The Mirror Universe is one of the Star Trek'very interesting concepts with their own rich and fascinating history. Presented to Star Trek: The Original Series season 2, the Mirror Universe has been used sparingly to make each appearance an event. I another reality where almost all loved ones Star Trek the character is the opposite of who they are Star Trek's Prime Universe includes five TV series: TOS, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Discovery, again Star Trek: The Prodigy. The Mirror Universe is also very different from JJ Abrams' Kelvin timeline Star Trek movies, diverging from the main timeline somewhere in the 23rd century.
History of Star TrekThe Mirror Universe of Mirrors continues to be confusing. Only after the 23rd century Star Trek: TOS episode, “Mirror, Mirror,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine took the story of the Mirror Universe into the 24th century. Star Trek: The Enterprise then he went back 200 years with a pre-22nd century tale. Star Trek: Discovery season 1 returned to the Mirror Universe in the 23rd century, a decade earlier TOS, before it jumped to the 32nd century and filled in some details of what became the Mirror Universe 800 years ago. Finally, Star Trek: The Prodigy season 2 reviewed the status of the Mirror Universe in the background DS9. For the sake of clarity, here's what happened in the Mirror Universe in chronological order from before the First Contact with the Vulcans to what is known of another fact in the 32nd century.
How Star Trek's Mirror Universe Differs from the Prime Universe
It's not exactly a mirror.
Star TrekThe Mirror Universe is compatible with the Prime Universe because both realities exist in the same universe but on different dimensional planes. The differences between the people from the Prime and Mirror Universes are primarily cultural, with their Mirror counterparts tending toward pain and prejudice. However, there is also at least one distinct physical difference between the two universes: In Star Trek: Discovery season 1, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) noted that “the cosmos has lost its brilliance” in another reality. Burnham didn't just mean figuratively; the Mirror version of Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs) required eye drops due to his photosensitivity to light in the Prime Universe.
The Federation and the Terran Empire are aware of each other's existence.
In Star Trek's Mirror Universe, instead of the United Federation of Planets, humanity formed the Terran Empire and successfully conquered the Alpha Quadrant in the 22nd and 23rd centuries. The Federation and the Terran Empire are aware of each other's existence but suppress this information to prevent further conflicts. The Mirror Universe's Terran Empire was ruled by an Emperor. While Federation starships are designated USS, in the Mirror Universe, Terran ships bear the designation ISS (Imperial Starship). However, the Terran Empire fell in the 24th century and was conquered by its enemies, the Klingons and Cardassians, who formed an alliance with other worlds such as Bajor.
How the Mirror Universe's Terran Empire Rised
The First Contact of the Mirror Universe was very different
In the Mirror Universe's Earth, history unfolds in much the same way as here Star Trek's Prime Universe, outside the human race accepted war and fascism as a way to solve problems. The history of Mirror Earth involved nations going to war, with the strong defeating the weak, until the important date of April 5, 2063. This was the date of First Contact with the Vulcans, who arrived in Boseman, Montana after Zephram Cochrane (James Cromwell) became human. the first to achieve warp flight.
Cochrane immediately killed the Vulcan guest with a gun.
However, instead of a peaceful meeting like it happened in the Prime Universe, the fans saw it Star Trek: First Contactin the Mirror Universe, Cochrane immediately killed a Vulcan guest with a gun, believing this to be the first step in an alien invasion of Earth. (Cochrane's gun later became Mirror Jonathan Archer's.) Cochrane's men then raided the starship and killed the other Vulcans aboard. With Vulcan technology, the human race took over the stars, establishing the Terran Empire during the next century. The Terrans conquered and enslaved many other races in the Alpha Quadrant, and the alien-led empire lasted for nearly 300 years.
