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For Your Consideration
STAR TREK The categories and potential recipients which Paramount Pictures has placed up for consideration by the various awards organizations.

Best Picture

Produced by J.J. Abrams • Damon Lindelof

Best Director

J.J. Abrams

Best Actor

Chris Pine

Best Supporting Actor

Eric Bana

John Cho

Ben Cross

Bruce Greenwood

Leonard Nimoy

Simon Pegg

Zachary Quinto

Karl Urban

Anton Yelchin

Best Supporting Actress

Winona Ryder

Zoe Saldana

Best Adapted Screenplay

Written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman

Based Upon "Star Trek" Created by Gene Roddenberry

Best Visual Effects

Visual Effects Supervisor: Roger Guyett

Special Effects Supervisor: Burt Dalton

ILM Visual Effects Supervisor: Russell Earl

ILM Animation Supervisor: Paul Kavanagh

Best Film Editing

Mary Jo Markey, A.C.E. • Maryann Brandon, A.C.E.

Best Cinematography

Dan Mindel, ASC

Best Makeup

Makeup Department Head: Mindy Hall

Key Makeup Artist: Debra S. Coleman

Vulcans and Romulans Created by: Joel Harlow

Aliens Designed and Created by: Barney Burman

Hair Department Head: Terrell Baliel

Key Hairstylist: Lana Heying

Best Art Direction

Production Designer: Scott Chambliss

Set Decorator: Karen Manthey

Best Costume Design

Michael Kaplan

Best Original Score

Music by Michael Giacchino

Best Sound Mixing

Sound Mixer: Peter J. Devlin

Re-Recording Mixers: Paul Massey • Anna Behlmer • Andy Nelson • David Giammarco

Best Sound Editing

Supervising Sound Editors: Mark Stoeckinger • Alan Rankin, M.P.S.E.

Special Sound Effects and Montage: Ben Burtt

Bragging rights
From TrekMovie.com comments section for news story dated 27 July 2007 (see post #104):
 * As long as we're throwing names out there... how about Chris Pine? He's 27 and I think he has the acting chops needed for such a pivotal role. He doesn't look an awful lot like Kirk, but a little makeup and a proper performance should fix that. He also hasn't really had a breakthrough role yet. You can see him in such films as Princess Diaries 2, Just My Luck, and the awesome Smokin' Aces, where he plays the lead Tremor brother.

Three months later, Pine was cast as Kirk. Ooh-rah! Can I pick 'em or what?

In Memoriam 2008
Commemorating those we lost in who helped build the Star Trek universe.

Human-Klingon First Contact
In, Spock says that, at that time (2293), the Klingons had been adversaries of the Federation (or at least Humans) for 70 years. In TNG's set in 2367, Capt. Jean-Luc Picard states that "centuries ago, disastrous contact with the Klingon Empire led to decades of war, and it was decided then that we would do surveillance before making [first] contact." Yet in the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot, we see that First Contact was a full 142 years prior to Undiscovered Country. Also, many found that first contact hardly seemed to be the major disaster Picard said it was, nor would it have caused Starfleet to rethink its first contact protocols since it was a Klingon who first landed on Earth. In other words, many believe that first contact seems to have occurred differently than the way Picard said it did.

Picard also said the contact was "centuries" ago from 2367, meaning it had to happen at least two centuries prior. In this respect, the events seen in Enterprise remain true. But Spock stated conflicts began some 70 years before 2293, placing the beginning of the conflict at 2223. So there lies another contradiction.

I have a theory about all this, and I really don't think there's any contradiction at all. When Picard stated that "centuries ago, disastrous contact with the Klingon Empire led to decades of war," he meant that the numerous encounters between humans and the Federation - beginning in 2151 - ultimately led to the two powers becoming enemies in the 23rd century. In other words, after the less-than-successful First Contact seen in "Broken Bow" (unless a human farmer shooting a Klingon and then not permitting him to die a warrior's death is your idea of a successful first contact), humans and Klingons would have repeated encounters throughout the next several decades, sometimes resulting in embarrassment on the part of the Klingons. Around 2223, however, some major incident occurred and, having had enough of our meddling, the Klingons became our enemies and a tense cold war had begun between the two that would last for seventy years until the Khitomer Conference in The Undiscovered Country. To prevent similar incidents from occurring with other races, Starfleet decided to adopt a policy of covert surveillance. In other words, the surveillance policy wasn't the result of one initial encounter, but was rather the result of several failed encounters, ultimately leading to conflict in 2223. This explanation serves to confirm both Picard's and Spock's statements while also clearing Star Trek: Enterprise of any wrong-doing in this matter.

Now if only we could solve the whole cloaking technology problem...

Cloaking Technology
In various episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise, Captain Jonathan Archer and his crew had repeated encounters with races capable of cloaking their vessels in 2151 and 2152. However, dialogue from the original series episode, set 115 years later, seems to imply that cloaking technology was a new concept at that point, never before encountered by Starfleet. Well, allow me to quell that myth for you.

If memory serves me correctly, there was never any point in "Balance of Terror" that specifially said it was the first time that cloaking technology had been encountered. In that episode, Spock told Captain Kirk that "invisibility is theoretically possible, Captain -- selectively bending light. But the power cost is enormous. They may have solved that." Look at that line: "the power cost IS enormous." He stated it matter-of-factly, which means that Starfleet probably encountered it or even tested with the technology prior to 2266, in which the episode is set.

Also, remember that the cloaking technology which the likes of the Suliban and the Romulans had back in the 22nd century were likely given to them by agents from the future who were involved in the Temporal Cold War. When the war's excursions into the 22nd century came to an end in 2154, all the technology that had been given out to those races were likely extracted and databases containing any blueprints or what not were wiped clean. Starfleet most likely realized this since, after further encounters with the Romulans and possibly the Suliban, they saw that ships of their time didn't have cloaking devices following the war's "end." So, Spock's surprise in "Balance of Terror" basically indicates that no ship has ever successfully operated a cloaking device without the assistance of future technology, because "the power cost is enormous." And, as the crew soon learned, the Romulans had, indeed, solved that problem.

Also, don't forget that the NX-01 managed to acquire a method to see through the cloaks of both the Suliban ships and the Romulan mines. Although the ship could not initially see through the cloak of the Romulan Bird-of-Prey encountered in "Minefield", it is possible they managed to find a way to see through cloaked Romulan ships and thereby render their cloaks useless. This ability may have been implemented into the sensors of all future starships, which would explain Kirk and Spock's surprise at seeing a Romulan ship disappearing since their sensors should have seen through the cloak. Keep in mind, too, that the Suliban did not cloak their ships by using an invisibility screen that selectively bends light, but was rather generated by some form of particle radiation. The Romulan mines also appeared to use this method (as evidenced by the NX-01's ability to use the quantum beacon to detect them), so it's likely the Romulan ships of this time also used this method and their cloak was also penetrated. But the Bird-of-Prey encountered by Kirk's ship utilized a screen capable of selectively bending light rather than the use of particle radiation. This explains why Kirk's Enterprise was not able to detect the ship visually.

There is also the possibility that the "cloak" seen in "Minefield" was later revealed (or at least thought) NOT to be a cloak, but some other technology. For example, it was hinted in the episodes of the Babel Crisis that the Romulan ships encountered in the Romulan minefield were utilizing a form of holographic technology to render themselves invisible. Another possibility is that the Romulan ships employed some form of transporter technology to appear and disappear over a short distance. So, yeah, either one of these is possible, and it would also explain why the Enterprise could detect the cloaked Romulan mines but not the ships. So, there ya go.

Which brings us to our next problem: how the hell did the Xyrillians get their hands on this techonlogy? Well, considering that they had holographic technology as well, I think it's safe to say that it developed naturally (in which case, Spock would have been talking about the energy cost for a Romulan ship being enormous) or that it was also some form of holographic technology.

More speculation: Romulans developed cloaking technology as early as the mid-22nd century; however, their earliest cloaks were far too crude to be used aboard starships. Instead, cloaking was limited to smaller objects such as mines and missiles. After repeated failures in advancing pure invisibility cloaks, they began experimenting with holography, with minimal success. They were able to utilize holographic masking technology aboard their spacecraft, but only on sub-light patrol ships with limited functions. It was this type of ship the Enterprise encountered in 2152. The mines and the patrol ships had different types of cloaking systems: one was particle-based, the other was holographic. By the 23rd century the Romulans had either perfected or advanced the particle-based cloak for use on their ships or had discovered another form of cloaking technology which had not yet been encountered by Starfleet. Hey, it's possible. Okay, moving on.

