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Published Aug 20, 2020

10 First Contacts That Went Really, Really Wrong

Sometimes "we come in peace" doesn't work out the way Starfleet hoped.


First Contact with a new species is supposed to be among the proudest moments for any Starfleet officer. But even for the most seasoned of captains, things don’t always go according to plan when meeting their new galactic neighbors. Leaving aside time travel, disregarding one-way first contacts between advanced civilizations secretly observing less advanced ones, and being just a little picky in some cases, these are the top 10 First Contacts that went really wrong.