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U.S.S. Republic NCC-1371

James T. Kirk served aboard the Constitution class Starship Republic^[1] for his first cadet cruise in 2254 while attending Starfleet Academy.^[2] While aboard the vessel, he befriended an older officer, Lieutenant Ben Finney, but that friendship didn’t prevent Kirk from logging an incident in which Finney left a circuit to the vessel’s reactor core open, endangering the ship. The incident report caused Finney to be moved to the bottom of the promotions list, and resulted more than a decade of enmity from the older man.^[1] The Republic later resolved the threat of piracy by Orion raiders in the Volus Corridor, and deterred Klingon border incursions along the Neutral Zone.^[3]

References

• 1. “Court Martial.” Star Trek, Episode 14. Television. 2 February 1967.
• 2. “My Brother’s Keeper, Book One: Republic.” Star Trek. Novel #85. January 1999.
• 3. “Starships.” Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 4. Game. Decipher, Inc. 2003.