2273

timeline
years:	2270 2271 2272 2273 2274 2275 2276 (stardates from 2273.0, or circa 7412)
decades:	2240s 2250s 2260s 2270s 2280s 2290s 2300s
centuries:	22nd century - 23rd century - 24th century

2273 was, on Earth's calendar, the 74th year of the 23rd century, and the fourth year of the 2270s decade. Besides this time period's Human dates, in stardates this era begins with stardate 2273.0 in some systems of dating, and includes stardates circa 7412 in others.

Events

• V'Ger destroys the Epsilon IX station and incapacitates Earth's defense network before merging with Willard Decker and Ilia and ascending into a higher plane of existence.
• General Chang founds the Klingon Defense Forces Elite Command Academy on Qo'noS.
• Betazed is admitted into the United Federation of Planets.
• The Helvans are gripped by madness.

stardate 2286.0 

The Klingon Empire's F5GB-subclass commando frigate, a variant of the QuD-class bird-of-prey, enters service. In particular, the F5GB was a refit of the F5G-subclass with uprated deflector shields. All F5G frigate vessels would eventually be modified in this manner.

Promotions and transfers

• Admiral James T. Kirk re-assumes command of the USS Enterprise. Despite his rank of rear admiral, Kirk began wearing a uniform with captain's braid. For the duration of his command, he was referred to as both "admiral" and "captain" in everyday address.
• Shortly before receiving his first operational command, Captain Willard Decker is temporarily demoted to commander, and made ship's science officer and first officer. Admiral Kirk required him to begin wearing a uniform with commander's braid for the duration of his command, and referred to him as "commander" in everyday address.

Admiral Kirk was very specific about demoting Captain Decker to commander and giving himself a nominal demotion to captain in order to facilitate his takeover of command. However, in TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Voyage Home, no such move is made to demote Captain Spock, who is coincidentally made Kirk's first officer and science officer.

Mirror universe

• In the mirror universe, Harry Mudd succeeds John Gill as ruler of the Terran Empire.

People

Births and deaths

• Commander Sonak and Admiral Lori Ciana die in a transporter accident.
• Marla McGivers dies on Ceti Alpha V.
• Tasari dies on Yonada.

Notable people

Cleante al-Faisal.

Amaar.

An Arcturian clone.

Christine Chapel.

Pavel Chekov.

Lori Ciana.

Czerny.

Willard Decker.

The Ilia probe.

Kang.

James T. Kirk.

Krase.

Krell.

Theresa Ross.

Scotty.

Hikaru Sulu.

T'sai.

T'Shael.

