2383

The first Star Trek since The Animated Series to be geared explicitly for kids, Star Trek: Prodigy takes place on the border of the Delta Quadrant last seen in Voyager, and features the return of several characters from that series. Don’t dismiss this as “just a kids show” though — it’s quite complex, quite good, and quite Star Trek.

2384

Keep an eye out this season for mentions of the Romulan supernova and evacuation, and the “Narada Incursion,” all of which you will hear more about shortly in the Kelvin films and in Star Trek: Picard.

2385

We now reach the last episodes of Prodigy. As of this writing, it seems unlikely that there will be a third season, but personally, I sure hope there is — it’s been a great show. In the finale, you will see an incident on Mars that is also explored in the following Short Trek. This event sets much of Star Trek - Picard in motion, so keep it in mind, but before we view Picard we’ll be taking a little sidetrip away from the Prime Universe…

2387

Okay. Deep breath. In 2387 the Romulan sun goes supernova, devastating the Romulan empire. A failed attempt by Starfleet to help stop this accidentally sends the Romulan mining vessel Narada back to 2233, creating an alternate reality known to fans as the “Kelvin Universe” or “Kelvinverse,” and referred to in-universe as the Narada Incursion. We'll be watching the three movies set in this universe next. It's essential to note that this new timeline DOES NOT replace the original “Prime” timeline, which still exists as it always has and to which we will be returning shortly.

2233 - (Kelvinverse)

The USS Kelvin is destroyed by the Narada, newly arrived from the Prime Universe 2387. This begins the divergence from the Prime timeline.

2258 - (Kelvinverse)

Too action-oriented for some, and plot-holes galore, 2009’s “Star Trek” (known in some countries as “Star Trek: The Future Begins”) is not what I would want Star Trek to be all the time, but is a quite fun alternate take on the original series, with some great acting and effects. Don’t overthink the chronology and details of this batch of movies though, or you’ll start seeing all kinds of things that make no sense.

2263 - (Kelvinverse)

This film, while a solid improvement on Into Darkness, did not perform to expectations, meaning that the long-promised fourth film has been in-and-out of production for years, and I cannot say if we’ll ever see the Kelvin timeline again.

Therefore, we now return to the Prime timeline, already in progress, fourteen years after the attack on Mars we saw at the end of Prodigy.

2399

We now start Star Trek Picard, which is… um. Season 3 is pretty okay?