Complete Star Trek Timeline (why not?)

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Let's see if I can map out Star Trek as a franchise. Keep in mind, I'm a hardcore Trekkie compared to my real life friends, but probably a casual fan compared to my fellow TrekBBS Trekkies. I'm going to drop a reasonable viewing order for a "new" fan, then try to morph than into a proper timeline.

Star Trek (original) + Star Trek (animated) + 6 movies
The Next Generation (decades after TOS movies) + 4 movies
Deep Space Nine (began during TNG S6, overlaps with GEN, FC, INS)
Voyager (began during DS9 S3, overlaps with FC & INS)
Enterprise (franchise prequel - 110 years before TOS)
Reboot trilogy (Star Trek / Into Darkness / Beyond)
Discovery (began as 10 years before TOS)
Short Treks (companion to Disco)
Picard (20 years after Nemesis)
Lower Decks (following Nemesis - 4th series to TNG-DS9-VOY)
Prodigy (5 years after VOY ended)
Strange New Worlds (following Disco S2, TOS prequel)

That's an easy way to explain Star Trek to a newbie, yes? Now let's make this a timeline.

Because Time Travel
1986: The Voyage Home (when they're in the past)
2024: Picard S2 (mid-E3 through most of E10)
2063: First Contact (when they're in the past)

Prequels
2151-55: Enterprise (4 seasons)
2161: Enterprise finale
2256-58: Discovery (S1-2)
2259: Strange New World (S1-2)

Reboot Trilogy
2258: Star Trek (2009)
2259: Into Darkness
2263: Beyond

The Originals
2266-69: Star Trek (3 seasons)
2270: Star Trek (animated)
2273: The Motion Picture
2285: The Wrath of Khan / The Search for Spock
2286: The Voyage Home
2287: The Final Frontier
2293: The Undiscovered Country / Generations (flashback part)

Brace yourselves!
2364: The Next Generation (S1)
2365: The Next Generation (S2)
2366: The Next Generation (S3)
2367: The Next Generation (S4)
2368: The Next Generation (S5)
2369: The Next Generation (S6) / Deep Space Nine (S1)
2370: The Next Generation (S7) / Deep Space Nine (S2) / Enterprise finale
2371: Deep Space Nine (S3) / Generations (TOS / TNG film) / Voyager (S1)
2372: Deep Space Nine (S4) / Voyager (S2)
2373: Deep Space Nine (S5) / Voyager (S3) / First Contact (2nd TNG film)
2374: Deep Space Nine (S6) / Voyager (S4)
2375: Deep Space Nine (S7) / Voyager (S5) / Insurrection (3rd TNG film)
2376: Voyager (S6)
2377: Voyager (S7)
2379: Nemesis (4th TNG film)
2380: Lower Decks (S1)
2381: Lower Decks (S2)
2382: Lower Decks (S3)
2383: Lower Decks (S4) / Prodigy (S1)
2384: Lower Decks (S5) / Prodigy (S2)
2285: Children of Mars (Short Treks)
2399: Picard (S1)
2401: Picard (S2-3)
2402: Picard (finale ending)

The Distant Future
3188: Discovery (S3 premiere)
3189-91: Discovery (S3-5)
3221: Discovery (finale flashforward)
43rd Century - Calypso (Short Treks)

Did I get this right? Nitpicking, commence!

 

[Tomalak]

You would have loved James Dixon.

The only tweak I would make is to move the reboot trilogy after Nemesis and before Picard, because that's where Ambassador Spock comes from.

You can also slot in the Picard prequel Short Trek (Children of Mars) after the Prodigy S2 finale, and then ST09 after that.

And Calypso should follow from Disco's final episode as an epilogue.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

You would have loved James Dixon.

The only tweak I would make is to move the reboot trilogy after Nemesis and before Picard, because that's where Ambassador Spock comes from.

You can also slot in the Picard prequel Short Trek (Children of Mars) after the Prodigy S2 finale, and then ST09 after that.

And Calypso should follow from Disco's final episode as an epilogue.

