2060s (Columbia)
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Reference Stardates 0/5200 - 0/5912
2060
- RSD 0/52: The Glenn class space bus enters service, with a crew of 28 and a passenger capacity of up to 450. With more than 200 built, they will serve as the principal surface-to-orbit carriers during the second half of the 21st century.[1]
- The Galileo class is retired from service.[1]
2061
March
- RSD 0/5303: Alpha Centauri biosociologist Zancmar Hodgkins publishes his Law of Parallel Planet Development, stating that similar planets develop similar life-forms with similar cultures.[2]
2062
- RSD 0/54: The Wayne class scout enters service.[1]
2063
April
- 5 April: Humans make first contact with the Vulcans at Bozeman, Montana, on Earth, following the first successful flight by warp drive inventor Zefram Cochrane.[3]
September
- RSD 0/5409 (September): The U.N.S.S. Icarus returns from its historic journey. A United Nations mission is dispatched to Alpha Centauri to begin official recognition, discuss trade, and exchange knowledge of each other's history.[1][4]
2064
- RSD 0/56: Interplanetary high-speed ambulances, such as the Keller class, improve the survival rates of severely sick and injured people in the Sol system with quicker access to Earth-based medical facilities.[1]
2065
June
- RSD 0/5706: The Xenobiological Probability Study, underwritten by the University of Luna for the United Nations, is released. The study concludes mathematically that the probability of discovering any non-humanoid intelligent life within the next century are extremely small.[2]
2066
- RSD 0/58: The Liberty class becomes operational, and will remian in service until 2136.[1]
July
- RSD 0/5807: After several years of design, construction, and testing, the Cochrane class, named for the inventor of the warp drive engine, Zefram Cochrane, inaugurates a new era in space exploration as Earth's first class of warp-capable spacecraft. A joint venture between Earth and Alpha Centauri, the Bonaventure is armed with monochromatic high-intensity lasers, powered by the ship's fusion sub-light engines. The U.N.S.S. Bonaventure is among the first ships of the class.[1][2]
2069
December
- 30-31 December: The S.S. Valiant encounters a magnetic storm that pushes it beyond the edge of the galaxy. Upon re-entering through the Galactic Barrier, several crew members begin exhibiting extraordinary psychic powers. The captain is forced to order the destruction of his ship,[5] but a number of crewmen survive and establish a colony on a nearby world.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Goldstein, Stan and Goldstein, Fred with Sternbach, Rick. Star Trek: Spaceflight Chronology. Pocket Books, 1980.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Theisen, John A. "The Romulan War." Star Trek: The Role Playing Game, Supplement 2221A. Illustrations by Cliff Van Meter and Dana Knutson. FASA Corporation. 1986.
- ↑ Berman, Rick (Producer). Star Trek: First Contact. Directed by Jonathan Frakes. Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore. Screenplay by Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore. Paramount Pictures Corporation, 22 November 1996.
- ↑ Menke, Bernard Edward and Stuart, Rick David. "The Federation." Star Trek: The Role Playing Game, Supplement 2011. FASA Corporation. 1986.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Where No Man Has Gone Before." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 1. Directed by James Goldstone. Written by Samuel A. Peeples. Desilu Productions, 22 September 1966.
- ↑ Friedman, Michael Jan. The Valiant. Star Trek: The Next Generation, Unnumbered Book. Pocket Books, 2000.
