Mirror Universe
This parallel universe was first recorded as visited by James T. Kirk and several officers from the USS Enterprise in 2267. This parallel universe coexists with our universe on another dimensional plane. The universe was so named because many people and places seemed to be the exact opposites of their "normal" selves in "our" universe, but with numerous "good" aspects now "evil", and vice versa. (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror")
Although the universe as a whole has, as exhibited by the experiences of Lieutenant Worf, an infinite number of parallels, (TNG: "Parallels") the mirror universe appears to be somehow interconnected with the "standard universe" to the point of almost everyone from the standard universe having a counterpart in the mirror universe. This is despite the wildly divergent histories of the two, which would normally render the probability of the same individuals existing and being born on the same dates to the same parents throughout infinitesimally small. (DS9: "The Emperor's New Cloak")
Time Line
For a detailed listing of major events that took place in the Mirror Universe, please check out the Mirror Universe Timeline below. This timeline was compiled from both canon and non-canon sources and includes work original and unique to the Star Trek: Freedom Universe.
2063
Following the first warp flight of a Human by Doctor Zephram Cochrane, a Vulcan scout ship lands at Bozeman Montana. Cochrane leads an attack against the vessel, killing it's crew and claiming it's superior technology for themselves. It is this first strike that will eventually lead to the interstellar version of the Terran Empire. (Star Trek: First contact, STE:In a Mirror darkly, Part 1)
2155
By this time, the Terran Empire is at war with the 'Rebellion'. It is known that the Vulcans, Andorians and Orions were part of that rebellion. Denobulans were not. (STE: In a Mirror Darkly, Part 1 &2)
Commander Johnathan Archer of the ISS Enterprise (an NX Class ship) mutinied against Captain Maximillian Forrest and siezed control of the ship. He then lead the Enterprise into Tholian space where, Archer's spies have informed him that the Tholians have captured an advanced Starship from an alternate reality and from the future.
That ship was the Constitution Class starship USS Defiant. Her crew were killed, and the tholians were dismantling the vessel for it's technology. The defiant had been lured into the mirror universe by the Tholians, who had created an Interphasic Rift between the two dimensions.
While Enterprise is destroyed, by the Tholians, Archer and a small crew manage to escape Tholian space using the Defiant's advanced weapons. Archer's plans to become Emperor are cut short, however, when he is poisoned by Hosi Sato, who seizes the Defiant for herself and uses it to declare herself Empress. (STE: In a Mirror Darkly, part 2)
Sato takes The Andorian Imperial Guard Shran as her consort, consolidating her power as Empress. Shran betrays her, so Sato then makes an alliance with the Vulcans, making them full citizens of the Empire. T'Pol is made Regent of Vulcan. (Novel: Age of the Empress).
Sato later creates a clone of Jonathan Archer, to serve by her side. The Archer clone rejects her and instead joins the rebellion against the Empire. (Novels: Age of the Empress, Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - Nobunaga)
2156
Commander Charles Tucker, who is dying from prolonged exposure to Delta Radiation is ordeed by Sato to construct another ship like the USS Defiant, which she names the ISS Nobunaga. (Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - Nobunaga)
2248
Commodore Robert April of the ISS Constellation takes over a mission to destroy a new weapon being developed by the Klingon Empire after captain Thorpe of the ISS Indomitable fails that mission. (Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - Ill Winds)
2264
Lieutenant Commander James T. Kirk having manipulated events on the ISS Farragut so that the entire command crew would be killed by an energy creature, sets his sites on the ISS Enterprise, befriending the ship's second officer Lieutenant Spock. While traveling to the Tantalus Colony for a psychiatric evaluation following the Farragut incident, Kirk and his consort, Marlena Moreau, discover the Tantalus Device. They use it to eliminate Captain Pike and his First Officer Number One, thus guaranteeing his command of the Enterprise. (TOS: Mirror, Mirror; Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - The Greater Good)
2267
During a negotiation with the Halkans to acquire trading rights to Dilithium crystals, Captain Kirk and his away team from the Prime Universe are switched iduring transport with their Mirror Universe counterparts.
