tarfleet had
recently changed its uniform design.
(speculation based on significant changes between "Where No Man Has Gone
Before" and the remainder of the series)
April
2265
The
Enterprise heads out into space again, beginning a five year mission to to
seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no man has gone
before.
April
2265 - April 2266
Events of the remainder of the first
year original Star Trek series
(1966-1967 season).
May 2265
Corbomite Maneuver, The
Stardate 1512.2: The Enterprise encounters a glowing
cube in space. When Kirk discovers that the cube will follow the ship or block
its path, he orders the cube destroyed. At this point, an enormous vessel
appears, and alien captain Balok declares that he will destroy the Enterprise
in minutes. Kirk bluffs his way out by claiming that all Federation vessels
have "corbomite" aboard, which he will detonate if Balok threatens the crew.
Balok attempts to escape in an escape craft, but the Enterprise catches up and
contacts the real Balok - a representative of an alien race whose members, in
adulthood, look like human children. Lt. Bailey, whose emotional outbursts had
been disrupting the already fatalistic attitude on the Enterprise, agrees to
stay with Balok as an "exchange student" so he may learn more about the
diversity of life in the galaxy.
June 2265 Mudd’s Women
Stardate 1329.1: After stealing a freighter and
pushing its engines to their limits in an effort to escape the pursuing
Enterprise, Harry Mudd and his cargo - three seemingly irresistable women -
are recovered. Although Mudd can't help but be suspicious, the women follow
his instructions to cripple the Enterprise without any questions from the male
members of the crew. The dilithium crystals powering the ship are sabotaged,
and Mudd intends to force Kirk to bargain for his crew's life when the
Enterprise arrives at a dilithium mining outpost.
August 2265
Enemy Within,
The
Stardate 1672.1: As a landing party surveys a
planet, a transporter malfunction splits Kirk into an aggressive aspect and a
timid one. The aggressive Kirk threatens the security of the ship and crew,
while the passive one tries to maintain his sanity and ability to command. In
the meantime, the cause of the transporter problems haven't been determined,
stranding Sulu and the team in the planet's subfreezing night temperatures
while the two sides of Kirk's personality fight for control of the Enterprise.
September 2266 The
Man Trap
Stardate 1531.1
Visiting Professor Crater and his wife (who,
before marrying Crater, had a close relationship with McCoy), an Enterprise
landing party starts to fall prey to an unknown assailant that seems to drain
its victims of salt. Kirk is suspicious - and McCoy alarmed - when the Craters
refuse, in spite of the threat, to evacuate their planet. The landing party
returns to the Enterprise with an extra passenger - a shape shifter who can
assume the shapes of Enterprise crewmembers and who has been living with
Professor Crater in the guise of his late wife, whom the creature killed. The
creature, in search of salt, sees the Enterprise as a promising hunting
ground. (Date is conjecture, based on the long held rule of thumb that
Classic Star Trek took place 300 years after it was aired. By that basis, Man
Trap, the first episode aired, took place in September 2266, and serves as a
reference point.)
October 2266 Naked Time, The
Stardate 1704.2: A member of a landing party
investigating the ruins on a collapsing planet contracts an unknown infection
and returns it to the Enterprise, where it spreads rapidly by touch. Lt. Riley
locks himself in engineering and shuts down the engines, which may be needed
to get the ship away to avoid damage from the planet's impending destruction.
Kirk slowly begins to lose control, and even Spock is affected by the
infection, while the planet's final phase of collapse begins with very little
warning.
Time travel is first achieved by a Starfleet
vessel - the U.S.S. Enterprise - in its escape from the gravity of Psi 2000.
"Naked Time" (TOS) Date is conjecture
November
2266 Thanksgiving Charlie X
Stardate 1533.6: Charlie, a young boy who reportedly
grew up alone with only computer banks for company and teachers, is picked up
by the crew of a starship and is transferred to the Enterprise for a trip to a
starbase. During the trip, Charlie begins to learn more about human
relationships and becomes infatuated with Yeoman Rand. When she tells him that
he is too young for her, Charlie is enraged and begins to do away with members
of the crew who he feels have been condescending to him - including Captain
Kirk.