I put the reboot trilogy between prequels and TOS, because I was focusing on when the bulk of the films take place. I left out the flashbacks, because they're only a few minutes, not a big chunk like in Generations. As for Children of Mars and Calypso, I am on it, thank you.

 

[Tomalak]

Yes, that makes sense from a timeline perspective.

Calypso establishes that Discovery has been abandoned for nearly 1,000 years, which would make it around the 43rd century.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Yes, that makes sense from a timeline perspective.

Calypso establishes that Discovery has been abandoned for nearly 1,000 years, which would make it around the 43rd century.

I put 34 when I meant 43, thank you.

Under "because Time Travel," I added most of PIC S2 in 2024.

 

[Turtletrekker]

The Voyager episode "Living Witness" actually should take place in between the "Brace Yourself" era and the "Distant Future" era.

Speaking of which, do we know if the Doctor that Robert Picardo is going to be playing in Starfleet Academy is the same Doctor continuous from Voyager or if he's the Doctor from "Living Witness"? Evidence would seem to suggest that he is the same Doctor continuous from the Voyager era, but I don't know if that has been confirmed or not.

ETA-- The Lower Decks episodes are not one season to one year. More accurately, approximately two seasons to a year.

 

[Tomalak]

The Voyager episode "Living Witness" actually should take place in between the "Brace Yourself" era and the "Distant Future" era.

Speaking of which, do we know if the Doctor that Robert Picardo is going to be playing in Starfleet Academy is the same Doctor continuous from Voyager or if he's the Doctor from "Living Witness"? Evidence would seem to suggest that he is the same Doctor continuous from the Voyager era, but I don't know if that has been confirmed or not.

I don't think we know for sure yet, but what he's said does suggest that it's the Voyager/Prodigy character rather than the Kyrian backup.

But maybe he'll show up too? it could line up with his return home.

 

[F. King Daniel]

You would have loved James Dixon

Obligatory link to his magnum opus. I'm sure we're not too far from someone putting every episode and movie script, novel and comic and technical manual through an AI and getting something utterly complete to the tiniest detail.

 

[Turtletrekker]

RE: Kelvin universe placement-- I agree with @Tomalak. On a narrative perspective rather than a strict linear perspective, and time in Star Trek has been shown to be fluid, like a river with tributaries and offshoots, placing the Kelvin verse after Nemesis makes the most sense. The Kelvin verse only exists because of the actions of the Spock from the prime universe in the 24th century. Given the fluid nature of time in Star Trek, the actual correct linear timeline would therefore coincide with the actions that Spock Prime took in the 24th century in order to create the new timeline of the 23rd century. See it as watching Spock Prime's life in linear order rather than strict calendar year linear order, and it makes more sense that way.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

The Voyager episode "Living Witness" actually should take place in between the "Brace Yourself" era and the "Distant Future" era.

Speaking of which, do we know if the Doctor that Robert Picardo is going to be playing in Starfleet Academy is the same Doctor continuous from Voyager or if he's the Doctor from "Living Witness"? Evidence would seem to suggest that he is the same Doctor continuous from the Voyager era, but I don't know if that has been confirmed or not.

ETA-- The Lower Decks episodes are not one season to one year. More accurately, approximately two seasons to a year.

Did you like my "Brace Yourself" name for the 24th century stuff?
Honestly, I hadn't thought of that. The Doctor could be the one we know, the one from "Living Witness," but he could also play both. Wow. What year was "Living Witness" anyway?

Can you drop me an update on the LD years?

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

RE: Kelvin universe placement-- I agree with @Tomalak. On a narrative perspective rather than a strict linear perspective, and time in Star Trek has been shown to be fluid, like a river with tributaries and offshoots, placing the Kelvin verse after Nemesis makes the most sense. The Kelvin verse only exists because of the actions of the Spock from the prime universe. Given the fluid nature of time in Star Trek, the actual correct linear timeline would therefore coincide with the actions that Spock Prime took in the 24th century in order to create the new timeline of the 23rd century. See it as watching Spock Prime's life in linear order rather than strict calendar year linear order, and it makes more sense that way.