Molly O'Brien's Age
Molly O'Brien was born in the TNG episode, set in 2368. Yet when the character was seen the following year on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, she had already aged 3 years, and throughout the show, she remained two years older than she should have been. My only explanation for this is that Molly, along with her parents, Miles O'Brien and Keiko O'Brien, were trapped in some temporal phenomenon similar to the Nexus sometime between Molly's birth in 2368 and the family's moving to Deep Space 9 in 2369. The O'Briens remained in this "temporal nexus" for nearly two years, while time outside the nexus never changed. When they returned after what they perceived to have been two years later, they found that they had barely been gone a few seconds, or perhaps they simply returned to the point in time they vanished from; either way, the O'Briens had perceived two years to have gone by while everyone else perceived it to be a few seconds. Note that this is somewhat similar to the experience Molly went through by herself in 2374, in the episode, only the age difference the first time was permanent, and her parents wouldn't have thought of this particular incident since they were with her the first time and were able to care for her and watch her grow. This is the only plausible explanation that I can come up with, and it makes sense to me, so it's all good.

Note that this all would have happened sometime between the episodes and, when Molly went from being a baby to being about three-years old. Oh, and it all happened off-screen, obviously. This means Worf, who delivered Molly, would not have had to be with the O'Briens in whatever time distortion they may have been in. So, like... there.

More speculation: Another possible explanation is that Molly and her parents were involved in some warp-related incident which causes them all to age a few years. Maybe they were taking a family trip aboard a shuttlecraft and hit a spatial anomaly which distorted the warp field, temporarily trapping them within some kind of relativistic time bubble. Or something like that.

Scotty's Memory Problem
In the latter part of 2293, Montgomery Scott ("Scotty") witnessed the apparent death of James T. Kirk during the maiden voyage of the USS Enterprise-B. 76 years later, Scotty would be rescued by the crew of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) after being suspended in a transporter beam for 75 years. Upon his rescue and hearing that it was the Enterprise that rescued him, Scotty stated "I bet Jim Kirk himself pulled the old gal (the Enterprise-A) outta mothballs to come lookin' for me." Now, there are two apparent inconsistencies here. One is: why would Scotty think Kirk was looking for him if he believed Kirk had died aboard the Enterprise-B? The other is: why would he think the Enterprise-A would be put back into service to look for him when the newer Enterprise-B had already been launched? Well, I'm here to tell you why...

Scotty didn't believe Kirk was dead. Not for long, anyway.

Prior to Kirk's disappearance, Scotty had assisted in the rescue of several El-Aurian refugees from the clutches of the Nexus. As he was attempting to transport the El-Aurians, he noticed that their bio-signs were phasing in and out of the space-time continuum. After the El-Aurian survivors were beamed aboard, Kirk left to the ship's deflector room to make modifications which would allow the Enterprise to escape. He succeeded, but before the ship escaped, a burst of energy from the Nexus struck the ship in the area where Kirk was working. When Scotty and Captain John Harriman arrived to the destroyed deflector room, they were horrified at the sight... and saddened at the loss of Kirk. Scotty apparently believed that Kirk did not survive.

However, Kirk's body was never found, since he was swept into the Nexus. Many likely believed that he had been vaporized. But Scotty soon remembered that the El-Aurians were phasing in and out of the space-time continuum... what if the same happened to Kirk? Hearing of the euphoric experiences some of the El-Aurians had while engulfed in the Nexus, Scotty came to the conclusion that Kirk may still be alive. And up until his retirement (and possibly even after), he spent his time trying to find ways to bring Kirk back from the Nexus. Unfortunately, the energy ribbon soon left the galaxy. But he no doubt made his beliefs known to others, and thought others would do whatever was possible to bring Kirk back. This was his state-of-mind when he himself was deemed lost aboard the USS Jenolan, when he suspended himself in a transporter beam. When he was revived and heard the Enterprise had rescued him, he wondered whether Kirk himself had been rescued and had come looking for him.

Now, why would Scotty believe Kirk would have to take the Enterprise-A out of mothballs to come looking for him when the Enterprise-B was already launched? Well, Scotty likely figured that would be the course of action Kirk would have taken; even with the Enterprise-B in service, Kirk would have requested his old ship to conduct his own rescue mission. And it's very unlikely Starfleet would have denied him, especially since it wouldn't have required reassigning a commissioned ship for a potentially futile search, especially if they had already conducted their own search. Another possibility is that the unforeseen circumstances may have caused the Enterprise-B (and possibly all Excelsior class vessels) to be temporarily decommissioned prior to Scotty's disappearance. There are several other possibilities as to why Scotty believed his old Enterprise would have been the rescue ship -- you just have to think about it.

Another possible (and very likely) explanation by Nitpicker's Guide writer Phil Ferrand was related to me by MA user T smitts. See my talk page to read it for yourself.

Romulan Foreheads
Star Trek: Enterprise managed to explain the physical differences between the Klingons seen on the original series and those seen afterwards with the creation of the Klingon augment virus in the episodes and. At the same time, however, Enterprise managed to create another mystery regarding an alien race's physical features when they chose to give the Romulans of the 22nd century the forehead ridges which were present on Romulans in the 24th century, but not in the 23rd. Before assuming there must have also been a "Romulan augment virus," give me the chance to try and clear up this apparent discrepancy.

The most likely explanation is one that was hinted to at the end of the episode, in which it was revealed that V'Las was under the thumb of the Romulan Star Empire. V'Las was working with the Romulans in an early attempt to reunify the Vulcan and Romulan people. As we know, however, such attempts had not succeeded by the 24th century, when Spock was striving for the same goal using more noble methods. It is my belief that Vulcans like V'Las who wished for reunification between the two cultures ultimately left the Vulcan homeworld to join with the Romulan Empire, and it was their descendants whom Kirk would encounter in the form of the Romulan commanders in and. Basically, the smooth-headed Romulans encountered during Kirk's era were not from the group who separated from the Vulcans some 2,000 years prior but were actually from a group who deserted Vulcan teachings in the 2150s, possibly due to the drastic social and religious changes as a result of the discovery of the Kir'Shara. Over the next century, these separatist Vulcans would serve the Romulan Empire. This serves to explain why the two Romulan commanders and the centurion seen on TOS lacked the bumpy foreheads that were present on the Romulans during the 22nd and 24th centuries.

The First Starship Enterprise?
Many believe that the existence of the NX-01 Enterprise contradicts canon because the NCC-1701 was named the first Starship Enterprise. There is no contradiction, however, since the NX-01 was never officially designated a starship. Although many referred to it as such, you can see on the ship's dedication plaque that it's official designation is "spacecraft", not "starship". Therefore, even with the existence of the NX-01, the NCC-1701 is still the first official Starship to bear the name Enterprise. In addition, keep in mind that the NCC-1701 was the first Starship to bear the name USS Enterprise. The NX-01 did not have the USS designation.

My Take on Star Trek: Enterprise
Call me crazy, but I loved Enterprise. Yes, the writers and producers did make a few mistakes. Yes, some episodes were pretty poorly done. But every television series has their dull moments and their less-than-prideful moments. (Anybody remember ? How about ?) That doesn't mean the series, as a whole, was bad. Quite possibly the hardest type of show to write for is a franchise show with an already-established fanbase, such as Star Trek. After eighteen straight years of new episodes, it becomes more and more difficult to write material which the viewers have not only never seen before, but which they will also find engaging. This was the problem the writers faced when they created Enterprise. By taking us backwards in time before the days of Picard and Kirk, they found themselves walking a tight rope in which one wrong step would end everything. On the one hand, they had to maintain familiarity with the fans while also maintaining consistency with some 500 episodes of continuity and, more importantly, the optimistic vision set forth by Gene Roddenberry. On the other hand, they also had to create a show that was fresh and original and would invite old as well as new viewers to watch. If they failed in any one of those goals, it would cost them - and, as we all know, it did. But while Enterprise was far from a perfect show, it was also far from a terrible one. The series still offered some of the best hours of television Trek has ever seen, including, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and, of course,. It's funny how most people prefer to remember all the "mistakes" the show made and forget the good shows they had. (For the record, the only really bad shows created that you might want to stay away from are, , , , , , , , , and . also wasn't very good, but John Billingsley's hilarious performance and the continuation of events from  helped to save it a bit. I also wasn't a fan of  at first, but it's kinda grown on me since then.)

