1993

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1993 was, onEarth'scalendar, the 94thyear of the20th century, and the fourth year of the1990sdecade. Although this was a time period beforeHuman formulation ofstardates, this era begins with stardate 1993.0.^[1]

Events[]

• TheEugenics Wars begin.^[2][3]

13 January

• Mission STS-54 begins.Endeavor launches asatellite.^[4]

19 January

• Mission STS-54 ends.^[4]

15 March

• DoctorMarcus Walter Nichols is recruited by the secretArea 51 task force aroundShaun Geoffrey Christopher,Shannon O'Donnel andJeffrey Carlson. They are building a sleeper ship prototype, theDY-100, based on acquiredFerengi technology^[5], and they want to use thetransparent aluminum as well.^[3]
• Not known to the other Area 51 workers, Shannon O'Donnel secretly meets withRoberta Lincoln (who is disguised as Helen Swanson); Roberta provides Shannon with some alien technology for the DY-100 project.^[3]

14 June

• Khan Noonien Singh assembles some of his fellowChrysalis Project superhumans - includingVasily Hunyadi,Alberto Gomez (aka Pachacutec), General "Hawkeye"Randall Morrison,Arcturus andChen Tiejun. Khan's goal, to unite the supermen under his reign, fails and they leave in conflict.^[3]

August

• Thanks to some undercover assistance fromRoberta Lincoln, the Peruvian government captures Alberto Gomez.^[6]

early in the first fullweek ofSeptember

• It is known that earlier in the week Hunyadi's people assassinated a couple of Khan's most highly placed pawns in the local government.^[6]

10 September

• In the morning, Khan retaliates against Hunyadi by taking out an entire Serbian intelligence cell.^[6]

30 September

• Khan is lured to the Ajorra caves in centralIndia byVasily Hunyadi, force behind theSerbia government, who attempts to assassinate Khan by triggering an earthquake with an underwater concussive charge place. This earthquake was in the previously-considered aseismatic region of Maharashtra. The death toll from the quake is over 10,000 and entire villages are destroyed.^[3]

December

• NASA fixes the Hubble space telescope.^[6]

Appendices[]

References and notes[]

Stories[]

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
The Eugenics Wars The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2 Chapters 5, 6 & 8-11	The Original Series	15March - 1October1993	novel

Releases[]

• TOS comic #4:To Walk the Night, byMichael Jan Friedman

January[]

• TOScomic #42:"A Little Adventure..." byHoward Weinstein.
• TNGcomic #42:"Second Chances" byMichael Jan Friedman.

week of3 January

• "Emissary" is the first episode ofStar Trek: Deep Space Nine to be aired.
  • Rather than airing on a network, the new series was sold into syndication, to be shown by various localtelevision stations at a time of their choosing. Because of this, the initial airdates of each episode of the series varied throughout the normal calendar week based on the station airing the show.

week of10 January

• DS9episode: "Past Prologue", the first regular episode ofDS9 season 1 is aired.

week of17 January

• DS9episode: "A Man Alone" is aired.

week of24 January

• TNGepisode: "Ship in a Bottle" is aired.
• DS9episode: "Babel" is aired.

week of31 January

• DS9episode: "Captive Pursuit" is aired.
• TNGepisode: "Aquiel" is aired.

February[]

• PocketTOSnovel #63:Shell Game byMelissa Crandall.
• PocketDS9novelization:Emissary byJ.M. Dillard(firstDS9 book byPocket Books).
• TOScomic #43:"... Goes a Long Way" byHoward Weinstein.
• TNGcomic #43:"Strange Bedfellows" byMichael Jan Friedman.
• TNGcomicomnibus:The Star Lost byMichael Jan Friedman.

week of7 February

• DS9episode: "Q-Less" is aired.
• TNGepisode: "Face of the Enemy" is aired.

week of14 February

• DS9episode: "Dax" is aired.
• TNGepisode: "Tapestry" is aired.

week of22 February

• DS9episode: "The Passenger" is aired.
• TNGepisode: "Birthright, Part I" is aired.

March[]

• PocketTNGnovel #25:Grounded byDavid Bischoff.
• TOScomic #44:"Acceptable Risk" byHoward Weinstein andGordon Purcell.
• TNGcomic #44:"Restoration" byMichael Jan Friedman.

week of1 March

• TNGepisode: "Birthright, Part II" is aired.

week of14 March

• DS9episode: "Move Along Home" is aired.

week of21 March

• DS9episode: "The Nagus" is aired.

week of28 March

• TNGepisode: "Starship Mine" is aired.

April[]

• TOSnovel #64:The Starship Trap byMel Gilden.
• TNGnovel:The Devil's Heart (hardcover) byCarmen Carter.
• TOScomic #45:"A Little Man-to-Man Talk" byStephen H. Wilson.
• TNGcomic #44:"Childish Things" byMichael Jan Friedman andKevin Ryan.
• TNGcomicomnibus:The Star Lost byMichael Jan Friedman.

week of4 April

• TNGepisode: "Lessons" is aired.

week of18 April

• DS9episode: "Vortex" is aired.

week of25 April

• DS9episode: "Battle Lines" is aired.
• TNGepisode: "The Chase" is aired.

May[]

• DS9novel #2:The Siege byPeter David.
• TNGnovel #26:The Romulan Prize bySimon Hawke.
• TOScomic #46:"Coup d'etat" byHoward Weinstein.
• TNGcomic #46:"The Maze" byMichael Jan Friedman andKevin Ryan.
• TOScomic #47:"Deceptions, Part II" byHoward Weinstein.

week of2 May

• TNGepisode: "Frame of Mind" is aired.
• DS9episode: "The Storyteller" is aired.

week of9 May

• TNGepisode: "Suspicions" is aired.
• DS9episode: "Progress" is aired.

week of16 May

• TNGepisode: "Rightful Heir" is aired.
• DS9episode: "If Wishes Were Horses" is aired.

week of23 May

• TNGepisode: "Second Chances" is aired.
• DS9episode: "The Forsaken" is aired.

week of30 May

• DS9episode: "Dramatis Personae" is aired.