The future Spock and the Narrada came from is only talked about and scene one or a few brief flashbacks. I focused on time period the films actually take place in, which is the 2250's/60's.

 

[Turtletrekker]

The future Spock and the Narrada came from is only talked about and scene one or a few brief flashbacks. I focused on time period the films actually take place in, which is the 2250's/60's.

Sure. It's your timeline. I can agree to disagree with you on this one.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Sure. It's your timeline. I can agree to disagree with you on this one.

In case I have engaged in poor communication: I'm working on the timeline based on the year everything happens, not a viewing order. That's why I put the bulk of PIC S2 under "Because Time Travel." haha

 

[farragut79]

Season 2 to 4 of Lower Decks takes place in 2381, Season 5 takes place in 2382. The last half of VOY Season 7 was in 2378.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Did you like my "Brace Yourself" name for the 24th century stuff?
Honestly, I hadn't thought of that. The Doctor could be the one we know, the one from "Living Witness," but he could also play both. Wow. What year was "Living Witness" anyway?

Can you drop me an update on the LD years?

Living Witness took place in the 31st century, presumably prior to 3069, which was the year of The Burn.

Thanks to Star Trek's depressingly one-to-one stardate to Earth Year dating system, we can figure out the years for Lower Decks.

According to memory alpha, the star date of the premiere episode "Second Contact" was 57436.2, or about mid to late summer of 2380. Season 2, episode 2 "Kayshon, His Eyes Open", in takes place on stardate 58001.2, which is pretty much New Year's Day of 2381, less than 6 months later.

There haven't been any updates for season 5 on memory alpha yet, but the last Star date we got was in season 4.07, "A Few Badgey's More", which took place on 58934.9, or late December of 2381, less than a year after season 2.02.

Like I said, there haven't been any updates for season 5 yet, and I'm not going to rewatch the episodes specifically to find out that information, but I think given how late in 2381 the last stardate was, one can assume that season 4.08 onward take place in 2382.

 

[farragut79]

Living Witness took place in the 31st century, presumably prior to 3069, which was the year of The Burn.

Thanks to Star Trek's depressingly one-to-one stardate to Earth Year dating system, we can figure out the years for Lower Decks.

According to memory alpha, the star date of the premiere episode "Second Contact" was 57436.2, or about mid to late summer of 2380. Season 2, episode 2 "Kayshon, his eyes open", in takes place on stardate 58001.2, which is pretty much New Year's Day of 2381, less than 6 months later.

There haven't been any updates for season 5 on memory alpha yet, but the last Star date we got was in season 4. 07 "A Few Badgey's More", which took place on 58934.9, or late December of 2381, less than a year after season 2.02.

Like I said, there haven't been any updates for season 5 yet, and I'm not going to rewatch the episode specifically to find out that information, but I think given how late in 2381 the last stardate was, one can assume that season 4.08 onward take place in 2382.

Season 5 takes place six months after the events of Season 4's finale. It was established in the first two episodes of Season 5 that just released..

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Season 2 to 4 of Lower Decks takes place in 2381, Season 5 takes place in 2382. The last half of VOY Season 7 was in 2378.

Wait, LD S2-4 all happens in the same year? Really? Does that mean the show ends before Prodigy starts? Regarding VOY, I know there's debate on it ending in 77 vs. 78. Is this solely due to the Neelix finale revolving around First Contact day?

 

[Turtletrekker]

Season 5 takes place six months after the events of Season 4's finale. It was established in the first two episodes of Season 5 that just released..

Thank you for that.

 

[farragut79]

Wait, LD S2-4 all happens in the same year? Really? Does that mean the show ends before Prodigy starts? Regarding VOY, I know there's debate on it ending in 77 vs. 78. Is this solely due to the Neelix finale revolving around First Contact day?

Yes it does. VOY Homestead is stated to be April 4, 2378 for the 315th Anniversary of First Contact Day.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Yes it does. VOY Homestead is stated to be April 4, 2378 for the 315th Anniversary of First Contact Day.

VOY S7 spans a year and a half?