Questions tagged [star-trek-first-contact]
The eighth film set in the Star Trek universe, and the second to feature the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation". The plot of "First Contact" features the Borg travelling into the past to disrupt Earth's first contact with an alien species, and the Enterprise travelling back to stop them. Use this tag with the [star-trek] tag.
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Why did Geordi have his visor replaced with ocular implants between Generations and First Contact?
In First Contact, Geordi is not wearing his VISOR and instead has ocular implants. In the previous movie, Generations, Geordi still has his VISOR for the whole movie. Why did he change?
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In Star Trek: First Contact, why didn't the Borg go back in time before they entered into Federation space? [duplicate]
In Star Trek: First Contact (1996), during the battle with Starfleet which takes place very near to Earth, a Borg Sphere comes out of the damaged Borg Cube and then it uses time travel to go back in ...
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How can First Contact happen in 2024?
In the currently running season 2 of Star Trek: Picard,
doesn’t that make First Contact year 2024 instead of 2063? Did Star Trek: Picard break the canon?
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How does the borg queen keep coming back to life? [duplicate]
How does the borg queen keep coming back to life? She is killed but always reappears later.
When Picard asks her about this, she says Picard is thinking so 3-dimensionally.
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Why was Seven of Nine upset at Borg drones being ejected into space, when they can survive in a vacuum?
In Star Trek Picard season one Borg drones are ejected into space. Seven of Nine seems upset at this. But what's the big deal, as Star Trek First Contact has shown that Borg drones can survive in ...
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How far away from Earth did the Phoenix travel for its first warp flight?
At this point, Zefram Cochrane turned the ship around, and commented just how small Earth looked
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Why was the year 2063 chosen for First Contact?
Was the year 2063 chosen for 'First Contact' because it was previously cited in an earlier TOS or TNG (or even book or production materials) either directly or tangentially (ie: '200 years prior to ...
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When was the first mention of 2053 as the end of the Third World War within the Star Trek franchise?
In any medium whatsoever — novels, interviews, movies, television episodes, etc. — what is the first mention of 2053 as the end of the Third World War?
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what is the first mention of 2063 as year of First Contact?
In any medium whatsoever - novels, interviews, television episodes, movies, etc - what is the earliest mention of 2063 as year of First Contact?
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Why did Data say Picard would be "an excellent drone" in Star Trek: First Contact?
I don't understand why Data said Picard will be "an excellent drone" in Star Trek: First Contact.
Picard has already been assimilated, all his knowledge already absorbed by the collective, ...
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If the Phoenix had been destroyed, would the Enterprise have immediately disappeared? [closed]
In the movie Star Trek: First Contact, the Borg Queen orders Data to destroy Zefram Cochrane's ship The Phoenix and Data then fires three photon torpedoes at it which end up missing it. If Data would ...
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How did Cochrane obtain dilithium for the first warp flight?
In the Star Trek Illustrated Handbook (based on The Official Star Trek Fact Files 1997 - 2002) I read:
Following the model established by Zefram Cochrane, Federation vessels' warp engines accomplish ...
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What did Picard not regret saying to Worf in Star Trek: First Contact?
In Star Trek: First Contact, Picard and Worf have an argument leading to Picard calling Worf a coward. After he comes to his senses, he says:
Picard: Mr Worf, I regret some of the things I said...
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Was First Contact Day with First Warp a coincidence? [closed]
The Vulcan survey ship was passing by Earth on April 5, 2063 and detected a warp signature from Earth.
But, there were also two warp signatures from Earth on April 4: The Enterprise E and a Borg ...
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How did Picard's away team transport so far in First Contact and not be detected by the Vulcans?
The Enterprise E transporter has a range of 40,000 km, yet Picard's team beamed up at least 360,000 km from Earth to Enterprise hiding near the moon, and the Vulcan sensors never detected the ...
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