The prime universe Captain Kirk manages to convince the Mirror Universe Spock that the Empire is doomed to fail and that he should hasten it's decline. he also tells spock of the Tantalus device. (TOS: Mirror, Mirror)
Upon the return of the officers to their normal universes, reports are made to Starfleet Command. All transporters are modified to prevent such a crossing from taking place again. (DS9: Crossover, Novel: Sorrows of the Empire)
The Mirror universe Kirk orders the destruction of the Halkans. Spock kills kirk and those Loyal to him and takes command of the Enoterprise. He also convinces his father Ambassador sarek, of the righteousness of his long-term plan, inspired by the parallel kirk. (Novel: Sorrows of the Empire)
2268
Spock begins consolidating his power using the Tantalus Device, both by eliminating rivals aboard the Enterprise and by acheiving military victories with a minimum of bloodshed. Among his accomplishments are securing the Dilithium mining rights on the planets Elas and Troyius not for the empire but for himself. (Novel: Sorrows of the Empire)
In the prime universe, the USS Defiant investigates an unstable region of space near Tholian territory. It disappears through an Interphasic Rift and ends up a century in the past and in the Mirror Universe. It is later captured by Commander Johnathan Archer and a small crew who plan to use it to usurp the power of the Emperor. (TOS: The Tholian Web, STE: In a Mirror Darkly, Parts 1 & 2)
2277
Commodore Diego "Red" reyes all but rules the Taurus Reach from Imperial Starbase 47 also known as Vanguard. An Operative loyal to Spock, T'Prynn, enacts a plan to eliminate the Empire's presence in the Reach. (Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - The Black Flag)
Spock has spent the last decade promoting peace and securing alliances focusing on negotiation over conflict. With the aid of the Tantalus Device, he staves off assassination attempts, and eventually kills Grand Admiral Matt Decker. Spock declares himself Grand Admiral and returns to Earth. Ensign Saavik uses the Tantalus device to assassinate Empress Sato III and her guard. Spock declares himself Emperor. (Novel: Sorrows of the Empire)
2284
Emperor Spock initiates sweeping reforms that converts the empire into a pseudo-republic. he conscripts doctors Carol and David Marcus to form Memory Omega, which will be the storehouse of all Terran Knowledge and accomplishments after it's fall. (Novel: Sorrows of the Empire)
2288-2293
Spock begins laying the groundwork for his long term elements of his plan. He recruits many Vulcans and begins to downgrade the Empire's defenses. (Novels: Sorrows of the Empire; The Mirror-Scaled Serpent)
2293
Following the destruction of the Klingon moon Praxis a summit is held on Khitomer. Regent Gorkon offers an alliance with the Terran Empire, which Spock refuses. He refuses a similar offer from the Romulan Empire. Soon afterward, he declares the Terran Empire defunct and names it's replacement the Terran Republic. Spock remains it's leader as Consul. This singular act is known as "Spock's Folly". (Novel: Sorrows of the Empire)
2295
An alliance is struck between the Klingon Empire and the Cardassian Union. The Klingon-Cardassian Alliance is easily able to overcome the weak Terran Republic. Both Spock and Moreau are assassinated. The former species of the Terran empire are reduced to Slave status. (Novel: Sorrows of the Empire)
Several Vulcans now serve as sleeper agents within the Alliance, among them are Saavik and Tuvok. They maintain Spock's long-term goal of fulfilling Spcok's dream of peace. The nexus of that goal is the secret Memory Omega facility where many key personnel have been placed without the KCA's knowledge. (Novels: Sorrows of the Empire; The Mirror-Scaled Serpent)
2344
The Lakul, a cargo ship under the command of Guinan with Ben Zoma as her first officer attempts to cultivate the Daa'Vit- A warrior species on good terms with the Klingons as allies in an incipient rebellion against the KCA. (Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - The Traitor)
2358
In the mines at Korvat Keiko Ishikawa is a slave in the mine. She prefers to sleep only with Cardassian guards, since she prefers to only sleep with men that can improve her position among the slaves. (Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - A Terrible Beauty.)
2361
Keiko informs Gul Zarale of a slave uprising on Korvat which is under his command. This leads to her being made one of the Gul's comfort women. (Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - A Terrible Beauty.)
2365
Keiko becomes well enough liked by Zarale to become an overseer. One of the other slaves under her jurisdiction is Tiron.(Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - A Terrible Beauty.)
