Establishes time periods for the Star Trek novels based on the television episodes and movies. Click here for an overview of the timeline elements.
| SERIES | TIME PERIOD | TIME SPAN / EVENTS |
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The Original Series
( TOS ) |
A | Events occurring
prior to the original series TV episodes, including:
The early missions of the Enterprise under Captains Robert April and Christopher Pike; The troubled childhoods of Kirk and Spock; Kirk and Spock's early adventures on the Enterprise. |
| B | Kirk's original 5-year mission and beyond, up to his appointment as admiral and the three-year refit of the Enterprise. The Chronology for this time period is 10 pages long, with titles arranged in alphabetical order. | |
| C | The years Admiral Kirk is based on Earth during the Enterprise refit. | |
| D | The first four
movies:
Kirk commands the Enterprise as an admiral; Spock dies saving the Enterprise from the deranged Khan; Spock's friends mutiny against Starfleet and destroy the Enterprise in an attempt to retrieve his body; Kirk and his officers time travel to 1984 San Francisco to save Earth from a destructive probe. |
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| E | Events between movies "The Voyage Home" and "The Final Frontier". | |
| F | Star Trek V through Kirk's death on the Enterprise-B and its effect on his former crew. | |
| G | The continuing
adventures of Kirk and his original crew in Picard's time, including:
The ancient McCoy "christens" the first voyage of the Enterprise-D; Spock leads an underground peace movement on the Romulan homeworld; Scotty is rescued from suspension in a transporter buffer; Kirk is rescued from the Nexus, only to die again; Kirk is resurrected by the Borg and programmed to kill Picard. |
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| SERIES | TIME PERIOD | TIME SPAN / EVENTS |
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Next Generation
( TNG ) |
A | Events preceding
the launching of the Enterprise-D, including:
The death of Beverly Crusher's husband under Picard's command on the Stargazer; The rescue of young Tasha Yar from a brutal colony world; The first meeting and romance of Will Riker and Deanna Troi. |
| B | Year One:
Picard and crew set out on the Enterprise-D, and are continually plagued by the capricious and powerful Q. |
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| C | Year Two:
Tasha Yar has died; Dr. Pulaski joins the ship; Q introduces the Federation to the Borg. |
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| D | Year Three:
Dr. Crusher's return through Picard's assimilation by the Borg. |
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| E | Year Four:
Wesley leaves for Starfleet Academy; Yar's Romulan daughter incites a Klingon civil war. |
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| F | Year Five:
Picard meets Spock in the Romulan Empire; Bajoran Ro Laren joins the crew; Picard gives a young Borg self-awareness. |
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| G | Year Six:
Montgomery Scott is rescued from transporter suspension; Riker meets his double, created years earlier in a transporter accident; Chief O'Brien transfers to Deep Space Nine. |
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| H | Year Seven:
Data is subverted by Lore and the Borg; Ro Laren defects to the Maquis; Last TV episode "All Good Things..." |
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| I | Year Eight:
Events between "All Good Things..." and Star Trek Generations. |
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| J | Star Trek Generations up to Star Trek: First Contact | |
| K | Star Trek: First Contact up to Star Trek: Insurrection | |
| L | Star Trek: Insurrection and beyond | |
| SERIES | TIME PERIOD | TIME SPAN / EVENTS |
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Deep Space Nine
( DS9 ) |
A | Events preceding
the Federation takeover of Deep Space Nine, including:
The decades long war waged by Bajoran freedom fighters against the Cardassian forces occupying their planet; The death of Cmdr. Benjamin Sisko's wife during the Borg attack at Wolf 359. |
| B | Year One:
The Federation takes control of Deep Space Nine from the Cardassians. (Occurs in Year Six of TNG); Kai Opaka dies. |
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| C | Year Two:
The Circle stages a coup on Bajor; Bashir and Kira enter the violent parallel universe of the Alliance; Sisko meets the Jem'Hadar of the mysterious Dominion. |
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| D | Year Three:
DS9 gets a warship to fight the Dominion; Dax learns she had a murderous host; The Dominion destroys the Cardassian / Romulan fleet and infiltrates the Federation. |
