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reputed to have been filled with many jeweled artifacts, symbols of ancient Cardassian glory. (“Chain of Command, Part II" [TNG])

First Meal. Celebration on planet Meridian, commemorating the Mer- rr. 4 idian inhabitants’ brief return to cor- - 78 + poreal form every 60 years. In 2371, In _ , Commander Benjamin Sisko and J Lx 3 : > EJ the crew from the Starship Defiant § * > ’ “ Bl shared First Meal with the Meridians bd -— ’ (“Meridian" [DS9)).

First One. On planet Ligon II, title given to a spouse, male or female. Ligonian culture permits polygamous relationships, and a second spouse was called a “Second One.” (“Code of Honor [TNG)). SEE: Lutan,

" First Republic. Ancient Bajoran government. An old library on Bajor containing manuscripts that dated from before the fall of First City. Seat of government for the Klingon Empire. Located the First Republic was reopened in 2371. (“Explorers” [DS9)). It on the Klingon Homeworld, site of the Great Hall. Worf and was not clear if the B0O-year-old plans for Sisko's Bajoran solarPicard visited the First City in 2366 to defend Worf's late father sail vessel were an artifact of the First Republic. It is possible that against charges brought by council member Duras. (“Sins of the the First Republic was very much older, since Ensign Ro" (TNG) Father" [TNG]). Worf returned to the First City a year later to sup implies that Bajoran civilization flourished some 25 millennia ago, port the Gowron regime during the Klingon civil war. and “Rapture” (DS9) establishes that B'hala city disappeared ("Redemption, Parts | and II" [TNG]). The skyline of the First City some 20 millennia ago. was a matte painting created by lllusion Arts. First Rule of Acquisition. SEE: Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. “First Contact.” Next Generation episode #89. Teleplay by Dennis Russell Bailey & David Bischoff and Joe Menosky & first contact. Sociological term Ronald D. Moore and Michael Piller. Story by Marc Scott Zicree. for a civilization's initial meeting Directed by Cliff Bole. No stardate given in episode. First aired in ~~ with extraterrestrial life, often Y - 1991. Riker is captured by the paranoid inhabitants of a techno- referring to first contact with rep- [il y Federation. Not to be confused with the feature film Star Trek: eration of Planets. First contact \ £'} logically emerging planet, jeopardizing future relations with the resentatives of the United Fed- 7 BT First Contact. GUEST CAST: George Coe as Durken, Chancellor is perhaps the most risky and ' { Avel; Carolyn Seymour as Yale, Mirasta; George Hearn as Berel; unpredictable of all of Starfleet's [| af Michael Ensign as Krola; Steven Anderson as Nilrem; Sachi missions, because of the enor- i NN Parker as Tava; Bebe Neuwirth as Lanel. SEE: Berel; Durken, mous risk of sociological impact for the civilization being contacted Chancellor Avel; first contact; Garth system; Jakara, Rivas; Numerous Federation and Starfleet policies govern the conduct of Klingon Empire; Krola; Lanel; Malcor Ill; Malcorians; Marta first contacts. Among these are the Prime Directive, which procommunity; Nilrem; quadroline; Sikla Medical Facility; Tava; hibits interference with the normal development of any society telencephalon; terminus; Yale, Mirasta. particularly a culture less technologically advanced than the Federation. (“Tin Man" [TNG]). Under the Prime Directive, first con“First Duty, The.” Next Generation episode #119. Written by tact is generally avoided until a civilization has attained significant Ronald D. Moore & Naren Shankar. Directed by Paul Lynch spaceflight capabilities, Another policy calls for covert surveillance Stardate 45703.9. First aired in 1992. An accident at Starfleet of many cultures prior to first contact, enabling Federation sociolAcademy leaves one of Wesley Crusher’s classmates dead, and ogists to anticipate probable reactions. This directive was instiWesley is pressured to participate in a cover-up. GUEST CAST: tuted after the disastrous initial contact with the Klingon Empire Ray Walston as Boothby: Robert Duncan McNeill as Locarno, led to decades of war. ("First Contact” [TNG]). Starfleet's current Cadet First Class Nicholas; Ed Lauter as Albert, Lieutenant first-contact guidelines were written by Captain McCoullough Commander; Richard Fancy as Satelk, Captain; Jacqueline (“Move Along Home" [DS9)]). The first diplomatic first-contact Brookes as Brand, Admiral; Wil Wheaton as Crusher, Wesley; mission from the Gamma Quadrant to pass through the Bajoran Walker Brandt as Hajar, Cadet Second Class Jean: Shannon Fill wormhole into the Alpha Quadrant was the Wadi gaming dele as Sito Jaxa. SEE: academy flight range; academy range offi- gation that visited station Deep Space 9 in 2369. (“Move Along cer; Albert, Joshua; Albert, Lieutenant Commander; Apollo Home" [DS9)). Earth's first official contact with extraterrestrial life 11; bicaridine treatments; Boothby; Brand, Admiral; Calgary; took place on April 5, 2063. Space pioneer Zefram Cochrane, Crusher, Wesley; diamond slot formation; Hajar, Cadet who had just completed his world’s first faster-than-light spaceSecond Class Jean; Immelmann turn; Kolvoord Starburst; flight, had attracted the attention of a passing Vulcan survey Locarno, Cadet First Class Nicholas; metorapan treatments; ship. The ship followed Cochrane back to Earth, landing in the Mimas; Nova Squadron; Picard, Jean-Luc; Satelk, Captain; state of Montana in the North American continent, where Saturn NavCon; Saturn; Sito Jaxa; Starfleet Academy; Cochrane became the first human to officially greet beings from Statistical Mechanics; Titan; Yeager Loop. another world (pictured). This first contact spawned a new age of peace and progress for Cochrane's war-torn planet. (Star Trek First Federation. Interstellar political entity under whose aegis First Contact). Other Star Trek episodes and movies have estabthe spacecraft Fesarius was operated under the command of lished other alien landings on Earth that predated Cochrane's Balok. First contact with the United Federation of Planets was contact, but his was the pivotal first contact that changed history. made with the Starship Enterprise in 2266, at which time Enterprise Lieutenant Bailey remained aboard the Fesarius asa first maje. SEE: maje cultural envoy. (“The Corbomite Maneuver” [TOS]) “Firstborn.” Next Generation episode #173. Story by Mark First Hebitian civilization. Ancient people of Cardassia. The Kalbfeld Teleplay by René Echevarria. Directed by Jonathan burial vaults of the Hebitians were uncovered on Cardassia inthe West. Stardate 47779.4. First aired in 1994. An enigmatic family late 2160s. The tombs were said to be magnificent and were friend gives Worf some unexpected help in teaching his son to