2270 (Columbia)

Stardates 5636-6635

Reference Stardates 2/1200-2/1312.31

January

U.S.S. Enterprise (TOS 10)

• Stardate 5483.7 (1-2 January): Investigating a sector of space where starships have disappeared every 27 years, the Enterprise finds a race of beautiful women living on a hidden planet. (TAS 06)
• Stardate 5554.4: While visiting the newly discovered planet Phylos, Lieutenant Sulu picks up a walking plant, called a Retlaw, and is poisoned. The alien species that inhabits the planet, who are also plantlike beings, approach and save Sulu's life. (TAS 02)
• Stardate 5592.1: The Enterprise crew revisits the "amusement park" planet, hoping for some rest and relaxation. (TAS 14)
• Stardate 4978.5: The Enterprise receives orders to arrest Federation outlaw Harry Mudd, who is accused of selling fake love crystals. Intercepting Mudd on the mining colony of Motherlode, they bring him aboard the Enterprise. (TAS 08)

Janus VI mine (TOS 26)

• Stardate 8941.4/Reference Stardate 2/1201: Captain Kirk of the U.S.S. Enterprise is called to Janus VI, where he must serve as a judge regarding the murder of a Horta. In the process, an important discovery is made about the race of Hortas that once populated the planet. (FASA 2202; FASA 2224)
• Reference Stardate 2/1201: While on routine patrol near Tholian space, the Larson class destroyer U.S.S. Cre'cy NCC-4312 encounters the badly damaged hull of the U.S.S. Hood NCC-1703, apparently no longer trapped in spatial interphase. The Cre'cy successfully tows the battered hulk to the nearest Federation outpost, where officials initially decide to scrap the vessel, but later decide instead to refit it. (FASA 2224)
• Reference Stardate 2/1201: The Denebian Swan of Merit is introduced by the Deneb IV Planetary Government, and is awarded to individuals who have displayed valor in the service of the planet Deneb or its citizens in the course of Federation duties. (FASA 2012)
• Stardate 5693.2/Reference Stardate 2/1003.01 (approx. 21 January): Captain Kirk is caught between dimensions while the Enterprise is trapped by an energy draining web spun by the Tholians. (TOS 64)
• Stardate 5710.5 (approx. 27 January): Invisible "time-accelerated" aliens take over the Enterprise and attempt to abduct the crew for use as "genetic stock." (TOS 68)
• Stardate 5718.3 (approx. 30 January): Captain Kirk visits a mental health facility and confronts an insane starship captain who believes he is destined to control the universe. (TOS 71)

February

• Reference Stardate 2/1202: Federation Ambassador Carlos Rivera, a senior diplomat, is called in to help persuade the Lorealyn system to join the Federation. Lying within the Klingon Neutral Zone, the system possesses important crystal deposits that could be valuable for experiments in transwarp propulsion. The Mission class courier U.S.S. Magnan NCC-13843 transports the ambassador, but is intercepted by a Klingon D7 class cruiser. Ambassador Rivera and his party are taken aboard the cruiser, where they are temporarily imprisoned. (FASA 2001: Adventure Book, "In the Presence of My Enemies") Starfleet Intelligence later learns that the Klingons' Kinza D'elma naval base has been completed in territory acquired under the Organian Peace Treaty. (FASA 2224)
• Stardate 5725.3 (approx. 1 February): Strange, energy-based alien life forms threaten the Memory Alpha station and the Enterprise crew. (TOS 73)
• Stardate Unknown: The crew of the Enterprise visits an abandoned outpost guarded by a mysterious computer. (TOS 69)
• Stardate 5726.4 (approx. 2 February): (shortly after "That Which Survives") (TOS: Gateways #1, "One Small Step")
• Stardate Unknown: "One Giant Leap" (immediately following "One Small Step") (TOS: Gateways #7, What Lay Beyond: "One Giant Leap")
• Stardate 5729.8 (approx. 3 February): (VAN #9, Chapter 5)
• Stardate 5730.2 (approx. 3 February): The Enterprise picks up the last two survivors of a war-torn planet who are still committed to destroying each other aboard the ship. (TOS 70)
• Stardate 1254.4: While exploring near the center of the galaxy, the Enterprise is caught inside an energy/matter vortex and all her computer systems fail. A being named Lucien appears on the bridge, repairs the ship's systems and takes the crew to explore his planet, Megas-Tu. (TAS 09)
• Stardate 5577.3: While observing a burned-out supernova, the Enterprise picks up a strange message transmitted in a two-hundred-year-old code. (TAS 15)
• Stardate 5267.2: While exploring the Delta Triangle, where many starships have disappeared, the Enterprise is attacked by several Klingon vessels. During the battle they are caught in an ion storm. The Enterprise and one Klingon battlecruiser are drawn into a spacetime vortex and end up in a timeless dimension. (TAS 10)
• Stardate 5392.4: While the Enterprise escorts two robot cargo ships carrying quintotriticale, a new seed grain, to famine-stricken Sherman's Planet, it encounters a Klingon battlecruiser pursuing a Federation scout ship. When the Enterprise rescues the pilot, the Klingons attack with a new energy weapon and demand that the pilot be handed over to them. (TAS 01)
• Stardate 5499.9: While exploring the water planet Argo, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are transformed into water breathers by the planet's undersea inhabitants, the Aquans. In order to return to their normal selves, they must enlist the help of the Aquans to capture a giant sur-snake, whose venom holds the antidote. (TAS 13)
• Stardate 5784.2 (approx. 23 February): The crew of the Enterprise encounters an ageless and mischievous race of psychic humanoids who claim to have organized their society around ancient Greek ideals. (TOS 67)

