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Nov 12, 2011 · This is the start in the Star Trek Alternate Universe episode "In a Mirror Darkly"
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Jan 10, 2018 · In 2004, Enterprise re-created the Mirror Universe events of human's first contact with aliens, consisting mostly of footage from Star Trek: First Contact. ...
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Mar 28, 2022 · A brief history of the Mirror Universe, which shared a special connection to the Prime Universe, containing the United Federation of Planets. Based in the Universe of Star Trek, created by Gene ...
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First Contact Day was a holiday celebrated to honor both the warp 1 flight of the Phoenix and first open contact between Humans and Vulcans on April 5th, 2063 in Bozeman, Montana. (Star Trek: First Contact)
(ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly"; DIS: "Die Trying")
When Captain Kathryn Janeway was a child, the holiday was just considered a day off from school. Later, at least some schools such as WSA continued to operate on First Contact Day. (VOY: "Homestead"; ST: "Children of Mars")
Naomi Wildman and Neelix planned the 315th observation of the event aboard the USS Voyager. The festivities included Zefram Cochrane's favorite food, cheese pierogies, and rock and roll music on Tom Paris' jukebox. At Neelix's insistence, Tuvok gave the Vulcan salute while reciting the greeting given by the Vulcans during first contact: "Live long and prosper." He did not see the point of it, but everyone in attendance applauded. (VOY: "Homestead")
During a battle in 2380, Commander Jack Ransom noted the USS Cerritos was being "carved up like a First Contact Day salmon." (LD: "No Small Parts")
On this day in 2385, the planet Mars was attacked by rogue synths. 92,143 people died in the attack. (ST: "Children of Mars"; PIC: "Remembrance", "Maps and Legends")
Background information
•Star Trek: First Contact co-writer Ronald D. Moore chose the date for first contact in honor of his son, Jonathan, whose birthday is April 5th. (Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 273); (AOL chat, 1997)) •First Contact Day was also cited in the first draft of the script for ENT: "Fusion" (which had the working title "Equilibrium"). In that script, Trip Tucker told Fraht about this holiday, commenting about it, "'That's kind of dull... just an excuse for kids to get the day off from school." •First Contact Day has become adopted by the Star Trek franchise in the real world as a date to publicly celebrate Star Trek in the broadest sense as an elaborate annual public relations event, and uses the occasion to announce new releases for that year – those of merchandise in particular. The event was instituted in 2021, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns as a kind of a "pick-me-up" (the first event therefore conducted virtually by remote digital means), ànd to celebrate the 25th anniversary of First Contact, the film in which the date was established.
Further Reading
•"First Contact Day: Shaping a Legacy", Joe Fordham, Star Trek: First Contact - The Making of the Classic Film, pp. 140-159
External link
•First Contact Day at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
This week Star Trek fans all over the globe will be celebrating First Contact Day. In case you’re unfamiliar with the holiday, First Contact Day marks Earth’s first official in-universe contact with aliens as depicted in 1996’s Star Trek: First Contact. Much like Star Wars ‘ May the 4th, First Contact Day sees Trek fans singing the franchise’s praises online, while Paramount often ...
Apr 5, 2023 · See the Star Trek movie that launched First Contact Day in this Blu-ray edition of Star Trek: First Contact from 1996.
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Dec 5, 2020 · On the Mirror Universe's Earth, history unfolded in a mostly identical fashion as in the Prime Universe, except the human race embraced war and fascism as a means to solve problems. Mirror Earth's history involved nations going to war, with the strong overcoming the weak, until the pivotal date of April 5, 2063. This was the day of First Contact with the Vulcans, who landed in Boseman, Montana ...
