

Reviving his crew, he seized control of the Enterprise with the aid of Lieutenant Marla McGivers. Reviving aboard the Enterprise in 2267, after more than two centuries of sleep, Khan quickly brought himself up to date on its technology. Kirk also spared a genetically engineered human Augment, Khan Noonien Singh, a warlord in Earth's Eugenics Wars, who had escaped in suspended animation aboard the SS Botany Bay with 84 of his followers after conquering almost a quarter of the planet. Even when Spock commandeered the Enterprise, Kirk supported him once he was told Spock hoped to restore his badly injured, paralysed former Captain, Christopher Pike. When Governor Kodos, now known as the Executioner, was discovered aboard ship Kirk refused to kill him when he had the chance, allowing a more fitting punishment at the hands of Kodos' daughter. Kirk frequently bucked authority to save lives, violating the Prime Directive of non-interference in alien civilizations to save the Pelosian, Baezian, and Chenari races. With her intervention, Kirk literally escaped his own grave, carved by Mitchell, knocked him into it, and fired on the cliffs above, triggering a rockfall that crushed and buried his best friend. Elizabeth Dehner of the danger such power posed. Kirk convinced another officer undergoing the same transformation as Mitchell, Dr. Attempting to maroon Mitchell on the surface of Delta Vega, Kirk soon hunted an escaped Mitchell with god-like power. Ignoring Spock's advice to destroy Mitchell immediately, Kirk tried to reason with his friend until Mitchell killed the navigator, Lee Kelso. He soon exhibited psychic powers that progressed rapidly, while growing distant and disdainful of humanity in general. His best friend and helmsman, Gary Mitchell, was powerfully affected by the barrier's energy. Undeterred, Kirk attempted to breach the barrier, barely escaping destruction. The Enterprise crew discovered a record marker from the SS Valiant that told of disaster following a visit to the edge of the galaxy. In 2265 the USS Enterprise was deployed on a 5 Year Mission of deep space exploration. The Enterprise Mission of 2265-2270 Putting Spock in Check Upon Captain Christopher Pike's promotion to Fleet Captain, Kirk succeeded him, retaining Chief Science Officer Spock, as First Officer. Though he realized there was nothing he could have done to save them, the knowledge plagued him with guilt until his successful destruction of the creature years later as Captain of the Enterprise. His discovery of the creature now known as a "cloud vampire" led to the deaths of his captain and 200 shipmates. Farragut, commanding a survey mission to Tyree's planet Neural in 2254. Captain of the EnterpriseĪfter graduation, his first assignment was as lieutenant aboard the U.S.S. This earned him a commendation for original thinking. Kirk became the only cadet to beat the "no-win" Kobayashi Maru scenario, by secretly reprogramming the simulation computer to make it possible to win. As a child of thirteen, Kirk witnessed the massacre of 4,000 colonists during a famine on Tarsus IV, at the orders of Governor Kodos.Ī family friend named Mallory helped Kirk enter Starfleet Academy, as a first-year cadet already breveted to the rank of ensign aboard the U.S.S. He had an older brother, George Samuel Kirk, but "Sam" and his wife Aurelan died at Deneva in 2267, with his nephew, Peter, surviving them. Kirk served in the United Federation of Planets, most often as commander of the Starfleet vessel U.S.S. So unless it is contradicted in film it should be listed as part of the character biography.īorn March 22nd, 2233 in Riverside, Iowa, Earth, James T. This being a comic website there are many things here that are not canon. That is because only television shows and movies are considered canon. Not everything listed in the origin is Canon. Star Trek Canon Special Note James Tiberius Kirk
