Star Trek: When Did First Contact With An Alien Civilization Occur?

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Ever since Gene Roddenberry dreamed up the wonderful (and sometimes wacky) world of Star Trek, the franchise has been through a fair amount, with various cancellations over the years, as well as various bad reviews and negative stereotypes cast upon fans. Thankfully, it seems like things are finally picking up again, with a multitude of new iterations into the universe, and seemingly many more on its way. The love for space is coming back, with many looking back up at the stars and wondering what life other than ours lives out there, and when humanity will finally make first contact.

If Star Trek is to be believed, this event will take place on the 5th of April 2063 in Montana. This was the first «official» (more on that later) contact that humans, or Terrans, had with an alien race, which just so happened to be the logic driven Vulcans. Audiences know a lot about this story, as it was the main focus of the aptly named 1996 film Star Trek: First Contact.

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The movie followed the events of the time-traveling crew of the iconic Enterprise D, lead by a surprisingly passionate Picard, as they met and subtly helped Zafram Cochrane achieve earth first faster-than-light space flight. The Vulcans, who at this point had their own, Federation-similar prime directive, saw this, and decided humans were finally ready to meet them. They met, shook hands, and there began an eons long friendship and comradeship between the humans and Vulcans. From this point onwards the Vulcans, no longer worried about upsetting the natural development of the civilization, shared a variety of technological goodies, including superior medical advantages that saved countless humans. This newfound