There have been multiple timelines, alternate realities and parallel universes that have all contained versions of Hikaru Sulu, as well as various clones and replicants.
Hikaru Sulus[]
Other versions of Hikaru Sulu[]
Myriad Universes[]
- Last Generation: An elderly Captain Sulu commanded the USS Excelsior, the last holdout of a Federation conquered by the Klingon Empire.
- The Tears of Eridanus: Commander Sulu was the commanding officer of the IUES Kumari II in a timeline where Vulcans were not reformed by Surak, and the Andorians controlled the Interstellar Union.
Android Sulu[]
In one alternate permutation of the Kelvin timeline where life was mechanical, an android version of Sulu-1701 served as Starfleet-Unit on an Enterprise that was a technological marvel. During Mitchell's chronotronic event of 2262, he and Kirk were one the bridge and disabled the IKS Chonnaq before members of the crew were whisked away. Sulu was deposited on an Earth controlled by the Khanate of Earth, with James T. Kirk, Pavela Chekov and Simon Grayson. (TOS - Boldly Go - IDIC comic: "Part 4")
Vulcan Sulu[]
In one alternate permutation of the Kelvin timeline, Sulu was a Vulcan Starfleet officer. He served alongside an Andorian Leonard McCoy and a Cheronian Montgomery Scott. They experienced the chronotronic event in 2262. (TOS - Boldly Go - IDIC comic: "Part 5")
Future Tense[]
In an alternate timeline created when Yeoman J. Mia Colt was sent forward in time from 2254 to 2293 after her tricorder scans released the tachyon energy contained in an Algolian artifact known as a Keepsake, Sulu served as the helmsman of the Enterprise under the command of Captain Christopher Pike until it was decommissioned. He remained in that position aboard the USS Enterprise-A. He was close friends with the ship's navigator José Tyler and was well aware of his feelings for Colt, although he had never met her.
In 2293, he was killed during a battle between the Enterprise-A and a Klingon bird-of-prey commanded by General Chang and three Klingon battle cruisers in orbit of Algol II. Shortly thereafter, Pike activated the self-destruct sequence. As the Enterprise was destroyed, Colt entered the Well of Tomorrows on Algol II and was returned to 2254, thereby restoring the proper timeline. (EV comics: "Future Tense", "Futures", "Now and Then")