               prior to AD 1968.  The torrential deluge of references to Earth

               history have been ommitted to prevent this work from turning

               into a grade-school Social Studies book, as well as to preserve

               the sanity of the author.

TIMELINE.FUT : Rather short; the Future Timeline chronicles events which are

               perported to happen in the far-distant future of the current

               STAR TREK universe, as reported to the main characters by time-

               travelers.

TIMELINE.ABR : The Appendix of Abbreviations contains an alphabetical listing

               of episode abbreviations used in this timeline for the reader's

               reference. The following explanation of episode citations should

               make this more clear.

Each entry in this timeline is followed by one or more reference citations to

aid the reader in identifying which episodes have been drawn upon for

information for forming the entry.  Episode citations are given in the format;

        (XXX\yyy)

where "XXX" is an anacronym for a specific episode, and "yyy" is one of the

following:

    'top' = The Original Pilot ("The Cage")

    'tos' = an episode of The Original Series

    'tas' = an episode of The Animated Series

    'tff' = one of The Feature Films

    'tng' = an episode of The Next Generation

    'ds9' = an episode of Deep Space Nine

    'atv' = the Alternate Television Version of "STAR TREK II: The Wrath of

            Khan"

    'mtv' = the MTV special "The Star Trek Logs"; a 25th anniversary special

            starring Marina Siris as Deanna Troi, reveiwing the history of the

            classic TREK crew.

Although an ever increasing number of precise dates for events are being culled

from computer displays shown in episodes of TNG and DS9; the vast majority of

the historical material presented in this timeline is never referred to with

specific dates.  Generally, events are referred to as having happend "'X'

number of years ago".  The following concrete date references have been used to

determine a framework for the rest of this timeline:

    1)  In the first season TNG episode "The Neutral Zone", Data states that

        the current year is 2364.

    2)  In the MTV special "The STAR TREK Logs", a computer display indicates

        that Captain Spock died and was ressurected by the Genesis device in

        2285.

    3)  In the TNG episode "Evolution" Data makes a thinly veiled reference to

        the severe technological problems suffered by the Enterprise-A in 

        "STAR TREK V: The Final Frontier", saying that these events happened

        79 years earlier.

    4)  In "STAR TREK II: The Wrath of Khan", the following sequence takes

        place between Admiral Kirk and Dr. McCoy in Kirk's San Francisco

        apartment early in the film:

             KIRK: (Examing McCoy's bottle of Romulan ale closely,) "2283..."

            MCCOY: (looking sardonic,) "Yeah, well it takes this stuff a while

                   to ferment."

             KIRK: (smiling,) "I'll say."

        The apparent joke is that the bottle contains "cheap" Romulan ale; tts

        only a couple of years old.

    5)  In "STAR TREK II: The Wrath of Khan", it is stated several times

        throughout the movie by different characters that fifteen years have

        passed since the events of the original series episode "Space Seed".

In instances where a precise date cannot be established for an event, an '@' is

used to indicate a close approximation.

When citing events related to Vulcans and Vulcan history, equivelant modern

Vulcan calendar dates have been provided.  The following references have been

used to determine the workings of the modern Vulcan calendar:

    1)  It appears that Vulcan's cyclic period of solar revolution is slightly

        longer than one standard Terran year.  At the time of the animated

        episode "Yesteryear"; (2272 AD,) it is indicated that Spock is 37

        Vulcan years of age.  In the MTV special "The Star Trek Logs" a

        computer display quotes Spock's date of birth as 2231 AD.  This would

        mean that 41 Terran years = 37 Vulcan years, or;

            1 Terran year = 0.90 Vulcan years

            1 Vulcan year = 1.11 Terran years

    2)  Also from "Yesteryear"; Spock tells the Guardian of Forever that he

        wishes to travel to his home 30 Vulcan years in the past.  He then

        tells Kirk that he needs clothing appropriate to that time period;

        circa 8877.  This would indicate that the current Vulcan year at the

        time of the episode is 8907.  With the other time related data just

        cited, it is possible to calculate Vulcan dates.

There are a number of time-related references from various STAR TREK episodes

that do not correlate with the vast body of data used to calculate this

timeline.  It is assumed that these references are erroneous and they have

simply been ignored.  These include references from "The Squire of Gothos",

"Tomorrow is Yesterday", "Space Seed", "The Infinite Vulcan", "STAR TREK V:

The Final Frontier", "Encounter at Farpoint", "Sarek", "Rascals", "Tapestry",

and "The Nagus".

Regarding Stardates: For the purposes of this timeline 1,000 sequential

stardates are presumed to equal one standard Terran year.  Although this

assumption is admittedly shaky when considering classic TREK material;

particularly the feature films, it is firmly bourne out by the TNG & DS9

series.

While perusing this timeline, the reader may ocassioanlly discover the

ommission of some obscure factual material from the episodes or feature films

which should be included in this timeline.  While it is entirely possible that

the author has inadvertantly overlooked something, this isn't necessarily the

case.  In a number of instances source material has been withheld when a lack

of specific detail surrounding a particular event makes it impossible to create

a meaningful timeline entry.  The author maintains files containing fairly

extensive listings of obscure source materials so that if, in the future,

further references are made to these events in another episode, a timeline

entry can be composed.

All material included in this timeline is subject to change as we learn more

about the STAR TREK universe from future television episodes and feature films.

Updates will be issued periodically incorporating new data.

Questions, comments, and constructive criticism regarding the format, content,

and ongoing development of this timeline are welcome.  Readers are encouraged

to direct their e-mail to:

    INTERNET: dayger@oswego.oswego.edu

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If you wish to electronically re-distribute this timeline for the reading

pleasure of others, please follow the simple guidelines given in the file

'readme.1st'.

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