Kirk's black tunic - Theories? Thoughts?
- Thread starter Stag
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Since the writers are saying that they're "generally" sticking to canon, this seems plausible that Kirk was an instructor at the Academy just before the "crap" hits the fan in the movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T_Kirk
"He received a field commission as an ensign and posted to the USS Republic, then was promoted to lieutenant junior grade and returned to Starfleet Academy as a student instructor. Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood), then one of Kirk's students, remarks in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" that one could either "think or sink" in Kirk's course. Upon graduation in the top five percent of his class, Kirk was promoted to lieutenant and served aboard the USS Farragut. Having risen rapidly through the ranks after leaving the Academy, Kirk received his first command while still quite young.
At the age of 31, Kirk received command of the USS Enterprise………………"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T_Kirk
"He received a field commission as an ensign and posted to the USS Republic, then was promoted to lieutenant junior grade and returned to Starfleet Academy as a student instructor. Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood), then one of Kirk's students, remarks in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" that one could either "think or sink" in Kirk's course. Upon graduation in the top five percent of his class, Kirk was promoted to lieutenant and served aboard the USS Farragut. Having risen rapidly through the ranks after leaving the Academy, Kirk received his first command while still quite young.
At the age of 31, Kirk received command of the USS Enterprise………………"
