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2200-2249 SFC

Reference stardates from 2/00 (2200) to 2/49 (2249).

This page details the years2200-2249 according to the timeline presented in theSTreference:Spaceflight Chronology, with additional material fromFASA'sreference stardate materials and somePocket Books novels that used these numerations. These references dates coincide (approximately) with the late2250s decade through the early24th century.

2200[]

This reference date coincides with the late2250s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.

referencestardate 2/0001: TheFederation awards the firstCochrane Award for excellence as ascientist. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)

reference stardate 2/0001.11: The Federation Council votes unanimously to impose sanctions against allOrion companies, ports and shipping interests that participate in theGreen Slave trade. All Federation members agree to boycott Orionports, but several Federation companies will face bankruptcy as a result. (FASA RPGmodule:The Federation)
reference stardate 2/0003: Starbase 27, constructed near theKlingon border, becomes operational. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

2201[]

13 March 2201:Captain Christopher Pike,commanding officer of theUSSEnterprise, publishes a report on the Orion slave trade after participating in an investigative mission. The report causes shock and outrage and persuades the Federation Council to officially endorse the boycott of Orion planets. In effect, the Federation were warning the Orion government that if they didn't stop the slave trade, then they would be cut off diplomatically and economically from the Federation. (FASA RPGmodule:The Federation)

01 May 2201: The Federation Council passes the First Amendment to theArticles of the Federation which sees the Green Slave trade is abolished outside the limits of theOrion neutrality area. Economic sanctions by theUFP force theOrion Colonies to abolish the slave trade -- officially. (FASA RPGmodules:The Federation,Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

Klingon naval base atMastocal is completed. The base is very nearFederation space in an area of Klingon territory gained as a result of theFour Years War. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

2202[]

To better meet the demands of an area of rising importance,Starfleet Intelligence adds another Operating Forces Sector, Triangle Sector intelligence. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

AStarfleet task force of fiveLarson class destroyers enters an uncontrolled area of space near theRomulan Neutral Zone, but fails to report back as scheduled. A rescue group finds a single warp engine nacelle in an asteroid cluster, but no additional evidence.Romulans are suspected, but nothing is ever proved. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

2203[]

TheStar's End settlement is colonized with the assistance of 42Cochrane-class colonial transports. This forms the largest colonial convoy to date. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

2204[]

This reference date coincides with the early2260s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.
reference stardate 2/04: Between theKlingon Empire and theFederation, post-war border skirmishes continue along new frontiers of disputed territory claimed by both sides. (FASA RPGmodules:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update,Conflict of Interests)

2205[]

This reference date coincides with the early2260s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.
reference stardate 2/05

TheKobax IV crisis occurs when a usurper assassinates the president of Kobax IV -- aFederation world nearKlingon space -- and declares the planet independent of the UFP. After the assassin is uncovered as a Klingon agent, two regiments of Starfleet Marines restore order on the planet and deter a Klingon invasion. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)
Starfleet CommanderSean Sheridan leads a survey team that discovers a habitable planet that will be namedSheridan's World. (FASA RPGmodule:Conflict of Interests)

2206[]

This reference date coincides with the mid-2260s in the primaryStar Trek timeline, around the years2265 and2266.
reference stardate 2/06

Starfleet adopts an updated uniform design with a newer series of divisionalassignment patches for service personnel. The new uniforms main issue are in bold primary colors with black collars that differ from the earlier turtleneck designs. (STreference:Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)
TheKlingon Empire sends a team to examine thecolonization potential ofSheridan's World. (FASA RPGmodule:Conflict of Interests)

2207[]

This reference date coincides with the mid-2260s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.
reference stardate 2/07