December 2265
Balance of Terror
Stardate 1709.1: Responding to distress calls from
border outposts along the Neutral Zone between the Federation and the Romulan
Star Empire, Kirk and the crew receive a final message from a Federation
station reporting an attack from an invisible ship. Before the station is
destroyed, it sends the Enterprise a brief view of the attacking vessel - a
streamlined fighter which appears for a second when it fires. Hurrying to the
scene, the Enterprise engages in battle with a Romulan Bird of Prey, armed
with a cloaking device and commanded by a battle-scarred and tired commander
whose crew is more eager to go into combat than he is. The Romulans, to the
Enterprise crew's amazement, bear a stunning resemblance to Vulcans, which
arouses suspicion in some, including Lt. Styles, whose father died in a battle
with the Romulans years ago. But as long as the Romulan ship can remain
invisible, the Enterprise is at a disadvantage.
December 2265
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
Stardate 2712.4: The Enterprise is en route to visit
Dr. Korby, a brilliant scientist working in isolation who also happens to be
Nurse Chapel's fiance. Kirk and Chapel beam down and discover that Korby has
used abandoned technology left behind by an extinct civilization to create
android companions for himself - one of which, an attractive and very
user-friendly "girl," arouses Chapel's suspicions. Korby, however, has become
deranged in his isolation, and wants to take over the Enterprise so he can
populate the "inferior" organic universe with androids...
Late
December 2266
Kirk
attends a Christmas party along with Dr. Helen Noel. (Dagger of the Mind)
January
2267 Dagger of the Mind
Stardate 2715.1: Kirk and ship's psychiatrist Dr.
Noel visit a Federation mental hospital as the Enterprise delivers supplies.
But one cargo container beamed aboard the ship contains an apparently insane
stowaway from the facility on the planet who isn't a patient, but the second
in command of the hospital's director, who has invented a device that can lock
emotional impulses in or out of the brain permanently and is apparently used
his invention without any discretion. Spock and the crew discover that Kirk
and Dr. Noel are trapped on the planet, and are probably the next victims of
the mind-altering machine.
January
2267 Miri
Stardate 2713.5: A remarkably Earthlike
planet is the home of a human-like civilization whose entire adult population
was wiped out by a virulent disease. The children remain, although their
growth has been slowed down to the point that Miri - a teenage girl found by
Kirk and a landing party - could easily by 300 years old. Miri develops a
crush on Kirk, but at the same time reports back to a gang of unruly children
who plot to kidnap the landing party, beginning with Yeoman Rand. Kirk, Rand
and even Miri begin to show signs of the disease, which gives Kirk a chance to
prove that the disease will eventually kill all of the children - but they are
unwilling to admit they need help or the "stuffy" advice of an adult.
(date is conjecture - about a month after Dagger of the Mind)
January 2267 Yeoman Janice Rand leaves the U.S.S. Enterprise. She
will receive further Starfleet training and become a transporter chief aboard
the refit U.S.S. Enterprise in 2271. Rand will later receive her
commission and in 2290 she will serve as communications officer on the
U.S.S. Excelsior under Captain Hikaru Sulu.
January 2267
Conscience of the King, The
Stardate 2817.6: Kirk is contacted by Leighton, a
friend from Kirk's stay on the Tarsus IV colony years ago, who believes that
Kodos the Executioner, the militant dictator who gave the order for scores of
people to die on the colony during Kirk's stay, is at large once more in the
guise of touring Shakespearean actor Karidian, who, with his touring company,
has stopped over at Leighton's post for a performance. Kirk isn't convinced
until Leighton turns up dead, leaving Kirk and Lt. Riley the only remaining
living witnesses of the Tarsus IV massacre. To investigate further, Kirk
invites Karidian's company to travel on the Enterprise to their next
performance, and attempts on Kirk and Riley's lives begin immediately.
