2368

timeline
years:	2365 2366 2367 2368 2369 2370 2371 (stardates 45000 to 45999.9, or from 2368.0)
decades:	2330s 2340s 2350s 2360s 2370s 2380s 2390s
centuries:	23rd century - 24th century - 25th century

2368 was, on Earth's calendar, the 69th year of the 24th century, and the ninth year of the 2360s decade. Besides this time period's Human dates, in stardates this era begin with stardate 2368.0 in some systems of dating, and runs from stardate 45000 to 45999 in others.

Events

• The USS Bozeman emerges from a temporal causality loop in the Typhon Expanse.
• The Starfly One Bioprobe malfunctions and lands in the Damiani city of Iaron, doing significant damage. It is ultimately deactivated by a combined effort of its creator, J'naii scientist Doctor Dovan, Starfleet Lieutenant Burgoyne 172 and the USS Livingston.

Politics

Conflicts

• Shakaar Resistance Cell member Kira Nerys develops a plan to permanently damage the grid system which watches Bajoran movements on Bajor; with the help of Odo on Terok Nor, the plan is successfully executed.
• Kai Opaka Sulan reveals the whereabouts of a resistance cell, including her own son.
• At the Bajoran-run Prison Complex 187, a group of Cardassian war criminals on death row stage a daring escape attempt. Bajoran Militia marksmen shoot and kill many of the escaping prisoners on the ramp of a Bajoran prison shuttle, but a few survive. One survivor is Gul Shyak.

Federation politics

• Federation Councillor Jaresh-Inyo of Grazer is elected President of the United Federation of Planets, replacing President Amitra of Pandril.
• Admiral Alynna Nechayev contacts Kalem Apren and they agree that the Federation will monitor the state of affairs on Bajor; although they will not help the Bajorans to overthrow the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor, they will eventually help the Bajorans to recover from the occupation.
• Elias Vaughn secretly delivers a message from Gaten Russol of the Cardassian dissident movement to Kalem Apren; Kalem is not aware of the source, but ultimately leads the Bajorans to fight the Cardassians back and not to accept their offer of amnesty for all resistance fighters.

Starfleet operations

• The USS Enterprise-D visits Valo II; Jean-Luc Picard learns that Ro Laren was actually assigned to him to carry out an illegal mission under orders from Admiral Kennelly; she exposes the plan and the Enterprise is able to help the Bajoran people on the planet.

Promotions and transfers

• Ensign Robin Lefler graduates from Starfleet Academy, and is assigned as an engineer on the USS Enterprise-D.
• Mackenzie Calhoun transfers to the USS Grissom as first officer.
• Lieutenant Burgoyne 172 serves on the USS Livingston.
• USS Enterprise-D engineer Lieutenant Sonya Gomez is promoted to chief engineer of the USS Oberth.
• Ro Laren transfers to the USS Enterprise-D, after having her rank restored, vouched for, first by Vice Admiral Kennelly, and later Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

People

• William Riker receives a visit from his self from 2408.
• Mark McHenry is part of team designing a new navigation system that will allow starships to travel along a black hole's event horizon.
• Elim Garak comes to Terok Nor

Births and deaths

• Molly O'Brien is born to Miles and Keiko O'Brien on board the USS Enterprise.
• Byron Kenyon and Stephanie Kenyon are killed at the hands of the Dufaux during failed negotiations. This plunges Captain Norman Kenyon into madness and eventually suicide.
• Cardassian war criminal Tomorok is killed in an escape attempt from Prison Complex 187, survived by his brother, Gul Shyak.
• Miles O'Brien's mother passes away.

Notable people

Leonard McCoy.

Spock.