Star Trek's 22nd Century Mirror Universe
As seen in Star Trek: Enterprise season 4
Star Trek: The EnterpriseThe book “In A Mirror, Darkly” revealed that in 2155, Commander Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) rebelled against his Captain, Maximillian Forrest (Vaughn Armstrong), and took control of the Terran empire, the ISS Enterprise. Archer's plan involved taking the Enterprise to Tholian territory to find USS Defiant (NCC-1764)a Constitutional Class star that time traveled from the 23rd century Prime Universe to the 22nd century Mirror Universe Star Trek: The Original Series episode “The Tholian Web.”
With the Terran Empire in danger of losing the war against its many enemies, Archer's wish was to use the super-powerful USS Defiant from another reality to stage a coup d'état where he would become the new Terran Emperor. The Enterprise (along with Captain Forrest) was destroyed by the Tholians, but Archer succeeded in taking control of the Defiant. However, Archer was betrayed and killed by his wife, Hoshi Sato (Linda Park). Sato then took command of the Defiant and completed Archer's overthrow, declaring herself Empress.
Star Trek's 23rd Century Mirror Universe
As seen in Star Trek: Discovery Seasons 1 and 3
After 100 years Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs) revealed himself to be a Terran from the Mirror Universe. Lorca used the USS Discovery's spore displacement hub drive to return to the alternate reality. However, he wanted Michael Burnham to help him on stage the overthrow of the Teran king Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh). Burnham and the crew of the USS Discovery disguise themselves as Mirror Universe counterparts to survive being trapped in the same space.
In 2257, the Terran Empire was the dominant power in the Alpha Quadrant and, under Georgiou's rule, the humans defeated the Klingons, although a group of alien races formed an alliance against the Terrans. Georgiou also knew about the Prime Universe and the Federation because he had access to the data files of the USS Defiant. But Georgiou's biggest threat was Lorca, who almost succeeded in his coup. At the end of the Star Trek: DiscoveryA four-part saga in the Mirror Universe, Lorca was killed and Georgiou's reign ended, but Michael Burnham brought the evil doppelgänger of his late Captain Georgiou back with him to the Prime Universe.
Starfleet has identified a chimeric strain at the subatomic level in a Terran stem cell, which explains the Terran's propensity for violence.
After the discovery of the USS has moved to the 32nd century Georgiou is personally interviewed by Doctor Kovich (David Cronenberg). During their meeting, Kovich updated Georgiou, who knew nothing about the events seen Star Trek Deep Space Ninein the case of the Mirror Universe. Kovich pointed that out i the distance between the Mirror Universe and the Prime Universe has been growing for centurieswhich has prevented crossovers. In fact, no one had jumped to this reality for 500 years. Kovich also informs Georgiou that Starfleet has identified a chimeric species at the subatomic level in the Terran stem cell, which explains the Terran's propensity for violence.
With Emperor Georgiou dies from crossing both time and realitythe Guardian of Forever (Paul Guilfoyle) tested his fitness. Georgiou returned to the Mirror Universe in the 23rd century, where he realized that he had changed since his time with the compassionate Michael Burnham Star Trek's Prime Universe. The Guardian of Forever was satisfied with Georgiou's new vision and returned the Emperor to a time when the Prime and Mirror Universes had not been permanently separated. Georgious' story will continue Star Trek: Episode 31.
Star Trek's Mirror Universe in the 23rd Century
As seen in Star Trek: The Original Series Season 2 and Star Trek: Discovery Season 5
Star Trek: The Original Series “Mirror, Mirror” season 2 was the first appearance of the Mirror Universe that started it all. Chronologically set a decade after that Star Trek: Discovery season 1, a transporter accident transformed Captain James T. Kirk of the Prime Universe (William Shatner) and his three officers and colleagues from the Mirror Universe. While the USS Enterprise's Spock (Leonard Nimoy) quickly arrests the evil duplicates of his crew, on the ISS Enterprise., Kirk had to navigate the dangerous political waters of the Terran Empire, there Killing your superiors and your rivals is the key to development and power.
Kirk challenged Mirror Spock to do what he could to change the fate of the Terran Empire.
