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Kirby. (Andrew Kavovit). Federation medical orderly. Kirby 2267. Kirk's nephew, Peter Kirk survived. ( ‘Operation—Annihilate! worked at an emergency underground field hospital on Ajilon [TOS]). Sam Kirk had two other sons who were not on Deneva at the Prime during the Klingon invasion of 2373. (“Nor the Battle to the time of the tragedy. (“What Are Little Girls Made Of? [TOS)). Strong" [DS9)). Kirk at the academy: During his academy days, Kirk was tormented by an upperclassman named Finnegan, who frequently Kiri-kin-tha's First Law of Metaphysics. “Nothing unreal chose Kirk as a target for practical jokes. Kirk found a measure of exists.” Spock quoted Kiri-kin-tha during a memory test in 2286 satisfaction years later, in 2267, when he had a chance to wallop (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home) a replica of Finnegan created on the amusement park planet in the Omicron Delta region. (“Shore Leave" [TOS)). Kirk served as Kirk, Aurelan. (Joan Swift). Colonist on planet Deneva who was an instructor at the academy, and Gary Mitchell was one of his killed by the Denevan neural parasites in 2267. Aurelan was students. The two were good friends, and once Mitchell took a wife of George Samuel Kirk and mother to Peter Kirk poisonous dart on Dimorus meant for Kirk, saving Kirk's life (“Operation—Annihilate!” [TOS]) Mitchell set Kirk up with a “little blond lab technician” whom Kirk almost married. (“Where No Man Has Gone Before" [TOS]) Kirk, George Samuel. (William Shatner). Research biologist and Another of Kirk's friends from his academy days was Ben Finney, older brother to James T. Kirk. Sam had been working on a pro- who named his daughter, Jamie, after Kirk, A rift developed ject at planet Deneva, where he lived with his wife and three sons. between Finney and Kirk around 2250 when the two were serving Sam was killed by the Denevan neural parasites in 2267. Samuel together on the U.S.S. Republic. Kirk logged a mistake that Kirk had been living on Deneva with his wife Aurelan and son Peter ~~ Finney had made, and Finney blamed Kirk for his subsequent failwhen the parasites infested the planet's population. (“Operation— ure to earn command of a star ship. Kirk's service aboard the Annihilate!” [TOS]). Sam had seen his younger brother—the only Republic was apparently while he was still attending the acadeone who called him Sam—off on his first mission aboard the my, since he was an ensign on the Republic, but he was a lieuEnterprise. (“What Are Little Girls Made Of?" [TOS]). Sam was tenant on the Farragut, which was described as his first posting established in “What Are Little Girls Made Of?" (TOS) to have had after the academy. (“Court Martial” [TOS]). One of Kirk's heroes at three sons, one of whom, Peter, was seen in “Operation— the academy was the legendary Captain Garth of lzar, whose Annihilate!” (TOS). We don’t know anything about Peter's two exploits are required reading. Years later, Kirk helped save his brothers, although they presumably were not at the Deneva colony hero when Garth had become criminally insane and was being at the time Sam and Aurelan were killed. Sam was only seen briefly treated at the Elba Il penal colony. (“Whom Gods Destroy” as an already-dead body, “played” by William Shatner. [TOS)). Another of Kirk's personal heroes was Abraham Lincoln 16th president of the United States of America on Earth. (“The = Kirk, James T. (mirror). (William Shatner) Savage Curtain” [TOS]). At the academy, James Kirk earned ro Captain of the I.S.S. Enterprise in the something of a reputation for himself as having been the only mirror universe; assumed command of cadet ever to have beaten the “no-win Kobayashi Maru sceI.S.S. Enterprise through assassination nario. He did it by secretly reprogramming the simulation com: of Captain Christopher Pike. Kirk's first puter to make it possible to win, earning a commendation for > ha Jj action for the empire was to suppress a original thinking in the process. (Star Trek li: The Wrath of Khan) o Gorlan uprising by destroying a rebel Eady days in Starfleet; Kirk's first ~ home planet. His second action was the assignment after graduating from the ' - execution of 5,000 colonists on Vega IX. academy was aboard the U.S.S. Rd The mirror Kirk was transposed into our ~~ Farragut. (“Obsession” [TOS]). One of . 24 - . universe in 2267 when an ion storm his first missions as a young lieu& WE caused a brief bridge between the two tenant was to command a survey - existences. It was believed that Spock (mirror) would overthrow mission to Tyree's planet in 2254. (“A Kirk as commander of the Enterprise, thereby opening the way to Private Little War" [TOS]. This incident k breaking the mirror empire's pattern of repressive barbarism presumably took place while Kirk was (“Mirror, Mirror” [TOS]) assigned to the Farragut. While serv- "ws ing aboard the Farragut in 2257, 4 ™, Kirk, James T. Lieutenant Kirk blamed himself for the (William Shatner). deaths of 200 Farragut personnel y James Tiberius including Captain Garrovick, by the dikironium cloud creature at Kirk was the planet Tycho IV. Kirk felt he could have acted faster in firing on the commander of creature, but learned years later that nothing could have prevented the original Star- " the deaths. (“Obsession” [TOS]). Sometime in the past Kirk almost ship Enterprise died from Vegan choriomeningitis. (“The Mark of Gideon" [TOS]). during its his- . Aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise: Kirk's greatest renown came toric five-year from his command of a historic five-year mission of the original mission of So Starship Enterprise from 2264 to 2269 that made him a legend in exploration in space exploration. (Star Trek Generations). By 2267, Kirk had 2264-2269 “ earned an impressive list of commendations from Starfleet (“Where No Man r including the Palm Leaf of Axanar Peace Mission, the Grankite Has Gone Be- Order of Tactics (Class of Excellence), and the Preantares Ribbon fore" [TOS]). His of Commendation (Classes First and Second). Kirk's awards for Starfleet serial valor included the Medal of Honor, the Silver Palm with Cluster, number was SC the Starfleet Citation for Conspicuous Gallantry, and the Kragite 937-0176 CEC 3 Order of Heroism. (“Court Martial" [TOS]). In 2267, Kirk became (“Court Martial" [TOS)]) the first starship captain ever to stand tnal when he was accused Childhood and family: Kirk was born in 2233 (“The Deadly of causing the death of Ben Finney. Kirk's trial, held at Starbase Years" [TOS]) in lowa on planet Earth (Star Trek IV: The Voyage 11, proved Kirk innocent of wrongdoing, and he was exonerated Home). In 2246, Kirk—at age 13—was one of nine surviving eyewit- (“Court Martial” [TOS]). SEE: Shaw, Areel. During that original nesses to the massacre of some 4,000 colonists at planet Tarsus IV five-year mission, Kirk recorded a tape of last orders to be played by Kodos the Executioner. (“The Conscience of the King" [TOS]. by Commander Spock and Chief Medical Officer McCoy upon James Kirk lost his older brother, George Samuel Kirk (whom only his death. While trapped in a spatial interphase near Tholian James called Sam), and sister-in-law, Aurelan Kirk, on planet space, Kirk vanished with the U.S.S. Defiant and was declared Deneva due to the invasion of the Denevan neural parasites in dead. His last orders conveyed the hope that his two friends