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| 2233 |
| •1 | Kirk is born in Iowa on Earth.2
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| 2245 |
| •3 | The first Starship Enterprise is launched from the San Francisco Fleet yards in orbit of Earth.4 The launch is attended by Ex-President of the United Federaton of Planets, Jonathan Archer.5
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| 2246 |
| •6 | Kodos the Executioner seizes power on Tarsus IV when a food shortage becomes critical. Kodos orders the execution of 4,000 people in order to extend food supplies for the remainder - emergency supplies arrive too late to avoid the killings. James Kirk and Kevin Riley are among nine witnesses to the events.6 Amongst the victims are the elderly Hoshi Sato, formerly of the NX-01 Enterprise.7
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| 2250 |
| •8 | Kirk enters Starfleet academy. He serves on board the USS Republic during this year. Whilst there, he reports an error made by his friend Ben Finney, causing Finney to be passed over for promotion. Unknown to Kirk, Finney will develop an obsessive hatred of him over the years due to this incident.9
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| •8 | Starship Captain Garth wins a major victory at the planet Axenar.10 Afterwards James Kirk visits Axenar on a peace mission. The operation is a major success, and Kirk is awarded the Palm Leaf of Axenar for his part in the mission.9
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| •8 | Kirk meets Gary Mitchell while teaching at Starfleet Academy. Mitchell sets Kirk up with a blonde lab technician in order to distract him and so have an easier time in classes; the attempt is so successful that Kirk almost marries the woman.11
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| •8 | Kirk endures considerable torment from Finnegan, an upperclassman.12
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| 2252 |
| •12 | Kirk becomes romantically involved with Ruth.12
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| 2254 |
| •13 | Kirk graduates Starfleet academy. He is assigned duty on the USS Farragut under Captain Garrovick after graduation.14
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| •15 | Kirk commands his first planetary survey. He befriends Tyree, one of the local inhabitants, and recommends that the planet be left un-contacted.16
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| 2257 |
| •17 | Whilst serving on the Farragut, Kirk encounters a dangerous Vampire cloud on Tycho IV which kills 200 crew members, including the Captain. Kirk blames himself for the deaths because he hesitating when ordered to fire his phasers, though it is later discovered that it would have made no difference.17
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| 2261 |
| •18 | David Marcus is born to Carol Marcus. The boy's father, James Kirk, leaves Carol to raise him alone at her request.19
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| 2263 |
| •20 | James Kirk is promoted to Captain and assigned to command the Starship Enterprise.4
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| 2264 |
| •4 | The Starship Enterprise, under the command of Captain Kirk, is assigned a five year mission of exploration.4
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| 2265 |
| •11 | The USS Enterprise penetrates the barrier at the edge of the galaxy. Two of the crew develop powerful psychic abilities as a result, and are killed to protect the ship.11
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| 2266 |
| •21 | The USS Enterprise destroys a Romulan bird of Prey which has crossed the Neutral Zone and attacked several Federation outposts.21
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| •22 | While researching a collapsing planet, the crew of the USS Enterprise are incapacitated by a new form of virus. Dr. McCoy is able to overcome the effects of the virus in time to save the ship. In breaking free of the planet, the ship is thrown back several minutes in time - the first known example of time travel by the Federation.22
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| 2267 |
| •9 | James Kirk becomes the first Starship Captain ever to be court martialled when it appears that he has been negligent in the death of Ben Finney. Kirk is exonerated when it is discovered that Finney is in fact alive, having faked his own death to frame Kirk.9
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| •23 | Commander Spock hijacks the USS Enterprise and uses it to return Fleet Captain Pike to Talos.23 Despite the regulations against visiting Talos, Starfleet approves his actions because of the special circumstances involved.24
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| •25 | First contact with the Gorn occurs when a Gorn ship destroys an Earth observation outpost on Cestus III. Kirk and the Gorn captain are subsequently forced to fight one another by an advanced species calling themselves the Metrons.25
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| •26 | The USS Enterprise visits the planet Beta III, where the Archon was destroyed in 2167. Kirk makes the Landru computer destroy itself by forcing it to accept that it is harmful to the society is was built to protect.26
