2381

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Events

• The Caeliar with captain Erika Hernandez amongst them, are rediscovered by the crew of the Titan in the Beta Quadrant.

Conflicts

• The Borg have knowledge of the multi-vector agent (an enhanced version of the Endgame virus).
• The Borg Collective starts attacking the United Federation of Planets. After Starfleet defends Khitomer against the Borg, Klingon Chancellor Martok succeeds in assembling the Klingons to fight alongside the Federation.
• While exploring the subspace tunnels, looking for the possible entrance of the Borg to Federation space, the USS Enterprise and the USS Aventine make a short visit to the Delta Quadrant, where they are attacked by Hirogen hunters. They can barely escape.
• The USS Voyager is badly damaged by a Borg attack and captain Chakotay is severly wounded
• The Borg Collective begins its attempt to exterminate the United Federation of Planets, Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire, Imperial Romulan State, and most other inhabited worlds within the Federation's sphere of influence, leading to 63 billion deaths.

Federation politics

• Federation President Nanietta Bacco alliances with the Klingons, the Imperial Romulan State, the Ferengi and the Talarians against the Borg invasion; the Gorn can as well be persuaded, and the Ferengi later hire Breen mercenaries to support the newly built alliance (which also keeps the Tholians from secretly ally with the Breen and undermine the Federation's borders). The Cardassians are persuaded by Bacco in promising to transfer three star systems

Starfleet operations

• The crew of the USS Aventine travels to the wreckage of the Columbia (NX-02) to find out about its mysterious flight to the Gamma Quadrant, hoping to gain an advantage over the Borg.

Promotions and transfers

• Ezri Dax promoted from Lieutenant Commander to Captain and takes command of the USS Aventine. Her senior staff consists of: Commander Sam Bowers - Executive Officer; Lieutenant Commander Gruhn Helkara - Second Officer / Chief Science Officer; Lieutenant Lonnoc Kedair - Chief of Security; Lieutenant Simon Tarses - Chief Medical Officer; Lieutenant Mikaela Leishman - Chief Engineer; and Lieutenant Oliana Mirren - Senior Operations manager.
• Geordi La Forge promoted from Lieutenant Commander to Commander.
• Miranda Kadohata promoted from Lieutenant Commander to Commander.
• Edward Jellico promoted to Fleet Admiral and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Starfleet.

Astronomical events

• One of the surviving Caeliar cities travelled back to almost the dawn of time

People

Births and deaths

• Zelik Leybenzon dies in a failed attempt to deliver a multi-vector agent to the Borg.
• Admiral Owen Paris is killed following a Borg attack on Starbase 234.
• Former USS Enterprise Counselor, T'Lana is killed during a Borg attack on Vulcan.
• Federation Chancellor Charivretha zh'Thane is killed during a Borg attack on Andor.
• Former Uss Voyager crew member B'Elanna Torres and her daughter Miral Paris are killed,their names were appended to a casualty list sent to Starfleet Command in Sector 22093 of those confirmed dead as a result of the Borg attacks in the Alpha Quadrant.

Relationships

• Worf and Jasminder Choudhury begin a relationship
• Geordi La Forge and Mikaela Leishman agree to have a date once the Borg invasion is over

