From: ottoh3@cfsmo.honeywell.com (Otto Heuer #3)
Date: 2 Dec 93 07:54:49 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: FAQL: STAR TREK DATES AND YEARS

Archive-Name: faql.rec.arts.startrek.dates

       FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT STAR TREK DATES AND YEARS
		      (last updated 8 October 1993)

This FAQL is basically a list of  questions that  have been  brought up and
discussed to death in rec.arts.startrek.misc, and a lot of  people would be
happy if  they never  resurfaced.   Please refer  to the  "LIST OF PERIODIC
POSINGS TO r.a.s.* NEWSGROUPS" article  for a  full list  of periodic post-
ings, and to the "LIST OF ACRONYMS" article for  acronyms used  in this and
other postings.

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 1) Stardates
 2) Years
 3) Ages - TOS Characters
 4) Ages - TNG Characters
 5) Ages - DS9 Characters
 6) Ages - TOS Actors
 7) Ages - TNG Actors
 8) Ages - DS9 Actors
 9) Star Trek Obituaries
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1) STARDATES, YEARS, AGES, ETC.:

In TOS the stardates ranged from 1513 (Man Trap) to 5928 (Turnabout
Intruder).  At this time Gene had intended for stardates to be based on
Julian dates modulo 10000, with one stardate being 24 hours in length.
There are numerous examples where this is false.  Some of the most blatant
are The Immunity Syndrome (where a quick calculation shows that one
stardate is less than 2.5 hours) and Requiem for Methuselah (where one
stardate figures out to be about 960 hours).  There are a few episodes
where the stardates actually decrease during the show.

In TNG, the stardate is also supposed to be 24 hours, and is in the form
4xyyy.y where "x" is the season number and yyy.y is a random number that
increases (usually) throughout the season.

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2) YEARS:

There are a few timelines (quite detailed) that get posted to r.a.s
occasionally (version 4 of The Chronology File is among the most detailed
and complete).  They take all the info from canonical sources and use as
much as they can without conflicting too much (usually only having to throw
out two or three references).  The following is a list of the mentions that
get asked the most in RAS:

1966/09/08  "Star Trek" premiered on NBC ("The Man Trap")
1969/06/03  Last network first-run of "Star Trek" ("Turnabout Intruder")
1979/12/07  "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" opened
1982/06/04  "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" opened
1984/06/01  "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" opened
1986/11/26  "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" opened
1987/09/30  "Star Trek: The Next Generation" premiered (in Chicago)
1989/06/09  "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" opened
1991/10/24  Gene Roddenberry died
1991/12/06  "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" opened
1993/01/xx  "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" premiered

1992-1997 Eugenics Wars (ref Off Manual/TMP novel)
1993-1996 TOS "Space Seed": Eugenics War
1996      ST2: SS Botany Bay leaves Earth, carrying Khan and followers
2018      TOS "Space Seed": Last use of sleeper ships
2030s     Clone Wars (ref Officers Manual (80)/TMP novel)
2035      TNG "The Royale": US gets 52nd state
2036      TNG "Encounter at Farpoint" (and the Officers Manual): the New 
          United Nations was formed (the Officers Manual says this happened
          during the Clone Wars)
2047      Mind Control Revolt (ref Officers Manual/TMP novel)
2049      First Kzinti Invasion of Earth (ref Officers Manual)
2061      Cochrane acheives Warp 1 (TNG Tech Manual, pg 54)
2064      Kzinti Invasions Halt (ref Officers Manual)
2078      TNG "Encounter at Farpoint": The Post-Atomic Age started
2079      TNG "Encounter at Farpoint": All United Earth "nonsense"
          abolished
2161      TNG "The Outcast": The year the Federation was formed
2228/2229 Kirk was born in Riverside, Iowa, where a statue of him has been
          erected
2245      1701 commissioned, Capt April commanding
2252      TOS "The Cage": Pike captured by Talosians
2264      TOS "Where No Man Has Gone Before": Kirk commands Enterprise
2283(?)   ST2: The year on a bottle of Romulan Ale
2285      ST3: Enterprise destroyed
2286      ST3: 1701-A commissioned
2305      TNG "Conundrum": Picard is born
2334      TNG "Conundrum": Bev Crusher is born
2336      TNG "Conundrum": Deanna Troi is born
2336      TNG "Conundrum": Data is "born"
2340      TNG "Conundrum": Ensign Ro is born
2344      TNG Tech Manual (pg 4): 1701-C destroyed
2363      TNG Tech Manual (pg 4): 1701-D commissioned
2364      TNG "The Neutral Zone": Data gives the year

The year in TOS is somewhere between 2260 and 2286.
The Officer's Manual says TMP took place in 2265 or 2267.
Khan was marooned for 15 years at the time of ST2.
TNG is 93-100 years after TOS, and 78-79 years after TMP.

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3) Ages - TOS Characters

TOS "Ballentine Concordance (1976)": Gives McCoy's age as 45

TOS "Who Mourns for Adonais": Chekov gives his age as 22

TOS "The Deadly Years": Kirk's age is given as 34

TNG "Encounter at Farpoint": McCoy's age is given as 137

TOS "Journey to Babel": Sarek's age is given as 102.437

TNG "Sarek": Sarek's age is given as 202

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4) Ages - TNG Characters

"Encounter at Farpoint": McCoy's age is given as 137

"Sarek": Sarek's age is given as 202

"The First Duty":  Picard says he's class of '27, supporting the birthdate
given in "Conundrum", and making him 64 years old in season 5.  Guess he'll
be retiring.  :-)

The season 1 Writer's Guide gives Picard's age as 55, which is off by five
years from the other data (which is on film--therefore "canon").