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| •27 | The USS Enterprise discovers an ancient DY-100 class spacecraft with the preserved bodies of several dozen people on board. It is soon discovered that these are the Genetic Tyrants led by Khan, missing from Earth since 1996. Kirk is able to defeat them, but rather than press charges he leaves Khan to found a settlement on Ceti Alpha V.27
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| •28 | The USS Enterprise uncovers a Klingon plot to gain development rights to Shermans planet. Unknown to the crew, they receive covert assistance from the crew of the USS Defiant, thrown back in time from 2373.28
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| •29 | Ceti Alpha VI explodes. The disaster shifts the orbit of Ceti Alpha V, causing environmental devastation. Khan's follows see their efforts to build a successful colony fail, and many of them will die over the years due to the harsh conditions and the remaining hostile life forms on the planet. Khan begins to nurture a deeply obsessive hatred of Kirk for his role in the tragedy.29
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| •30 | The USS Enterprise arrives at Omicron Seti III. Almost overcome by the effects of the local plant life, the crew manage to break free and rescue the colonists.30
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| •31 | The Federation and Klingon Empire go to war. The USS Enterprise is assigned to secure the co-operation of the planet Organia, a primitive society which is located at a strategic point between the two powers. In fact the Organians are revealed to be enourmously powerful and sophisticated non-corporeal entities who stop the war and force an uneasy treaty between the Federation and the Klingons.31
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| 2268 |
| •32 | Captain Kirk orders the USS Enterprise to cross the border into Romulan space, apparently acting irrationally as a result of stress. The ship is quickly surrounded by Romulan battlecruisers, who order it to surrender. Kirk reveals to his crew that he is acting on Federation orders, having faked his condition in order to allow the Federation deniability if the mission failed. Kirk is successful in stealing one of the Romulan cloaking devices and returning with it, a major intelligence coup for the Federation.32
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| 2269 |
| •33 | Dr. Janice Lester uses ancient technology she has discovered on Camus II to swap bodies with Captain Kirk. The transference is later found to be temporary.33
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| •34 | The USS Enterprise completes its five year mission.34
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| •35 | Captain Kirk is promoted to Admiral and assigned as Chief of Starfleet Operations.35
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| 2270 |
| •36 | The USS Enterprise commences a major refit.36
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| 2271 |
| •35 | Kirk is reassigned as Captain of the USS Enterprise in order to deal with the V'Ger threat.35
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| •35 | The newly launched USS Enterprise encounters the entity known as V'Ger. V'Ger merges with Commander Decker to become a new life form.35
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| 2281 |
| •37 | Kirk meets the young Demora Sulu for the last time prior to the launch of the Enterprise-B.37
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| •38 | Kirk retires from Starfleet.38
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| 2282 |
| •39 | Kirk meets and falls in love with Antonia while out riding.39
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| 2283 |
| •40 | A bottle of Romulan Ale is produced in this year. McCoy will give the bottle to Kirk as a gift in the future.40
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| 2284 |
| •41 | Kirk returns to Starfleet as an instructor in the Academy, much to the disappointment of Antonia. He moves to San Francisco.41
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| •42 | Carol Marcus presents the Genesis project proposal to the Federation. The project is funded and she begins working on the Genesis Device.42
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| 2285 |
| •19 | USS Reliant, searching for a lifeless planet for use in the Genesis experiment, is seized by Khan Noonian Sing. Sing attempts to steal the Genesis Device, but is engaged in battle by the USS Enterprise under the command of Admiral Kirk. Spock is killed saving the Enterprise from destruction.19
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| 2293 |
| •43 | The Enterprise-A escorts Chancellor Gorkon to Earth for a peace conference. When Gorkon is assassinated, Kirk uncovers a plot to reverse the recent easing of tensions between the Federation and Klingons.43
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| •43 | The Enterprise-A crew are responsible for saving the Khitomer Peace Conference, along with Captain Sulu of the USS Excelsior.43
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| •44 | The Enterprise-A is decommissioned.44
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| •44 | Kirk retires from Starfleet.44
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| •44 | Scotty, Kirk and Chekov attend launch the Enterprise-B; the ship rescues some El-Aurian refugees from the Lakul on its maiden voyage, including Guinan and Soran. Kirk is apparently killed on the mission, but is in fact swallowed into the Nexus.44
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