January 2267
Galileo Seven, The
Stardate 2821.5: A shuttle commanded by
Spock crash-lands on a savage planet where members of the shuttle crew are in
immediate danger from the local life forms. The Enterprise must leave the area
as soon as possible to deliver a much needed vaccine to a plague-stricken
planet, and Commissioner Ferris insists that Kirk leave the Galileo crew for
dead and get underway to the Enterprise's next destination. Meanwhile, Spock
faces a command situation where total logic and rationality may be of no use
if the crew of the shuttle is to return to the Enterprise.
January 2267
Court Martial
Stardate 2947.3: Kirk is accused of murder when the
Enterprise's records officer, Lt. Commander Finney, is apparently jettisoned
during a violent ion storm which threatened the ship. Kirk insists that he
gave Finney even more time than safely allowed to get out of the jettisoned
ion pod, yet the Enterprise computer's records show that Kirk discarded the
pod, and Finney, while only at yellow alert when there was no sign of actual
danger. Kirk challenges the findings of the computer and is court-martialed,
with accusations that earlier rivalries with Finney when both were new
officers caused Kirk to act maliciously - and even Kirk's attorney, Cogley,
may not be able to convince the court that the error may have been the
computer's.
February 2267
Menagerie - Part 1
Stardate 3012.4: The Enterprise is summoned to
Starbase 6, apparently by Captain Pike, who commanded the ship before Kirk.
Commodore Mendez shows Kirk, Spock and McCoy, however, that Pike was recently
paralyzed in an accident and could not have signalled the Enterprise. Spock
creates false messages from Kirk and sends them to the ship, instructing the
crew that Spock and Pike will beam up immediately, the Enterprise will be
piloted by computer to its next destination, and that Kirk will be staying
behind. Kirk and Mendez follow the Enterprise in a shuttle, which runs out of
fuel when Spock refuses to slow the Enterprise down so the shuttle can come
aboard. Spock finally allows Kirk to catch up and then places himself under
arrest. Kirk is unable to disconnect the computer from the helm, and Spock's
court-martial begins. Spock offers, as evidence, visual records of a voyage on
the Enterprise on which Spock and Pike served 13 years earlier. The bridge
then informs Kirk and Mendez that the recording is being sent to the
Enterprise from Talos IV - a planet that, according to Starfleet regulations,
is absolutely off-limits to all vessels, punishable by death.
February
2267
Menagerie - Part II
Stardate 3013.1: Spock reveals that the Keeper of
Talos IV has control of the viewscreen and the evidence being presented. The
screen shows the events that occurred during Pike's visit to Talos IV in great
detail, but Spock has difficulty convincing Kirk and Mendez of the validity of
what they are seeing as well as the tremendous power of the Talosians. When
the evidence suddenly stops, Mendez orders Kirk and Pike, the ranking officers
forming Spock's trial board, to make their verdict, and all find Spock guilty.
The final part of the record of Pike's adventure then continues, and then
Commodore Mendez vanishes from the Enterprise. The Keeper himself tells Kirk
that the Mendez that accompanied him in the shuttle and the trial was an
illusion projected from Talos IV, and that Pike is welcome to return to the
planet and be restored, as Vina was, to his former strength and health.
February 2267
Shore Leave
Stardate 3025.3: McCoy recommends a layover
so the crew can rest from the constant strain of nonstop duties, and an
earthlike but apparently uninhabited planet provides a perfect opportunity for
shore leave, but when odd things begin happening on the surface, Kirk becomes
suspicious. McCoy, after telling Sulu that the planet is like a setting from
"Alice in Wonderland," spots a large rabbit followed by Alice herself. Kirk
runs into his old nemesis, Academy prankster Finnegan, while Sulu discovers a
police revolver that he doesn't have in his ancient firearms collection and
later runs into a Samurai warrior. Mysterious tracking devices follow the
crew's actions and thoughts, and whatever they happen to be thinking of seems
to become real - even if it's a deadly threat, as McCoy discovers.
