See also: Kirk

James Tiberius Kirk is a character of the universe of fiction of Star Trek , and more particularly of the original series, interpreted by William Shatner.

Biography

James Tibérius Kirk is born with Riverside in the Iowa on Ground the March 22nd 2233. He is the most famous captain of the history of Starfleet, with the head in particular of the vessels Enterprise and Enterprise has .

In 2250, Kirk integrates the Académie of Starfleet and carries out its year of classes as a junior on the vessel Republic . In 2254, it obtains its diploma for the occupation of officer then is transferred on the Farragut on board of which it is useful during three years.

After nine years of exemplary services, it is promoted captain into 2263, young person of the history of Starfleet, and succeeds the captain Christopher Pike with the head of USS Enterprise for five years of missions, from 2264 to 2269, which build its legend.

Captain of USS Enterprise NCC 1701 , Kirk is the example even of the explorer and the righter of wrongs adventurer. It is always ready to carry help to the people which it meets, with the contempt sometimes - even often of the Directive First, the first rule of Starfleet which obliges its members not to interfere into the businesses of the people nonaffiliated to the Fédération of plain planets.

Like any adventurer, it is always ready to brawl, functions more with the instinct than by logic, and is famous for its taste for the women, than they are human or not. Charmer and full with humor, it makes very many conquests throughout his adventures. One learns besides that fruit of its loves with Doctor Carol Marcus gave rise to a son David, born into 2261.

If he is seldom wary of the women, he does not grant his confidence to the computers, especially those which control a population! He manages however to get rid of his “computer-dictators” with their own weapons: data-processing programming and logic. On board the Enterprise , Kirk has two faithful friends, Mister Spock and Doctor McCoy, which often calls it “Jim”.

It is high with the row of Admiral into 2270, which implies not to be more on mission with the orders of a vessel, but, in front of the threat which the Entité V' Ger represents, it finds, in violation of all the payments, the orders of the Enterprise , drawing aside thereafter the captain Will Decker whom it had recommended for his replacement. It thus tackles new a five years mission.

Reinstalled in its functions of admiral, he teaches with the Academy of Starfleet, and this until 2285 when the reappearance of Khan Noonien Singh forces it to take again active service, mission during which he loses Spock, his/her friend and second. He seizes the Enterprise then, intended to be disarmed, bound for Genesis where the body of Spock is which he thus makes it possible to find the life.

Retrogressed following this act of insubordination, it thus finds the rank of captain what authorizes it, in 2286, to take the reins of a vessel, the Enterprise-A .

After having allowed the concretization of the Agreements of Khitomer, it will leave in retirement one second time then will be invited, into 2293, with the ceremony of launching of the Enterprise-B , event during which one attends his disappearance. It is, in fact, grabbed by the Nexus, a temporal anomaly, where it meets the captain Picard and reappears in the world during year 2371 then disappears definitively by helping its successor to save the inhabitants of the Système Véridien.

James T. Kirk is buried on Véridian III.

Kirk has a brother, George Samuel Kirk which lives with his wife and her three sons on the planet Deneva. “Sam” dies into 2267.

See too

External bonds

• Biography of James T. Kirk on the official site of Star Trek
• Card of the character on Memory Alpha