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Vanguard Book 4 : Open Secrets

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2063
 [1] In the aftermath of First Contact a group of Vulcans move to Earth to establish formal relations with Humans. Amongst their number is Sobon a Vulcan physician. Sobon advocates establishing a close relationship with Humans and the sharing of technology. Thanks to his efforts Earth achieves several important medical advances in the coming years, extending the average human lifespan. [1]
  People :  Sobon
2211
 [2] Gillian Moratino is born. She will go on to become a Starfleet officer, and by the year 2266 will be an Admiral in the Starfleet Judge Advocate General corps. [1]
  People :  Admiral Gillian Kei Moratino
2227
 [1] The Vulcan physician Sobon resigns from the Vulcan Science Academy to devote himself to the study of the mental arts. He subsequently became a master of mental healing. He generally eschewed titles and formal positions, living a simple lifestyle in an isolated village in the Llangon mountains on Vulcan. [1]
  People :  Sobon
2234
 [3] Carol Marcus is born. [1]
  People :  Carol Marcus
2254
 [4] A bottle of scotch is distilled during this year; in 2266 Fisher would offer a drink from the bottle to Commodore Reyes during his court martial. [1]
2261
 [1] Colin Rella joins a Starfleet science vessel. He will remain on the ship for the next five years, before resigning to join the Lerais II colony in 2266. [1]
2265
 [5] Kail Tescar graduates from Starfleet academy. [1]
  People :  Ensign Kail Tescar
2266
 [6] Diego Reyes is removed from command of Starbase 47 and placed under arrest by his JAG officer, Rana Desai, after he allows Tim Pennington to publish classified information about the true reasons for the Federation's presence in the Taurus Reach. [6] He is replaced as commander of the station by his executive officer, Jon Cooper, on a temporary basis before Rear Admiral Heihachiro Nogura arrives to take command. [1]
  People :  Commodore Diego Reyes, Captain Rana Desai
 [7] A Federation colony is founded on the planet Lerais II in the Taurus Reach. The planet is three months away from Rigel X at Warp 5. [1]
 [1] A Klingon D-7 cruiser, the IKS M'ahtagh, attacks the Federation colony on Lerais II. The cruiser destroys a civilian ship in orbit and demands the immediate evacuation of the planet. [1]
 [1] The Federation establishes a colony on the planet Cestus III. Commodore Howard Travers is assigned as the colony leader. [1]
 [1] The cargo vessel Valinor is seized by Starfleet near Arcturus after it is found to be carrying various items of contraband. The seizure is of great concern to the Orion gangster Ganz, who owned the shipment. In the aftermath of the event, Admiral Nogura directs Ganz to depart Starbase 47 for good. [1]
 [1] A Federation hospital ship is attacked and destroyed by a pair on Klingon cruisers in the Kalinora Sector. The Klingons claim that the ship had been engaged in espionage. The incident is one of a series of clashes resulting from a steady rise in tensions between the two powers. [1]
2267
Picture from 2267  [8] Starfleet command issues a Code One directive to all commands, indicating that a state of war has broken out between the Federation and Klingon Empire. The USS Enterprise is assigned to secure the co-operation of the planet Organia, a primitive society which is located at a strategic point between the two powers. In fact the Organians are revealed to be enormously powerful and sophisticated non-corporeal entities who stop the war and force an uneasy treaty between the Federation and the Klingons. [8]

Amongst the other combatants, the Organian intervention comes just in time to prevent six Klingon cruisers from attacking Starbase 47. [1]
  People :  James T. Kirk, Spock
  Species :  Klingons, Organians, Humans


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References

# Series Season Source Comment
1 Star Trek : Vanguard, Book 4 - Open Secrets
2 Speculative The Vanguard novel Open Secrets establishes that she was in her mid 50s in 2266; this assumes she was exactly 55 at that time
3 Speculative The Vanguard novel Open Secrets establishes that she was in her early 30s in 2266; this assumes she was exactly 32 at that time
4 Star Trek : Vanguard, Book 4 - Open Secrets The bottle was said to be twelve years old
5 Star Trek : Vanguard, Book 4 - Open Secrets Less than a year before the events of the book
6 Star Trek : Vanguard, Book 3 - Reap The Whirlwind
7 Star Trek : Vanguard, Book 4 - Open Secrets A month before the main section of the book, which takes place just after The Corbomite Maneuver
8 TOS 1 Errand of Mercy
Novel : Star Trek : Vanguard, Book 4 - Open Secrets
Source : Speculative
Comment : The Vanguard novel Open Secrets establishes that she was in her mid 50s in 2266; this assumes she was exactly 55 at that time
Source : Speculative
Comment : The Vanguard novel Open Secrets establishes that she was in her early 30s in 2266; this assumes she was exactly 32 at that time
Novel : Star Trek : Vanguard, Book 4 - Open Secrets
Comment : The bottle was said to be twelve years old
Novel : Star Trek : Vanguard, Book 4 - Open Secrets
Comment : Less than a year before the events of the book
Novel : Star Trek : Vanguard, Book 3 - Reap The Whirlwind
Novel : Star Trek : Vanguard, Book 4 - Open Secrets
Comment : A month before the main section of the book, which takes place just after The Corbomite Maneuver
Series : TOS Season 1
Episode : Errand of Mercy


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