Is that a retcon? Because, in my brief research, that 2254 date was given, but I can't find a source, and multiple sources indicate that "The Cage's" stardate is unknown.The Cage was 2254, and Where No Man has Gone before was in 2265. That is only 11 years.
I can't seem to find that in the episode. Is there another reference?In The Menagerie, Part I, Kirk specifically says of Pike, "I took over the Enterprise from him."
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