dated time-frame facts/info.
jim things
- born stardate 2233.04 in space aboard medical shuttle 37
- raised in iowa, midwest north america
- joined starfleet 2255, age 22
According to his dossier at the official Star Trek movie website, as a Starfleet Academy cadet, Kirk was top of his class in survival strategies and tactical analysis and the assistant instructor in advanced hand-to-hand combat. He was also Treasurer of Starfleet Academy's xenolinguistics club.
Writer Roberto Orci felt Kirk served a semester on the USS Farragut, which his prime counterpart also did between 2255 and 2258.
According to the films' iTunes app, Kirk spent two academic quarters onboard the Farragut under Captain Stephen Garrovick, and was awarded the Palm Leaf of Axanar Peace Mission of valor in 2256, just like his prime reality counterpart.
- used gaila, an orion female cadet, to gain the access codes necessary to infiltrate the kobayashi maru project
- kirk's rank was visible on the transporter display chekov used to rescue him and sulu, which indicates that he was given the temporary rank of lieutenant.
- died in 2259 of radiation poisoning. revived with a blood transfusion from khan, age 26
- COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS comic link#1
- AFTER DARKNESS comic link#1 link#2
PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW
Captain Kirk displays strong leadership qualities exhibited in two separate ways, an inability to accept circumstances objective observers classify as mission failures and a particular concern for the welfare of his crew. This is common in most captains, but pronounced in Kirk at an unusually high degree even when it runs counter to mission priorities. Despite his youth and inexperience, he displays little doubt of his own judgement and capabilities. He has an optimistic crew of the future, and sees his role as well as Starfleet's as ambassadors of humanity.
SECONDARY SPECIALITY
Captain Kirk began taking an interest in starship design when he was a student at Starfleet Academy. Kirk's thesis project (currently unfinished given his subsequent commission as Captain) postulated that for a starship captain, understandings the inner workings of the ship was equally important to understanding the crew. As Captain of the Enterprise, Kirk has continued to study and test potential modifications to the ship with the help of his Chief Engineering Officer, Lieutenant Scott. When asked about his strong interest to "learn everything there is to know" about the technical abilities of a starship, Kirk replied saying he was facing one of his own fears. He is aware that, as captain of a starship, he is responsible for both his crew and what he refers to as an incredibly complex machine. "In space, getting something just a little bit wrong is not an option". Kirk believes that his high confidence in himself and his crew remains his greatest tool in completing missions. He always wants to be sure that he never puts himself or his crew in situation where lack of technical knowledge on his part increases the jeopardy of the situation.
space things
- 23rd century timeline things here
- vulcan is destroyed by nero using red matter on stardate 2258.42
- the first starfleet mission into the delta quadrant occurs during an inspection of the barzan wormhole in 2366.
- nearly a year after stardate 2259.55: the uss enterprise embarks on the federation's first five-year mission under captain james t. kirk.
- Ongoing Comics INFO
- 5 Year mission officially starts with Behemoth (#41) post-Q Gambit, stardate 2260.55 (approx) which leads to Eurydice: "Captain Kirk and his Enterprise crew are trapped in the Delta Quadrant and fighting for their lives in order to escape the clutches of the Dark Market syndicate".
ship things
sickbaymedbay excuse u- wall interface in turbolift. if the date is 2259, there won't be voice for 11 years until 2270.
- no ready room for the capt. once, bones mentioned in a randomass comic that if there had been, jim would never have left the bridge.
- in the recreation room aboard the refit uss enterprise (NCC-1701) there are drawings of uss Enterprise (sailing), uss enterprise (CV-6), OV-101, XCV 330, and pre-refit NCC-1701
- no holodeck. minor, small holograms in the rec room.
- constitution-class starship
- uss enterprise ncc-1701 info here
- uss enterprise personnel list here / unnamed personnel here