 The character once controlled more than a quarter of the Earth during the Eugenics Wars of the 1990s . After being revived from suspended animation in 2267 by the crew of the Starship Enterprise , Khan attempts to capture the starship , but is thwarted by James T. Kirk and exiled on Ceti Alpha V to create a new society with his people . In Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , set fifteen years after " Space Seed " , Khan escapes his exile and sets out to exact revenge upon Kirk . 
