Chris Pine's Captain Kirk Held An Impressive Record, Then Star Trek Into Darkness Immediately Broke It

Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Into Darknessimmediately broke an impressive Starfleet record hold up by Captain James T. Kirk ( Chris Pine).Star Trek Into Darknesswas the follow - up to conductor J.J. Abrams’Star Trek(2009 ) reboot that recast the charactersfromStar Trek : The Original Seriesand set the young Starfleet grinder in an alternate timeline . Chris Pine ’s Kirk lived a different life history than William Shatner ’s Kirk , and he became Captain of the Enterprise years before Shatner ’s Kirk did inStar Trek ’s Prime timeline .

Star Trek ( 2009 ) endedwith James T. Kirk and Commander Spock ( Zachary Quinto ) leading the Starship Enterprise to get the better of Nero ( Eric Bana ) , a genocidal Romulan who fall from the twenty-fourth century . For his exemplary heroism , Kirk was promoted to Captain and given command of the USS Enterprise , salvage its injured former commandant , Captain Christopher Pike ( Bruce Greenwood ) . Kirk launch the Enterprise on a new deputation to search strange novel worlds , andStar Trek Into Darknesspicks up the tarradiddle one year subsequently , in 2259 .

Kirk Didn’t Lose Any Starship Enterprise Crew Until Star Trek Into Darkness

Not Even Redshirts Died Under Captain Kirk’s Watch

Star Trek Into Darknessbegan with Captain Kirk run a mission to Nibiru , where the Starship Enterprise prevent a volcanic eruption that would destroy the planet . Kirk ’s gambit nearly down Spock , and the Enterprise violatedStar Trek ’s Prime Directiveby exposing the starship to the primitive people of Nibiru . At Starfleet Command , Admiral Pike tore into Kirk , admonishing him for most getting his crew killed . Kirk replied,“Except I did n’t ! You know how many crew members I ’ve lost ? Not one ! Not one ! "

Star Trek Into Darkness ' chaotic termination negate the numerous issues that chivvy J.J. Abrams ' continuation , which rehashed Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan .

take Captain Kirk at his word - and Jim ’s jactitation could have easy been disproven - thenKirk had an warning record during his first yr as Captain of the Enterprise . Kirk did n’t even recede anyRedshirts betweenStar Trek(2009 ) andStar Trek Into Darkness . Tragically , Star Trek Into Darknessquickly blemished Kirk ’s spotless record . Numerous Enterprise crowd members died in the picture , some horrifically flung into infinite while the spaceship was in mid - warp and pursued by Admiral Alexander Marcus ' ( Peter Weller ) USS Vengeance .

Captain Kirk Also Died In Star Trek Into Darkness (But Was Quickly Resurrected)

The Enterprise’s Body Count Also Included Its Captain

Among the consistency counting ofStar Trek Into Darknesswas Captain James T. Kirk himself . Kirk sacrificed his lifespan by physically reactivate the Starship Enterprise ’s warp core , and he quickly succumb to radiation therapy poisoning . However , unlike the personnel office he lost , Kirk was rapidly resurrected . After Spock and Lt . Nyota Uhura ( Zoe Saldana ) captured Khan Noonien Singh ( Benedict Cumberbatch),Dr . Leonard McCoy ( Karl Urban ) used Khan ’s genetically engineered"super blood"to convey Kirk back to life .

For one shining class before Star Trek Into Darkness began , Captain Kirk kept his intact Enterprise gang alive .

Star Trek Into Darknessmarked the only time in aStar Trekmovie that Captain Kirk die while overtop the USS Enterprise , and was brought back to life history . In line , William Shatner ’s Captain Kirk died inStar Trek Generations , and he was never raise . InStar Trek Beyond , Captain Kirk lose more crew members to Krall ( Idris Elba ) and his Swarm on Altamid , and the Starship Enterprise was also destroy . But for one shining year beforeStar Trek Into Darknessbegan , Captain Kirk maintain his intact Enterprise crew animated .