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| E | Year Four:
Worf is transferred to DS9; The Klingons break their Federation alliance; Quark lands in Roswell, N.M.; Lwaxana Troi marries Odo; Bashir tries to cure Dominion germ warfare; The Dominion makes Odo human. |
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| F | Year Five:
Odo exposes a Klingon general as a shapeshifter; Kira gives birth to Keiko's baby; Cardassia allies with the Dominion; Bashir's DNA resequencing is discovered; The Dominion declares war on the Federation. |
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| G | Year Six:
The war with the Dominion strains Federation resources; Starfleet liberates DS9 from the Dominion; Worf and Jadzia marry; Bashir predicts the Federation will lose the war; Bashir is recruited by a covert agency; Sisko uses deceitful means to obtain Romulan support; Odo finally declares his love for Kira; Jadzia is murdered by Gul Dukat. |
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| H | Year Seven:
The war with the Dominion continues; Worf struggles to come to terms with Jadzia's death; Dax's new host, Ezri, joins the station; Nog loses a leg in battle; Dukat becomes leader of a Bajoran death cult; Bashir learns Section 31 infected the changelings with a deadly disease; The Breen join forces with the Dominion; Sisko marries Kasidy; Bashir and Ezri fall in love; The Federation finally wins the war; Sisko joins the Prophets after defeating Dukat and the Pah-wraiths. |
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| SERIES | TIME PERIOD | TIME SPAN / EVENTS |
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Voyager
( VOY ) |
A | Events preceding Voyager's
displacement to the Delta Quadrant, including:
Young Tuvok's first mission under Captain Sulu on the Excelsior; The deaths of Kathryn Janeway's father and fiancee in a tragic accident; The guerilla war of the Maquis against Cardassia and the Federation; The fall of Tom Paris, from Starfleet prodigy to New Zealand prison inmate. |
| B | Year One:
After being hijacked to the Delta Quadrant, the crews of Voyager and a Maquis raider join forces and begin the long journey home (Occurs in Year 3 of DS9). |
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| C | Year Two:
Voyager discovers Amelia Earheart; Paris and Neelix fight over Kes; Paris mutates into an amphibian; Q visits Voyager; The first baby is born onboard; Paris exposes a Maquis traitor; Seska and the Kazon seize the ship. |
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| D | Year Three:
Paris and the Talaxians retake the ship from Seska; A holoemitter frees the Doctor from sickbay; Q wants Janeway to have his baby; Voyager passes into space unknown to Neelix; Paris and Torres begin a romance; Janeway tries to bargain with the Borg. |
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| E | Year Four:
Borg Seven of Nine joins the crew; Kes evolves and sends the ship closer to home; Paris & Torres admit they love each other; The Doctor contacts Starfleet through an alien relay system ; The vicious Hirogen stalk the crew as prey; A vengeful alien sets an elaborate trap for Voyager, using a Federation starship as bait. |
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| F | Year Five:
The Doctor and Seven "give birth" to a super drone; The crew builds a radical new shuttle; Chakotay and Kim change the past to save Voyager from destruction; Species 8472 plans to infiltrate Starfleet; Paris is demoted and sentenced to thirty days in the bring; The Borg return for Seven of Nine; Voyager ecounters another hijacked Starfleet vessel, and the angry aliens its crew has been murdering. |
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| SERIES | TIME PERIOD | TIME SPAN / EVENTS |
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New Frontier
( NF ) |
A | Events preceding
Mackenzie Calhoun's assignment to the starship Excalibur, including:
Young M'k'n'zy of Calhoun is recruited to join Starfleet after leading a successful revolt to freed his enslaved people; Spock goes undercover on the Thallonian homeworld; Mackenzie Calhoun's meteoric rise through Starfleet ranks lands him the job of First Officer on the ill-fated Grissom. |
| B | Year One:
Former Starfleet officer Mackenzie Calhoun, hero of the Xenex rebellion, is assigned to captain the starship Excalibur on its mission to patrol the disintegrating Thallonion empire. |
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| C | Year Two:
The Dominion War consumes the attention of Starfleet, relegating Thallonian space to backwater status, and Mackenzie is outraged when his request to join the fray is denied. |
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