Oh, and for all those people who keep saying Berman & Braga screwed with the timeline and created many inconsistencies... first of all, it's only a damn TV show. Secondly, instead of whining and complaining about how the timeline has been ruined, how about trying to think up ways to explain these apparent inconsistencies? And lastly, why the hell are you treating Enterprise as if it's the only Trek series to contradict other shows? Every Trek series and film contradicts something from another Trek series or film. Yet Enterprise is suddenly the guilty party? I don't think so. As I said, if there is a contradiction, try coming up with a possible explanation for it, as I have done for some cases on my subpage, rather than b**ching about it.

As for the series finale, yes, I was a bit disappointed, particularly with Tucker's death and the lack of characterization. But I still believe it was a good episode overall. In fact, it kinda grows on you after repeated viewings.

Anyways, I currently have Season 5 all planned out in my head. Sadly, we will most likely never see it happen.

Oscar-worthy Trekkers
The following is a list of Star Trek alumni who have won or who have been nominated for one or more Academy Awards, regardless of whether they were for Trek films not.

Best Sound (Mixing)

 * Greg P. Russell
 * 1989 Nominee - Black Rain (shared with Donald O. Mitcell, Kevin O'Connell and Keith A. Wester)
 * 1996 Nominee - The Rock (shared with Kevin O'Connell and Keith A. Wester)
 * 1997 Nominee - Con Air (shared with Kevin O'Connell and Art Rochester)
 * 1998 Nominee - The Mask of Zorro (shared with Kevin O'Connell and Pud Cusack) and Armageddon (shared with Kevin O'Connell and Keith A. Wester)
 * 2000 Nominee - The Patriot (shared with Kevin O'Connell and Lee Orloff)
 * 2001 Nominee - Pearl Harbor (shared with Peter J. Devlin and Kevin O'Connell)
 * 2002 Nominee - Spider-Man (shared with Kevin O'Connell and Ed Novick)
 * 2004 Nominee - Spider-Man 2 (shared with Joseph Geisinger, Jeffrey J. Haboush, and Kevin O'Connell)
 * 2005 Nominee - Memoirs of a Geisha (shared with Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, and John Pritchett)
 * 2006 Nominee - Apocalypto (shared with Fernando Camara and Kevin O'Connell)
 * 2007 Nominee - Transformers (shared with Peter J. Devlin and Kevin O'Connell)


 * Elliot Tyson
 * 1988 Nominee - Mississippi Burning (shared with Rick Kline, Robert J. Litt, and Danny Michael)
 * 1989 Winner - Glory (shared with Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg Rudloff, and Russell Williams II)
 * 1994 Nominee - The Shawshank Redemption (shared with Willie D. Burton, Michael Herbick, and Robert J. Litt)
 * 1999 Nominee - The Green Mile (shared with Willie D. Burton, Michael Herbick, and Robert J. Litt)


 * Dan Wallin
 * 1970 Nominee - Woodstock (shared with L.A. Johnson)
 * 1976 Nominee - A Star Is Born (shared with Robert Glass, Richard Knudson, and Tom Overton

Best Visual Effects

 * Scott E. Anderson
 * 1995 Winner - Babe (shared with John Cox, Charles Gibson, and Neal Scanlan)
 * 1997 Nominee - Starship Troopers (shared with Alec Gillis, John Richardson, and Phil Tippett)
 * 2000 Nominee - Hollow Man (shared with Craig Hayes, Stan Parks, and Scott Stokdyk)


 * Gordon Baker and Pete Kozachik: 1993 Nominees - The Nightmare Before Christmas (shared with Eric Leighton and Ariel Velasco-Shaw)
 * John Bell and Steve Gawley: 1989 Nominee - Back to the Future Part II (shared with Michael Lantieri and Kenneth Ralston)
 * Tom Bertino: 1994 Nominee - The Mask (shared with Jon Ferhat, Scott Squires and Steve "Spaz" Williams)
 * John Bruno
 * 1984 Nominee - Ghostbusters (shared with Richard Edlund, Chuck Gaspar, and Mark Vargo)
 * 1986 Nominee - Poltergeist II: The Other Side (shared with Richard Edlund, Bill Neil, and Gary Waller)
 * 1989 Winner - The Abyss (shared with Dennis Muren, Dennis Skotak, and Hoyt Yeatman)
 * 1992 Nominee - Batman Returns (shared with Craig Barron, Mike Fink, and Dennis Skotak)
 * 1993 Nominee - Cliffhanger (shared with Pamela Easley, Neil Krepela, and John Richardson)
 * 1994 Nominee - True Lies (shared with Thomas L. Fisher, Pat McClung, and Jacques Stroweis)


 * Rob Coleman
 * 1999 Nominee - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (shared with John Knoll, Scott Squires, and Dennis Muren)
 * 2002 Nominee - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (shared with John Knoll, Pablo Helman, and Ben Snow)


 * Walt Conti: :2000 Nominee - The Perfect Storm (shared with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, and Habib Zargarpour)
 * Linwood G. Dunn: 1966 Nominee - Hawaii
 * John Dykstra
 * 1977 Winner - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (shared with Robert Blalack, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, and John Stears)
 * 1979 Nominee - (shared with Grant McCune, Dave Stewart, Robert Swarthe, Douglas Trumbull, and Richard Yuricich)
 * 1999 Nominee - Stuart Little (shared with Eric Allard, Henry Anderson, and Jerome Chen)
 * 2002 Nominee - Spider-Man (shared with John Frazier, Anthony LaMolinara, and Scott Stokdyk)
 * 2004 Winner - Spider-Man 2 (shared with John Frazier, Anthony LaMolinara, and Scott Stokdyk)


 * Richard Edlund
 * 1977 Winner - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (shared with Robert Blalack, John Dykstra, Grant McCune, and John Stears)
 * 1981 Winner - Raiders of the Lost Ark (shared with Joe Johnston, Bruce Nicholson, and Kit West)
 * 1982 Nominee - Poltergeist (shared with Bruce Nicholson and Michael Wood)
 * 1984 Nominee - 2010 (shared with George Jenson, Neil Krepela, and Mark Stetson)
 * 1984 Nominee - Ghostbusters (shared with John Bruno, Chuck Gaspar, and Mark Vargo)
 * 1986 Nominee - Poltergeist II: The Other Side (shared with John Bruno, Bill Neil, and Gary Waller)
 * 1988 Nominee - Die Hard (shared with Brent Boates, Al Di Sarro, and Thaine Morris)
 * 1992 Nominee - Alien³ (shared with George Gibbs, Alec Gillis, and Tom Woodruff, Jr.)


 * Leslie Ekker: 1995 Nominee - Apollo 13 (shared with Michael Kanfer, Robert Legato and Matt Sweeney)
 * John Ellis: 1985 Nominee - Young Sherlock Holmes (shared with Dave Allen, Dennis Muren, and Kit West)
 * Chris Evans: 1988 Nominee - Willow (shared with Michael J. McAlister, Dennis Muren, and Phil Tippet)
 * Scott Farrar
 * 1985 Winner - Cocoon (shared with David Berry, Ralph McQuarrie and Kenneth Ralston)
 * 1991 Nominee - Backdraft (shared with Allen Hall, Clay Pinney, and Mikael Salomon)
 * 2001 Nominee - A.I. Artificial Intelligence (shared with Michael Lantieri, Dennis Muren and Stan Winston)
 * 2005 Nominee - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (shared with Jim Berney, Bill Westenhofer, and Dean Wright)
 * 2007 Nominee - Transformers (shared with Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier)


 * Bran Ferren: 1986 Nominee - Little Shop of Horrors (shared with Lyle Conway and Martin Gutteridge)
 * Mike Fink: 1992 Nominee - Batman Returns (shared with Craig Barron, John Bruno and Dennis Skotak)
 * 2007 Winner - The Golden Compass (shared with Ben Morris, Bill Westenhofer, and Trevor Wood)


 * Terry D. Frazee: 2003 Nominee - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (shared with Charles Gibson, Hal T. Hickel and John Knoll)
 * John Gaeta: 1999 Winner - The Matrix (shared with Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs, and Jon Thum)
 * Steve Gawley: 1989 Nominee - Back to the Future Part II (shared with John Bell, Michael Lantieri and Kenneth Ralston)
 * Bill George
 * 1987 Winner - Innerspace (shared with Harley Jessup, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth Smith)
 * 2004 Nominee - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (shared with Tim Burke, Roger Guyett, and John Richardson)


