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Kirk returned to [[Star Fleet]] in 2284 and took a position in the admiralty, supervising command-track cadets at [[Star Fleet Academy]] among his duties. The lack of a center seat gnawed at him, until he began to express discontent in his latest posting. If only for the chance to be back in space on his beloved former ship, he eagerly boarded the [[''Enterprise''|USS Enterprise, NCC-1701]], now commanded by Captain Spock, as an observer to a cadet training cruise.
[[Khan Noonien Singh]] escaped from his exile on [[Ceti Alpha V]] by hijacking the USS Reliant, leading to his theft of the [[Genesis Device]] from the [[{{MA|Regula_I|Regula I]] }} [[space station]]. Alerted by a call from Dr. [[Carol Marcus]], ''Enterprise'' changed course to investigate, and Spock deferred his command to Admiral Kirk. The subsequent engagement with his old enemy was tumultuous for Kirk, including a meeting with his estranged son, [[David Marcus]], and the death of his friend of twenty years, Spock.
Kirk's return to Earth in 2285 was solemn. The loss of Spock affected Kirk deeply, and McCoy began to show signs of mental illness. Planning to return to the [[Genesis (planet)|Genesis Planet]] after his battle-damaged starship was fully repaired, Kirk's hopes were dashed when [[Commander, Star Fleet]] [[Admiral]] [[Harry Morrow|Morrow]] announced that the ''Enterprise'' would be decommissioned. [[Ambassador]] [[Sarek]] approached Kirk, leading to the discovery of Spock's ''[[katra]]'' surviving in McCoy. Kirk's [[senior officer]]s rallied to him, conspiring to rescue McCoy and steal the ''Enterprise'' from [[Earth Spacedock]] in order to recover Spock's body from the [[Genesis (planet)|Genesis planet]] and to bring it, and his ''katra'', to Vulcan. At the Genesis planet, a [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey]]'s attack left the ''Enterprise'' disabled. After setting an [[auto-destruct]] sequence, Kirk and his crew abandoned the ship for the surface. The ''Enterprise'' was destroyed, taking a Klingon boarding party along with it. Finding Spock's body reanimated by Genesis, Kirk took the Bird-of-Prey to Vulcan, where Spock's ''katra'' and body were reunited.
Kirk's romance with [[Carol Marcus]] produced a son, [[David Marcus]]. At Carol's request, Kirk stayed out of David's early life. David knew something of Kirk, referring to him as "the over-grown boy scout" his mother used to know, but not that Kirk was his father. Carol kept David's father's identity a secret, fearing that Kirk's adventurous life would draw David away from her. In spite of the separation, Carol told Kirk that David was "''a lot like you, in many ways.''"
In 2285, David was working with his mother at the [[Federation]] [[research station]] [[{{MA|Regula_I|Regula I]] }} as part of a team developing [[Project Genesis]] when the station was attacked by [[Khan Noonien Singh]]. After fleeing to the {{MA|Regula|Regula}} [[planetoid]], Kirk rescued David and Carol. Kirk did not immediately recognize his son at their awkward meeting, and later became melancholy when considering an alternate life as a father. After witnessing Kirk's victory at the [[Battle of the Mutara Nebula]] and the funeral for [[Spock]], David consoled his father and admitted he was "''proud, very proud, to be your son.''"
Later in 2285, David was an advisor on the [[starship]] USS Grissom, NCC-638, researching the Genesis planet he had helped to create. Taken hostage by [[Klingon]]s, David interrupted an attempted execution of Lieutenant [[Saavik]], wrestling a Klingon warrior briefly before he was killed with a stab to the chest. The news of David's death led Kirk to stumble to the deck in grief, telling Commander [[Kruge]] "''you Klingon bastard, you've killed my son.''" Kirk subsequently killed Kruge and all but one of his crew.
