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Hi! I been trying to figer out the Star Trek movies timeline. The Star Trek Chronology said that Star Trek II & III are both in the year 2285, but the stardate are different (8130.2 & 8210.3), and Star Trek IV is in 2286 (stardate 8390), and Star Trek VI & VII are in 2293 but Star Trek VI stardae is 9521.6 and the Enterprise-B dedication plaque said that is was commissioned on stardate 9715.5 so what up with these date?
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"I been trying to figer out..." "...so what up with these date?"
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So that was what that was. I knew that what that was wasn't what I thought that was.
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well, we know that 2 and 3 take place back to back. The change in the second digit of the stardate could indicate that they switched years on the way home. It was probably a trip of at least a few weeks.
4 took place several months after 3. Long enough for the BoP to be spruced up on Vulcan, but not so long that Kirk's jacket developed holes.
5 never happened, but assuming it did, one could say that it happened relatively close on the heels of 4 since the ship was still having problems. So probably still in the same year.
6 had to be several years after 5. Enough time for Kirk to have some adventures, leave Starfleet, meet Antonia, dump her, return to Starfleet and have some more adventures before the events of the movie.
7, then, would've happened relatively soon after 6, but who's to say how soon. Probably not more than a year.
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Yah, but there are enough inaccuracies in the printed reference material, we can probably overlook it. Placing 2 at the aft end of the year wouldn't really effect anything. They didn't mention it being Autumn or anything. The two definitely take place in the same 12-month period though.
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"Enough time for Kirk to have some adventures, leave Starfleet, meet Antonia, dump her, return to Starfleet and have some more adventures before the events of the movie."
I'm still not sure I understand what reference causes people to throw out the Encyclopedia's version of these events.
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What's the encyclopedia's version of the events? It's been a while since I read it. Does it speculate that the break from Starfleet and the meeting of Antonia took place between TMP and ST2?
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I would say so. Kirk stated something like: "This is nine years ago...the day I told her I was going back to Starfleet..." - which would be like 2283...and right before TWOK (of course assuming Generations occured in 2294).
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I can accept that. I didn't realize it fit that nicely in there. The only problem is, he evidently came back as a full admiral... he must have a LOT of pull.
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Well, what insignia did he have in the Nexus? Maybe he had already left SF as an admiral.
Actually, even if he did have a captain's insignia, it was all created from his mind, anyway. Maybe he'd be dressed as a captain because he thinks of himself as a captain. He wasn't a big fan of being an admiral, after all.
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