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The following events occurred in the year 2256 according to the Earth calendar.

Events

• As of this year, there are over 10,000 starships active in Starfleet service. (DSC: "The War Without, The War Within", "Perpetual Infinity")
• The Constitution-class starship USS Defiant (NCC-1764) enters service this year, the last of the original production order. (TOS novel: Constitution; DSC novel: Drastic Measures; FASA: Federation Ship Recognition Manual)

May

• 11 May: The Battle of the Binary Stars takes place, beginning the Federation-Klingon War. (DSC: "The Vulcan Hello", "Battle at the Binary Stars")
• The USS Enterprise enters the Pergamum Nebula on a survey mission, putting her out of touch with Starfleet for months. (DSC novel: The Enterprise War)

June

• The USS Buran is destroyed in battle over Priors World. (DSC: "Choose Your Pain", "What's Past Is Prologue"; Star Trek Online: "Impossibility of Reason")

October

• The USS Enterprise, on assignment to the Pergamum Nebula, receives orders to proceed on its mission and not return to Federation space to aid in the war effort. (DSC novel: The Enterprise War)

November

• A spore drive malfunction kills the crew of the USS Glenn. To prevent her capture by the Klingons, the Glenn was subsequently scuttled by the USS Discovery. (DSC: "Context Is for Kings")

December

• The Discovery recovers Lieutenant Ash Tyler, who had been held prisoner by the Klingons. (DSC: "Choose Your Pain")
• Vice Admiral Katrina Cornwell is captured by Klingon forces at Cancri IV. (DSC: "Lethe")

Personal

Births

• Gell Kamemor is born on Glintara in the Romulan Star Empire. (Star Trek: Typhon Pact novel: Rough Beasts of Empire)

Stories

• DSC: "The Vulcan Hello"
• DSC: "Battle at the Binary Stars"
• STO: "Operation Riposte"
• STO: "The Plausibility of the Possible"
• STO: "The Impossibility of Reason"
• STO: "Secrets"
• DSC novel: The Enterprise War
• DSC: "Context Is for Kings"
• DSC: "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry"
• DSC: "Choose Your Pain"
• DSC: "Lethe"

External link

• 2256 article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• 2256 article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
• 2256 article at Star Trek Expanded Universe, the fanon and fanworks Star Trek wiki.

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