XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article <5kMph.88$bp4.53@bignews4.bellsouth.net>, "Benjamin Pavsner"   
    wrote:   
      
   > Let's say Spock is older than Kirk by even a couple of years: assuming the   
   > Academy is a four year institution, they could conceivably be there at the   
   > same time at one point. Although I don't think they're the same age, I think   
   > they're closer than a decade apart.   
      
   The established timeline (as at 1997 anyway) from the Star Trek   
   Encyclopedia is ...   
      
       2230   Spock is born on Vulcan   
      
       2233   James T. Kirk is born in Iowa on Earth   
      
       2249   Spock enters Starfleet Academy   
      
       2250   Kirk enrolls in Starfleet Academy   
              Serves aboard the USS Repblic as a cadet   
      
       2252   Spock begins serving on the Enterprise as a cadet   
      
       2253   Spock graduates from Starfleet Academy   
      
       2254   Kirk graduates from Starfleet Academy   
      
       2264   Kirk begins historic five-year mission in   
              command of the Starship Enterprise   
      
   This includes some educated guesswork based on calculations from the   
   facts given in various TV shows, movies, etc.   
      
      
      
      
   > 1, If this "Spock and Kirk's first mission together" pans out, it   
   > conceivably be based on the "Enterprise" novel that came out about 20 years   
   > ago. Unlikely, but something to think over.   
   > 2. Somebody mentioned somewhere in this group about the possibility of the   
   > movie being based on Kirk and Spock's time at the Academy. That one's been   
   > floating around for about 15 or 20 years already (I first heard of the rumor   
   > about the time "Undiscovered Country" came out). Not sure of the likelyhood   
   > of this one, but it'd be nice to see it finally get to the screen if it   
   > does.   
      
   It's now been confirmed as a fact that the next movie will be about   
   pre-TOS Kirk and Spock, almost certainly at the Academy.   
      
   There's now some rumour that William Shatner will have some role or   
   other in the new movie ... let's hope they're not resurrecting Kirk   
   through some idiotic time travel nonsense yet again.   
      
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