In the year 2285 Valkris had copied Admiral James T. Kirk's report on the Genesis Device to a data record. After she had transmitted the data to Commander Kruge, he had kept his copy on a data record. (TOS novelization: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock) In 2293, Kahnrah reviewed a data record of his ancestor, Commander Krell. (TOS comic: "The Order of Things")