2266 (Columbia)

Stardates 1718-3796
Reference Stardates 2/0700-2/0712.31

March

Trelane (TOS 18)

• Stardate 2124.5 (approx. 12 March): The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 discovers a rogue planet drifting through space, inhabited by an eccentric being named Trelane who uses his apparently unlimited power over matter and form to manipulate the crew. (TOS 18: "The Squire of Gothos")

May

• Stardate 2534.0 (approx. 31 May): The crew of the Enterprise visits a planet dominated by a Nazi culture and at war with its planetary neighbor. (TOS 52: "Patterns of Force")

June

• Stardate 2712.4 (approx. 23 June): In search of Nurse Chapel's fiancé, renowned exobiologist Roger Korby, the Enterprise visits the icy planet Exo III, where Korby has discovered an ancient machine which allows him to duplicate any living person with an android replacement. Korby plans to use the machine to spread controlled androids throughout the Federation, and replaces Captain Kirk with such a duplicate in an effort to take over the Enterprise. (TOS 09: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?")
• Stardate 2713.5 (approx. 23 June): After discovering what appears to be a duplicate of the planet Earth, Captain Kirk and his landing party find a population ravaged by a strange disease, which only children appear to have survived. (TOS 11: "Miri")
• Stardate 2715.1 (approx. 23 June): While on a re-supply mission to a rehabilitation colony for the criminally insane, the Enterprise crew discovers that the chief doctor has been using a device which destroys the human mind. Kirk and Dr. Helen Noel, down on the planet, must deal with the problem up close and personal. (TOS 10: "Dagger of the Mind")

July

Anton Karidian (TOS 12)

• Stardate 2817.6 (approx.11 July): While visiting an old friend, Kirk suspects a Shakespearean actor may actually be the murderous former governor of Tarsus IV. Kirk invites the acting troupe aboard the Enterprise in order to investigate, but soon assassination attempts are made on Kirk and another crewman who was an eyewitness to the murders. (TOS 12: "The Conscience of the King")
• Stardate 2821.5 (approx. 12 July): Spock and a scientific party are sent to study the Murasaki 312 quasar aboard the shuttlecraft Galileo. During the survey, the Galileo is forced to make an emergency landing on the planet Taurus II, where the crew fight the planet's dangerous inhabitants. As the crew begin to make repairs, Scotty determines that the shuttle does not have enough fuel to reach orbit carrying all seven passengers, and Spock must contemplate leaving some of his fellow crew behind. (TOS 13: "The Galileo Seven")

August

• Stardate 2947.3 (approx. 3 August): Captain Kirk is placed on trial for negligence after a crewman is killed during a severe ion storm. Kirk maintains that his actions were proper and should not have led to the officer's death, but the evidence seems strong against him. (TOS 14: "Court Martial")

Christopher Pike (TOS 16)

• Stardate 3012.4 (approx. 15 August): Spock hijacks the Enterprise to take his crippled former captain, Christopher Pike, to the forbidden world of Talos IV. He then demands a court martial, which he uses to tell the tale of Pike's captivity on the planet years earlier. After witnessing the Talosians' capabilities of mental illusion, Kirk realizes that Spock intends to return Pike to the planet to live a life of illusion, unencumbered by his crippled condition. (TOS 15-16: "The Menagerie")
• Stardate 3018.2 (approx. 16 August): Two powerful aliens threaten the well-being of the Enterprise and her crew with their magical powers. (TOS 30: "Catspaw")
• Stardate 3025.3 (approx. 17 August): Captain Kirk orders shore leave for the Enterprise crew on a seemingly uninhabited planet in the Omicron Delta system. The landing parties begin to see strange sights, such as a White Rabbit a la Alice in Wonderland, Don Juan, and a sword-wielding samurai. Also, Kirk sees (and fights) an image of Finnegan, a rival from his Starfleet Academy days. Spock discovers that the planet seems to be drawing a large amount of energy from the ship's engines, placing the Enterprise in danger. (TOS 17: "Shore Leave")

Gorn captain (TOS 19)

