Star Trek Generations occurs in two periods Star Trekand The film's timeline of events can be confusing. Star Trek Generations was the debut feature film starring the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. To do Star Trek Generations an unmissable landmark, the film featured cast members from Star Trek: The Original Series and featured the historic team of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), culminating in Kirk's death.
Star Trek GenerationsThe plot device that allowed 23rd-century Captain Kirk to travel to the future and meet 24th-century Captain Picard was the Nexus, an intergalactic space ribbon where time has no meaning. The Nexus is a means to an end, and its abilities remain ill-defined. The energy ribbon's main purpose is to reunite Kirk and Picard, and the Nexus was never seen again afterward. Star Trek Generations. However, to resolve Star Trek Generations', it is best to start with two fixed dates: 2293, which is when the film's prologue takes place, and 2371, when Star Trek Generations'The main story happens.
Captain Kirk has traveled back in time 78 years thanks to Star Trek's Nexus of Generations
Star Trek Generations Connect the 23rd and 24th Centuries
Star Trek Generations begins in 2293 with the apparent appearance of Captain Kirk "death." Star Trek Generations is defined later in the same year as Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Kirk's USS Enterprise-A has been disabled and he takes part in the launch of the USS Enterprise-B, led by his new captain, John Harriman (Alan Ruck). The Enterprise-B's maiden flight becomes a rescue mission when two El-Aurian transport ships become trapped in the Nexus. Kirk is presumed killed in action when the Nexus strikes the Enterprise's hull.
When taken to the Nexus, Captain Kirk found himself recreating his home in Idaho. Kirk had just arrived when he was joined by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who entered the Nexus in 2371. Because the Nexus is a dimension where time and space have no meaning, Kirk and Picard's meeting takes place outside of linear time. But Picard convinces Kirk to go with him to 2371 to stop Dr. Tolian Soran (Malcolm McDowell) minutes before he destroys the Veridian star. Together, the two Enterprise captains defeat Soran, but Kirk is mortally wounded. Kirk's official death takes place in 2371.
Dr. Tolian Soran waited 78 years to return to the Nexus
When did Soran enter and leave the Nexus?
Tolian Soran had no qualms about destroying the entire Veridian star system to achieve his goal of returning to the Nexus, but when was he in space lane to begin with? Soran's fate is tied to Captain Kirk and the mission of the USS Enterprise-B in 2293. Soran was one of the El-Aurian refugees aboard the transport ship trapped by the Nexus. The quantum signatures of Soran and the other passengers fluctuated, according to the Enterprise's sensors. That's when Soran entered the Nexus and was removed from it just as quickly when the Enterprise transported 47 El-Aurian survivors aboard.
Star Trek Generations did not reveal how long Dr. Soran was in the Nexus, according to his calculations.
Star Trek Generations did not reveal how long Dr. Soran was in the Nexus, he said, although it was only a few moments for the crew of the Enterprise-B who were trying to save the El-Aurians. But Soran must have been in the Nexus long enough to be obsessed with returning. Soran spent the next 78 years plotting a way to alter the Nexus's course through space.determining Veridian III as his entry point in 2371. Soran is an El-Aurian, so he is extremely long-lived, but 78 years separated from the Nexus has left him desperate and genocidal.
Guinan was in the Nexus in the past and left an echo behind
Guinan and Soran were in the Nexus at the same time
Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) was aboard the same El-Aurian transport ship as Dr. Tolian Soran and was also rescued by the USS Enterprise-B. Guinan entered the Nexus at the same time as Dr. Soranbut she never explained to Captain Picard how long she lived in the Nexus from her memories, or what she experienced as her version of "happiness." However, Guinan left a "echo" of herself in the Nexus who helped guide Picard as Jean-Luc entered the other dimensional realm and experienced a family Christmas he would never have in real life.
The Nexus is so vaguely explained in Star Trek Generations that it is unclear whether everyone who enters the Nexus leaves a "echo" ago, or if Guinan was somehow special because of his El-Aurian abilities. If it is the latter, then Dr. Soran may have left his "echo" ago, as he is also El-Aurian. Without considering, the real Guinan is aboard the USS Enterprise-D in 2371 to advise Captain Picard, while her past self has been in and out of the Nexus in 2293. Unlike Dr. Tolan Soran, Guinan did not spend 78 years obsessing over how to return to the Nexus.