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Star Trek: UniVerse
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Introduction:
The UniVerse combines all Trek franchises into one unified re-imagined (TOS period) universe in the hopes of appealing to as much of Trek fandom as possible. So this is a non-canon, Trek: My Way.

TimeLine:
Stardates begin with 1st warp flight and then Julian date for day of year.
Gregorian dates and Centuries are never referenced after the 21st Century.
The Eugenics wars are accepted as WWIII and took place after the 21st Century but
specific dates on when this happened/will happen are never to be given.

-200 years; (stardate 0001.095 also referred to as “stardate 0”) 75 years after the Eugenics Wars Zefram Cochrane launches the first warp-viable ship. 1st contact with Vulcans.

-112 years; (stardate 0074.153) 2151 1st Starfleet Warp 5 vessel USS Enterprise NX-01 is launched; Capt. John Archer.

-110 years; (stardate 0076.114) Xindi attack earth beginning the Xindi war (which ends 0077.045).

-106 years; (stardate 0080.192) Federation Charter signed sparking the Romulan Wars (0080-0102).

-25 years; (stardate 0161-0166) The 5-year Klingon War.

-20 years; Starfleet launches Constitution Class prototypes USS Constitution NX-1700 (stardate 0166.185 Capt. John Smith); & USS Enterprise NX-1701 (stardate 0166.276 Capt. Robert April); on 2 year shakedown cruises. Klingon cold-war begins.

-18 years; Refit and recommission as well as full scale production of the 12 Constitution Class ships begins.

-10 years; Capt. Christopher Pike assumes command USS Enterprise.

-7 years; Capt. Jean Luc Picard (Avenger class destroyer USS Stargazer NCC-D180) encounters and is assemilated by the Borg. The conflict ends, with the largest deployment of Federation ships since the Romulan Wars, at Wolf 359 with the actions of Capt. Christopher Pike USS Enterprise.

-2 years; USS Voyager NCC-D195 (Capt. Katheryn Janeway) is assigned to Enterprise Battlegroup.

-1 month; USS Voyager encounters the Kazon and USS Enterprise assists in rescuing close to a thousand Ocampa from genocide.

0 years; Starfleet launches the USS Titan NCC-1900 (stardate 0200.185; Comdr. Jean-Luc Picard/Capt. William Riker) Comdr. Picard assumes command of the Enterprise Battle Group in the 7th Fleet.

+20 years Capt. Hikaru Sulu accepts command of the USS Excelsior NCC-2000 for a 5-year mission.

Enterprise Battle Group (EBG)
(These ships are the primary story focus.) Their duty is to patrol and explore disputed space along hostile boarders.

USS Titan NCC-1900 Titan Class Super-Carrier
(Flagship & mobile base-of-operations for EBG. Designed as a diplomatic platform, Titan & Commodore Picard's primary duty is to pave the way for Federation Ambassodors.)
Commodore Jean-Luc Picard, CO: Captain William Riker, XO: Comm. Data,
ChEng: Comm. Geordi LaForge, CAG: Lt. Commander Elizabeth Paula Shelby
ChMed: Comm. Beverly Crusher, ChSec: Lt. Comm. Tasha Yar,
TacOps: Lt. Worf (Rozhenko), Helm: Lt. Ro Laren

USS Enterprise NCC-1701 Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser
CO: Captain James Kirk, XO: Comm. Gary Mitchell, ChSci: Comm. Spock,
ChEng: Lt. Comm. Montgomery Scott, ChMed: Comm. Leonard McCoy,
ChSec/TacOps: Lt. Pavel Chekov, Helm: Lt. Comm. Hikaru Sulu, Nav/Ops: Lt. Vincent DeSalle, Comm.: Lt. Nyota Uhura,

USS Voyager NCC-D195 Avenger Class Destroyer
CO: Captain Katheryn Janeway, XO: Lt. Comm. Chakotay, Tac/Ops: Lt. Comm. Seven of Nine, ChSci: Lt. Comm. Kes, ChEng: B'Elanna Torres, ChMed: Emergency Medical Hologram Prototype, ChSec: Lt. Comm. Tuvok, Comm/Ops: Lt. Harry Kim, Helm: Lt. Tom Paris

Extended Ranks:
Captain commands a ship, Commodore commands a group of 3-4 ships, Admiral commands a fleet of 3-4 groups, Flag Admiral commands 3-4 fleets, Flag Admirals answer to/are Starfleet Command (like Senators in the Senate).