• Stardate 3045.6 (approx. 20 August): The Enterprise comes under attack by unknown aliens while investigating the near destruction of the Cestus III colony. While chasing the aliens into unexplored space, both ships are captured by the powerful Metrons, who force Kirk and the Gorn captain to trial by combat: the winner's vessel will be set free, while the loser's ship will be destroyed. (TOS 19: "Arena")
• Stardate 3087.6 (approx. 28 August): While orbiting an apparently dead planet, the Enterprise seems to experience a strange moment of "nonexistence". Captain Kirk discovers a man named Lazarus on the planet below, who claims the effect was caused by his "enemy", later revealed to be an insane version of Lazarus from an alternate dimension. The sane version of Lazarus asks for Kirk's help in defeating his counterpart. (TOS 20: The Alternative Factor")

September

• Stardate 3113.2 (approx. 1 September): After accidentally traveling back in time to 1969, the Enterprise rescues USAF Captain John Christopher from his crippled fighter jet. The crew struggles to return to their own time, while simultaneously returning Christopher to the Air Force, removing his knowledge of the future and all record of contact with the Enterprise. (TOS 21: "Tomorrow is Yesterday")
• Stardate 3134.0 (approx. 5 September): After accidentally overdosing on a powerful stimulant, Dr. McCoy becomes unbalanced and disappears through the Guardian of Forever, a newly discovered time portal on a remote planet. Kirk and Spock follow after learning that McCoy somehow changed history. Arriving in the 1930s, the duo meet Edith Keeler, a New York social worker who gives them a place to stay. As the days pass, and McCoy is nowhere to be seen, Kirk finds himself falling in love with Keeler... but Spock discovers that Keeler must die to restore the timeline. (TOS 28: "The City on the Edge of Forever")

Khan (TOS 24)

• Stardate 3141.9 (approx. 6 September): The Enterprise discovers an ancient sleeper ship, the S.S. Botany Bay, which escaped from Earth's Eugenics Wars in the late 20th century. The genetically engineered passengers, led by war criminal Khan Noonien Singh, attempt to seize control of the Enterprise. (TOS 24: "Space Seed")
• Stardate 3156.2 (approx. 9 September): The Enterprise discovers a population on planet Beta III that is controlled by a powerful being called Landru. While investigating, Captain Kirk and his landing party are taken captive and discover that the Enterprise crew will be the next to be "absorbed" into Landru's control. (TOS 22: "The Return of the Archons")
• Stardate 3176.0 (approx. 12 September): The Starfleet Corps of Engineers ship U.S.S. Lovell NCC-470 is dispatched to Beta III to examine the Landru computer. (SCE #18: "Foundations, Book Two")
• Stardate 3192.1 (approx. 15 September): On Eminiar VII, the Enterprise finds a civilization at war with its planetary neighbor. Unable to discern any signs of battle from orbit, Captain Kirk leads a landing party to the surface where he discovers the entire war is fought by computer. Even though the war is simulated, citizens who are listed as virtual casualties still report to termination booths to be killed in reality. After the Enterprise is "destroyed" in an attack simulation, Kirk must fight to keep his crew from death. (TOS 23: "A Taste of Armageddon")

Horta (TOS 26)

• Stardate 3196.1 (approx. 16 September): Dispatched to the mining colony on Janus VI, the Enterprise is tasked to investigate rumors of a strange, subterranean creature responsible for destruction of equipment and the deaths of fifty miners. Kirk and Spock discover a silicon-based life form, a Horta, which lives in the surrounding rock. After Kirk and his Vulcan first officer find the strange creature, Spock performs a mind meld, discovering the reason behind the Horta's attacks. (TOS 26: "The Devil in the Dark")

Kor (TOS 27)