 * Richard Alan Greenberg: 1987 Nominee - Predator (shared with Robert M. Greensberg, Joel Hynek, and Stan Winston)
 * Edward Hirsh: 2001 Nominee - Pearl Harbor (shared with Eric Brevig, John Frazier, and Ben Snow)
 * Gregory Jein
 * 1977 Nominee - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (shared with Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, and Richard Yuricich)
 * 1979 Nominee - 1941 (shared with A.D. Flowers and William A. Fraker)


 * Ed Jones: 1988 Nominee - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (shared with George Gibbs, Kenneth Ralston and Richard Williams)
 * John Knoll
 * 1999 Nominee - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (shared with Rob Coleman, Scott Squires, and Dennis Muren)
 * 2002 Nominee - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (shared with Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, and Ben Snow)
 * 2003 Nominee - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (shared with Terry D. Frazee, Charles Gibson, and Hal Hickel)
 * 2006 Winner - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (shared with Charles Gibson, Allen Hall, and Hal Hickel)
 * 2007 Nominee - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (shared with Charles Gibson, Allen Hall, and Hal Hickel)


 * Neil Krepela
 * 1984 Nominee - 2010 (shared with Richard Edlund, George Jenson, and Mark Stetson)
 * 1993 Nominee - Cliffhanger (shared with John Bruno, Pamela Easley, and John Richardson)


 * Henry LaBounta: 1996 Nominee - Twister (shared with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, and Habib Zargarpour)
 * Michael Lantieri
 * 1989 Nominee - Back to the Future Part II (shared with John Bell, Steve Gawley, and Kenneth Ralston
 * 1991 Nominee - Hook (shared with Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup and Mark Sullivan)
 * 1993 Winner - Jurassic Park (shared with Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett and Stan Winston)
 * 1997 Nominee - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (shared with Randal M. Dutra, Dennis Muren and Stan Winston)
 * 2001 Nominee - A.I. Artificial Intelligence (shared with Scott Farrar, Dennis Muren and Stan Winston)


 * Robert Legato
 * 1995 Nominee - Apollo 13 (shared with Leslie Ekker, Michael Kanfer and Matt Sweeney)
 * 1997 Winner - Titanic (shared with Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer, and Mark A. Lasoff)


 * Joe Letteri
 * 2002 Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (shared with Randall William Cook, Alex Funke, and Jim Rygiel)
 * 2003 Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (shared with Randall William Cook, Alex Funke, and Jim Rygiel)
 * 2004 Nominee - I, Robot (shared with Andy Jones, Erik Nash, and John Nelson)
 * 2005 Winner - King Kong (shared with Christian Rivers, Richard Taylor and Brian Van't Hul


 * Pat McClung
 * 1994 Nominee - True Lies (shared with John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, and Jacques Stroweis)
 * 1998 Nominee - Armageddon (shared with John Frazier and Richard Hoover)


 * Grant McCune
 * 1977 Winner - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (shared with Robert Blalack, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, and John Stears)
 * 1979 Nominee - (shared with John Dykstra, Dave Stewart, Robert Swarthe, Douglas Trumbull, and Richard Yuricich)


 * George Murphy: 1994 Nominee - Forrest Gump (shared with Allen Hall, Kenneth Ralston, and Stephen Rosenbaum)
 * Ralph McQuarrie: 1985 Winner - Cocoon (shared with David Berry, Scott Farrar, and Kenneth Ralston)
 * Thaine Morris
 * 1988 Nominee - Die Hard (shared with Brent Boates, Al Di Sarro and Richard Edlund)


 * Erik Nash: 2004 Nominee - I, Robot (shared with Andy Jones, Joe Letteri, and John Nelson)
 * Bruce Nicholson
 * 1981 Winner - Raiders of the Lost Ark (shared with Richard Edlund, Joe Johnston, and Kit West)
 * 1982 Nominee - Poltergeist (shared with Richard Edlund and Michael Wood)


 * Clay Pinney
 * 1991 Nominee - Backdraft (shared with Allen Hall, Scott Farrar and Mikael Salomon)
 * 1996 Winner - Independence Day (shared with Volker Engel, Doug Smith and Joe Viskocil)


 * Lorne Peterson
 * 1984 Winner - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (shared with George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, and Dennis Muren)


 * Kenneth Ralston
 * 1981 Nominee - Dragonslayer (shared with Brian Jonhson, Dennis Muren, and Phil Tippett)
 * 1985 Winner - Cocoon (shared with David Berry, Scott Farrar, and Ralph McQuarrie)
 * 1988 Winner - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (shared with George Gibbs, Ed Jones, and Richard Williams)
 * 1989 Nominee - Back to the Future Part II (shared with John Bell, Steve Gawley, and Michael Lantieri)
 * 1992 Winner - Death Becomes Her (shared with Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe, and Tom Woodruff, Jr.)
 * 1994 Winner - Forrest Gump (shared with Allen Hall, George Murphy, and Stephen Rosenbaum)


 * Jim Rygiel:
 * 2001 Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (shared with Randall William Cook, Mark Stetson, and Richard Taylor)
 * 2002 Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (shared with Randall William Cook, Alex Funke, and Joe Letteri)
 * 2003 Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (shared with Randall William Cook, Alex Funke, and Joe Letteri)


 * Doug Smith and Joe Viskocil: 1996 Nominees - Independence Day (shared with Volker Engel and Clay Pinney)
 * Douglas Smythe: 1992 Nominee - Death Becomes Her (shared with Doug Chiang, Kenneth Ralston, and Tom Woodruff, Jr.)
 * Kenneth Smith
 * 1982 Winner - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (shared with Dennis Muren and Carlo Rambaldi)
 * 1987 Winner - Innerspace (shared with Bill George, Harley Jessup, and Dennis Muren)


 * Scott Squires
 * 1994 Nominee - The Mask (shared with Tom Bertino, Jon Ferhat, and Steve "Spaz" Williams)
 * 1996 Nominee - Dragonheart (shared with James Satoru Straus, Phil Tippett, and Kit West)
 * 1999 Nominee - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (shared with Rob Coleman, John Knoll, and Dennis Muren)


 * Mark Stetson
 * 1984 Nominee - 2010 (shared with Richard Edlund, George Jenson, and Neil Krepela)
 * 2001 Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (shared with Randall William Cook, Jim Rygiel, and Richard Taylor)
 * 2006 Nominee - Superman Returns (shared with Neil Corbould, Richard Hoover and Jon Thum)


 * Dave Stewart and Robert Swarthe: 1979 Nominee - (shared with John Dykstra, Grant McCune, Robert Swarte, Douglas Trumball, and Richard Yuricich)
 * James Satoru Straus: 1996 Nominee - Dragonheart (shared with Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, and Kit West)
 * Robert Stromberg: 2003 Nominee - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (shared with Stefan Fangmeier, and Nathan McGuinness)
 * Douglas Trumbull and Richard Yuricich
 * 1977 Nominees - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (shared with Roy Argobast, Gregory Jein, and Matthew Yuricich)
 * 1979 Nominees - (shared with John Dykstra, Grant McCune, Dave Stewart, and Robert Swarthe)
 * 1982 Nominees - Blade Runner (shared with David Dryer)


 * Mark Vargo: 1984 Nominee - Ghostbusters (shared with John Bruno, Richard Edlund, and Chuck Gaspar)
 * Albert Whitlock: 1967 Best Special Effects Nominee - Tobruk (shared with Howard A. Anderson)
 * Michael Wood: 1982 Nominee - Poltergeist (shared with Richard Edlund and Bruce Nicholson)
 * Hoyt Yeatman
 * 1989 Winner - The Abyss (shared with John Bruno, Dennis Muren, and Dennis Skotak)
 * 1998 Nominee - Mighty Joe Young (shared with Rick Baker, Allen Hall, and Jim Mitchell)


 * Matthew Yuricich: 1977 Nominee - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (shared with Roy Arbogast, Gregory Jein, Douglas Trumbull, and Richard Yuricich)
 * Habib Zargarpour
 * 1996 Nominee - Twister (shared with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, and Henry LaBounta)
 * 2000 Nominee - The Perfect Storm (shared with Walt Conti, Stefan Fangmeier, and John Frazier)