February 2267
Squire of Gothos, The
Stardate 2124.5: The Enterprise crew discovers that
the ship cannot escape orbit of a planet that doesn't even exist on the star
charts. Kirk and a landing party beam down to the surface of the mysterious
planet and their captor is revealed to be the immature but powerful Trelane,
who initially seems to be a student of ancient Earth history (as demonstrated
by his 17th century mansion, clothes and furnishings). Kirk, discovering that
Trelane's hold on the Enterprise comes from a power far beyond 23rd century
technology, must try to beat Trelane at his own game, but Trelane rewrites the
rules constantly to make sure he's winning.
March 2267
Arena
Stardate 3045.6: Arriving at a Federation planet at
the request of a starbase director, the Enterprise finds a devastated world
with only one survivor, who reveals that any summons Kirk received to visit
the planet must have been a trap. The Enterprise locates and pursues an alien
vessel right past the borders of the apparently omnipotent Metrons, who halt
the ensuing battle and force Kirk and the captain of the other vessel - a
huge, reptilian Gorn - to settle their differences in hand-to-hand combat...a
prospect which immediately leaves Kirk at a disadvantage. Should he lose, the
crew of the Enterprise will be destroyed.
March 2267
Alternative Factor, The
Stardate 3087.6: The Enterprise encounters
brief but intense turbulence after entering orbit above an uninhabited world.
Kirk leads a landing party to the surface to investigate any possible
connection between the planet and the disturbance, and they find a man named
Lazarus, who, though he seems healthy and normal, claims to be fighting his
own equivalent from a universe of antimatter. Lazarus proves to be a threat to
the Enterprise's security, and the increasing blasts of turbulence seem to
confirm Lazarus's story that he has a powerful enemy in another dimension.
March 2267
Tomorrow is Yesterday
Stardate 3113.2: Accidentally swinging around the
sun into a time warp, the Enterprise's crew recover from their turbulent
journey and find themselves in Earth's atmosphere in the 1960s over North
America. Jets are dispatched to bring the "UFO" down, and one is caught in the
ship's tractor beam and begins to break apart. The pilot, Captain John
Christopher, is beamed out of his plane before it disintegrates and is
welcomed to the Enterprise as the crew prepares to return to the 23rd century.
Kirk tells Christopher that he cannot be returned to his own time because he
has seen too much of the future, but Spock discovers that Christopher will
have a son who will be very important to the history of the space program and
Christopher must be returned to 20th century Earth.
March 2267
Return of the Archons, The
Stardate 3156.2: Sulu and another crewman are
investigating a primitive but ancient-Earth-like alien culture incognito, but
their disguise is blown and they're running for their lives. The Enterprise
can't beam Sulu up in time, and he is hit by a weapon on the planet which
leaves him under the control of something or someone called Landru. Kirk and
Spock beam down, finding the planet's people engaged in unusual rituals, and
also finding out from some of the locals that Landru has complete control over
most everyone on the planet, aside from a small resistance effort. What begins
as an effort to free the people on the planet becomes a matter of survival
when Kirk and Spock become hunted by Landru's "puppets."
March 2267
Taste of Armageddon, A
Stardate 3192.1: The Enterprise visits the twin
planets of Eminiar VII and Vendikar so Ambassador Fox may approach their
governments about joining the Federation. When they beam down to Eminiar 7,
Kirk, Spock and the rest of their landing party are informed that the
Enterprise has been struck by enemy missiles and Kirk's party, along with the
rest of the crew, have been declared casualties. Investigating further, Kirk
discovers that the war between the two planets is controlled by computers,
which determine the damage done and the fatalities caused by the attacks, and
assigns citizens to report to disintegration machines, which they do
willingly. Kirk is trapped on the planet, but Ambassador Fox thinks he can
remedy the situation and beams down unarmed against Scotty's advice.
March 2267
Space Seed
Stardate 3141.9: The Enterprise discovers a
derelict vessel which turns out to be an Earth ship dating back to a series of
wars in the 1990s in which Earth's population was threatened by a group of
genetically engineered superhuman beings. The inhabitants of the rogue ship,
though they try to conceal the fact at every opportunity, are the only
surviving oppressors from that war. Their leader, Khan, wishes to resume their
reign of terror, beginning with a takeover of the Enterprise.
