XENOLOGY: MIRROR UNIVERSE

Symbol of the Terran Empire

Continuum parallel to and co-existing with our own, but on another dimensional plane. Virtually everything in the mirror universe is duplicated, but in many cases is opposite in nature to its counterpart in our own universe. Captain Kirk and a few members from the Enterprise were thrust into this parallel existence after beaming during an ion storm, finding the mirror universe to be a brutally savage place. Spock's counterpart in the mirror universe believed his brutally oppressive government would inevitably spur a revolt, resulting in a terrible dark age. The mirror Spock indicated a willingness to help reform his government to possibly avert this sequence of events. SEE:Enterprise, I.S.S.; Kirk (mirror); Spock (mirror); Tantalus field. Led by Spock (mirror), the Terran Empire embraced disarmament and peace, but this was, unfortunately, ill-timed and left the empire open to be conquered by the Alliance of Klingon and Cardassian forces. Terrans were reduced to slave status. A second contact with our universe occurred in 2370, when a runabout's warp-drive malfunction sent Deep Space 9 officers Kira and Bashir into the mirror universe by way of the Bajoran wormhole. Although Kira and Bashir soon returned home, they planted the seeds of human rebellion with potential freedom fighters on station Terok Nor (mirror). Benjamin Sisko (mirror) led the Terran resistance from a secret base in the Badlands. The mirror Sisko was killed in 2371 when his ship was destroyed by Cardassian forces. Terran forces quickly regrouped, however, under the leadership of Sisko's counterpart from our universe. This Benjamin Sisko visited the mirror universe long enough to convince Jennifer Sisko (mirror) to abandon work on a transpectral sensor array that would have made it impossible for Terran operatives to hide in the Badlands. By 2372, the resistance had driven the Alliance from Terok Nor. Terrans at the station built a powerful new ship, the Defiant (mirror), that they used in their fight.