Special Awards

 * Richard L. Anderson: 1982 Special Achievement Award - Sound effects editing, Raiders of the Lost Ark (shared with Ben Burtt)
 * Greg Cannom: 2005 Technical Achievement Award - modified silicone material for makeup applications (shared with Wes Wofford)
 * Loren Carpenter and Rob Cook
 * 1993 Scientific and Engineering Award - "RenderMan" software (shared with Anthony A. Apodaca, Ed Catmull, Pat Hanrahan, Darwyn Peachey, and Thomas Porter)
 * 2001 Academy Award of Merit - advancements in motion picture rendering (shared with Ed Catmull)


 * Les Dittert
 * 1994 Scientific and Engineering Award - Digital Motion Picture Retouching System (shared with George H. Joblove, Mark Leather, and Douglas Smythe)
 * 1995 Scientific and Engineering Award - CCD (Charge Coupled Device) film input scanning systems (shared with Bill Bishop, Ray Feeney, and Will McCown)


 * Tom Duff
 * 1996 Scientific and Engineering Award - pioneering inventions in digital image compositing (shared with Ed Catmull, Thomas Porter, and Alvy Ray Smith)
 * 1998 Scientific and Engineering Award - particle systems used to create computer generated visual effects in motion pictures (shared with Sam Leffler, Eben Ostby, and William Reeves)


 * Linwood G. Dunn
 * 1945 Technical Achievement Award - Acme-Dunn Optical Printer (shared with Cecil Love)
 * 1979 Medal of Commendation - outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (shared with Loren L. Ryder and Waldon O. Watson)
 * 1981 Academy Award of Merit - Acme-Dunn Optical Printer (shared with Cecil Love)
 * 1985 Gordon E. Sawyer Award


 * John Dykstra: 1978 Scientific and Engineering Award - Dykstraflex Camera/Electronic Motion Control System (shared with Jeffy Jeffress and Alvah Miller)
 * Richard Edlund
 * 1981 Special Achievement Award - Visual effects, Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (shared with Brian Johnson, Dennis Muren, and Bruce Nicholson)
 * 1982 Scientific and Engineering Award - beam-splitter optical composite motion picture printer
 * 1982 Scientific and Engineering Award - Empire Motion Picture Camera System
 * 1984 Special Achievement Award - Visual effects, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (shared with Dennis Muren, Kenneth Ralston, and Phil Tippett)
 * 1987 Scientific and and Engineering Award - Zoom Aerial (ZAP) 65mm Optical Printer (shared with David Grafton, Jerry Jeffress, Mark West, Gene Whitman, and Robert Wilcox)


 * Bran Ferren
 * 1983 Technical Achievement Award - computerized lighting effect system
 * 1987 Technical Achievement Award - laser synchro-cue system for applications in the motion picture industry
 * 1987 Scientific and Engineering Award - advanced optical printer (shared with Charles Harrison and Kenneth Wisner)


 * Stephen Hunter Flick and John Pospisil: 1988 Special Achievement Award - Sound effects editing, RoboCop
 * 2007 Medal of Commendation


 * Scott Leva: 2006 Technical Achievement Award - Precision Stunt Airbag
 * Joe Litteri: 2004 Technical Achievement Award - groundbreaking implementations of practical methods for rendering skin and other translucent materials using subsurface scattering techniques (shared with Christophe Hery and Ken McGaugh)
 * Thaine Morris:1988 Technical Achievement Award - DSC Spark Devices for special effects (shared with David Pier)
 * Thomas Porter
 * 1993 Scientific and Engineering Award - "RenderMan" software (shared with Anthony A. Apodaca, Ed Catmull, Loren Carpenter, Rob Cook, Pat Hanrahan, and Darwyn Peachey)
 * 1996 Scientific and Engineering Award - pioneering inventions in digital image compositing (shared with Ed Catmull, Tom Duff, and Alvy Ray Smith)
 * 1998 Scientific and Engineering Award - digital paint systems (shared with Richard Shoup and Alvy Ray Smith)


 * Kenneth Ralston: 1984 Special Achievement Award - Visual effects, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (shared with Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Phil Tippett)
 * William Reeves
 * 1997 Scientific and Engineering Award - particle systems used to create computer generated visual effects in motion pictures
 * 1998 Scientific and Engineering Award - Marionette Three-Dimensional Computer Animation System (shared with Tom Duff, Sam Leffler, and Eben Ostby)


 * Alvy Ray Smith
 * 1996 Scientific and Engineering Award - pioneering inventions in digital image compositing (shared with Ed Catmull, Tom Duff, and Thomas Porter)
 * 1998 Scientific and Engineering Award - digital paint systems (shared with Richard Shoup and Thomas Porter)


 * Douglas Smyth
 * 1993 Technical Achievement Award - the MORF system (shared with Tom Brigham)
 * 1994 Scientific and Engineering Award - Digital Motion Picture Retouching System (shared with Les Dittert, George H. Joblove, and Mark Leather)
 * 1996 Technical Achievement Award - ILM digital film compositing system (shared with Lincoln Hu and Douglas S. Kay)


 * Scott Squires: 1995 Scientific and Engineering Award - film input scanning (shared with Dan Cameron, Gary Demos, David DiFrancesco, and Gary Starkweather)
 * Douglas Trumbull: 1993 Scientific and Engineering Award - CP-65 Showscan Camera System (shared with Robert Auguste, Edmund DiGiulio, and Geoffrey Williamson)
 * Orson Welles: 1971 Honorary Award - superlative artistry and versatility in the creation of motion pictures
 * Albert Whitlock
 * 1975 Special Achievement Award - Visual effects, Earthquake (shared with Frank Brendel and Glen Robinson)
 * 1976 Special Achievement Award - Visual effects, The Hindenburg (shared with Glen Robinson)


 * Robert Wise: 1967 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
 * Hoyt Yeatman: 2000 Technical Achievement Award - Identification and diagnosis leading to the elimination of the "red fringe" artifact in traveling matte composite photography (shared with John C. Brewer)
 * Matthew Yuricich: 1977 Special Achievement Award - Visual effects, Logan's Run (shared with L.B. Abbott and Glen Robinson)

Note on Dates for STII/III & IV
It has been widely accepted that and  took place in the year 2285, and that  took place in 2286. However, a contradiction currently lies with these dates, at least if the information on Memory Alpha is assumed to be correct.

Although it has not been established, James T. Kirk's birthday has been widely accepted as falling on March 22nd (which is actor William Shatner's birthday). If that date is correct, then Star Trek II takes place on March 23rd of an unspecified year sometime after 2284, when Kirk returned to Starfleet following his first retirement (as revealed in ). However, the contradiction lies here:

Star Trek III could not have happened too long after the events in Star Trek II, perhaps a week or two later at the most. This would place both movies as occuring between March 22nd and mid-April in a given year. However, Star Trek IV is specifically stated to have taken place three months after Star Trek III, meaning STIV would take place no later than July of the same year. In other words, using Kirk's accepted birthdate as a reference, all three films must take place within the same year, either 2285 or 2286. However, because Kirk's birthdate has never been established on-screen or in dialogue, we can assume that his birth could have come at a later date.

Personally, I'm all for ignoring the Romulan ale date and just place Star Trek II'' in 2282, 15 years after, as stated in the film. For all we know, the date on the bottle was a Romulan year. There's also the fact that the writers had intended to give Kirk's age in the film as 49. Since Kirk was born in 2233, 2233 + 49 = 2282. Besides, there's no canon source stating the film took place in '85.''

Boston Trek
Here you'll find a list of Star Trek performers who have appeared on ABC's hit series, Boston Legal.


