(covers information from several alternate timelines) This page
contains information regarding new Star Trek material, and thus
may contain spoilers. History and culture Edit The Gorn's first
contact with the Federation took place in 2267, when the Gorn
attacked a Federation colony on Cestus III. The Gorn saw the
strike as a preemptive move, since they regarded the Cestus
system as part of their territory. The USS Enterprise pursued a
Gorn starship from Cestus III into a previously unexplored
region of the galaxy, near 2466 PM. There, both starships were
immobilized by the Metrons, who transported James T. Kirk and
the Gorn captain to a planet's surface, where the two captains
were instructed to settle their differences in a "contest... of
ingenuity against ingenuity, brute strength against brute
strength." Although the Gorn captain was physically stronger
than Kirk, Kirk was able to construct a makeshift cannon out of
materials on the planet's surface and defeat the Gorn. When Kirk
showed mercy to his defeat