Based on what we know. If we assume the movie starts in our normal timeline and Nero goes back and destroys the U.S.S Kelvin around the same time Kirk is born, how has that event led up to the change we have seen so far in the trailer? and if we are stuck in this new altered universe how will it effect future events in the Trek universe as we know them.
This is what I think happens from the trailer and other info :
Kirks parents on the U.S.S Kelvin. Robau is the captain and George is the first offficer, or somehow able to to take command when Robau dies or is incapacitated when Nero with his vast ship, Narada, attack. Kirk's mom goes into premature labor during the Kelvin attack (maybe she was alreay in labor, why knows?). Baby Kirk (and possibly mom? or not) escape in a shuttle as George rams the Kelvin into the Narada, George goes down with the ship.
Flash forward to young Kirk at 12 or 13, Kirk is living with his uncle (maybe mom?) and has had a tough childhood being without a father. He steals his uncles antique car and goes for a joyride and get caught and in trouble, showing us how messed up he is.
Now we see Kirk in his young 20's, he is at a bar still acting like a jerk and gets into a fight. He meets up with Pike (has he met Pike before this? unknown), Pike is more of a father figure to Kirk than his Uncle ever was. Pike chalenges kirk to do something with his life (join Starfleet, etc..) and after Kirk sees the Enterprise being built he has it in his mind that the ship will be his one day.
3 years or so later, Kirk is in the academy and gets aboard the newly launched Enterprise with McCoy's help. The rest you can deduce from the trailer.
So two things seem to have changed due to the Kelvin incident, Kirk's altered journey through life and possibly the Enterprise was built a a little bit later ( 10-20 year later depending on how much you want to go with the original 2245 launch date) in the normal time line (and the tech has gotten better)?
I think in Kirks normal time line, he had his father, and aspired to go to Starfleet just like his dad. Kirk worked really hard and got into the academy at 16 or 17 vs. his late entry in the new timeline at 23 or 24 possibly. By going to the academy earlier he got to serve on the Farragut and the Republic while Pike (who has not met, since there paths never crossed) is commanding the Enterprise with Spock at his side. This is also (in the altered timeline) why Kirk is at the academy at the same time as some of the other TOS crew or who are even ahead of Kirk serving on the Enterprise.
Question is, now how will Galactic events in TOS, movies, Tng and 24th century be affected? For instance the Enterprise would have probably not have been refit when Vger came, Also would they have found Kahn and the Boutny Bay? etc..
This is what I think happens from the trailer and other info :
Kirks parents on the U.S.S Kelvin. Robau is the captain and George is the first offficer, or somehow able to to take command when Robau dies or is incapacitated when Nero with his vast ship, Narada, attack. Kirk's mom goes into premature labor during the Kelvin attack (maybe she was alreay in labor, why knows?). Baby Kirk (and possibly mom? or not) escape in a shuttle as George rams the Kelvin into the Narada, George goes down with the ship.
Flash forward to young Kirk at 12 or 13, Kirk is living with his uncle (maybe mom?) and has had a tough childhood being without a father. He steals his uncles antique car and goes for a joyride and get caught and in trouble, showing us how messed up he is.
Now we see Kirk in his young 20's, he is at a bar still acting like a jerk and gets into a fight. He meets up with Pike (has he met Pike before this? unknown), Pike is more of a father figure to Kirk than his Uncle ever was. Pike chalenges kirk to do something with his life (join Starfleet, etc..) and after Kirk sees the Enterprise being built he has it in his mind that the ship will be his one day.
3 years or so later, Kirk is in the academy and gets aboard the newly launched Enterprise with McCoy's help. The rest you can deduce from the trailer.
So two things seem to have changed due to the Kelvin incident, Kirk's altered journey through life and possibly the Enterprise was built a a little bit later ( 10-20 year later depending on how much you want to go with the original 2245 launch date) in the normal time line (and the tech has gotten better)?
I think in Kirks normal time line, he had his father, and aspired to go to Starfleet just like his dad. Kirk worked really hard and got into the academy at 16 or 17 vs. his late entry in the new timeline at 23 or 24 possibly. By going to the academy earlier he got to serve on the Farragut and the Republic while Pike (who has not met, since there paths never crossed) is commanding the Enterprise with Spock at his side. This is also (in the altered timeline) why Kirk is at the academy at the same time as some of the other TOS crew or who are even ahead of Kirk serving on the Enterprise.
Question is, now how will Galactic events in TOS, movies, Tng and 24th century be affected? For instance the Enterprise would have probably not have been refit when Vger came, Also would they have found Kahn and the Boutny Bay? etc..
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Also, "Code of Honor" has vanished from the first TNG disc! As has "Let He Who Is Wihtout Sin" from the fourth DS9 box! I love this new Trek continuity.
