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The two-parter “In a Mirror, Darkly,” which takes place in Star Trek’s Mirror Universe, opens with the First Contact scene of the first Human/Vulcan meeting. It unfolds almost exactly as it does in the film, until Cochrane — instead of shaking the alien‘s hand — marks First Contact Day by shooting and killing the alien. The nearby ...
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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")
•First Contact Day at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
This was the day of First Contact with the Vulcans, who landed in Boseman, Montana after Zephram Cochrane (James Cromwell) became the first human to achieve warp flight.
Apr 25, 2024 · The Mirror Universe version of the U.S.S. Enterprise was last seen in the Original Series episode “Mirror, Mirror,” albeit this wasn’t the Strange New Worlds version of the ship. Likewise ...
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Jan 15, 2018 · The first contact between humans and Vulcans happened differently in the mirror universe. "In a Mirror, Darkly" used footage from Star Trek: First Contact to show this.
Apr 5, 2020 · StarTrek.com. (At least his Prime-Universe version. His Mirror Universe counterpart had the opposite reaction. Mirror-Cochrane didn’t let first contact with the Vulcans change him, and instead murdered them on sight.) Fast forward 322 years to another First Contact Day. This one was quite different.
