2264

Events

• Captain James T. Kirk assumes command of the USS Enterprise.
• Kenneth Wescott is successfully re-elected to serve a second term as President of the United Federation of Planets.
• The Warp-Speed Classic Vaudeville Company is hired by Admiral Kimitake Noguchi to tour the Federation Phalanx to boost the morale of the officers stationed in some 30 outposts.
• Famed businessman and philanthropist Carter Winston disappears while on a voyage in his one-man starship.
• Parathu'ul applies for Federation membership, but is turned down.
• The USS Intrepid discovers a Fabrini probe and makes contact with the Shesshran.

Promotions and transfers

• Lieutenant Commander Spock is promoted to first officer aboard the USS Enterprise.
• Hikaru Sulu is assigned to the Enterprise, despite his expectations of being assigned to the USS Aerfen.
• Cadet Pavel Chekov is assigned to the Enterprise for navigation training.
• Janice Rand is signed as a Yeoman for the Starfleet services department and eventually is dispatched to the Enterprise as Captain James T. Kirk's personal yeoman.
• Janice Rand leaves the Enterprise to undergo more training as a Yeoman and is replaced by Barbara Smith.

People

Births and deaths

• Tuvok is born on the Vulcanis Lunar Colony.
• Saavik is born on Hellguard.
• Nancy Crater dies in approximately this year at the hands of the M-113 creature.
• In approximately this year, Joran Belar is born.
• David Andrew McCoy dies when his son Leonard McCoy takes him off life support.

Notable people

Spock.

Yeoman Barbara Smith.

Stories

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
Star Trek: New Visions A Scent of Ghosts 2264 flashback (page 1)	The Original Series	2264	comic	Fleet Captain Pike and Number One disembark the Enterprise at Starbase 9 prior to James T. Kirk taking command. Slightly contradicts Enterprise: The First Adventure.
Enterprise: The First Adventure	The Original Series	March 2264 Stardate 0000.5	novel
All Those Years Ago... Backstory	The Original Series	2264 Stardate 1278.40	comic	Alternate version of Kirk's first mission on the Enterprise.
Burning Dreams Chapter 20, section 1	The Original Series	2264	novel	Voyages of the Imagination incorrectly places this in 2262.
Seasons of Light and Darkness 2264 section	The Original Series	May 13, 2264	ebook
Mirror Images Mirror Images, Issue 1	The Original Series	c. 2264	comic	Set entirely in the Mirror Universe.
Mirror Images Mirror Images, Issue 2	The Original Series	c. 2264	comic	Set entirely in the Mirror Universe, and shortly after issue 1.
Mirror Images Mirror Images, Issue 4	The Original Series	c. 2264	comic	Set entirely in the Mirror Universe, and shortly after issue 2.
Mirror Images Mirror Images, Issue 5	The Original Series	c. 2264 Stardate 1299.7	comic	Set entirely in the Mirror Universe, and shortly after issue 4.
Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows The Greater Good	The Original Series	2264	short story	Takes place entirely within the Mirror Universe. Alternate account depicting the mirror James T. Kirk's assassination of Christopher Pike, and receipt of command of the ISS Enterprise.
Star Trek: New Visions Strange New Worlds 2264 flashback (pp. 19-23)	The Original Series	2264	comic	Flashback to just after Kirk takes command of the Enterprise in 2264, four years prior to main 2268 framing-story. The Enterprise confronts a Klingon battlecruiser.
Uhura's Story Backstory	The Original Series	2264 Stardate 1297.80	comic	Set shortly after Uhura joined the crew of the Enterprise.
Alien Spotlight: Orions	The Original Series	2264	comic	Set shortly after Pike's promotion to Fleet Captain.
The Legacy of Lazarus	The Original Series	2264 Stardate 10:26.3	comic
The Brain Shockers	The Original Series	2264 Stardate 11:26.1	comic
Sceptre of the Sun	The Original Series	2264 Stardate 12:48.6	comic
Strangers from the Sky Book Two: Chapters 1-2	The Original Series	2264 Stardate 1305.4	novel	This story offers an explanation of Dr. McCoy's appearance in Enterprise: The First Adventure, but replacement by Dr. Piper in other stories set before "Where No Man Has Gone Before."
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Chapter 14, Leonard McCoy's flashback	The Original Series	2264	movie novelization	Voyages of the Imagination incorrectly places this in 2254.
Mission's End Mission's End, Issue 1	The Original Series	c. 2264 Stardate 1136.2	comic	Features one of the first missions with Kirk commanding the Enterprise. A reference to Dr. Piper places it after the 2264 section of Strangers from the Sky.
My Brother's Keeper Enterprise Chapter 5, Sections 1-2	The Original Series	2264	novel	Gary Mitchell saves Kirk's life on Dimorus.
Star Trek: New Visions Strange New Worlds 2264 flashback (pp. 29-34)	The Original Series	2264	comic	Flashback to landing party mission on Dimorus.
Captain's Peril Chapters 4-5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21-22, 24, 26 & 32	The Original Series	2264	novel
Myriad Universes: Infinity's Prism A Less Perfect Union Chapters 1, 2 (sections 1 & 3-5), 3-9 & 10 (sections 1 & 4-6)	Star Trek	2264	novel	Set in an alternate timeline. Described as "29 years" after the disappearance of the SS Columbia in 2235.

Connections

• 2264 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.