Which Year has been Covered the Most in Trek Lit?
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Almost certainly 2376, if we're talking about a consistant portrayal. The years of Kirk's mission - particularly 2267, 2268, 2269 - probably have the most tales set within them, but that's from all eras of Trek lit and many different portrayals. 2376, though, has the first two thirds of the Deep Space Nine Relaunch, first three quarters of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, IKS Gorkon/Klingon Empire, part of New Frontier and others all fitting within the same "version" of Trek. So, I see it as being (probably) the year most explored and plotted in the most depth. 
Actually I'd say the most-covered years would undoubtedly be the final year or two of Kirk's 5-year mission, depending on how you count it. Most 5YM stories have historically been set after TOS rather than during it. There are probably hundreds of stories set between "Turnabout Intruder" and the end of the fifth year, more by far than any other period.
Otherwise, I'd agree with 2376, with SCE/Corps of Engineers putting it over the top. The vast majority of SCE/CoE, over 50 installments, takes place in 2376 (which doesn't really make much sense because it comes out to roughly one adventure per week, and there are some major gaps in there).
Otherwise, I'd agree with 2376, with SCE/Corps of Engineers putting it over the top. The vast majority of SCE/CoE, over 50 installments, takes place in 2376 (which doesn't really make much sense because it comes out to roughly one adventure per week, and there are some major gaps in there).
Which is why the series' clock had ticked over into 2377 (sometime between #34 "Collective Hindsight, Part 2" on 53852.1 and #41 "Bitter Medicine" on 54101.9), until KRAD decided to suddenly retcon everything so they could do the DS9 crossovers.
At some point I want to go back and reread and see if it's possible to push just the crossovers back into 2376, and let everything else keep its intended place in 2377...
I'm convinced the da Vinci crew purposefully botched the Wildfire mission so they could have a few weeks off.
If you take all the stories written during Kirk's first 5 year mission (novels, comics etc.), it would seem like it was actually 15 years long lol.
Has there been a story about the last mission before Kirk is promoted & the Enterprise hits the dock for the refit?
I know IDW did a comic book miniseries called Mission's End, that was all about the last mission of the Enterprise before Kirk, Spock, and McCoy left the ship. As for novels, I haven't read it yet, but I think The Lost Years might cover this.
Ex Machina touches on this.
Kirk violates the Prime Directive to save the Pelosians from extinction. Half of Starfleet hates him for his blatant disregard for regulations, while the other half worships him. The admiralty tries to appease both sides by promoting Kirk to a desk job. McCoy resigns in protest.
Several. There's the older novel The Lost Years by J. M. Dillard (although that's about the actual end of the 5-year tour and what follows rather than the specific last mission). There's the second annual of DC Comics' first ST series. There's the Mission's End comic from IDW. And yes, Ex Machina does elaborate briefly on what the Voyager episode "Q2" canonically established, that the last mission of Kirk's 5-year tour was saving the Pelosians from extinction.
The DC version is my personal favorite of the "Last Mission" stories. Highly recommended & well worth the hunt in back issue bins!
Just to play Devil's Advocate, did that dialogue explicitly state that saving the Pelosians was the last assignment of the 5YM? Couldn't you also say that the schoolkid skipped over the missions that weren't directly relevant to his report? Or did Janeway really just sit there and listen to this kid summarize the 100-odd missions that must have comprised the 5YM?
Let's go to the transcript:
I suppose it is possible he only hit the high points, but that's not the interpretation I went with. Oh, well.
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