March

Aleriad (FASA 2205)

• Stardate 7680.9/Reference Stardate 2/1203: The U.S.S. Enterprise is assigned to supervise the evacuation of humanoids on the planet Aleriad, which is about to be destroyed due to system instability. Although the Prime Directive is suspended, Alerian religious beliefs and Orion agents complicate the evacuation process. (FASA 2205; FASA 2224) Meanwhile, the first outbreak of Orion blood fever occurs among the inhabitants of Rigel VII. Starfleet Intelligence later learns that the disease depopulated several Klingon settlements before quarantines were ordered. (FASA 2224)
• Stardate 5818.4 (approx. 7 March): Captain Kirk races against time to acquire plague-fighting minerals from a world in the midst of a civil uprising. (TOS 74)
• Stardate 5821.3 (approx. 8 March): (VAN #9, Chapter 7)
• Stardate 5822.6 (approx. 9 March): (VAN #9, Chapters 9-10)
• Stardate 5829.6 (approx. 11 March): (VAN #9, Chapters 1-2, 4, 6, 8)
• Stardate 5829.7 (approx. 11 March): (VAN #9, Chapter 11, part 1)
• Stardate 5830.4 (approx. 12 March): (VAN Chapter 11, part 2)
• Stardate 5832.3 (approx. 12 March): The Enterprise is hijacked by the criminal Doctor Sevrin and his loyal, hippie-like followers, who are attempting to find paradise. (TOS 75)
• Stardate 6334.1: Spock contracts a fatal illness, and the cure can only be found with dangerous Orion pirates. (TAS 19)
• Stardate 5843.7 (approx. 16 March): The crew of the Enterprise encounters an immortal Human who lives as a recluse on a planet of his own. (TOS 76)
• Stardate 5683.1: The Enterprise arrives at the Vedala asteroid, where Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock have been summoned to learn about a stolen religious artifact, the "Soul of the Skorr", whose theft could ignite a galactic holy war. (TAS 12)
• Stardate 5275.6: Doctor McCoy is arrested for allegedly causing a deadly plague, which once ravaged the planet Dramia. (TAS 18)

Holographic Rec Room (TAS 20)

• Stardate 3183.3: A strange energy field causes the Enterprise computer to play practical jokes on the crew, but the humor soon turns to danger. (TAS 20)
• Stardate 6063.4: A mysterious being threatens to destroy the Enterprise if the crew is unable to solve an ancient puzzle. (TAS 21)

April

• Stardate Unknown: (VAN #7: Prologue)
• Stardate Unknown: (VAN #8: "#8: Prologue, Epilogue)
• Stardate 6770.3: An unusual spaceship pulls the Enterprise into a "negative universe" where time seems to flow backwards. (TAS 22)
• Stardate 5501.2: The disappearance of a scientific team lures the Enterprise to investigate near Lactra VII. The starship Ariel is located there, abandoned, with its captain having transported to the planet's surface. (TAS 16)
• Stardate 5906.4 (approx. 8 April): Aliens force Kirk and Spock to battle illusionary villains in a test of good versus evil. (TOS 77)
• Stardate 7403.6: The Enterprise crew is taken captive by a primitive race on a newly discovered planet. (TAS 17)
• Stardate 4187.3: In the Shuttlecraft Copernicus, Mr. Spock, Uhura, and Sulu are en route to Starbase 25 to deliver a stasis box—a rare artifact of the Slaver Empire—when the Kzinti intervene. (TAS 11)
• Stardate 5928.5 (approx. 16 April): Captain Kirk's consciousness becomes trapped in the body of a woman bent on killing him and taking over his command—while inhabiting his body. (TOS 79)
• Stardate 7098.5: (VAN #9: Chapter 12)
• Stardate 5943.7 (approx. 22 April): Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are trapped in the past on a world threatened by a supernova. (TOS 78)