As Kirk understood the vast differences between the two universes, he realized that the Goat-raised Mirror Spock was as skeptical about the longevity of a fascist empire as the Terran Empire, which Vulcan reckoned was the longevity of a fascist empire. it will completely collapse within 240 years. Before returning to his rightful place, Kirk challenged Mirror Spock to do everything he could to change the fate of the Terran Empire.
In the larger context of the entire history of the Mirror Universe, Star Trek: Discovery season 2 revealed that i The Prime Universe's Spock already knew what the Mirror Universe was it was because of Michael Burnham's adopted sister's experience and meeting with Governor Georgiou. As part of his lifelong pact to never reveal the truth about Burnham or the USS Discovery, Spock's quick and decisive actions when meeting Mirror Kirk are revisited as the Vulcan knew exactly where this evil version of his Captain came from.
Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5, “Mirrors,” picks up Mirror Spock's story when Captain Michael Burnham and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) find the defunct ISS Enterprise in interstellar space and explore it in the 32nd century. Book and Burnham learned that Mirror Spock's attempts to change the Terran Empire have failedand Vulcan was killed. A group of refugees inspired by Mirror Saru (Doug Jones) hijack the ISS Enterprise in an attempt to escape to the Prime Universe. Although the Enterprise was left abandoned, the Mirror refugees reached reality and started new lives.
Star Trek's Mirror Universe in the 24th Century
As seen in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine continued the story of the Mirror Universe in the 24th century with five episodes across its seven seasons. DS9The first episode of Mirror Universe, “Crossover,” revealed that The Terran Empire was defeated by the Klingon and Cardassian Alliance. After Mirror Spock's takeover and a failed peace bid, the vulnerable Terrans are defeated by their unknown enemies. Terrans became slaves in the 24th century, fighting the Klingon and Cardassian rebellions. Ironically, Spock's legacy was the reunification of Vulcans and Romulans Star TrekIn the Prime Universe, Mirror Spock's attempt to become an aristocracy resulted in the demise of the mighty Terran Empire.
“Smiley,” Mirror Miles O'Brien, appeared as a central character DS9The story of the Mirror Universe.
DS9The Mirror Universe saga was powerful, with characters that fall into both universesand the action revolved around the Deep Space Nine space station, known as Terok Nor in the Mirror Universe. In “Through the Looking Glass,” Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) had to briefly replace his dead colleague, who was the leader of the Terran resistance in the Mirror Universe. Meanwhile, “Smiley,” the Mirror Miles O'Brien, appeared as a central character DS9The story of the Mirror Universe; Not only did Smiley recruit Prime Sisko, but he also stole the plans for the USS Defiant from Deep Space Nine so that the Terran rebels could have their own battleship.
Word of the Mirror Universe eventually reached the Ferengi Alliance and Grand Nagus Zek (Wallace Shawn) defected to the Mirror Universe to open business opportunities. The Terrans' greatest enemy was the Regent of the Klingon and Cardassian Alliance, revealed to be Worf (Michael Dorn). The Regent was eventually overthrown by rebels e DS9The final installment of the Mirror Universe, “The Emperor's New Cloak.” DS9's The story of the Mirror Universe is left with the Terran rebels still fighting to bring down the Klingon and Cardassian Alliance.
Star Trek: The Prodigy season 2, episode 14, “Cracked Mirror,” is now available the most famous point of the Mirror Universe saga. “Cracked Mirror” revealed that in the background Star Trek: Deep Space Ninethe Terran Empire rose again in the late 24th century. Using their old ways and creating a new Terran Armada, humans once again began to conquer the galaxy. Briefly crossing over to the Mirror Universe, Captain Chakotay (Robert Beltran) and a small crew of the USS Protostar find themselves aboard the ISS Voyager-A and become prisoners of a Mirror version of Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Captain Chakotay. After Mirror Janeway teams up with the Protostar heroes to fend off the threat that is consuming the Loom timeline, what's next? Star Trek's Mirror Universe remains to be seen.