Christopher Pike is promoted tofleet captain and is transferred to command overallstarship operations overConstitution-class starships. Pike handpicksJames T. Kirk to take command of theUSSEnterprise. (FASA RPGmodule:The Federation)
Armed conflict erupts between theKlingon Empire and theFederation. Both sides suffer casualties and prepare for full-scalewar. (FASA RPGmodules:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update,Conflict of Interests, in prelude toTOSepisode: "Errand of Mercy")
Thought Admiral Krador zantai Rrilac is reassigned to a military governorship onMuldor IV. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)
TheDerf-class tender USSAcropolis responds to a malfunctioning navigational marker buoy. AKlingon warship attacks, cripples theAcropolis, and tows it into Klingon space. Starfleet Intelligence determines the Klingons tampered with the buoy to produce the false signal. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

reference stardate 2/0705: Gary Mitchell dies onDelta Vega. (TOSepisode: "Where No Man Has Gone Before")
reference stardate 2/0710.21: ARomulan cruiser with a powerful new plasma weapon and cloaking device destroys four Neutral Zone border outposts. The USSEnterprise pursues the vessel into the Neutral Zone and damages it to the point where its crew activates its self-destruct sequence. In the course of the engagement, the Romulans'Vulcanoid physiology is revealed. (TOSepisode: "Balance of Terror")
reference stardate 2/0711: TheVulcan Science Academy postulates the existence of thePreservers to explain the Romulans' physiology, the close relation between humans andCentaurans and other apparent cases of population seeding. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)
reference stardate 2/0712: TheSS Botany Bay is discovered;Khan Noonien Singh and his survivingaugment compatriots are exiled toCeti Alpha V. (TOSepisode: "Space Seed")

2208[]

This reference date coincides with the mid-2260s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.
reference stardate 2/0801: Representatives of theFederation and theKlingon Empire fail to reach peaceful resolution of their differences. Warships of the Klingon Empire invade space claimed by the UFP. (FASA RPGmodules:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update,Conflict of Interests;TOSepisode: "Errand of Mercy")
reference stardate 2/0801.06 – 09: Klingons invadeOrgania, Federation task force counters, impose Organian Peace Treaty. (FASA RPGmodules:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update,Conflict of Interests;TOSepisode: "Errand of Mercy")
reference stardate 2/0801.24: TheOrganian Peace Treaty is imposed by theOrganians, with further negotiations during the following months establishing theOrganian Treaty Zone between theKlingon Empire and theFederation. The establishment of the Zone means new territory for both sides. (FASA RPGmodules:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update,Conflict of Interests,The Four Years War;TOSepisode: "Errand of Mercy")

February: Federation outpost onCestus III is destroyed by aGorn vessel, which then fleesStarfleet pursuit. TheMetrons impose a cease-fire by reducing the conflict to single combat between captainsS'slee andKirk.

The brief Federation-Klingon War, the imposed Organian peace, and first contact with the Gorn delay the Federation Council's final action on theRomulan border attack and theorized Romulan/Vulcan link. Starfleet doubles the number of patrols along the Neutral Zone and establishes new, larger, and more heavily armed border stations, no direct action against the Romulans is taken at this time. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

TheUSSConstellation andUSSEnterprise encounter aDoomsday machine. In a tactic later known as theKirk Defense, the device is stopped by rigging the heavily-damagedConstellation's engines to self-destruct and detonating them within the machine itself.

March 2208-March 2209: Events of the second season of Star Trek:TOS occur. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

21 March 2208: A Starfleet-sponsored science team rediscovers a Vulcan colony world inthe Triangle Zone that had been captured byRomulan forces. When the planet's ores played out, the Romulans abandoned the mining settlement, destroying all records and equipment and stranding the Vulcan inhabitants. By the time the scientists arrive, most of the Vulcans are dead.Sarek, a highly respected scientist/statesman from Vulcan, is given custody of a five-year-old Vulcan/Romulan hybrid namedSaavik. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

June 2208:Ceti Alpha VI explodes, shifting the orbit ofCeti Alpha V and transforming that garden world into a desert. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

26 April 2208: TheConstitution class cruiserUSSRepublic, under command ofCaptain Richard V. Masterson, is officially listed as missing. Based on information obtained at the time, Starfleet officials believe that the vessel may have been missing for as much as seven months prior. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

2209[]

February 2209: TheBabel Conference on theCoridan III question.

