2287

Events

 * The prototype USS Ryan, on a proving run staffed by company (i.e., non-Starfleet) engineers, is lost with all hands in an accident. Its loss prompts Starfleet to set up a test crew comprised of personnel from the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and Starfleet Tactical, the first Cathedral Unit. (Starfleet Prototypes)
 * January
 * The Sha-Ka-Ree Incident occurs.
 * May
 * 7 May: Shadowstar Station is commissioned. Her first commander is Vice Admiral Melissa Sturdevant, and her first executive officer is Rear Admiral Nikolai Barstow.
 * May or sometime after May
 * The destroyer USS Iblis (NCC-528), commanded by Captain Gita Divakuruni, is assigned to the sector that includes the Beta Miranda system and Shadowstar Station.
 * Following the accidental death of her predecessor, Valerie Sutomo becomes Federation Commissioner for Research and Development. (: “Dhalang")

Assignments and promotions

 * Captain Corinne Morgenthau transfers to Starbase 41 as chief science officer, and many of the USS Tereshkova (NCC-637)'s officers and crew are reassigned.