Stories

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
The White Flame Starship Combat Scenario Pack Imperial Intelligence Document	The Original Series	January 2273 (Reference stardate 2/1701)	role-playing game	The 123rd Imperial Klingon Assault Flotilla commits widespread atrocities along the Neutral Zone up through this month.
Serpents in the Garden	The Original Series	2273	novel	Takes place in 2273, just a few months prior to the V'Ger Incident.
Star Trek: The Role-Playing Game Adventure concept	The Original Series	May 2273 (Reference stardate 2/1705)	role-playing game	Romulan incursion at UFP world of Ectair, in which Starfleet light cruiser USS Ardent successfully intervenes.
Enterprise Logs "Night Whispers"	The Original Series	August 2273	short story	Takes place during the USS Enterprise refit.
The Motion Picture	The Original Series	August 2273 Stardate 7412.3 - 7414.1	movie novelization	Dating of film established in novel DTI: Forgotten History.
The Motion Picture "The Motion Picture"	The Original Series	August 2273 Stardate 7412.6	comic	First issue adapting The Motion Picture.
Crucible Provenance of Shadows Chapter 29, Section 1	The Original Series	August 2273	novel	Takes place during the events of The Motion Picture, with Admiral Nogura tracking down Dr. McCoy and reactivating his Starfleet commission.
The Motion Picture "V'Ger"	The Original Series	August 2273 Stardate 7413.2	comic	Second issue adapting The Motion Picture.
The Motion Picture "Evolutions"	The Original Series	August 2273 Stardate 7414.4	comic	Third issue adapting The Motion Picture.
Spock: Reflections Spock: Reflections, Issue 2 Pages 4-7	The Original Series	August 2273	comic	Takes place either during or just after the events of The Motion Picture, with Spock and Christine Chapel meeting for the first time since the ending of the five-year mission.
Strange New Worlds 8 "A & Ω" Section 8	The Original Series	August 2273	short story	Events reprise the end of The Motion Picture
Untold Voyages "Renewal"	The Original Series	August 2273 Stardate 7413.2 - 7414.1	comic	Takes place very shortly after The Motion Picture, with the Enterprise checking for survivors at the former location of Outpost Epsilon IX after the V'Ger incident.
Debt of Honor Flashback: Pages 38-44	The Original Series	August 2273	comic	Takes place very shortly after The Motion Picture, with the Enterprise retracing V'Ger's journey.
Shadow of the Machine	The Original Series	August 2273	eBook	Begins four days after the ending of The Motion Picture. Alternate version of post-movie events, contradicting Ex Machina, Debt of Honor, and Star Trek: Untold Voyages – "Renewal."
Ex Machina Prologue, Chapters 1-17 & 19	The Original Series	August 2273 Stardate 7435.5	novel	Takes place immediately after The Motion Picture.
Crucible Provenance of Shadows Chapter 29, Section 2	The Original Series	September 2273	novel	Set one month following The Motion Picture. Alternate version of post-movie events: USS Enterprise departs on a seven-and-a-half-year survey mission to the Aquarius Formation.
Pawns and Symbols Chapters 1-4	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 5960.2	novel	First section of novel set in 2273, following the events of Ex Machina, and prior to The Kobayashi Maru.
Mirror Universe The Sorrows of Empire Chapter 16	The Original Series	2273	novel	Takes place entirely within the Mirror Universe.
"The Haunting of Thallus!"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7416.2	comic	The Enterprise returns to Earth following its shakedown cruise.
"The Haunting of the Enterprise!"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7417.4	comic
"The Enterprise Murder Case!"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7420.1	comic
Legacy Missions 9-10	Star Trek	2273 Stardate 7489.6 - 7492.1	video game
Star Trek: Infestation Star Trek: Infestation, Issue 1	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7493.5	comic
Star Trek: Infestation Star Trek: Infestation, Issue 2	The Original Series	2273	comic
"Called Home"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7493.5	comic	Events continue in "Dilithium Dilemma"
"Dilithium Dilemma"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7495.3	comic
"Tomorrow or Yesterday"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 3708.2	comic
"Chekov's Choice"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 6714.3	comic
"The Expansionist Syndrome"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7523.5	comic
"The Real McCoy"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7535.1	comic
"Double Bluff"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7541.1	comic
"Aberration on Abaris"	The Original Series	2273	comic
"Experiment in Vengeance!"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7641.8	comic
"Domain of the Dragon God!"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7673.6	comic
Denial of Destiny	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7680.9	role-playing game
The Kobayashi Maru Chapters 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9	The Original Series	2273	novel	Takes place shortly after The Motion Picture.
Home Is the Hunter Chapters 2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 38, 44, 51 & 52	The Original Series	2273	novel
"... Like a Woman Scorned!"	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 7935.6	comic
Enemy Unseen	The Original Series	2273 Stardate 8036.2	novel
The White Flame Starship Combat Scenario Pack Imperial Intelligence Document	The Original Series	November 2273 (Reference stardate 2/1711.17)	role-playing game	The Battle of Diogenes takes place, with a massive UFP and Klingon fleet engagement occurring along the Neutral Zone.
Pawns and Symbols Chapters 5-7	The Original Series	2273	novel
Firestorm	The Original Series	2273	novel
The White Flame Starship Combat Scenario Pack Starship Combat Scenarios: "Asteroid Rain"	The Original Series	December 2273 (Reference stardate 2/1712.28)	role-playing game	The Federation colony Omicron Draconis VI is attacked by the Klingon Empire, with several starships responding to the distress call.

Images from 2273

The Golden Gate, its namesake bridge, and the city of San Francisco in 2273.

Willard Decker merging with V'Ger.

External link

• 2273 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.