2254
Multiple realities
(covers information from several alternate timelines)
Events
By starship
- Spock is promoted to Lieutenant. (TOS: "The Cage")
- Stardate 2498.4 – The Enterprise under the command of Christopher Pike, visits Rigel VII. While commanding the landing party, Pike enters an abandoned fortress and fights a Kalar warrior. The landing party's ambush leads to seven injuries and three deaths, including Pike's yeoman Zac Nguyen. (TOS: "The Cage"; SNW: "Among the Lotus Eaters")
Cpt. Pike and his landing party from the Enterprise are held captive by the Talosians
- The Enterprise, en route to Vega colony to hospitalize the Rigel VII victims, is diverted by an eighteen-year old distress call from the SS Columbia, crashed on Talos IV. (TOS: "The Cage")
- Ensign James T. Kirk is assigned with Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Finney to the USS Republic. (TOS: "Court Martial")
- While aboard the training vessel Republic during a change of watches, Ensign Kirk relieves Commander Finney and notes that a circuit, which should have been closed, to the atomic matter piles is opened. After closing the circuit, Kirk logs the incident. (TOS: "Court Martial")
According to the Autobiography of James T. Kirk, Kirk graduated from Starfleet Academy on June 18th.
- Commander Finney is reprimanded for the incident aboard the Republic. (TOS: "Court Martial")
Other events
- Leonard McCoy becomes romantically involved with the future Nancy Crater. (TOS: "The Man Trap")
- Commander Hansen Al-Salah begins requesting new supplies for the Earth Outpost Stations along the Romulan Neutral Zone. (SNW: "A Quality of Mercy")
Alternate Reality
- Spock begins programming the Kobayashi Maru scenario. (Star Trek)
According to Star Trek App, Christopher Pike was appointed captain of the USS Enterprise (β) in this year.
Mirror universe
- The Terran Empire rebellion establishes a base on Harlak. (DIS: "The Wolf Inside")
Numerous non-canon literature works, including several Pocket Books, place the Battle of Axanar in this year.
Appendices
Episodes
- TOS:
- "The Cage"
- "The Menagerie, Part I" (in part; archive footage only)
- "The Menagerie, Part II" (in part; archive footage only)
Notes
- According to the Star Trek app, Carol Marcus enrolled in Starfleet Academy in this year.
External link
- 2254 at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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