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2368 2369 2370 2371 2372 2373 2374 (stardates 48000 to 48999)

2340s 2350s 2360s 2370s 2380s 2390s 2400s

23rd century - 24th century - 25th century

The following events occurred in the year 2371 according to the Earth calendar and corresponds to the stardate period 48000 to 48999.

Events

• January

• Starfleet introduces a new combadge, replacing the oval backpiece with a rectangle-and-oval-cutout design.
• 15 January (stardate 48038.5): The USS Voyager departs Earth Station McKinley under the command of Captain Kathryn Janeway. (VOY: "Relativity")
• The USS Sally Ride is launched from Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. (Shield of Tomorrow)

March

• The Federation learns of the Dominion threat when the USS Defiant returns from the Gamma Quadrant with news of the Founders. (DS9: "The Search, Part II")
• The USS Equinox disappears, drawn to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker. Shortly afterwards, she encounters the Krowtonan Guard, and within a week, over half her crew is killed. (VOY: "Equinox")

April

• 26 April (stardate 48315.7-48317): The USS Voyager is lost in the Badlands, transported over 70,000 light years to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker. It will be several years before Starfleet becomes aware of her fate. (VOY: "Caretaker")

June

• 20 June (stardate 48467.3): Thomas Riker and the Maquis steal the USS Defiant from Deep Space 9, and expose a secret Cardassian military outpost in the Orias system. Riker is turned over to the Cardassians, and sentenced to life imprisonment at the labor camp on Lazon II. (DS9: "Defiant")

July

• 31 July (stardate 48579.4): The USS Voyager discovers a micro-wormhole to the Alpha Quadrant, and makes contact with Romulan scientist Dr. Telek R'Mor in the year 2351. (VOY: "Eye of the Needle")

August

• 15-16 August (stardate 48620.3-48622.5): The Obsidian Order and Tal Shiar launch a joint attack on the Founder homeworld in the Omarion Nebula. The assault fails, and both organizations suffer heavy losses. (DS9: "Improbable Cause", "The Die is Cast")

• 19-26 August (stardate 48632.4-48650): Lt. Commander Data incorporates the emotion chip created by his father in into his neural net. The Amargosa Observatory is attacked, and the Amargosa star is destroyed by a trilithium-based weapon. Investigating the incident, the USS Enterprise-D is destroyed at Veridian III. Captain Jean-Luc Picard retrieves retired Captain James T. Kirk from the nexus in order to stop Tolian Soran from destroying the Veridian star and annihilating the pre-warp inhabitants of Veridan IV. (Star Trek Generations)
• The USS Intrepid responds to a distress call from the Salva Prime colony in the Demilitarized Zone, and finds every colonist dead, slaughtered by the Cardassians. (PDN: "The Good Fight")

September

• Starfleet discovers that the Borg have assimilated Starbase 804 on the Federation's Core Frontier. (ST novel: The Return)

October

• Shakaar Edon becomes First Minister of Bajor. (DS9: "Shakaar")
• Ben Bartholomew resigns his Starfleet commission and joins the Maquis. (PDN: "The Good Fight", "L'Morte d'Maquis")
• The USS Sally Ride responds to a distress call from the Akahrik system, and is ambushed by Capo Malgog of the Orion Syndicate. (Shield of Tomorrow: "Episode Zero")
• 31 October (stardate 48832.42): Captain Rafael Martinez and Commander Junil Rue of the Sally Ride log their reports on the Malgog incident. (Shield of Tomorrow: "Episode Zero" crew logs)

December

• The USS Olympia crashes on an L-class planet in the Rutharian sector while returning from an eight-year mission of exploration in the Beta Quadrant. All hands are lost, including Captain Lisa Cusack. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

Personal

Assignments and promotions

• Sarita Carson graduates from Starfleet Academy. (Star Trek: Starship Creator, DS9: "Starship Down")
• Lieutenant j.g Daniel Hunter completes the bridge officer training program. (Star Trek: Intrepid)
• Richard Adams is promoted to Captain and assumes command of the USS Geronimo (NCC-62501). (Star Trek: Prometheus)

Births

• Noah Powell, the son of Alyssa Ogawa and Andrew Powell is born. (TTN novel: Taking Wing)

