A citação do filme é
Khan: A remnant of a time long past. Genetically engineered to be superior so as to lead others to peace in a world at war. But we were condemned as criminals, forced into exile. For centuries we slept, hoping when we awoke things would be different. But as a result of the destruction of Vulcan, your Starfleet began to aggressively search distant quadrants of space. My ship was found adrift. I alone was revived.
Que combina muito bem com o que sabemos de Khan do episódio original da série Semente Espacial .
Obviamente, a principal diferença nos cronogramas é que, na série original, Kirk e sua equipe foram os primeiros a descobrir a Botany Bay, enquanto na linha do tempo de Abramverse seu navio foi descoberto cerca de dez anos antes, como resultado da seção 31 pesquisa "por tecnologias que poderiam ser usadas para defender a Terra.SPOCK: There is that possibility, Captain. His age would be correct. In 1993, a group of these young supermen did seize power simultaneously in over forty nations.
KIRK: Well, they were hardly supermen. They were aggressive, arrogant. They began to battle among themselves.
SPOCK: Because the scientists overlooked one fact. Superior ability breeds superior ambition.
KIRK: Interesting, if true. They created a group of Alexanders, Napoleons.
SPOCK: I have collected some names and made some counts. By my estimate, there were some eighty or ninety of these young supermen unaccounted for when they were finally defeated.