June[]

• TOSnovel #65:Windows on a Lost World byV.E. Mitchell.
• TOScomic #48:"Deceptions, Part III" byHoward Weinstein.
• TOScomic #49:"The Peacekeeper, Part 1" byHoward Weinstein.
• TNGcomic #47:"The Worst of Both Worlds" byMichael Jan Friedman.
• TOScomicomnibus:Who Killed Captain Kirk? byPeter David.

week of13 June

• TNGepisode: "Timescape" is aired.
• DS9episode: "Duet" is aired.

week of20 June

• TNGepisode: "Descent", Part I, the finale ofTNG season 6, is aired.
• DS9episode: "In the Hands of the Prophets", the finale ofDS9 season 1, is aired.

July[]

• TOScomic #50:"The Peacekeeper, Part 2" byHoward Weinstein.
• TNGcomic #48:"The Belly of the Beast" byMichael Jan Friedman.
  • No turning back!
• DS9comic:"Hostage Situation" (preview edition story).

August[]

• TOSnovel #66:From the Depths byVictor Milan.
• TOShardcovernovel:Shadows on the Sun byMichael Jan Friedman.
• DS9novel #3:Bloodletter byK.W. Jeter.
• TNG–SAnovel #1:Worf's First Adventure byPeter David.
• TOScomic #51:"Renegade" byDan Mishkin.
• TNGcomic #49:"The Armies of the Night" byMichael Jan Friedman.
• DS9comic #1:"Stowaway", part 1, byMike W. Barr.

September[]

• TOScomic #52:"Epic Proportions" byDiane Duane.
• TNGnovel #27:Guises of the Mind byRebecca Neason.
  • TheworldCapulon IV is finally ready to join theFederation afteryears of waiting. All that remains is the ruler'scoronation and a routine signing of the finaltreaty. When the crew of theUSSEnterprise and their passengers—a group of women from areligious order dedicated to helping the downtrodden—arrive for the event, they expect to find a world willing and happy to receive them. Instead, they encounter deceit and treachery. The crownprince, once excited and eager to join the Federation, now refuses even to speak withCaptainPicard.Beaming to the surface in an attempt to work out the problem, Picard,Troi, andMother Veronica, theabbess of thenuns, aredrugged and captured. Now they must somehow escape and stop the crowning.
• TNGcomic #50:"And Death Shall Have No Dominion" byMichael Jan Friedman.
• TNGcomicAnnual #4:"A House Divided" byMike W. Barr.
• TNGcomic:Special #1.
• DS9comic #2:"Stowaway, Part II" byMike W. Barr.

week of19 September

• TNGepisode: "Descent, Part II", the first episode ofTNG's seventh and final season, is first aired.

week of25 September

• TNGepisode: "Liaisons" is first aired.
• DS9episode: "The Homecoming", the first episode ofDS9's second season, is first aired.

October[]

• TOSnovel #67:The Great Starship Race byDiane Carey.
• TNG-SAnovel #2:Line of Fire byPeter David.
• TNGnovelization:Descent byDiane Carey.
• TOScomic #53:"Time Crime" byHoward Weinstein.
• TNGcomic #51:"Lifesigns" byJudith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens.
• TNGcomic #52:"The Rich and the Dead!" byMichael Jan Friedman.
• DS9comic #3:"Old Wounds"" byMike W. Barr.

week of3 October

• DS9episode: "The Circle" is first aired.
• TNGepisode: "Interface" is first aired.

week of10 October

• DS9episode: "The Siege" is first aired.
• TNGepisode: "Gambit, Part I" is first aired.

week of17 October

• DS9episode: "Invasive Procedures" is first aired.
• TNGepisode: "Gambit, Part II" is first aired.

week of24 October

• DS9episode: "Cardassians" is first aired.
• TNGepisode: "Phantasms" is first aired.

week of31 October

• DS9episode: "Melora" is first aired.
• TNGepisode: "Dark Page" is first aired.

November[]

• TOScomic #54:"Nightmares" by Howard Weinstein.
• DS9novel #4:The Big Game bySandy Schofield.
• TNGcomic #53:"Reductions & Deductions" byMichael Jan Friedman.
• TNGcomic #54:"Hidden Agendas!" byMichael Jan Friedman.
• DS9comic #4:"Emancipation" (part 1) byMike W. Barr.

week of7 November

• DS9episode: "Rules of Acquisition" is first aired.
• TNGepisode: "Attached" is first aired.

week of14 November

• DS9episode: "Necessary Evil" is first aired.
• TNGepisode: "Force of Nature" is first aired.

week of21 November

• DS9episode: "Second Sight" is first aired.
• TNGepisode: "Inheritance" is first aired.

week of28 November

• DS9episode: "Sanctuary" is first aired.
• TNGepisode: "Parallels" is first aired.

December[]

• TNGnovel:Dark Mirror byDiane Duane.
• TNG-SAnovel #3:Survival byPeter David.
• TNGnovel #28:Here There Be Dragons byJohn Peel
• TOScomic #55:"Time to Time" byHoward Weinstein.
• TNGcomic #55:"The Good of the Many" byMichael Jan Friedman.
• DS9comic #5:"Emancipation, Part II" byMike W. Barr.

External links[]

• 1993 article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.
• 1993 article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.
• 1993 article atWikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• 1993 page at theComplete Starfleet Library