Captain James Tiberius Kirk's Biography

                                         

Accomplishments (biographical information):

     James T. Kirk entered Star Fleet Academy at the age of 17.  He finished in the top 5 percent of his class.  Initially he majored in Interplanetary Relations and later switched to the Starship training program.  While a cadet he participated in the Axanar Peace Mission.  Ensign Kirk aboard training vessel, U.S.S. Republic, prevented a near-fatal explosion; and was subsequently promoted to Lieutenant.
     At age 21 he reported to the U.S.S. Farragut for his 1st deep space assignment.  An initial survey of Neural occurred and James had his first encounter with the cloud creature on Tycho IV during which time he received a Commendation for Bravery.  Lieutenant Commander Kirk (age 27) went to destroyer, U.S.S. Alexander.  His first command position happens here because a Klingon encounter causes the Captain's death.  While here he is awarded a Medal of Honor and promoted to Captain.  This Captaincy leads to his replacing Fleet Captain Pike at age 30 (becoming the youngest academy grad to be a Starship Captain), as the Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701.  The Enter- prise experiences a very successful , historic, five-year mission (2264-2269) where it...seeks out new life and new civilizations and boldly goes where no man has gone before.  Here he renews and strengths his relationship with longtime friend Dr. Leonard McCoy (Chief Medical Officer), and begins a new friendship with Mr. Spock, the Vulcan 1st Officer/Science Officer (all three become close).
     After this first Enterprise mission Kirk is upgraded (by three ranks) to Admiral, and is assigned to Star Fleet Headquarters, Earth, as Chief of Fleet Operations.  Admiral Kirk returns to Enterprise Captaincy for the V'GER threat in 2271.  It is believed that he commanded a second five-year mission aboard Enterprise after successfully solving the V'GER incident.  He then goes back to the Academy as a Staff Instructor.
    In 2285, active duty comes again when  Khan Noonien Singh hijacks the U.S.S. Reliant, research vessel, which he used to steal the Genesis Device from the Regula 1 Space Laboratory. Khan was the leader of the Genetically Engineered humans found aboard the sleeper ship S.S. Botany Bay in 2267.  Spock is killed during this incident, but he has planted his katra in Dr. McCoy, and because of this Kirk hijacks the Enterprise to the Genesis Planet to reunite Spock with his katra and return Spock to Vulcan in a Klingon Bird of  Prey.  At the planet the Enterprise must be destroyed to avoid it getting into the hands of the Klingons (who also kill his son, Dr. David Marcus).
     Three months later, while returning to Earth (in the Klingon ship) to face the consequences of Spock's rescue, a planetary distress signal is received which warns of an alien probe that is destroying the Earth and rendering every ship in it's path useless.  Kirk and his remaining crew time travel back to Earth's past (1986) to bring two humpback whales.  These whales are dropped off in San Francisco Bay and are able to tell the probe what to go do with itself.  After the probe departure the trial is held and Kirk is reduced in rank back to Captain and is given command of the 2nd U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701-A.
     After a brief vacation in Yosemite Park (on Earth) with Spock and McCoy, James returns to active duty to solve a terrorist crisis on Nimbus IV.  Control of this new Enterprise is lost to Spock's half-brother Sybok who forcefully proves that we can go beyond the Great Barrier (at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy).  The creature that was found kills Sybok and Kirk regains control of his ship after another brief encounter wiht the Klingons.  In 2293 Spock 'volunteered' him for a diplomatic peace mission concerning the Klingons whom he still resented for the death of his son.  Unfortunately, the Klingon Chancellor Gorkon is murdered and Kirk and McCoy are wrongly arrested, jailed, and sentenced for the murder.  Under Spock the Enterprise comes to their rescue and then with U.S.S. Excelsior's (under the command of Captain Sulu) help destroys the culprit Cloaked Bird of Prey which actually was involved in the murder; and ultimately saves the Khitomer Peace Conference.

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