James T. Kirk

Prime and Kelvin

Prime

Starfleet officer born in Iowa in 2233 who survived the Tarsus IV massacre, rose from the Farragut to command the Enterprise and its successors, and became a legend of exploration. He retired twice, was presumed lost in 2293, and died in 2371 helping Picard stop Soran on Veridian III.

Timeline 14

  1. 2246 Kirk, a boy of thirteen living on Tarsus IV, witnesses the mass killings ordered by Governor Kodos during a food crisis. source
  2. 2257 Serving on the Farragut, Kirk survives the first encounter with a dikironium cloud creature that kills the captain and two hundred crew. source
  3. 2265 The Enterprise reaches the galactic barrier, Gary Mitchell is transformed, and Kirk is forced to kill him on Delta Vega. source
  4. 2267 Kirk finds the Cestus III outpost destroyed and pursues the Gorn ship, ending in a duel arranged by the Metrons. source
  5. 2267 At the start of the Federation-Klingon war, Kirk and Spock meet the Organian Council of Elders on Organia. source
  6. 2267 Kirk finds that parasites on Deneva have killed his brother George Samuel and driven the colonists mad. source
  7. 2267 Kirk and Spock travel through the Guardian of Forever to 1930 New York, where Kirk falls in love with Edith Keeler. source
  8. 2285 Kirk faces Khan near Regula I and the Mutara Nebula, rescues his son David and Carol Marcus, and loses Spock. source
  9. 2285 Kirk and his officers steal the Enterprise to reach the Genesis Planet, where the ship is destroyed. source
  10. 2286 Kirk takes a captured Bird-of-Prey back to 1986 and returns with humpback whales to save Earth from the probe. source
  11. 2287 Kirk and the Enterprise-A respond to Sybok seizing Nimbus III and are carried to the galactic centre. source
  12. 2293 Kirk and McCoy are sent to Rura Penthe after Gorkon is killed, then help save the Khitomer conference. source
  13. 2293 On the maiden voyage of the Enterprise-B, Kirk is lost and presumed dead after saving the ship from the Nexus. source
  14. 2371 Picard recovers Kirk from the Nexus and Kirk dies on Veridian III stopping Soran. source

Kelvin

Born in 2233 aboard a shuttle during Nero's attack on the Kelvin, raised in Iowa, and recruited by Pike in 2255. In 2258 he helped end Nero's threat and took command of the Enterprise. He died saving the ship from Khan in 2259 and was revived with Khan's blood, then led the five-year mission, losing the ship at Altamid in 2263.

Timeline 10

  1. 2233 Kirk is born aboard a medical shuttle as his father dies crashing the Kelvin into Nero's Narada. source
  2. 2255 Pike dares Kirk to enlist after a bar fight near Riverside, Iowa, and Kirk leaves for the Academy. source
  3. 2258 Stowed aboard the Enterprise, Kirk helps fight Nero's drill at Vulcan, is marooned on Delta Vega and meets the elder Spock. source
  4. 2258 He takes command of the Enterprise, destroys the Narada, and is made captain. source
  5. 2259 Kirk violates the Prime Directive at Nibiru to save Spock and is demoted. source
  6. 2259 Pursuing John Harrison, Kirk takes the Enterprise toward Qo'noS and uncovers Admiral Marcus's secret torpedoes and Khan's identity. source
  7. 2259 Kirk dies of radiation fixing the Enterprise's warp core near Earth, then is revived with a serum made from Khan's blood. source
  8. 2260 Kirk launches the first five-year mission after the Enterprise's rechristening. source
  9. 2263 Krall's Swarm destroys the Enterprise at Altamid; Kirk and the crew reach Yorktown aboard the Franklin and defeat Krall. source
  10. 2263 Kirk declines promotion to vice admiral and continues the mission aboard the Enterprise-A. source

Connections

Travels to

Earth, Delta Vega (Vulcan system), Nibiru, Qo'noS, Altamid, Yorktown

Allied with

Spock, Leonard McCoy, Jean-Luc Picard, Christopher Pike, La'An Noonien-Singh, Jaylah, Montgomery Scott, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov, Saavik, Janice Rand

Enemy of

Khan Noonien Singh, Nero, Krall, Harcourt Fenton Mudd, Kor

Parent of

George Kirk

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