The film's timeline (no spoilers please)

[Praetor]

Bah, foiled again.

 

[Kelso]

Isn't this a no spoiler thread?


Anyway, just for shits 'n' giggles- here is my speculation based on the trailers...


old time-line- (new time-line)

2233- Kirk Born

2233- (Kirk Born/Parents die on Kelvin)

2233+ (Nero's attacks on Starfleet alter history/ construction of USS Enterprise is delayed 15 years and relocated to Iowa)

2246- USS Enterprise launched

2246- Kirk's father is stationed at Taurus 4/ Kirk witnesses massacre

2246-(Kirk is orphan hoodlum in Iowa/steals classic car)

2251- Kirk joins Starfleet

2251- (Kirk becomes town drunk)

2252- Pike assumes command of USS Enterprise

2257- (Kirk joins Starfleet)

2261- (USS Enterprise launched under Captain Pike/ Nero devastates Starfleet/ Pike Killed/ Kirk becomes hero and is awarded command of the ship- due, in part, to Starfleet's heavy losses)

2263- Kirk assumes command of USS Enterprise

 

[Michael]

Isn't this a no spoiler thread?

Oh, you're right of course. I edited my post accordingly.

 

[Praetor]

Ditto.

 

[section9]

Isn't this a no spoiler thread?


Anyway, just for shits 'n' giggles- here is my speculation based on the trailers...


old time-line- (new time-line)

2233- Kirk Born

2233- (Kirk Born/Parents die on Kelvin)

2233+ (Nero's attacks on Starfleet alter history/ construction of USS Enterprise is delayed 15 years and relocated to Iowa)

2246- USS Enterprise launched

2246- Kirk's father is stationed at Taurus 4/ Kirk witnesses massacre

2246-(Kirk is orphan hoodlum in Iowa/steals classic car)

2251- Kirk joins Starfleet

2251- (Kirk becomes town drunk)

You forgot, of course, the most vital factoid of all. In 2251, after the visit by Pike at the bar, young Kirk is visited by Gleason, who convinces the young man that Vaudeville is dead and that his ambitions to be a traveling young comedian in the Catskills is misplaced.....

 

[Procutus]

That's a good assessment of the potential changes Kelso. Based on what we've seen thus far, I think I'm buying into your theory.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

You forgot, of course, the most vital factoid of all. In 2251, after the visit by Pike at the bar, young Kirk is visited by Gleason, who convinces the young man that Vaudeville is dead and that his ambitions to be a traveling young comedian in the Catskills is misplaced.....

That's pretty random. I love it.

The Catskills weren't Gleason's thing, were they?

 

[EJA]

I seem to recall reading Orci quoted as saying that most of the film takes place about 25 years after the Kelvin incident, which would place it roughly around 2257, if they don't tinker with the year that Kirk is born. The thing of it is, if this is indeed the year that the large portion of the movie's events occur, and the Big E is just getting launched, then I honestly think the Talos IV event has no bearing in this universe (or restructured timeline).

Maybe when they say the Enterprise is "new", they just mean it's been given a brand new refit and this launch can be considered the maiden voyage of the new Ent? Unlikely, I know, but it'd be nice if it were true.

 

[Praetor]

If it's a reboot, I don't really mind.