2364


Events

By starship or station  
 
 William T. Riker is offered command of the ill-fated , but instead accepts posting to the new  as first officer. ()

 
 The USS Enterprise-D, under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, departs Earth on its first mission, to Farpoint Station. The official order to take command is signed by Rear Admiral Norah Satie on stardate 41148. The Enterprise subsequently makes first official contact with the Q entity and the lifeform which formed Farpoint. Admiral Leonard McCoy spends a day inspecting Enterprises medical layout. ()
 The Enterprise receives a strange message from the crew of , an  vessel observing a red supergiant that is about to explode into a white dwarf. Upon arrival, the crew is discovered all dead by an away team. The crew of the Tsiolkovsky was suffering from polywater intoxication, which is later introduced to the Enterprise crew by Geordi La Forge. The Enterprise is nearly destroyed by a stellar core fragment from the supergiant after Jim Shimoda removes all the isolinear chips from engineering, preventing the Enterprise from going to warp, but the ship is saved by the actions of Lieutenant Commander Data and Wesley Crusher. ()
 The Enterprise-D travels to Ligon II to acquire a vaccine for Anchilles fever that afflicted the population of Styris IV from the Ligonians. ()
 The Enterprise is hurled to the galaxy known as M-33 by the Traveler. ()
 The Enterprise makes first official contact with the Ferengi. ()
 Lore is discovered on Omicron Theta by the Enterprise crew. He is reassembled, but later transported into space when he tries to betray the Enterprise to the Crystalline Entity. ()
 The star Beta Magellan goes supernova. Computer systems on the planet Bynaus, which is close by, are destabilized. The Bynars temporarily hijack the Enterprise-D from Starbase 74 in order to repair their damaged computers. ()
 Natasha Yar is killed on Vagra II by the entity known as Armus. ()'

 
 The , Picard's first command, is returned to Starfleet custody by the Ferengi. ()

 
 The Bajoran Ro Laren graduates from Starfleet Academy and is assigned to the . ()

Other events 
 Starfleet Admiral Mark Jameson dies on Mordan IV. ()
 The mythical planet of Aldea is revealed to exist. ()
 First contact made after discovering the existence of the microbrains of Velara III, who had been attempting contact themselves.  They request to be left alone for three centuries and would consider re-opening communications with the Federation in 2664. ()
 Parasitic beings infiltrate Starfleet Command. Admirals Gregory Quinn and Norah Satie are instrumental in uncovering the alien plot, Dr. Beverly Crusher discovers a means of removing the parasites from the host, and Captain Picard and Commander Riker destroy the mother creature. The parasites transmit a homing message before they are killed. ()
 A few weeks before the USS Enterprise-D visits the Vandor system, there is an accident in one of the labs of the research outpost on the fourth planet. There are two survivors: Dr. Paul Manheim and his wife, Jenice. ()
 Several Federation and Romulan outposts close to the neutral zone are destroyed prior to and on stardate 41903.2. Both the Federation and the Romulans suspect each other as the cause. () Based on similarities with other attacked stations, it is probable these events marked the first appearance of the Borg in Federation space during the 24th century. ()
 The Romulan Star Empire returns to interstellar politics after fifty-three years of isolation. ()
 Six months before the starship Enterprise-D visits the Omega Sagitta system, Benzan of Straleb and Yanar of Atlec begin courting each other with the assistance of Captain Thadiun Okona. ()
 Starfleet begins a search for a suitable star which will meet the requirements, including its similarity to the Kaelon II sun, for a test of the helium fusion enhancement. ()
 Senator Pardek represents Romulus on a Barolian trade conference. ()
 Aamin Marritza starts to work as an instructor at the Cardassian Military Academy on Kora II. ()
 For the first time, in what would be a pattern for the next six years, Jean-Luc Picard finds a way to avoid the annual Admirals' Banquet. ()
 On Yadera II, the father of Taya dies. ()
 Mardah leaves her foster family on Bajor to live on her own. ()
 The Jem'Hadar Virak'kara is created in the Gamma Quadrant. ()
 Morn visits Quark's for the first time. ()
 Captain Jean-Luc Picard is awarded a Service Award for his time aboard the . ()
 Terok Nor security chief Odo is made an officer of the court in the Cardassian legal system in order to testify in criminal cases. ()

Notes 
 Geordi La Forge and Miles O'Brien are posted to the same assignment. ()

Appendices

Episodes 
 
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Background information 
 The year 2364 is given by Data on screen in , and is the first specific on screen date given in Star Trek.

Apocrypha
 According to his personnel file in the non-canon video game Star Trek: Starship Creator, Barnaby graduated from Starfleet Academy in the year 2364 before being assigned to the USS Enterprise-D.
 In the game Star Trek: Armada, a Borg sphere arrives from 2376 to destroy the Enterprise-D and kill Picard, to prevent a Borg defeat in that time period. Seconds later, the USS Premonition arrives to destroy the sphere. Succeeding, it immediately returns to 2376 to prevent any further contamination to the timeline. Captain Picard remembers this encounter, and no further reference is heard about this encounter until 2376 where he states he has seen the ship before.

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