If you’re still confused as to how Pike can be playing out the events of a TOSepisode in which he was not originally a part of, Spock actually explains it pretty perfectly: “All that we can surmise is that in the Prime future, some other captain of the Enterprise must have commanded it differently.”
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This is why Uhura is a full lieutenant, why Spock is the first officer, and why, later in the episode, we hear (but don’t see) Scotty talking to Spock as they perform repairs on the ship.Įverything that happens in this episode is meant to parallel the events of “Balance of Terror,” only this time, it asks the question: what if Pike was still captain and not Kirk? For those who have watched “Balance of Terror” a billion times, this will be obvious, right down to moments in which the dialogue is identical. “Balance of Terror” takes place a year later in 2266, meaning “the future” Pike is sent to by his older self is roughly in the middle of TOSseason 1. So far, the vast majority of Strange New Worlds takes place in 2259, about 6 years before Captain Kirk’s earliest TOS adventure on the Enterprise in “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” which is set in 2265. Here’s how Strange New Worldsspecifically altered the events of “Balance of Terror” and what it means for the canon going forward… As you can imagine, this poses a major problem for the Star Trek timeline, especially when a crucial decision Pike needs to make in the present will determine which future will actually come to pass. In the Strange New Worlds finale, Captain Pike re-visits - or more accurately pre-visits - the events of “Balance of Terror,” but this time, in an alternate scenario in which he’s still the captain of the Enterprise in 2266, not James T. In fact, one of the most nuanced, thrilling episodes of TOS is the season 1 banger “Balance of Terror,” which first introduced this alien race. While it’s easy to say the Klingon Empire was always the default antagonist of Starfleet in the Classic Trek era, sleeping on the Romulans would be a mistake.
Star Trek season 2's "Obsession" episode puts Kirk aboard the Farragut in 2257, but his movements between then and the Enterprise in 2265 are largely unknown, and Star Trek doesn't explicitly state onscreen whether the Enterprise was Kirk's first command. During the period Strange New Worlds takes place, it's feasible "Captain" Kirk was carving out his unique brand of leadership somewhere other than the Enterprise - either succeeding Garrovick on the Farrugut, or commanding a separate ship entirely.This Star Trek: Strange New Worlds article contains spoilers.Įarly in Star Trek: The Original Series, it wasn’t exactly clear which nefarious alien species was truly the biggest threat to the Federation. Kirk then spent time as an instructor at Starfleet Academy before joining the USS Farragut as a lieutenant. Kirk joined Starfleet in 2252, and served as an ensign aboard the USS Republic upon graduating. Kirk's fictional Star Trek backstory isn't as complete as you might expect from such an iconic character. which begins to make more sense, especially since the promo shot's surrounding ship (albeit blurry) doesn't look much like Pike's bright and bold vessel. That means Kirk is a captain in Strange New Worlds, but not aboard the Enterprise.
Set photos show Paul Wesley wearing the same shirt (and the same captain's sleeve insignia), but a completely different badge, which takes the form of a gold and black diamond.
Kirk's badge in Paramount's official promo shot could be intentionally misleading.
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