After the two-and-a-half-decade war winds down, 600 million people lie dead, and the planet is practically swimming in radiation following a rapid-fire launching of nuclear missiles, causing a practically planet-wide nuclear winter. With various factions – such as the Eastern Coalition – dominating the entire planet, it doesn’t take long for war not only to break out, but to quickly escalate into the most costly conflict humanity has seen since World War II, back in the 1930s and ‘40s. (Oh, fine – one last note: if you’re looking for an overview of the creation and production of the Star Trek universe as opposed to an in-world historical summary, check out our in-depth guide.) 15 World War III – 2026-2053 Now, without further ado, let’s jump into The Complete History of Star Trek, shall we? We’re using the updated and revised chronology here, as established in the last several seasons of the various television series (in case all you purists out there were curious). Given that Trek first debuted on Septemand has been running nearly continuously ever since (minus the several-year gaps in production here and there), that’s a considerable period of time to establish a long, convoluted, and heavily-fleshed-out timeline – not just the events of the 729 hours of content themselves, but also in their backstories, some of which reach all the way back to the Big Bang itself (that’s that pesky Q for you).Įven worse, given the long life of the franchise, there has been more than a few retcons implemented throughout the decades when The Original Series’s broadcast run occurred in the late ‘60s, the ‘90s seemed like a long way off, making something as technologically and culturally advanced as the Eugenics Wars seem like it could plausibly occur then. It’s fair to say that Star Trek is one of the biggest media franchises in popular culture history – 703 episodes are spread across five series (and that’s not even counting The Animated Series!), buttressed by 13 feature films (including Star Trek Beyond, which releases today).
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