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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Krenim: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by TSN: [qb] Cochrane may not have been the number one most noble guy on the planet, but, in FC, he didn't seem like the sort of guy who, upon seeing aliens for the first time, would pretend to be friendly, then whip out a shotgun, start murdering them, and take all their stuff. I'd say there had to already be a difference between the two universes prior to that moment. [/qb][/QUOTE]I've been giving some thought to this myself... In our universe, Troi tells Cochrane ahead of time that the aliens who would be making contact are "good guys." After sorting everything out, the Vulcans land, Cochrane makes peaceful first contact, time loop complete. In the mirror universe, either one of two things happen: 1) The Borg attack never happens. Cochrane is never told ahead of time by someone that the Vulcans are peaceful, and thus he concludes that they are attacking. Considering how many sci-fi stories where humans mistake peaceful aliens for invaders, this is not necessarily out of the question. 2) The Borg attack happens. Somebody from the future tells Cochrane that the Vulcans are invaders. Whether or not the Vulcans are actually invading is irrelevant, it simply is what Terran Empire history records. Therefore, when the Vulcans land, Cochrane attacks. Time loop complete. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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