Citatet från filmen är
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.
Vilka binder upp mycket snyggt med vad vi vet om Khan från den ursprungliga serien episoden Space Seed .
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.
Självklart är huvudskillnaden i tidslinjerna att i den ursprungliga serien var Kirk och hans besättning de första som upptäckte Botany Bay medan i Abramverse tidslinjen upptäcktes hans skepp ungefär tio år tidigare till följd av avsnitt 31: s "aggressiva sök "efter teknik som kan användas för att försvara jorden.