2370
A Starfleet runabout from the Prime Universe arrives in the Bajor System after returning from the Gamma Quadrant. Intendant Kira Nerys captures the runabout's occupants, Julian Bashir and Major Kira Nerys. The two manage to escape and return home, but not before convincing the Mirror Universe Benjamin Sisko and Miles "Smiley" O'Brien to start a rebellion against the KCA. (DS9: Crossover; DS9: Through the Looking Glass)
2371
When the mirror Universe Sisko is destroyed in an attempt to reach Terok Nor. Miles "Smiley" O'Brien kidnaps the Prime Universe Banjamin Sisko. he convinces Sisko that he must stop Doctor Laura Sisko, who is developing a Trans-Spectral Sensor Array that will allow the KCA to detect and destroy Rebellion strongholds in the Badlands. Sisko is successful and returns home after convincing Doctor Sisko to join the rebellion. During his trip to the Prime Universe, O'Brien steals schematics for the Defiant Class USS Defiant.(DS9: Through the Looking Glass; DS9: Shattered Mirror)
Jean Luc Picard joins the rebellion and infiltrates a pleasure palace on Betazed known as the "Sacred Chalice". The facility is operated by Luwaxana and Deanna Troi. Unknown to most, they are among the last of the Betazoids, who have been nearly eradicated. They are attempting to protect the last few betazoids and to prevent the extermination of their species. They are posing as Humans. (Novel: The Sacred Chalice).
When returning from a mission to acquire materials for O'Brien's Defiant, Chakotay and his rebellion cell are chased into the badlands by a Cardassian starship. There they mysteriously encounter two individuals from the prime Universe, Kes and Neelix. Kes is captured by the Cardassian Evek and taken to Monor Base.(Novel: The Mirror-Scaled Serpent)
Chakotay goes to Monor Base on Ardana, where B'Elanna is studying Kes. Chakotay is killed, the base destroyed, but Kes is captured by Tuvok, who sends her to Memory Omega. believing Kes to be dead and with no way to return home, Neelix joins the rebellion. (Novel: The Mirror-Scaled Serpent)
Enough of Kes' DNA was studied at Monor base to allow the scientist Crell Moset to resequence B'Elanna's DNA and make her telepathic. She intends to present herself as a new weapon to return her to the favor of the Regent. She is foiled by Tuvok. (Novel: Bitter Fruit)
2372
A new slave named Tasha Yar arrives on Korvat and passes on a terrible secret to Keiko. (Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - A Terrible Beauty.)
The rebels succeed in capturing Terok Nor, and also constructing the Defiant. Jennifer Sisko and O'Brien once again bring Benjamin Sisko over to the Mirror universe to help them defeat the battle fleet commanded by the Klingon Regent Worf. (DS9: Shattered Mirror)
Raids on Alliance supply convoys are believed to be the work of the rebellion, but Gul Macet of the trager thinks otherwise. Along with the Klingon vessels Pagh and Ya'Vang, the trager gaurds the next convoy only to have it attacked. they then attempt to learn the truth behind the attacks.(Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - Family Matters.)
2375
Grand Nagus Zek travels to the mirror Universe and is captured by the KCA. Kira attempts to regain favor with Regent Worf by suggesting that Zek obtain cloaking technology from the Prime Universe. She dispatches Ezri Tigan to do so. Tigan returns with a cloaking device and also Quark and Rom. After being captured by the Rebellion, Tigon and the two Ferengi reach the alliance and install the cloaking device. Rom jury rigs the cloaking device to cause the regent's flagship to lose power. The rebellion then captures Regent Worf.(DS9: The Emperor's New Cloak)
Keiko and Tasha lead a group of slaves from Korvat in two transports. Tasha's transport is destroyed by Keiko manages to reach Terok nor to join the rebellion. (Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - A terrible Beauty).
Intendanct Kira is stripped of her title and forced to become a slave. Kira manages to uncover a pattern of thefts that leads her to think that the rebellion is constructing several Defiant Class ships at Empok Nor. She manages to convince Captain Kurn to help her stop the rebels.Meanwhile Zek and Bashir have constructed 11 additional Defiant Class ships without consulting with O'Brien at Empok Nor. The resultant ships are flawed and they are destroyed by Kurn. Kurn also destroys Terok nor and Kira is returned to her previous position as Intendant of Bajor. (Novel: Saturn's Children)
After the attack on Empok Nor, Terok Nor is sabotaged by a bomb. One of the salves accuses Keiko of being an alliance collaborator. (Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - A terrible Beauty).