Appendices

Stories

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
Redemption Part II	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45020.4 - 45025.4	episode
Strange New Worlds III The Fourth Toast	The Next Generation	2368	short story
Darmok	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45047.2 - 45048.8	episode
Ensign Ro	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45076.3 - 45077.8	episode
Terok Nor Dawn of the Eagles Chapter 19 - 24	Deep Space Nine	2368	novel	Takes place one week after "Ensign Ro".
The Last Generation Do Not Close Your Eyes Pages 3 - 21	The Next Generation		comic	Events of this series are described as taking place more than 70 years after 2293. The appearance by Alexander, son of Worf later in the series pushes the setting to the later 2360s (if not early 2370s), but no firm dates are given so the placement is arbitrary. Set entirely in an alternate timeline.
The Last Generation No Cure For That	The Next Generation		comic	Takes place shortly after "Do Not Close Your Eyes". Set entirely in an alternate timeline.
The Last Generation What Happens Now	The Next Generation		comic	Takes place shortly after "No Cure For That". Set entirely in an alternate timeline.
The Last Generation Inevitability	The Next Generation		comic	Takes place shortly after "What Happens Now". Set entirely in an alternate timeline.
The Badlands, Part II	The Next Generation	2368	novella
Silicon Avatar	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45122.3 - 45129.2	episode
Disaster	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45156.1	episode
Wildfire, Book 2 Chapter 8, section 11	SCE	2368	eBook
Strange New Worlds 10 The Smell of Dead Roses	The Original Series	2368	Short story	Approximately just a few weeks prior to Unification.
No Limits Oil and Water	New Frontier	2368	short story
No Limits Singularity	New Frontier	2368	short story
The Game	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45208.2 - 45212.1	episode
Strange New Worlds V Dementia in D Minor	The Next Generation	2368	short story
Unification	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45236.4 - 45245.8	episode novelization
Legacy Mission 12	Star Trek	2368 Stardate 45252.6 - 45252.8	video game
The Amazing Stories Last Words	The Next Generation	2368	short story
The Space Between Captain's Pleasure	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45315.1 - 45317.8	comic	Takes place shortly after "Unification".
Pathways Chapter 4, section 11	The Next Generation	2368	novel
Wayward Son	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45265.3	comic	Date is give as 44698.7 in story, but changed in the DC Comics Timeline for TNG.
Strangers in Strange Lands!	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45265.6	comic	date is give as 44698.7 in story, but changed in the DC Comics Timeline for TNG.
City Life	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45265.9	comic
The Remembered One	The Next Generation	2368	comic
A Matter of Time	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45349.1 - 45351.9	episode
New Ground	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45376.3	episode
The Sky's the Limit Thinking of You	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45376.3	short story	Takes place concurrently with "New Ground".
Hero Worship	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45397.3	episode
Star Trek: Explorer Prey	The Next Generation	2368	Short story	Though placement here is somewhat arbitrary, information derived from the story makes this time range the most fitting.
Violations	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45429.3 - 45435.8	episode
Klingon Chapters 2, 5 - 7, 9 - 11, 13 & 19 (Flashback)	The Next Generation	2368	video game novelization
The Masterpiece Society	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45470.1	episode
Conundrum	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45494.2	episode
Strange New Worlds V Kristin's Conundrum	The Next Generation	2368	short story
Strange New Worlds 10 Wired	The Next Generation	2368	short story	As the Borg are known in this story to people outside Starfleet within the Alpha Quadrant, but events of "I, Borg" are not mentioned though topically fitting, the events of this story seem to occur between that episode and some time after "The Best of Both Worlds". Aside from that, the placement here is arbitrary.
Strange New Worlds V Efflorescence	The Next Generation	2368	short story
Imzadi Chapters 7 - 10, 33 & 37 - 43	The Next Generation	2368	novel
The Last Stand	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45523.6	novel
Power Play	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45571.2 - 45572.1	episode
Ethics	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45587.3	episode
The Outcast	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45614.6 - 45620.4	episode
War Drums	The Next Generation	2368	novel
Star Trek: Explorer Frontier Medicine	Deep Space Nine	2368	short story	Takes place eight days prior to graduation from Starfleet Medical Academy of Julian Bashir.
Nightshade	The Next Generation	2368	novel
Strange New Worlds 10 Brigadoon Section 3	Star Trek	2368	short story
A Stitch in Time Part 2: Chapter 20; Part 3: Chapter 1	Deep Space Nine	2368	novel
Assimilation²	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45635.2	comic	The Doctor believed these events were undone via time travel.
Cause and Effect	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45652.1	episode
Ship of the Line Chapters 6 - 7	The Next Generation	2368	novel
The First Duty	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45703.9	episode
DTI Watching the Clock Chapter 10 (pages 218 - 234)	Department of Temporal Investigations	September to November 2368	novel
Cost of Living	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45733.6	episode
Strange New Worlds VII Future Shock First entry	The Next Generation	24 September 2368	short story
Sins of Commission	The Next Generation	2368	novel
The Perfect Mate	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45761.3 - 45766.1	episode
Imaginary Friend	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45832.1	episode
I, Borg	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45854.2	episode
Strange New Worlds V The Shoulders of Giants Three: Nyda	The Original Series	2368	short story
Star Trek: Explorer The Victim	Deep Space Nine	2368	short story	Takes place shortly after Garak has been exiled to be a tailor on Terok Nor.
The Devil's Heart	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 43873.3 - 45873.6	novel
The Next Phase	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45892.4	episode
The Romulan Prize	The Next Generation	2368	novel
Intelligence Gathering Valued Intelligence	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45915.3	comic
Star Trek: Captain's Log Captain's Log: Jellico	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45921.3 - 45982.6	comic
Grounded	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45923.4	novel
Intelligence Gathering A Matter of Dates	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45934.7	comic	Takes place a short time after "Valued Intelligence".
Intelligence Gathering Chasing Shadows	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45937.2	comic	Takes place a short time after "A Matter of Dates".
Intelligence Gathering Matters of the Mind	The Next Generation	2368	comic	Takes place a short time after "Chasing Shadows".
Intelligence Gathering Disgrace	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45939.6	comic	Takes place a short time after "Matters of the Mind".
The Inner Light	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45944.1	episode
Strange New Worlds IV The Promise	The Next Generation	2368	short story
The Broken Moon	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45968.8	comic	A corrected stardate of 45948.9 is given for this story in the DC Comics Timeline for TNG.
Time's Arrow	The Next Generation	2368 Stardate 45959.1 - 45965.3	episode

External link

• 2368 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.