• Stardate 3198.4 (approx. 16 September): Peace negotiations have collapsed between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. The Enterprise is ordered to protect Organia, a peaceful planet located near the Klingon border. Kirk and Spock beam to the surface to warn the Organians about the Klingons, but soon a Klingon fleet arrives, forcing the Enterprise to abandon the duo on the planet. The natives protect Kirk and Spock, even as Kor, the new Klingon governor, orders mass executions of the Organian people. As both Federation and Klingon fleets converge above the planet, Kirk and Spock execute a daring raid on the Klingon headquarters in an effort to destabilize their control over the planet. (TOS 27: "Errand of Mercy")
• Stardate 3198.4 (approx. 16 September): Prologue (VAN #4: "Open Secrets")
• Stardate 3211.7 (approx. 19 September): Captain Kirk, Chekov and Uhura are kidnapped by powerful disembodied aliens and forced to fight in gladiatorial contests for the aliens' gambling entertainment. (TOS 46: "The Gamesters of Triskelion")
• Stardate 3219.4 (approx. 20 September): A shuttle crew from the Enterprise encounters a castaway (who appears to be Zefram Cochrane, the inventor of warp drive) and his mysterious alien companion. (TOS 31: "Metamorphosis")

October

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Neural parasite (TOS 29)

• Stardate 3287.2 (approx. 2 October): The Enterprise arrives at Deneva—the home of Captain Kirk's brother, Sam and his family—and discovers that the entire planet has been infested with large, amoeba-like aliens that have attacked and killed much of the human population. One of these aliens attaches itself to Spock, who volunteers to become a subject in Dr. McCoy's medical tests. McCoy and Kirk rush to find a cure in time to save Spock and the remainder of the Denevan population. (TOS 29: "Operation -- Annihilate!")
• Stardate 3372.3 (approx. 17 October): An energy-based life form that feeds on negative emotions drives the crew of the Enterprise into brutal conflict with the Klingons. (TOS 66: "Day of the Dove")
• Stardate 3372.7 (approx. 17 October): When Mr. Spock begins to behave aggressively, Kirk discovers his first officer must return to Vulcan to take a mate, or he will die. (TOS 34: "Amok Time")
• Stardate 3417.3 (approx. 25 October): Despite exposure to fatal radiation, the Federation colony on Omicron Ceti III appears to be thriving. A landing party from the Enterprise investigates, finding the colony's population to be healthy beyond explanation. Leila Kalomi, an old friend of Mr. Spock, shows the landing party strange flowers that seem to impose a state of pure bliss on all exposed to its spores, but at the cost of ambition and self-discipline. (TOS 25: "This Side of Paradise")

November

• Stardate 3468.1 (approx. 3 November): The crew of the Enterprise are held captive by an alien who claims to be the Greek god Apollo. (TOS 33: "Who Mourns for Adonais?")
• Stardate 3478.2 (approx. 4 November): Strange radiation exposes a landing party from the Enterprise to the effects of rapid aging. (TOS 40: "The Deadly Years")
• Stardate 3497.2 (approx. 8 November): The crew of the Enterprise becomes entangled in a planet's tribal power struggle. (TOS 32: "Friday's Child")
• Stardate 3541.9 (approx. 15 November): The crew of the Enterprise deals with Nomad—an indestructible, planet-destroying space probe that thinks Kirk is its creator. (TOS 37: "The Changeling")
• Stardate 3614.9 (approx. 28 November): Mr. Scott is implicated in a series of bizarre murders. (TOS 36: "Wolf in the Fold")
• Stardate 3619.2 (approx. 29 November): Captain Kirk becomes obsessed with destroying a murderous entity that killed many of the crew of his old ship. (TOS 47: "Obsession")

December

• Stardate 3715.3 (approx. 16 December): The crew of the Enterprise visits a mysterious and deadly paradise planet which they discover is controlled by a machine called Vaal. (TOS 38: "The Apple")

Note

Using the stardate given in "Charlie X" (1533.1), coupled with the calendar date given in that episode ("Thanksgiving," which falls on 23 November in 2265), a range of stardates for 2266 was devised: 1718-3796, which results in 5.7 stardates per 24 hours. Using this range as a guide, the following ranges were calculated per month for 2266:

• January: 1718-1894
• February: 1895-2050
• March: 2051-2227
• April: 2228-2398
• May: 2399-2575
• June: 2576-2746
• July: 2747-2923
• August: 2924-3100
• September: 3101-3271
• October: 3272-3448
• November: 3449-3619
• December: 3620-3796

These date ranges are, of course, approximate; calendar dates on other entries have been calculated based upon these ranges, except where explicitly given in the original story.

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