Let's begin with the JJ-verse.
It's Muppet Babies. Kirk, Spock, Uhra, Sulu, Chekov, and even McCoy are going through the academy at the same time and this doesn't really work. Senior officers are senior in age. On the show, Bones, Scotty, and Spock were the oldest men on the ship. McCoy was six years older than Kirk. Spock was 3 years older than Kirk. Scotty was 11 years older than Kirk. Kirk was supposed to be 32 when he first took command of the ship (Shatner was 35 when he took the role). Even so, he was older than other familiar faces. Per StarTrek.com, Sulu was 4 years younger than Kirk, Uhura was six years younger than Kirk, and Chekov was 12 years younger.
Star Trek Strange New Worlds has us outside of the Academy, but has Uhura and Chapel on the Enterprise before Kirk or McCoy. This works for the girl-power emphasis of the show, but it also carries an uncomfortable implication for the future--these women apparently failed to launch. Why is Uhura, who is demonstrated to be a genius regularly saving the ship, still stuck working the switchboard for all those extra years when Kirk takes Command? Chapel, at least, has the excuse of getting side-tracked by Roger Korby before she returns to the ship. Uhura, on the other hand, appears to have no career ambitions at all or is a victim of the systemic racism of Starfleet.
The small-world syndrome of Trek results in oddities like our characters being closer in age than they should be and raises questions about why, given their initial positions, they were frozen in place in their ranks.
It's Muppet Babies. Kirk, Spock, Uhra, Sulu, Chekov, and even McCoy are going through the academy at the same time and this doesn't really work. Senior officers are senior in age. On the show, Bones, Scotty, and Spock were the oldest men on the ship. McCoy was six years older than Kirk. Spock was 3 years older than Kirk. Scotty was 11 years older than Kirk. Kirk was supposed to be 32 when he first took command of the ship (Shatner was 35 when he took the role). Even so, he was older than other familiar faces. Per StarTrek.com, Sulu was 4 years younger than Kirk, Uhura was six years younger than Kirk, and Chekov was 12 years younger.
Star Trek Strange New Worlds has us outside of the Academy, but has Uhura and Chapel on the Enterprise before Kirk or McCoy. This works for the girl-power emphasis of the show, but it also carries an uncomfortable implication for the future--these women apparently failed to launch. Why is Uhura, who is demonstrated to be a genius regularly saving the ship, still stuck working the switchboard for all those extra years when Kirk takes Command? Chapel, at least, has the excuse of getting side-tracked by Roger Korby before she returns to the ship. Uhura, on the other hand, appears to have no career ambitions at all or is a victim of the systemic racism of Starfleet.
The small-world syndrome of Trek results in oddities like our characters being closer in age than they should be and raises questions about why, given their initial positions, they were frozen in place in their ranks.