"The Schizoid Man":  Wes said "Data, chronologically, you're not much older
than I am."

"DataLore":  Data says he was found 26 years ago.

"Redemption II":  Data says he has 26 years of StarFleet training.

"Datalore":  Data details exactly how many years he spent at the Academy,
how many as an ensign, etc.  Counting backwards from stardate 41xxx.x would
give his grad date.

"Encounter at Farpoint":  Data graduated SFA in the class of '78 with
Honors in Dextral Biology (Exobiology?)  and Probability Mechanics.

"Data's Day":  Data states that it is the 1,5__th day of the Enterprise's
commission.

According to Beverly's birthday given in "Conundrum" and the year given by
Data in "The Neutral Zone" (and guessing Wesley's age to be around 15 at
that time), Beverly gave birth to Wes when she was about 15 years old.

The book "The Final Reflection" (non-canon, but who really cares) puts the
lifespan of a Klingon at about 40 years (terran).  Worf would be about 15,
by this reckoning.

According to the "Star Trek Chronology", when Enterprise was commissioned
in 2364:  Picard 59 yr old; Beverly Crusher 40; Riker 29; La Forge 29; Troi
28; Yar 27; Worf 24.

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5) Ages - DS9 Characters

[ Has any info been given in any of the DS9 episodes or novels? --ed ]

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6) Ages - TOS Actors

Gene Roddenberry was born on August 19, 1921.

William Shatner was born on March 22, 1931.

Leonard Nimoy was born on March 26, 1931.

DeForest Kelley was born on January 20, 1920.

James Doohan was born on March 3, 1920.

Majel Barrett was born on February 23, 19__.

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7) Ages - TNG Actors

Gene Roddenberry was born on August 19, 1921.

Jonathan Frakes was born on August 19, 1952.

Patrick Stewart was born on July 13, 1940.

Brent Spiner was born on February 2, 1955.

LeVar Burton was born on February 16, 1957.

Marina Sirtis was born on March 29, 1959.

Gates McFadden was born on August 28, 1949.

Michael Dorn was born on December 9, 1952.

Denise Crosby was born on November 24, 1957.

Wil Wheaton was born on July 29, 1972.

Whoopi Goldberg was born on November 13, 1949.

Majel Barrett was born on February 23, 19__.

John de Lancie was born on March 20, 19__.

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8) Ages - DS9 Actors

Rick Berman was born on December 25, 19__.

Michael Piller was born on May 30, 19__.

Avery Brooks was born on October 2, 1949 (1994 calendar lists as April 18).

Rene Auberjonois was born on June 1, 1940.

Rosalind Chao was born on September 23, 19__.

Siddig El Fadil was born on November 21, 1965.

Terry Farrell was born on November 19, 19__.

Cirroc Lofton was born on August 7, 19__.

Colm Meaney was born on May 30, 19__.

Armin Shimerman was born on November 5, 19__.

Nana Visitor was born on July 26, 19__.

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9) STAR TREK OBITUARIES:

Yes, Merritt butrick is dead.  He played Kirk's son David in the movies as
well as T'Jon an Ornaran in TNG's "Symbiosis", along-side of Judson Scott
(who played Sobi, a Brekkian and also a person that served with Khan).  The
actor died in March 1989 due to complications related to the AIDS virus.
Other recent deaths include:

Stanley Adams (Cyrano Jones)
Dame Judith Anderson (T'Lar, "ST3") 91-92
Barry Atwater (Surak)
Lucille Ball (owner Desilu Productions) 88-91
James Blish
Roger C Carmel (Harcourt Fenton Mudd) 89/90 due to medication or lack thereof.
Ted Cassidy (Ruk, "What Are Little Girls Made of?")
Gene L Coon (writer/producer)
James Daly (Mr. Flint)
Michael Dunn (Alexander, "Plato's Stepchildren")
Robert A Heinlein (writer) 87-91
Kay Elliott (Stella Mudd)
Sam Gilman (Doc Holiday, "Spectre of the Gun")
John Hancock (Admiral Haden, "The Defector" and "The Wounded"") 10/92
John Hoyt (Dr. Phillip "Bones" Boyce, "The Cage") 9/15/91
Jeffrey Hunter (Capt Christopher Pike, "The Cage") 70s
Jill Ireland (Leila Kalomi) 87-91
Celia Lovsky (T'Pau, "Amok Time")
Susan Oliver (Vina, "The Cage") early 1990
Vic Perrin (Tharn, aka the voice of Outer Limits) 87-91
Angelique Pettyjohn (Shauna, "The Gamesters of Triskelion") 1992 of cancer
Gene Roddenberry (Created Trek) 10/24/91
Michael Strong (Dr. Roger Corby, "What Are Little Girls Made of?")
Vic Tayback (Jojo Kracko, "A Piece of the Action")
Torin Thacther (Marplan)
Ian Wolfe (Mr AtoZ, "All Our Yesterdays"; Septimus "Bread and Circuses") 1/23/92

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