 * Title: Boston Legal
 * Network: American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
 * Official Website: Click here
 * First Aired: 3 October 2004
 * Last Aired: 8 December 2008
 * Number of Episodes: 101
 * First Episode: "Head Cases"
 * Last Episode: "Made in China"/"Last Call" (aired back-to-back as two-hour series finale)

Dark Knight Trek
The following people worked on both The Dark Knight and Star Trek:
 * Janice Alexander - Hair Department Head
 * Jeff Atmajian - Orchestrator
 * Rick Avery - Stunts
 * Wayne Baker - IMAX Camera Technician
 * Andrew Bicknell - Actor ("Prison Ferry Pilot")
 * Aida Caefer - Puppet Fabrication
 * Mark Chadwick - Stunts
 * Larry Clark - Head Painter
 * Nathan Crowley - Production Designer
 * Brad Dechter - Orchestrator
 * Christopher Flick - Supervising Foley Editor
 * Danny Goldring - Actor ("Grumpy")
 * Aaron C. Fitzgerald - Set Production Assistant
 * Terry Jackson - Stunts
 * Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr. - Actor ("Tattooed Prisoner")
 * Tom McComas - Stunts
 * John Roesch - Foley Artist
 * Scott Schneider - Digital Set Designer (New Deal Studios)
 * Robert Spurlock - Visual Effects
 * Keith Szarabajka - Actor ("Detective Stevens")
 * Benton Ward - RF Technician
 * Robert Woodruff - Digital Set Designer
 * Eddie Yansick - Stunt Driver

Darkly Treks the Duck
The following people worked on both Darkwing Duck and Star Trek:
 * Michael Bell - Quackerjack
 * Hamilton Camp - Gizmoduck/Fenton Crackshell, Jock Newbody
 * Darleen Carr - Additional voices
 * Barry Gordon - Dr. Fossil
 * Robert Ito - Goose Lee
 * Tony Jay - Grim Reaper
 * Kenneth Mars - Tuskernini
 * Frank Welker - Lilliput, many others

Barton MacLane

 * I created the following article believing that the subject, a noted veteran actor, had appeared on Star Trek. I should have researched a bit more before spending my time working on the article. Long story short, it turned out he didn't appear on Trek so his page had to be deleted. By I worked hard on the page and was proud of the end result before learning it was all for nothing, so here it is in all its glory.

Barton MacLane was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter who portrayed the Planetary Doctor in, a first season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. Although he has appeared in many classic films from the 1930s through the 1960s, he was perhaps best known for his recurring role as General Martin Peterson on the 1960s television comedy series I Dream of Jeannie.

Early life and career
MacLane was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he excelled at American football. He then attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He began acting during the 1920s, making his film debut in the 1926 silent sports comedy The Quarterback, which played to his strengths as a football player.

He made his Broadway stage debut the following year, playing the assistant district attorney in Bayard Veiller's The Trial of Mary Duggan. He then performed in the 1928 Broadway production of Gods of the Lighting with Ian Wolfe and was part of the original cast of Subway Express as Officer Mulvaney in 1929. He also appeared in the Marx Brothers' 1929 film The Cocoanuts.

MacLane made his first credited film appearance in the 1931 romantic drama His Woman. In April 1932, he acted alongside Marc Lawrence in the Broadway play The Tree. That same year, he performed again on Broadway in the play Ravenous, which he also wrote. His last Broadway performance was in Yellow Jack in 1934.

Film work: 1930s-1950s
The success of Ravenous landed him a contract with Warner Bros. and brought him to the attention of several renowned film directors. As a result, throughout the remainder of the 1930s, MacLane was highly active in film, with major supporting roles in such productions as The Case of the Curious Bride, G Men, The Prince and the Pauper, and Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once and You and Me. He also played the role of detective Steve McBride in the many films involving fictional news reporter Torchy Blane.

During the 1930s and 1940s, MacLane worked alongside legendary movie star in several films, including San Quentin (with the aforementioned Marc Lawrence), All Through the Night (with Judith Anderson), and High Sierra. Perhaps most notably, MacLane played Detective Dundy opposite Bogart's Sam Spade in writer/director John Huston's acclaimed, Academy Award-nominated film classic, The Maltese Falcon. MacLane's fellow TOS guest actor Elisha Cook, Jr. also had a role in this film. MacLane again collaborated with both Bogart and Huston on the Academy Award-winning 1948 adventure film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

MacLane's many other film credits during the 1940s include Victor Fleming's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Fritz Lang's Western Union, Reginald Le Borg's The Mummy's Ghost, Frank Borzage's The Spanish Main, and Roy Del Ruth's Red Light (the latter of which co-starred Phillip Pine). He also appeared in two Tarzan films, 1945's Tarzan and the Amazons and 1947's Tarzan and the Huntress. Some of MacLane's films during the 1950s include Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (with Kenneth Tobey), The Glenn Miller Story, Foxfire (directed by Joseph Pevney), and Three Violent People.

Television and final films
In the 1950s, MacLane began to appear regularly on television. Between 1953 and 1967, he appeared on such programs as Four Star Playhouse (with Hal Baylor and Richard Hale), Studio 57, Conflict (with Richard Webb), 77 Sunset Strip, Black Saddle (with Vic Perrin), The Munsters, and Gunsmoke (two episodes: one with Michael Ansara and France Nuyen, another with Sam Gilman and Steve Ihnat).

During the 1960-61 television season, MacLane was a series regular on NBC's short-lived western, Outlaws, in which he played Marshal Frank Caine. He also guest-starred in several episodes of Perry Mason (working with Richard Hale, Jon Lormer, and Meg Wyllie) and Laramie (including an episode with Michael Forest and Frank Overton). He continued appearing in films, as well, including Frank Capra's Academy Award-nominated 1961 comedy Pocketful of Miracles and several westerns, including 1965's Town Tamer, on which MacLane worked with DeForest Kelley over two years before co-starring together on Star Trek.

MacLane was cast in the recurring role of General Martin Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie in 1965. He appeared in 35 episodes of the series between 1965 and 1969, during which time he worked with such performers as Booth Colman, Byron Morrow, Davis Roberts, Vic Tayback, Kenneth Washington, and the aforementioned Michael Ansara and Steve Ihnat. Three of MacLane's episodes were aired after his January 1969 death in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 66. He was survived by his wife, actress Charlotte Wynters, who died in 1991.

Facts of the USS Kelvin

 * The USS Kelvin, NCC-0514, is commanded by Captain Richard Robau, with George Samuel Kirk, Sr., serving as first officer. Kirk's wife, Winona, also serves aboard the Kelvin.
 * The Kelvin is destroyed in an attack by the Romulan ship Narada, commanded by Nero, circa 2233.
 * The impulse engines of the Kelvin are powered by four deuterium fusion reactors.
 * The ship has a single warp nacelle housing the ship's warp drive engine, with two rows of massive semi-circular warp-field coils inside.
 * Contains phaser turrets that can either fire bolts of high concentrated energy or less powerful beams.
 * Ship's chief of security is Alnschloss K'Bentayr of the planet Monchezke; ship's helmsman is Michael Johnson of Seattle, Washington
 * Used primarily as a survey vessel.

Timeline of alternate reality

 * Time span within the film
 * 2230: is born. (deleted scene)
 * 2233: Nero and the Narada arrive from the year 2387; USS Kelvin is destroyed; is born; Nero and the Narada captured by the Klingons (deleted scene)
 * 2241: George Samuel Kirk runs away from home (deleted scene); Jim Kirk plunges his step-father's Corvette into a quarry; Spock gets into a fight with a Vulcan bully
 * 2249: Spock declines admittance into the Vulcan Science Academy and enters Starfleet Academy
 * 2254: Spock begins programming the Kobayashi Maru scenario (referred to but not seen)
 * 2255: Kirk meets and gets into a fight with a group of Starfleet cadets; Kirk is convinced by  to enter Starfleet Academy; Dr.  enters Starfleet Academy and meets James Kirk
 * 2258: Nero escapes from Klingon prison planet Rura Penthe, frees his crew, and reclaims the Narada (deleted scene); the remainder of the film takes place in this year


 * More detailed fan-created timeline:
 * 2233
 * The USS Kelvin, en route to Earth, changes course to investigate strange gravimetric readings near the edge of Klingon space. The crew discovers what they describe as "a lightning storm in space," which years later will be revealed to be a singularity created using red matter. The Kelvin is attacked by the Narada, which emerges from the singularity, having been transported from the year 2387. Captain Richard Robau, the commanding officer of the Kelvin, is killed by Nero, captain of the Narada. Lieutenant George Kirk, now in command of the Kelvin, gives the order to abandon ship. To ensure that the evac shuttles are not destroyed, Kirk remains aboard the Kelvin, using the ship's weapons against those of the Narada that were targeting the fleeing shuttles. Kirk sacrifices himself by ramming the Kelvin into the Narada, disabling the attacking vessel and ensuring the safe escape of the surviving Kelvin crew.


