With Discovery Season 3 taking us further into the future than we've seen thus far, I thought it might be fun to do a list of episodes that "fill in" some of the gaps between the 22nd-24th centuries we know so well, and the 32nd century that Discovery now inhabits.
For this list we're turning our "point of origin" time-travel rule completely on it's head! Rather than list the episodes chronologically from our "heroes" point of view, this list is ordered chronologically based on the "far future" events that are either seen in the episode itself or are the catalyst for the events in the episode. It get's a little timey-wimey (to borrow from another franchise), but that's what makes it fun! Enjoy!
* - "TCW" indicates events within the Temporal Cold War which was fought between various factions originating between the 26th and 31st centuries
TNG A Matter of Time c. 25?? - A time ship from this era travels back to the 22nd century -> 24th century
ENT Azati Prime c. 2554 - The Battle of Procyon is depicted in which the Enterprise J takes part (TCW)
TNG Captain's Holiday c. 2666 - The Tox Uthat is created and sent back hundreds of years to Risa
ENT Cold Front c. 27?? - The Suliban's mysterious benefactor hails from this century (TCW)
VOY Future's End, Part I c. 2873 - The Federation Timeship Aeon travels back to 1967 and is captured
VOY Future's End, Part II c.2873 - Captain Braxton and the voyager crew repair the timeline
VOY Relativity c. 2875 - The Federation Timeship Relativity travels back to save Voyager
ENT Storm Front, Part I c. 29?? - The Na'Kuhl, led by Vosk travel back to Nazi Germany (TCW)
ENT Storm Front, Part II c. 29?? - The Na'Kuhl are defeated by he Enterprise NX-01 crew (TCW)
ENT Future Tense c. 3052 - A vessel from this year is sent back to the 22nd century (TCW)
ENT Shockwave, Part I c. 3052 - Agent Daniels is from this era - Archer is brought here in an alt. timeline (TCW)
ENT Shockwave, Part II c. 3052 - Timeline restored - Federation still operates and has temporal agents (TCW)
The "Burn" occurs sometime between 3068 and 3088 causing the widespread damage to the Federation
VOY Living Witness c. 3074 - In the Delta quadrant, the Doctor's backup begins the long journey home.
DSC That Hope is You c. 3188 - Michael Burnham arrives in the 32nd century
DSC Far From Home c. 3189 - The Starship Discovery arrives in the 32nd century
I make a request as a person that both strongly disagreed with your original decision on this topic and absolutely loves the project overall. Given that "Living Witness" is almost certainly fully resolved prior to 3188 please place it at the bottom of the current overall chronology but prior to the events of DSC That Hope Is You, Part I
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ReplyDeleteLove this list.. and the fact that you now include the animated episodes of "Trek"... I suppose the SNW episode "Those Old Scientists" really messed it up, to only include Live Action.... But shouldn't the "Short Trek" episode "The Girl Who Made The Stars" be before the "Short Trek" Episode "Q&A".. The events of TGWMTS were set when Michael Burnham was a kid and before her parents were killed by Klingons.. When Michael was adopted by Sarek and Amanda (After TGWMTS) Michael was older than Spock who was still a child... Spock is an adult in "Q&A"
ReplyDeleteI would suggest that timeline goes :- ST - The Girl Who Made The Stars.... ST - The Brightest Star...... ST - Q&A.... TOS - The Cage... I believe "Saru" if I remember correctly (I forget which episode of Discovery) mentioned how many years ago that he first made contact with Starfleet (Lieutenant Georgiou), giving the events of TBS to have taken place in the year 2239... Also depending on how old Burnham was in TGWMTS (maybe 6 years old?) that make the year of this episode somewhere in the first half of the 2230's
DeleteThe amount of thought and work to create this incredibly short list of 'beyond the 25th century' story elements is mind-boggling to me. I thought someone should appreciate that specifically. Wow!
ReplyDeletepretty nice
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