 Based on the official Star Trek Chronology, the series begins 10  years prior to the founding of the United Federation of Planets and  90 years after the events of _Star Trek: First Contact (1996)_ (qv).  Episode one takes place approximately 115 years prior to the start  of _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv) and 213 years before  _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)_ (qv).