 * Winona Kirk gives birth to aboard Medical shuttle 37. The shuttles carrying the surviving Kelvin crew return to Earth, and Winona takes baby Jim to their home in Riverside, Iowa, where Winona reunites with her first son, George Samuel Kirk. Memorials for the crew members lost in the attack are held at Starfleet and elsewhere around the world. A dedication is made to those who perished, and separate dedications are made for George Kirk in San Francisco and Riverside.


 * The survivors of the Kelvin report on the attack to Starfleet Command, including the description of the "lightning storm in space" and the appearance of their attackers. Using telemetry gathered from the shuttles, Starfleet is able to ascertain that the attacking ship, though highly advanced, is Romulan in design. For the first time since the end of the Earth-Romulan War, contact is made with the Romulan Empire, who deny any involvement in the attack. Using scans of the Narada, Starfleet Science begins to make advancements to existing Starfleet technology in preparation for potential attacks by more advanced Romulan ships.


 * Having drifted into Klingon space, the disabled Narada is captured by the Klingons and its crew deemed prisoners of the Klingon Empire. After a speedy trial, Nero and his crew are sentenced to life imprisonment on Rura Penthe. The Klingons begin studying the advanced technology of the Narada and begin to modify their own warships.


 * 2236
 * A new shipyard is built in Riverside in honor of George Kirk, Sr. The first ship to be built there is the USS Kirk, named in his honor.


 * , a fourth-year cadet at Starfleet Academy, is assigned the USS Kelvin for his dissertation. During his research, he gains a great amount of respect and admiration for George Kirk. Pike receives high praise for his dissertation, and graduates from the Academy three months later with the rank of lieutenant.


 * 2237
 * is born in San Francisco on Earth.


 * is born on Earth.


 * 2240
 * Pike is promoted to the rank of captain after only four years of active service, the fastest in Starfleet history. Pike later accepts command of the USS Republic.


 * enters Starfleet Academy. He ranks at the top in all of his engineering classes.


 * Starfleet officer Larisa Irinova, a survivor from the USS Kelvin's destruction, ends her seven-year-commitment on Luna. She returns to her native Russia, where she meets her soon-to-be-husband, Andrei Chekov.


 * 2241
 * Winona Kirk marries her late husband's brother, Frank Kirk. Unbeknown to Winona, however, Frank does not treat her children well, and even physically abuses George Kirk, Jr.


 * Captain Christopher Pike embarks on a five-year-mission of exploration in command of the USS Republic.


 * Montgomery Scott becomes the Academy aide for Admiral Jonathan Archer's Advanced Relativistic Mechanics course.


 * is born, four years earlier than his prime counterpart, a result of his parents meeting earlier than they did in the prime reality.


 * Winona Kirk is assigned as a science officer aboard the USS Republic upon the personal request of Captain Pike. Winona accepts the position, leaving her two sons in the hands of Frank. With Winona off-planet, Frank decides to sell his late brother's antique Corvette Stingray. Fed up with his step-father's abuse and angered by his decision to sell his father's beloved car, George Kirk, Jr., runs away from home. Rather than have the car be sold, eight-year-old Jim Kirk steals the vehicle and takes it on a joyride through the plains of Iowa before driving it into a quarry. Jim escapes from the car before it goes over and is taken into police custody. After being released, he is severely beaten by Frank, but the beating is stopped by George Kirk, Jr., who returns to stay and protect his brother.


 * On, eleven-year-old engages in a fist-fight with a Vulcan bully after the bully and his friends insult Spock's Vulcan father, Sarek, and his Human mother, Amanda Grayson. Sarek later has a talk with Spock to discuss the importance of controlling one's emotions and the reasons he married Amanda, proclaiming that it was "logical."


 * 2244
 * Montgomery Scott graduates from Starfleet Academy, first in his class.


 * , attending the University of Mississippi, meets Jocelyn Darnell.


 * 2245
 * Leonard McCoy graduates from the University of Mississippi and enrolls in Medical School.


 * 2246
 * Construction begins on the USS Constitution, the first of a new experimental class of ship, the . With the advanced technology created using telemetry from the ship which attacked the USS Kelvin thirteen years ago, it is estimated to take approximately five years to build.


 * The USS Republic is among the starships which bring aid to the colony on Tarsus IV. They arrive to find that almost the entire colony has been wiped out at the order of Governor Kodos. Of the survivors, only seven lent witness to Kodos' order. Noted among the dead are former Starfleet officer and communications specialist Hoshi Sato and her husband and the entire Riley family, including the young Kevin Riley.


 * Captain Pike completes his five-year mission in command of the USS Republic. The Republic is pulled from active duty and recommissioned for Academy use only. Pike is offered a promotion to admiral, but refuses. Pike, impacted by the deaths of hundreds of families on Tarsus IV, decides to take a leave of absence and returns to his native Mojave on Earth.


 * 2248
 * Leonard McCoy, still attending Medical School, marries Jocelyn Darnell.


 * 2250
 * Spock is accepted into the Vulcan Science Academy, but declines admission after the Academy's head minister refers to being half-Human as a "disadvantage." He is subsequently admitted into Starfleet Academy.


 * 2251
 * After five years away, Christopher Pike returns to Starfleet and is reinstated at the rank of captain, having again refused a promotion to admiral. He is also given the option to command any available assignment of his choosing. Rather than choosing a starship, he asks to be assigned to the Academy Recruitment Division. Starfleet accepts, and he is made Executive Officer of recruiting.


 * Construction on the USS Constitution is complete. The vessel performs admirably in its shakedown cruise, but is in need of further tests before being commissioned.


 * 2252
 * The USS Constitution is launched.


 * Leonard McCoy graduates from Medical School and becomes a doctor.


 * 2253
 * With the successful launch of the USS Constitution, construction on more Constitution-class starships is approved. The first to be approved in the USS Enterprise (alternate reality), to be built at the Riverside Shipyard.


 * 2254
 * Construction on the USS Enterprise begins.


 * Spock graduates from Starfleet Academy, having specialized in computer programming. Rather than accepting assignment to a starship, he volunteers to instruct courses on such topics as interspecies ethics and advanced phonology. He also begins programming the Academy's Kobayashi Maru simulation.


 * Hikaru Sulu and Nyota Uhura enter Starfleet Academy. Sulu becomes top of his class in astrosciences and advanced botany, and is second in his class in helm operations. Uhura studies xenolinguistics, becoming top of her class in advanced phonology and advanced acoustical engineering. She becomes Spock's most promising student.


 * Pavel Chekov is admitted to Starfleet Academy at the age of 13, becoming the youngest person in Starfleet history to be accepted into the Academy. He becomes top of his class in stellar cartography and transporter theory and an expert in advanced theoretical physics.


 * Leonard and Jocelyn McCoy divorce. Jocelyn receives the majority of Dr. McCoy's belongings and leaves McCoy in a depression.


 * 2255
 * Following an academic break, Uhura returns to the Academy for her sophomore year. She arrives in Riverside, Iowa, to board the recruitment shuttle leaving for the Academy. She visits the nearby Shipyard Bar, where she meets 22-year-old James T. Kirk, now a rebellious vagabond. Kirk is subsequently involved in a brawl with four cadets, which is ultimately broken up by Captain Pike. Pike ultimately convinces Kirk to enroll in Starfleet Academy so he can find meaning in his life and put his intelligence to good use.


 * Leonard McCoy decides to enroll in Starfleet Academy. He arrives in Riverside and boards the recruitment shuttle, where he meets and befriends Jim Kirk.


 * Jim Kirk distinguishes himself in his first year at the Academy. He becomes top of his class survival strategies and tactical analysis, and also performs exceptionally in other command and tactical-oriented courses. After performing above and beyond the call of duty during a one-month academic mission aboard the USS Republic, he receives the brevet rank of ensign, the first cadet to receive such an honor in their first year at the Academy.


 * 2256
 * Uhura becomes Academy aide to Lieutenant Spock for his advanced phonology course. Despite his reluctance to engage in relations with a student, Spock becomes romantically involved with Uhura, though they are able to keep their relationship a secret.


 * Pavel Chekov, aged 15, becomes the youngest cadet in history to win the Starfleet Academy marathon.


 * 2257
 * Spock undergoes his first pon farr. Despite being bonded to T'Pring, Spock asks to join with Uhura to relieve his pon farr. Uhura ultimately accepts.


 * Jim Kirk is promoted to brevet lieutenant junior grade and becomes an assistant instructor in advanced hand-to-hand combat.


