2163

Events

 * Alpha III is admitted to the Federation.
 * April 4, 2163 Federation President Thomas Vanderbilt, Presider Maxot of the Global League of Lyaksti'kton, and the Basileus of M'tezir meet on Vega IX to finalize trade agreements between the Federation and Sauria.
 * April 2-7, 2163 the USS Pioneer under the command of Captain Malcolm Reed, is almost destroyed after becoming trapped in a decaying orbit of a super-jovian planet but manages to communicate and ask for help from the "Cloud Whales" who inhabited the planet's atmosphere.
 * Reynaldo Sangupta and a group of engineers under Tobin Dax are able to reconcile Human Warp drive technology with Andorian Deflector shield technology while working aboard the USS Pioneer.
 * USS Excalibur, Columbia Class is launched.

Promotions and Transfers

 * April 7, 2163: Dr. Tobin Dax is appointed Chief engineer of the USS Pioneer after Commander Alan Sheehan was severely injured.

Births and Deaths

 * March 28, 2163 Trenkanshent sh'Lavan Commanding Officer of the USS Thejal
 * March 28, 2163 Veni ch'Refel Tactical Officer of the USS Thejal
 * March 28, 2163 Zh'Vansh Communications Officer of the USS Thejal
 * USS Thejal lost with all hands after being betrayed by Dular Garos and the Malurian warship Rivgor

Relationships

 * March 2163: Lieutenants Valeria Williams and Reynaldo Sangupta are ordered to end their relationship after it begins to affect their ability to do their duty
 * April 4, 2163: Valeria Williams meets Samuel Abraham Kirk, (it is heavily implied they would later become the parents of Tiberius Kirk and grandparents of James T. Kirk)