EventsEdit

• Captain Garth of Izar is victorious over the Klingon Empire at the Battle of Axanar. Captain Rollin Bannock and the crew of the USS Republic lead the successful Axanar Peace Mission to smooth over relations with the Axanarri. ^[1]
• Gary Mitchell enters Starfleet Academy ^[1]

• The USS Enterprise returns from her first five year mission. Captain Robert April announces Christopher Pike as his successor for captaincy of the Enterprise. ^[2]
• Pavel Chekov gets his first telescope, triggering his interest in space and alien life-forms. ^[3]
• The USS Republic, en route to Alpha Varangis for a cadet training mission, is diverted to Heir'tzan. ^[1]
• Cygnet XIV, Heir'ocha, and Heir'tzan are admitted into the Federation. ^{[4] [1]}

stardate 2251.0 

The Klingon Empire's F5-subclass frigate, an early variant of the QuD-class bird-of-prey, enters service.^[5]

Promotions and TransfersEdit

• Cadet James T. Kirk is awarded the Palm Leaf of Axanar and is granted an honorary lieutenant grade in recognition of his role in the Axanar Peace Mission. ^[1]
• Spock graduates from Starfleet Academy with the rank of Ensign. He is posted as assistant science officer on a space cutter. ^[6]
• Robert April is promoted to Commodore. ^[7]
• Christopher Pike transfers from command of the USS Yorktown to command of the USS Enterprise. ^[6]
• Captain Pike puts together his crew for the USS Enterprise: chief engineer Moves-With-Burning-Grace, Doctor Phillip Boyce and Lieutenant José Tyler remain from April's crew. Pike personally recruits Number One. The rest of Pike's senior crew include Nurse Gabrielle Carlotti, Lieutenant Sita Mohindas, Nano and transporter chief Nils Pitcairn. ^[8]

References and NotesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} TOS - My Brother's Keeper novel: Republic
2. ↑ TOS novel: Final Frontier
3. ↑ TOS novel: The Starless World
4. ↑ ST reference: Star Trek Maps
5. ↑ ST video game: Starfleet Command
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} TOS novel: Vulcan's Glory
7. ↑ TAS episode: "The Counter-Clock Incident"
8. ↑ EV comic: "Flesh of My Flesh"

StoriesEdit

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
Crew "The Ends of Eternity" Pages 1-7 & 22	The Original Series	c. 2251	comic	This story is set three years into Number One's posting on the Enterprise, which was described in "Shadows of the Past" has having begun five years after her first mission aboard the ship as depicted in "Shakedown". Given "Shakedown" portrayed the shakedown cruise of the Enterprise, and this issue, eight years later, shows April still in command, it must be set near to the end of April's captaincy, which concluded in 2251.
Final Frontier "Hope and a Common Future"	The Original Series	2251	novel
"Flesh of My Flesh" (Flashback)	Early Voyages	2251	comic	As the Ngultor probe Christopher Pike's mind he recalls taking command of the Enterprise
Starfleet Academy Cadet Kirk	The Original Series	February 2251	novel	Takes place a month before James T. Kirk's 18th birthday.
The Children of Kings	The Original Series	2251	novel	Takes place three months into the Enterprise's five-year mission under Pike.
My Brother's Keeper Republic Chapters 5-20	The Original Series	2251	novel

External linkEdit

• 2251 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.