Deaths

• Captain James T. Kirk is recovered from the nexus energy ribbon, only to die on Veridian III. (Star Trek Generations)
• Lieutenant Commander Lind Xadas, Chief Engineer of the USS Sally Ride is murdered by Orion Syndicate forces led by Malgog. (Shield of Tomorrow: "Episode Zero")
• Captain Lisa Cusak, sole survivor of the USS Olympia, dies alone on a planet in the Rutharian sector. Her body will be found three years later by the USS Defiant. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

Stories

• TNG novel: Intellivore (January, stardate 48002.5)
• TNG comic: Convergence (stardate 48015.1)
• VOY short story: "Doctors Three"
• DS9: "The Search, Part I" (stardate 48212.4-48214.5)
• DS9: "The Search, Part II" (stardate 48217.7) *
• TNG novel: Ancient Blood
• DS9: "The House of Quark" (stardate 48224.2) *
• VOY novel: The Third Artifact
• TNG novel: Quarantine
• TNG novel: Crossover
• DS9: "Equilibrium" (stardate 48231.7) *
• TNG novel: Kahless
• DS9: "Second Skin" (stardate 48244.5) *
• TNG comic: War and Madness (stardate 48252.6-48257.8)
• DS9: "The Abandoned" (stardate 48301.1) *
• VOY: "Caretaker" (stardate 48315.6-48317)
• TNG comic: "Gateway"
• TNG comic: "The Unconquered"
• DS9: "Civil Defense" (stardate 48388.8) *
• DS9: "Meridian" (stardate 48423.2)
• VOY: "Parallax" (stardate 48439.7)
• DS9: "Defiant" (stardate 48467.3)
• DS9: "Fascination" (stardate 48441.6) *
• DS9: "Past Tense, Part I" (stardate 48481.2 - )
• DS9: "Past Tense, Part II" (- stardate 48483.3)
• DS9: "Life Support" (stardate 48498.4)
• VOY: "Time and Again" (stardate 48498.5) *
• TNG comic: Perchance to Dream (stardate 48501.9)
• DS9 short story: "The Orb of Opportunity"
• TNG novel: Dujonian's Hoard
• DS9: "Heart of Stone" (stardate 48532.4)
• VOY: "Phage" (stardate 48532.4)
• DS9: "Destiny" (stardate 48543.2)
• VOY: "The Cloud" (stardate 48546.2)
• DS9: "Prophet Motive" (stardate 48555.5) *
• DS9: "Visionary" (stardate 48576.7) *
• VOY: "Eye of the Needle" (stardate 48579.4)
• DS9: "Distant Voices" (stardate 48592.2) *
• DS9: "Through the Looking Glass" (stardate 48601.1) *
• TNG novel: The Soldiers of Fear
• VOY: "Ex Post Facto" (stardate 48610.1) *
• DS9: "Improbable Cause" (stardate 48620.3) *
• DS9: "The Die is Cast" (stardate 48622.5) *
• VOY: "Emanations" (stardate 48623.5)
• Star Trek Generations (stardate 48632.1-48650.1)
• VOY: "Prime Factors" (stardate 48642.5)
• TNG novel: Triangle: Imzadi II)
• VOY: "State of Flux" (stardate 48658.2)
• VOY: "Heroes and Demons" (stardate 48693.2)
• DS9: "Explorers" (stardate 48699.9) *
• DS9: "Family Business" (stardate 48731.2) *
• VOY: "Cathexis" (stardate 48734.2)
• ST novel: The Return
• MU novel: The Worst of Both Worlds (28 September)
• VOY: "Faces" (stardate 48784.2)
• DS9: "Shakaar" (stardate 48764.8) *
• Shield of Tomorrow: "Episode Zero"
• VOY: "Jetrel" (stardate 48832.1)
• VOY: "Learning Curve" (stardate 48846.5)
• DS9: "Facets" (stardate 48876.3)
• VOY: "Projections" (stardate 48892.1)
• VOY novel: The Murdered Sun (stardate 48897.1)
• VOY: "Elogium" (stardate 48921.3)
• DS9: "The Adversary" (stardate 48959.1-48962.5)
• DS9 novel: Time's Enemy
• VOY: "Twisted" (stardate 48945.8)
• VOY novel: The Final Fury
• VOY: "The 37s" (stardate 48975.1)
• DS9 game: Harbinger (stardate 48987.7)

Notes

• This year is the "default setting" for Star Trek Adventures , and thus in their printed forms, many of the adventures for that game are set this year, though they may actually occur at other points in various continuities.

External link

• 2371 article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• 2371 article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
• 2371 article at Star Trek Expanded Universe, the fanon and fanworks Star Trek wiki.

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