May

• Reference Stardate 2/1204: The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 ends its Five Year Mission under Captain James T. Kirk, and enters spacedock for an extensive refit. (VOY 265; ST01; FASA 2004) Kirk is promoted to Commodore. (FASA 2224)
• Reference Stardates 2/1209-2/1212 (May-July): Coridan, a Federation protectorate, experiences increasing numbers of dilithium crystal hijackings, resulting in numerous fatalities and severe financial repercussions. (FASA 2209; FASA 2224)

June

• Stardate Unknown: (6 months after "Storming Heaven," 2 months after TOS 79) (Seekers #1)
• Stardate Unknown: (Seekers #2)

July

• Reference Stardate 2/1207.01 (1 July): The standard Starfleet uniform is changed to "the long-sleeved, round-necked tunic in grey or tan, with one-piece pants and foot coverings[, with the] standard belt monitor ... attached at waist level in front." Service branch is denoted by the color of the background circle of the Starfleet arrowhead/delta insignia as follows: Command white, Science orange, Engineering red, Medical green, Operations yellow, and Security silver. (FASA 2214)
• Reference Stardates 2/1204-2/1212: Commodore Kirk spends much of his shore leave using his influence and prestige to assure Starfleet's continued vigilant, but non-militant, activities in the face of Klingon aggression outside the Klingon Neutral Zone. He is appointed to Starfleet's Operating Forces Board to ensure that his proposals are carried out, and is promoted again to Admiral. (FASA 2224)

September

• Stardate Unknown: ("a few months" after Seekers #2) (Seekers #3)
• Stardate Unknown: (Seekers #4)

October

• (SCE #44: Flashback)

November

• Reference Stardate 2/1309: The Aakenn class freighter U.S.S. Mundy is found adrift near Starbase 21 with life support systems operating but without a crew. Millions of live Tribbles are found in the vessel's cargo hold, surviving on the food produced by a still-functioning food synthesizer. Several years later, two Mundy crewmembers will be found, and they will relate how renegade Klingons boarded the vessel, discovered the cargo of Tribbles, and killed or marooned the entire crew. (FASA 2302)

December

• Reference Stardate 2/1212: Commander Spock declines an offer of promotion to Captain and resigns from active duty, entering the Starfleet Reserve while pursuing the Kolinahr discipline on Vulcan. (FASA 2214)

Notes

Captain Kirk's five-year mission was established to have begun in 2265 in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Q2". The Star Trek] episode "The Menagerie, Part I" further establishes that Spock served under Captain Pike for 11 years, and that it had been 13 years since the events of "The Cage," meaning that Stardate 3012.4 fell two years into Kirk's command. The episode "Charlie X" further added weight to this, establishing both Stardate 1533.1 and the Earth date of Thanksgiving, which falls on 23 November in 2265. As the stardates ranged from the mid-1000s to the low 3000s in the first season and continued to increase at approximately 1000 per season afterward, it seems logical to conclude that the first season spanned nearly two years, and later seasons one each, with the second season chronicling the 3000s, the third season the 4000s and 5000s, and the Animated Series the 5000s. If Captain Kirk's command began on or about Stardate 1000, this would put the end of the five year mission on or about Stardate 6000, shortly after the end of the Animated Series. Using these dates as a reference point, the following can be established:

• Stardate 1000 fell on 13 May 2265.
• The range for Stardates each year is from X636 to Y635 (e.g., 1636 to 2635)
• This places "The Menagerie" (Stardate 3012.4) on 18 May 2267, at the beginning of Kirk's third year in command of the Enterprise

The order given for the episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series is taken from the novelizations, which included chronological references and additional story elements. While the novelizations gave new (and more consistent) stardates, the stardates given in the original episode have been retained.

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