Starfleet later learns that the first of a series of Klingon/Romulan non-aggression and technical exchange agreements take place at this time. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

TheNelson class scoutUSSMenke, operating along the rimward frontier, is listed as missing after failing to make a scheduled report. TheNelson class scoutUSSStuart conducts a two-month-long search without success. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

TheOrganians selectSheridan's World as the site of an experimental colony composed of bothhumans andKlingons. Should the project succeed, the Organians will consider lifting many of the restrictions to developing other worlds in the region. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

March 2209-March 2210: Events of the third season of Star Trek:TOS take place.

April 2209: A convoy consisting of sixCochrane class colonial transports plus escorts is listed as missing after failing to arrive at its destination ofNew Deimos. Some believe theGorn may have been responsible, but no evidence supports this allegation. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

June 2209: Lieutenant CommanderWillard Decker, a helmsman/weapons officer, receives a short-term shore assignment onDelta Four. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

About 200 colonists from theFederation and theKlingon Empire arrive atSheridan's World under the direction of theOrganians. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

November 2209: Deep coverStarfleet agents within theKlingon Empire report the Klingons andRomulans have settled their border disputes and have likely sealed cease-fire agreements with military technology exchanges. In the resulting shake-up inStarfleet Intelligence, the entire staff of the Romulan Activities Unit is replaced.Federation Council members favoring a stronger stand against the Romulans feel that they have a mandate due to the strength of public opinion. As a result, they draft top-secret resolutions commissioningOperation Purloin. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

2210[]

This reference date coincides with the late2260s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.
reference stardate 2/1010: TheFederation'sFenlon-class monitor mark IV configuration enters service. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)

TheBaton Rouge class is retired. (SFC)

Starfleet Intelligence later learns that theNelson class scoutUSS Valdez, captured by theKlingons during theFour Years War, was destroyed at this time. The Klingons had been using theValdez along their coreward border. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

March 2210-March 2211: Events depicted in Star Trek:TAS

November: New starships commissioned by Starfleet start using a new font called Microgramma in their hull markings, replacing the Machine font previously used. (STreference:Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)

2211[]

This reference date coincides with the late2260s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.

New starships commissioned by Starfleet start using a new standardized docking port system. (STreference:Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)

TheUSSHood investigates an area ofspatial interphase nearTholian space. the ship's assignment is to determine the potential of the interphase phenomenon for military uses by Starfleet or others. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update) TheHood becomes trapped in the interphase.

Several months later, theUSS Enterprise (NCC-1701), having experience with the interphase from a previous incident with theUSS Defiant (NCC-1764), is sent to recover information from theHood. (FASA RPGmodule:Ghosts of Conscience)

May 2211: (FASA RPGmodule:Imbalance of Power)

September: (FASA RPGmodule:Again, Troublesome Tribbles)

30 September: Discovery of theEridani Papers, giving theFederation its first real information onRomulan society.

November: (FASA RPGmodule:The Vanished)

2212[]

This reference date coincides with the turn of the2270s decade in the primaryStar Trek timeline, around the year2270.

January: Captain James T. Kirk of theUSSEnterprise is called toJanus VI, where he serves as judge regarding the murder of aHorta. in the process, an important discovery is made about the race of Hortas that once populated the planet. (FASA RPGmodule:Witness for the Defense)

TheUSS Crécy, on routine patrol near Tholian space, encounters the badly damaged hull of the USSHood, apparently no longer trapped in spatial interphase. TheCrécy tows theHood's hulk to the nearest Federation outpost.Starfleet officials decide to scrap theHood's remains, rather thanrefit the vessel. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

reference stardate 2/1202 (February): TheKinza D'elma starbase is completed, built byKlingons in territory awarded them under terms of theOrganian Peace Treaty. (FASA RPGmodule:The Four Years War)

(FASA RPGmodule:In the Presence of My Enemies)