Stories

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
Greater Than the Sum Epilogue	The Next Generation	January 2381	novel
Destiny Mere Mortals Chapter 18, section 4	Star Trek	c. January 2381	novel	Section leads in from unspecified dates centuries prior to a month before the events in Gods of Night, and continuing through to being concurrent with those events.
Full Circle Chapter 24	Voyager	February 2381	novel	Takes place during in the Borg invasion depicted in Destiny, a week before Tom Paris learns of his father's death in Gods of Night
Cold Equations The Persistence of Memory Chapter 21	The Next Generation	February 2381	novel	Takes place during the Borg invasion.
Destiny Gods of Night Chapters 1, 3-5, 7-9, 11-12, 14-16, 18-19, 21-22	Star Trek	February 2381	novel	TNG, Titan and USS Aventine sections
Destiny Mere Mortals Chapters 1, 3-5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18 (section 5-7), 19 & 20	Star Trek	February 2381	novel	TNG, Titan and USS Aventine sections, continuing immediately after previous events in Gods of Night.
Full Circle Chapter 25	Voyager	February 2381	novel	Takes place a short time after Tom Paris learns of his father's death, midway way through Mere Mortals and concurrently with the events of chapter 19 of Mere Mortals.
Destiny Lost Souls Chapters 1, 3-7, 9-13, 15-19, 21-29 Sections 1-9	Star Trek	February 2381	novel	TNG, Titan and USS Aventine sections, continuing immediately after previous events in Mere Mortals.
The Eternal Tide Chapter 3 Section 2	Voyager	February 2381	novel	Takes place during Chapter 29 of Lost Souls.
Destiny Lost Souls Chapters 29 Sections 10-12 Chapter 30	Star Trek	February 2381	novel
Rough Beasts of Empire Chapter 2	Star Trek	February 2381	novel	Takes place prior and current to the destruction of the Borg in Lost Souls
Losing the Peace Prologue	The Next Generation	February 2381	novel	Takes place hours after the end of the Borg Invasion in Lost Souls
Rough Beasts of Empire Chapter 5	Star Trek	February 2381	novel	Takes place a day after the destruction of the Borg
Over a Torrent Sea Prologue, Utopia Planitia section	Titan	February 2381	novel	Takes place a week before the epilogue of Lost Souls.
Destiny Lost Souls Epilogue	Star Trek	February 2381	novel	Takes place about a fortnight after the conclusion of the final chapter.
Losing the Peace Chapters 1-6, 7 (sections 1-4), 8-11, 12 (sections 1-2 & 4) & 13-15	The Next Generation	February-March 2381	novel	Takes place shortly after the conclusion of Lost Souls. The historians note in the books specifies it spans a period of time from late February to early March, though erroneously suggests in 2361.
Watching the Clock Chapter 1	Star Trek	March 2381 Stardate 58188.4-58193.8	novel
Full Circle Chapter 26 (sections 1 & 4)	Voyager	March 2381	novel	Takes place two weeks after the conclusion of the Borg invasion in Lost Souls.
Over a Torrent Sea Prologue, Vulcan section	Titan	2381 Stardate 58239.3	novel	Takes place weeks after the epilogue of Lost Souls..
Full Circle Chapter 27	Voyager	April 2381	novel
Watching the Clock Chapter 3	Star Trek	April 2381 Stardate 58281.1-58365.9	novel
A Singular Destiny	Star Trek	April-May 2381 180th day of Year of Kahless 1007 Stardate 58307.7-58322.2	novel	The novel begins in April, two months after Destiny and concludes in mid-May.
Over a Torrent Sea Prologue, USS Titan section	Titan	Late-April 2381 Stardate 58327.6	novel	Indication of calendar date for this section is given in a historians note at the start of the book. A reference to the Titan's mission in chapter 12 of A Singular Destiny places this section shortly after chapter 14 of that book.
Losing the Peace Epilogue	The Next Generation	May 2381 Stardate 58357.1	novel	Takes place a day before President Bacco's press conference to announce the formation of the Typhon Pact, as seen in chapter 20 of A Singular Destiny.
Full Circle Chapters 20, 21 (section 1 & 3), 22, 28-33 & 34 (sections 1 & 3)	Voyager	May 2381	novel
Full Circle Epilogue	Voyager	June 2381	novel
Unworthy	Voyager	May-June 2381	novel
Children of the Storm	Voyager	May-July 2381	novel
Cold Equations The Persistence of Memory Chapter 22	The Next Generation	June to November 2381	novel	After four months travel-time (beginning during the Borg Invasion) Noonien Soong spends fourteen weeks and 2 days on New Eden.
Over a Torrent Sea Chapters 1-17	Titan	July 2381 Stardate 58497.1-58541.2	novel	The exact calendar dates for the span of the novel are given in a historians note at the start of the book.
Captain's Glory	The Original Series	2381 Stardate 58552.2-58582.5	novel
Over a Torrent Sea Epilogue	Titan	4 August 2381 Stardate 58590.2	novel	The exact calendar dates for the span of the novel are given in a historians note at the start of the book. The epilogue takes place about a fortnight after the rest of the book.
The Eternal Tide Prologue, Chapters 1-2,3 Sections 1,3,4 Chapters 4-7,8 Sections 1,2,4 Chapters 9-10,12-16	Voyager	August 2381	novel
Watching the Clock Chapters 5 and 6	Star Trek	September 2365 Stardate 58699.8-58738.9	novel
The Eternal Tide Chapters 17-36, epilogue	Voyager	September 2381	novel
Synthesis	Titan	September 2381	novel
Protectors Prologue, Chapters 1-10	Voyager	September 2381	novel
Watching the Clock Chapter 8	Star Trek	September-October 2381 Stardate 58746.7-58806.9	novel
Protectors Chapters 11-17	Voyager	October 2381	novel
Strange New Worlds 8 Once Upon a Tribble	Voyager	2381	short story
Protectors Chapters 18-19	Voyager	November 2381	novel
Watching the Clock Chapters 11 and 12 (pages 273-284)	Star Trek	December 2381	novel
Protectors Chapters 20-25	Voyager	December 2381	novel

Connections

• 2381 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 2381 article at Star Trek Expanded Universe wiki, the wiki for fan-authored Star Trek.