April 2267
This Side of Paradise
Stardate 3417.3: Investigating a colony whose settlers should be,
but for some reason are not, threatened by radiation, Kirk and a landing party
beam down to investigate. McCoy diagnoses the colonists as being in fine
health and none of them wish to leave, no matter how much danger they are in.
Spock, with Leila, an old acquaintance who has a crush on him, is infested by
spores from a plant while examining the colony grounds. McCoy also soon falls
victims to the spores, which leave their victims - even Spock - in a stupor
with no desire to leave...and Kirk is left with a ship and no crew.
April 2267
Devil in the Dark, The
Stardate 3196.1: A mining colony reports a number of mysterious
deaths just after they successfully dig to a lower level of a planetoid
believed to be uninhabited. The Enterprise arrives, and Kirk, Spock and
security officers from the ship begin a hunt for whoever or whatever is
responsible for the growing body count. An amorphous creature capable of
burning through the indigenous rock is found to be the cause of the deaths as
well as a very well-thought out sabotage of the miners' life support systems.
Through a mind-meld, Spock communicates with the being - known as the Horta -
and finds that it is the last of its kind, a mother laying eggs in the tunnels
and caves it builds for itself. But the humans have been discovering and
destroying the eggs, and if the Horta cannot bring herself to negotiate with
the miners, one party or the other faces extinction.
April 2267
Errand of Mercy
Stardate 3198.4: A sudden attack by the Klingons on a vulnerable
neutral sector - a location of great strategic importance - puts the
Enterprise on red alert, as the threat of a catastrophic war between the
Klingon Empire and the Federation looms. Kirk and Spock beam down to Organia,
the planet whose security is at risk due to the Klingon threat, and find that
the inhabitants, who appear to be humans who have reached the medieval period
of sociological and technological development, are not at all concerned that
their world is currently being overrun by Klingon troops. Kirk and Spock try
to conceal their identities, but fail, leaving Kirk and Klingon Captain Kor at
each others' throats - until the Organians reveal their true nature and
intervene in the impending war.
April 2267
City on the Edge of Forever, The
Stardate 3134.0: McCoy accidentally receives an overdose of
cordrazine as the Enterprise encounters turbulence. He beams down to an
unexplored world where he enters a time-travel device known as the Guardian of
Forever and changes history in the 1930s. Kirk and Spock also return to the
30s, where Kirk falls in love with peace activist Edith Keeler. When McCoy is
finally located, Kirk must allow history to run its course, resulting in
Edith's death, or he will leave history altered irrevocably, with no chance of
returning to the future or the Enterprise.
April 2267
Operation: Annihilate!
Stardate 3287.2: The Enterprise witnesses a smaller ship diving
into the sun of Deneva under the control of a pilot who seems to have
intentionally killed himself. This confirms Kirk's worst fears, that a
seemingly contagious outbreak of insanity on several other worlds has spread
to Deneva, where his brother lives. On the surface, many are found to be dead
- including Kirk's brother - and an unknown species of alien parasite is found
to be responsible. In trying to gather data on them, Spock is attacked and
taken over by one, and, like the people of Deneva and several other planets,
starts to go mad. Spock's condition also presents McCoy with the first
opportunity to learn more about both the creature and its victim, and Spock
may have to die if the crew is to learn any more about the creatures to
prevent them from spreading further into human territory.
The
Enterprise is en route to the edge of the galaxy, where a barrier of energy
lies that has never been penetrated. When the Enterprise reaches the barrier,
it is buffeted by intense energy, injuring many on board. First Officer
Mitchell and psychological observer Dr. Dehner are affected as well, and it
becomes apparent that their latent ESP abilities have been activated by
contact with the barrier. The crew must then contend with the rapidly
strengthening super-human beings who now consider the other people on board to
be an inferior species. A final confrontation occurs at Delta Vega.