7 April

TheUSSEnterprise returns from a historicfive-year mission under the command ofCaptain James T. Kirk, and is scheduled for a majorrefit. To honor the ship and crew, a proposal is made to make theassignment patch of theEnterprise the official insignia ofStarfleet on ship hull markings and, eventually, uniforms. A new uniform design is introduced, replacing the issue of 2206 SFC, although not all such uniforms reflect the new Starfleet insignia. (STreference:Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)

This event is referred to as occurring onEnterprisestardate 7523.2. While the text of the Manual states the uniforms should have all changed to theEnterprise patch, there are a few assignments that continue to use their own patch well into the 2270s, such as theUSSVenture and theEpsilon IX station.

3 June: Therefit of theUSSEnterprise continues with the approval of viewport design sketches byAndrew Probert andAlan Vindon. (STreference:Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)

2214[]

This reference date coincides with the early2270s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.
17 December: Therefit of theUSSEnterprise continues with the approval ofimpulse engine design sketches byAndrew Probert andPeter Burke. (STreference:Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)

2215[]

This reference date coincides with the early2270s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.

2216[]

This reference date coincides with the early2270s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.

The foreword to the historical novelThe Final Reflection is written. (TOSnovel:The Final Reflection)

June: Baker-class destroyers enter service inStarfleet with thecommissioning of theUSSBaker,USSPeterson andUSSStafford. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Starship Recognition Manual)

July: Therefit of theUSSEnterprise continues with the unification of all exterior elements, and the redesigned vessel resides inDrydock Facility 3. (STreference:Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)

2217[]

This reference date coincides with the early2270s in the primaryStar Trek timeline, around the year2273.
January: TheUSSHastings isrefitted to the mark VII configuration. TheUSSPhobos entersStarfleet service. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)
April: The refitUSSEnterprise becomes the first vessel of a new design to be launched, theConstitution-class's upgrade referred to as theEnterprise-class. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update,STreference:Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise) The secondConstitution-class USSHood is built, in the specifications of theEnterprise-subclass. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)
July: TheUSSde Gaulle and theUSSPetain enter Starfleet service. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)
August: The mark VLenthal-class destroyers enter Starfleet service. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)
September: TheUSSJezar,USSJohannesburg andUSSLuna enter Starfleet service. TheBabcock-class frigates enter Starfleet service. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)
October: TheUSSSogon is refitted to the mark V configuration. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)
December: TheMakin-class assault ships enter Starfleet service. TheUSSGarros is refitted to the mark V configuration. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)

2218[]

This reference date coincides with the early2270s in the primaryStar Trek timeline, around the year2274.
10 August 2218: Saavik, ward ofSarek of Vulcan, entersStarfleet Academy. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

2219[]

This reference date coincides with the mid-2270s decade in the primaryStar Trek timeline.

Alistair Fergus becomesPresident of the United Federation of Planets. (FASA RPGmodule:The Federation)
TheWinged Defender-class type II upgradestarship entersRomulan Imperial Fleet service. (FASA RPGmodule:Romulan Ship Recognition Manual)

17September: A new uniform design is approved for Starfleet use. (STreference:Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)

31October: Starfleet adopts an updated uniform design for service personnel. The new uniforms' main issue are in red with black and cream trim, with undershirts and insignia using a new color code for assignments instead of the previous three-division color system. Assignment patches are discontinued with the formerEnterprise insignia being adopted for the whole fleet. Rank insignia are shown in a series of pins. (STreference:Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)

reference stardate 2/1904

USSCourageous refit to mark IIReliant-subclass class XI cruiser. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Starship Recognition Manual)
USSQue Dane commissioned, the final vessel built as a mark IVLoknar-class class XI cruiser. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Starship Recognition Manual)

reference stardate 2/1912: While escorting a convoy ofneutronic fuel carriers to the rimward frontier, theUSSGenser investigates a mysterious object that is running on a parallel course. Shortly after approaching the object, theGenser briefly disappears, and upon reappearing the object and theGenser's crew have disappeared. (FASA RPGmodules:Federation Ship Recognition Manual,Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

2220[]

This reference date coincides with the later2270s decade in the primaryStar Trek timeline.