 * Montgomery Scott tests his theory of transwarp beaming on Admiral Archer's prized beagle. The dog was lost, and Scott was assigned to a Starfleet outpost on the frozen world of Delta Vega in the Vulcan system.


 * 2258
 * Still serving his life sentence with his crew on Rura Penthe, Nero is interrogated by the Klingons when they discover his writings and calculations from the past twenty-five years. The Klingon warden, Kolvok, learns from these documents that Nero is from the future and that he is awaiting the arrival of a Vulcan, one "Ambassador Spock." As Spock is due to arrive soon, Nero kills his captors and frees his crew, leading them on a violent escape from the prison. They kill numerous Klingons and retrieve the Narada which, despite having been dismantled, has fully regenerated thanks to the nanoprobe technology it utilizes. The Narada departs but is attacked by a fleet of 47 Klingon warships... all of which are destroyed by the Narada, despite their recent modifications.


 * Uhura, working in the sensor lab at the Academy, intercepts and translates the distress call from Rura Penthe. Jim Kirk overhears Uhura relay the contents of the message to her Orion roommate, Gaila.


 * Kirk takes the Kobayashi Maru scenario a third time and beats the test by altering the computer's programming, with the unwitting assistance of Gaila. He is brought on trial for "cheating" and is placed on Academic suspension.


 * Ambassador Spock, aboard the Jellyfish, emerges from the singularity. Nero and the Narada are waiting for him. Nero spares Spock's life, but abandons him on Delta Vega. The Narada then arrives at Vulcan and begins drilling into the planet's surface.


 * Federation sensors detect the singularity in the Klingon neutral zone, which is described as a "lightning storm in space."


 * Vulcan begins a planetwide evacuation, though they are hindered by the drill which is blocking communications on the majority of the planet. Vulcans on the other side of the planet are able to send out a distress call to the Federation. Believing the planet to be experiencing a natural disaster, they request that the Federation investigate and, if need be, assist in evacuations.


 * Earth receives Vulcan's distress call. With their primary fleet engaged in the Laurentian system, Starfleet calls on its senior-year Academy cadets to participate in the rescue mission. Kirk, being on academic suspension, is not assigned to a ship but is snuck aboard the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise by Dr. McCoy.


 * The Enterprise is launched under the command of Captain Pike, with Spock serving as first officer. It joins a fleet of seven starships on a rescue mission to Vulcan. The launch is delayed for several moments when Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, the helmsman, forgets to disengage the rear inertial dampener. Hearing of the "lightning storm" that was recently detected and remembering the Klingon transmission, Kirk deduces that Vulcan is being attacked by Romulans and warns Pike of the impending trap. The Enterprise arrives at Vulcan to find the remainder of the fleet destroyed. The Narada attacks the Enterprise but stops when Nero recognizes the ship. Nero contacts the Enterprise and demands that Pike board his ship via a shuttlecraft, as transporters are inoperable while the drill is active. As Pike prepares to depart, he makes Spock acting captain and assigns Kirk as first officer. Pike takes a shuttle to the Narada, in the process dropping a team comprised of Kirk, Sulu, and Olsen onto the drill. Olsen is killed, but Kirk and Sulu are successful in deactivating the drill, allowing Enterprise to beam them and many Vulcans up to the ship. However, the drill had already reached the core of the planet.


 * Using red matter that was aboard Ambassador Spock's ship, Nero and his crew create a singularity at the center of Vulcan, dropping the volatile substance into the planet's core through the hole they drilled. The evacuation of Vulcan continues as the planet is consumed by the singularity. Only ten thousand Vulcans are estimated to have survived the destruction of the planet. Among the casualties are two Vulcan elders and Spock's Human mother, Amanda. On nearby Delta Vega, Ambassador Spock lays witness to his homeworld's destruction.


 * Nero obtains information on Earth's defenses from Captain Pike using Centaurian slugs. The Narada sets a course for Earth, armed with the means to surpass its defenses undetected.


 * Spock orders the Enterprise to regroup with the rest of the Federation fleet in the Laurentian system, while kirk argues that they should go after the Narada to stop it from destroying Earth and rescue Captain Pike. Following an attempted mutiny, Kirk is marooned by Spock on Delta Vega. There, he meets Ambassador Spock, who explains that he and Nero are from the future. They arrived in the past after accidentally falling into an artificial black hole created from red matter for the purpose of absorbing a supernova which threatened the entire galaxy. However, the supernova was not stopped before it destroyed Romulus, prompting Nero to seek revenge against Spock, Vulcan, and the Federation for allowing Romulus to be destroyed.


 * Kirk and Ambassador Spock locate the nearby Federation outpost and meet Montgomery Scott. Perfecting Scott's equation for transwarp beaming, Ambassador Spock transports Kirk and Scotty to the Enterprise. Taking Ambassador Spock's advice, Kirk exploits the younger Spock's internal sadness and anger, causing Spock to attack Kirk. Realizing he is emotionally compromised, Spock relieves himself of duty, advancing Kirk to acting captain. Kirk then orders the Enterprise to engage the Narada. Using a plan conceived by the ship's navigator, Pavel Chekov, Kirk and Spock are able to board the Narada, which has begun its attack on Earth. Spock confiscates the Jellyfish and uses it to destroy the drill, while Kirk rescues Captain Pike. Spock draws the Narada away from Earth and then proceeds to ram the Jellyfish into the enemy ship. Kirk and Spock are transported to the Enterprise before the Jellyfish collides with the Narada. The red matter that was aboard the Jellyfish is ignited and the singularity which develops consumes the Narada, killing Nero and his crew.


 * Kirk is promoted to captain of the Enterprise, relieving the injured Captain Pike. Spock joins his crew as first officer and Scott as chief engineer, while McCoy remains as Chief Medical Officer, Uhura as communications officer, Sulu as helmsman, and Chekov as navigator.


 * In response to the destruction of Vulcan and believing war with the Klingon Empire inevitable, Admiral, the newly-appointed head of Starfleet, begins secretly looking for ways to militarize Starfleet in order to better defend the Federation. He has Section 31 explore uncharted regions of space in search of advanced alien technology which could be used to improve Starfleet's defensive and offensive capabilities.


 * The USS Wilber, under the command of Admiral Marcus, discovers a derelict DY-100 class sleeper ship just outside the Mutara sector. They discover that the craft is designated SS Botany Bay and that it contains a large, diverse group of people from the era of Earth's Eugenics Wars, all of whom are in cryogenic stasis. One of the cryogenic chambers is automatically activated but begins to malfunction, necessitating the transport of its occupant to the Wilber. The crew find that the man has incredible strength, intelligence and recuperative abilities but learn nothing from him except that his name is "Khan." Further investigation of the Botany Bay reveals 84 more stasis units were occupied, 72 of which are still operational.


 * Marcus transports the remaining cryotubes to the Wilber, destroys the Botany Bay and sets course for Earth. En route, the Wilber crew learn that "Khan" is Khan Noonien Singh, the genetically-engineered tyrant who ruled over much of Earth from 1992 through 1996. Khan and his followers, all genetic "supermen" like himself, had escaped from Earth aboard the Botany Bay after their defeat in the Eugenics Wars. Khan attempts to take over the Wilber, even briefly gaining control of the ship's engineering room, but he is ultimately defeated.


 * Marcus brings Khan to the secret Section 31 facility in London. There, he orders Section 31 scientists to conduct tests to determine the full potential of Khan's powers and if his DNA can be used to enhance the abilities of ordinary humans. These tests show that Khan's blood could potentially have extraordinary regenerative properties; Marcus then forces Khan to undergo a series of excruciating experiments in an attempt to augment these properties. Scientists genetically modify Khan's DNA, resulting in the successful enhancement of his blood's healing abilities; Khan's platelets now have the ability to revive dying tissue in others, healing injuries and diseases that would otherwise prove fatal. The genetic modifications also have the effect of substantially altering Khan's appearance and increasing his already-superhuman strength, intellect and endurance (see also: Klingon augment virus).


 * With Khan's appearance altered and his abilities improved, Marcus decides to give him a new identity as an agent of Section 31, believing the peaceful Federation could benefit from Khan's savage intellect. He coerces Khan to work for him by threatening to kill his remaining 72 followers if he did not comply. He gives Khan the name "John Harrison" and sets him to work designing weapons and warships for Starfleet in preparation for war with the Klingon Empire. Marcus also uses "Harrison" in various covert operations and even has him kill Starfleet and Federation officials whom Marcus feels are threats to his cause.