-=> Quoting Michael Marek to David Ball <=-
 MM> In Sarek, Sarek's age was given as 202, while in Journey to Babel it
 MM> was given as 101.  This places the second year of TOS in 2266.  At the
 MM> beginning of TOS is was clear that Kirk was fairly new to the command
 MM> of the Enterprise, so the five-year mission probably ended around 2269.
 MM> A reasonable time for a refit might be a year or two, so TMP would be
 MM> in the 2270-71 timeframe.
 I could be wrong about this, but IIRC the early dialogue of TMP somewhat 
labours the fact that Kirk's been behind a desk for something like ten years.
Paul
... Michael is NOT a Borg identification. You are now 10746 of 5.5 billion
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