Project Genesis receives preliminary support from theFederation. Funds are provided for the project's first stage, and the entire Regula I Research Station is turned over to the project.

reference stardate 2/2006: TheUSSFranklin commissioned as a mark IIEnterprise-class starship. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)

reference stardate 2/2009: The D10H sub-type of theKlingon Riskadh-class enters production. (FASA RPGmodule:Klingon Ship Recognition Manual)

2221[]

This reference date coincides with the early2280s decade in the primaryStar Trek timeline.
1 June: Doctor Carol Marcus receives appropriations to begin the second stage of theGenesis Project. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

2222[]

This reference date coincides with the mid-2280s in the primaryStar Trek timeline, around the years2285 and2286.

reference stardate 2/2201.27: TheUSSReliant is assigned to Project Genesis, to locate a suitable location for Phase III testing of the project. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

referencestardate 2/2206: Events depicted inTOSmovie,novelization &comic adaptations:The Wrath of Khan,The Search for Spock, according toFASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update.

reference stardates 2/2209 to 2/2210: Events of the whale probe crisis. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

reference stardate 2/2209.21: TheUSSTi-Ho (sometimes referred to asUSSAtlantis orUSSYorktown) returns from shakedown trials in the midst of the whale probe crisis. After Admiral Kirk's trial and demotion, theTi-Ho is renamedEnterprise-A. (STreference:Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)

reference stardates 2/2210.15: After Admiral Kirk's trial and demotion, the NCC-1786 is renamedEnterprise-A. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

2223[]

This reference date coincides with the late2280s in the primaryStar Trek timeline, after the year2286.

reference stardate 2/2304: TheUSSExcalibur discovers theUSSRepublic, missing for 15 years. (FASA RPGmodules:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update,Lost and Presumed Dead)

reference stardate 2/2306: TheFederation Starfleet publishes an update to theFederation Ship Recognition Manual, on a classified basis, withCommander Hikaru Sulu credited as a historical consultant. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)

reference stardate 2/2312: Starfleet Command's secondExcelsior-class starship,USSProxima, was built and began shakedown trials, due to be commissioned on stardate 2/24. (STmodule:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)

2224[]

This reference date coincides with the late2280s in the primaryStar Trek timeline, after the year2286.

reference stardate 2/2401: Starfleet Intelligence learns topical details of conflict betweenRomulans andKlingons onTarab VI, inthe Triangle. (STmodules:Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update,Graduation Exercise)

Early 2224: The mark I configurationExcelsior-class battleship,USSProxima, was expected to completeshakedown trials and becommissioned. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)

Early 2224: The mark I configurationExcelsior-class battleship,USSColumbia, was expected to complete construction and beginshakedown trials. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)

Late 2224: The mark I configurationExcelsior-class battleship,USSGalacta, was expected to complete construction and beginshakedown trials. (FASA RPGmodule:Federation Ship Recognition Manual)

2225[]

This reference date coincides with the late2280s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.

2226[]

This reference date coincides with the late2280s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.

reference stardate 2/2601: TheEnterprise-subclass heavy cruiser,USSExeter II wasrefit to uprated specifications. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)

2227[]

This reference date coincides with the early2290s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.

2228[]

This reference date coincides with the early2290s in the primaryStar Trek timeline.

2229[]

Previously annotated as theyear2229 in theSpaceflight Chronology/FASA RPG timeline, but now rationalized as a "reference stardate", this reference date coincides with the mid-2290s decade in theprimary timeline ofStar Trek.
referencestardate 2/2912: Excelsior-class mk IIclass XIII transwarp battleship USSAchilles II launched/commissioned. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)
referencestardate 2/29.18: Caroline Ravenwood is awarded theCochrane Award for her work inpsychology andholographic programming, as work that would lead to the development of theholodeck. (FASA RPGmodule:Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)