- James Kirk [William Shatner]
- Birthdate: 2233
- Birthplace: Earth
- Starfleet Serial Number: SC 937-0176 CEC
- Relations: friendship with Dr. Carol Marcus. Both
have a son: David Marcus
- Relations during academy: Janice Lester
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- James Tiberius Kirk was the commander of the USS
Enterpise NCC 1701 during its five-year mission of exploration in 2264-2269. In 2246, at
age of 13, Kirk was one of the nine surviving eyewitnesses to the massacre of some 4000
colonists at planet Tarsus IV by Kodos the Executioner. Kirk lost his brother, Georg
Samuel Kirk and his sister-in-law, Aurelan Kirk, on Planet Deneva due to the invasion of
the Denevan neural parasites in 2267. Kirk´nephew, Peter Kirk survived. Sam Kirk had two
other sons who were not on Deneva at the time of zhe tragedy.
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- After Kirks academy years Kirk´s first assignment
after graduating was aboard the USS Farragut.
- Kirk´s greatest renown came from his command of a
historic five-year mission of the original Starship Enterprise from 2264 to 2269 that made
hm a legend in space exploration. By 2267, Kirk had earned an impressive list of
commendations from Starfleet, including the Plam leaf of Axanar Peace Mission, the
Grankite Order of Tactics, and the Preantares Ribbon of Commendation. Kirk´s awards for
valor included the Medal of Honor, the Silver Palm with Cluster, the Starfleet Citation
for Conspicuous Gallantry, and the Kragite Order of Heroism.
- After the five-year mission, Kirk accepted a
promotion to admiral and became chief of Starfleet operations, whle the Enterprise
underwent an extensive refit.In 2284 he became a staff instructor with the rank of admiral
at Starfleet Academy. But Kirk was dissatisfied and returned to active duty in 2285 when
Khan Noonien Singh hijacked the Starship Reliant and stole the Genesis Device.
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- After his second retirement in 2293, Kirk was an
honoured guest at the launch of the Excelsior-class Starship Enterpise-B. Kirk was
believed killed on that ship´s maiden voyage, although it was later learned that he had
actually disappeared into a temporal anomaly called the nexus. He remained in the nexus
until 2371, when emerged to help save the inhabitants of the Veridian system. Kirk,
working with fellow Enterprise Captain Jean-Luc Picard, was successful in saving the
Veridians, but the heroic effort cost Kirk his life at the hand of the deranged scientist
Tolian Soran. James T. Kirk is buried on a mountain top on planet Veridian III.
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