* The first [[Captain]] of the [[USS Enterprise, NCC-1701|USS Enterprise]] is promoted to [[Ambassador]].
:* [[First Officer]] Christopher Pike is promoted to [[Captain]] of the ship.
* [[Spock]]'s father, [[Sarek]], becomes estranged from his son due to the former's enrollment into [[Starfleet Academy]].
* A group of [[North America|Natives Native Americans]] who left [[Earth]] in order to preserve their cultural identity settle on a planet near the [[Cardassian]] border, named [[Dorvan V]].