2376
Mac Calhoun of the Excalibur begins a military campaign against alliance targets. When word is received that the Romulans have begun construction of a Thalaron Radiation Bomb for the Alliance, the Excalibur infiltrates Romulan space to stop them. (Novel: Homecoming)
Edward Jellico travels to the Prime Universe to retrieve a timeship named the USS Paradox, which leads to a confrontation with the Prime Universe's Excaliber. (Novel: Turnaround)
Tuvok, now serving on a rebellion ship, Deanna, commanded by Ian Andrew Troi and with First officer William Riker, intercede on the behalf of the Irrol A telepathic species upon whom the Alliance is conducting cruel experiments. (Novel: Empathy)
Two Memory Omega agents, Reginald Barclay and K'Ehleyr go on a mission to retrieve a third agent, general Alynna Nacheyev, who plans to defect to the Alliance with the means to destroy both the Terran rebellion and Memory Omega. (Novel: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows Anthology - For Want of a Nail).
2377
The Klingon ninth fleet is destroyed in the Badlands after being sent there by intendant kira to destroy rebellion strongholds. (STF)
2382
Future Imperial Starfleet Captain Ahmed Ibn Salid is born. (STF)
Rodrigo Doenitz begins career as a rebel.(STF)
2397
Doenitz is captured by Cardassians and sent to the Boronite mines on Bardon Alpha.(STF)
The Rebellion manage to capture earth, The Terran Empire is restored. Salid's Father becomes a ship captain in the Imperial Starfleet. The Empire is a very poor reflection of it's minor glory. The war with the KCA continues.(STF)
2400
Salid graduates from the Imperial Academy. He is assigned to the ISS Templar.(STF)
2401
Saleke and Doenitz join a small slave rebellion on Bardon Alpha. The escape attempt is foiled. The ringleaders are executed.(STF)
2402
Salid's father is charged with treason and executed. Worried that Lieutenant Salid may attempt revenge, the Chief Engineer of the ISS Templar is order executed. Salid escapes his fate, but is captured by Klingons. He is sent to wwork the Boronite mines on Bardon Alpha.(STF)
Salid meets Saleke and Rodrigo Doentiz.(STF)
2404
Saleke, Doenitz and Salid lead a successful Slave revolt against the Klingon and Cardassian Overseers of the Mines. They execute the administrator and use his personal shuttle to head for the Badlands. They join the remnants of the Terran Rebellion that does not agree with the current Emperor. (STF)
2405
Salid and Saleke conduct dozens of missions to capture Imperial Starships from the restored Terran Empire. They turn these vessels over to Rodrigo Doenitz who has become the leader of the Rebellion. (STF)
2406
Zachary Falthgood manages to crossover to the Prime universe and steal the plans for the USS Rosenante. Doenitz orders Salid to undertake construction at once. With a Federation Civil War raging in the Prime Universe, agents of the rebellion manage to steal starships, schematics and weapons enough to supply their rebellion. Plans are made to overthrown the Terran Empire Government and establish the Imperial Union of Planets. Lat in this year, Salid completes the ISS Rosenante using captured Cardassian, Bajoran and Klingon Laborers. Salid orders all the workers executed. (STF)
2406
Salid commands the ISS Rosenante alongside the rest of the fleet led by Rodrigo Deonitz. After a short battle, Doenitz is successful in assuming the title of Regent.(STF)
The Imperial Union of Planets is born and the Imperial Starfleet pledges it's loyalty to Doenitz. (STF)
2407
With the support of the Imperial Daystrom Institute, the ISS Soong attacks and subjugates Bynaus. Ensign Robert Smith is serious injured during that attack. Several cybernetic enhancements are installed in his body, including a Positronic Net.(STF)
A year of conflict follows as Salid, Saleke and other key commanders of the newly reorganized Imperial Starfleet, enforce Doenitz's rule and batle the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance for control of the original territories of the Terran Empire. (STF)
Regent Doenitz declares the Citizenry Act, which makes all subject species of the IUP citizens. They are granted legal status and given a slight degree of autonomy. This has the desired affect of bringing several of the memberworlds of the Terran Empire back into the IUP.(STF)
2408 (the Present year)
A stalemate in the fighting between the IUP and the KCA is broken when the planet Sunali II is captured by the KCA. The Sunali people defect to the KCA and Doenitz orders their planet destroyed. The ISS Rosenante is ordered to deliver the Omega Device to the system. The planet and several dozen KCA ships are destroyed. The ISS Rosenante is flung through a rift and ends up in the Prime Universe.(STF)
The Mirror Universe is seen for the first time on Star Trek: Freedom in the USS Rosenante Mission : Into the Darkness, Go I
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