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This is a list of first contacts between civilizations:
First contact events where the exact date is known[]
Human (pre-Federation)[]
Race | Year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Vulcans | 2063 | Bozeman, Montana, Earth | Dr. Zefram Cochrane | Star Trek: First Contact | First official contact between Humans and any alien species |
Klingons | 2151 | Broken Bow, Oklahoma, Earth | Starfleet Command | ENT: "Broken Bow" | Before the airing of this episode, first contact was widely assumed to have been in 2223 |
Suliban | Interstellar space | Enterprise NX-01 | |||
Axanar | Unknown system | ENT: "Fight or Flight" | |||
Xyrillians | Interstellar space | ENT: "Unexpected" | |||
Andorians | The P'Jem monastery, on an unnamed planet | Captain Jonathan Archer | ENT: "The Andorian Incident" | ||
Akaali | Akaali homeworld | Captain Jonathan Archer, T'Pol, Hoshi Sato, Charles Tucker III | ENT: "Civilization" | Contact limited to a single Akaali individual, Riaan | |
Malurians | |||||
Nausicaans | Interstellar space | Captain Jonathan Archer | ENT: "Fortunate Son" | This was the first official Starfleet first contact. Contact between the Nausicaans and the Earth Cargo Service personnel they've raided before seems likely. | |
Valakians | Interstellar space near Valakis | Enterprise NX-01 | ENT: "Dear Doctor" | A rare first contact with a pre-warp civilization, even before this became prohibited | |
Menk | Valakis | This primitive species shared its planet with the Valakians, and were encountered in association with them | |||
Coridanites | Coridan | ENT: "Shadows of P'Jem" | |||
Eska | Dakala | Captain Jonathan Archer | ENT: "Rogue Planet" | ||
Wraiths | |||||
Kantare | Unnamed planet | Enterprise NX-01 | ENT: "Oasis" | ||
Tandarans | 2152 | Detention Complex 26 | Jonathan Archer, Travis Mayweather | ENT: "Detained" | |
Kreetassans | Interstellar space | Enterprise NX-01 | ENT: "Vox Sola" | ||
Mazarites | Mazar | ENT: "Fallen Hero" | |||
Risians | Risa | ENT: "Two Days and Two Nights" | |||
Paraagans | Paraagan II | ENT: "Shockwave" | Paraagan II was destroyed shortly after contact | ||
Romulans | Romulan minefield | ENT: "Minefield" | No visual contact wwith the Romulans was made until 2266 | ||
Retellians | Interstellar space | Charles Tucker III | ENT: "Precious Cargo" | ||
Kriosians | On board a Retellian freighter | ||||
Arkonians | Arkonian space | ENT: "Dawn" | |||
Tholians | Presumably near Tholian space | Enterprise NX-01 | ENT: "Future Tense" | No visual contact was made by either group | |
Enolians | Keto-Enol | ENT: "Canamar" | |||
Antarans | 2153 | Xantoras | ENT: "The Breach" | ||
Vissians | Interstellar space | ENT: "Cogenitor" | |||
Tellarites | Unnamed planet | ENT: "Bounty" | |||
Xindi | Xanthan planet | ENT: "Rajiin" |
Federation (22nd century)[]
Race | Year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Betans | 2167 | Beta III | Archon | TOS: "The Return of the Archons" | Ship destroyed during first contact; contact was then lost until 2267 |
Iotians | 2168 | Sigma Iotia II | Horizon | TOS: "A Piece of the Action" | Civilization was pre-warp at time of first contact; contact was then lost until 2268 |
Federation (23rd century)[]
Federation (24th century)[]
Race | Year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Q | 2364 | Near Deneb IV | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint" | |
Ferengi | Outpost 63, Delphi Ardu system | TNG: "The Last Outpost" | Prior to "official" first contact, the species was already known to the Federation through rumors | ||
Beta Renner cloud | Interstellar space between Parliament and Antica | TNG: "Lonely Among Us" | |||
Edo | Rubicun III | TNG: "Justice" | |||
Edo God | Rubicun III | ||||
Microbrain | Velara III | TNG: "Home Soil" | The Microbrain entity decided not to engage in relations with the Federation for the next three centuries | ||
Aldeans | Aldea | TNG: "When The Bough Breaks" | This species was previously thought to be legendary | ||
Armus | Vagra II | TNG: "Skin Of Evil" | |||
Parasitic beings | Dytallix B | Captains Tryla Scott and Jean-Luc Picard and Commander William T. Riker | TNG: "Conspiracy" | These hostile creatures had apparently been aware of the Federation for some time, but chose not to reveal themselves and rather infiltrate Starfleet | |
Ian Troi entity | 2365 | Interstellar space | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "The Child" | |
Nagilum | hole in space | TNG: "Where Silence Has Lease" | |||
Dremans | Drema IV | Lieutenant Commander Data | TNG: "Pen Pals" | ||
Borg | System J-25 | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Q Who" | ||
Husnocks | 2366 | Rana IV | Rana IV colonists | TNG: "The Survivors" | The entire species became extinct soon after contact |
Douwd | Rana IV | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "The Survivors" | Members of this species have lived among Humans previously, with their alien nature unknown to them | |
Mintakans | Mintaka III | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Who Watches The Watchers" | A pre-warp civilization, first contact was made accidentally and it can be assumed that no further contacts will be maintained after the 2366 incident | |
Koinonians | Koinonian homeworld | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "The Bonding" | ||
Unnamed humanoid species | Lonka Cluster | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Allegiance" | ||
Gomtuu's species | Beta Stromgren system | Tam Elbrun | TNG: "Tin Man" | ||
Zalkonians | Interstellar space | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Transfigurations" | ||
Barash's species | 2367 | Alpha Onias III | Commander William T. Riker | TNG: "Future Imperfect" | |
Two-dimensional beings | Interstellar space | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "The Loss" | ||
Ardra's species | Ventax II | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Devil's Due" | ||
Paxans | Ngame Nebula | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Clues" | All memories and records of the contact were erased | |
Malcorians | Malcor III | Commander William T. Riker | TNG: "First Contact" | First contact was accidentally made days before they were to initiate their first warp drive; subsequently, the Malcorian government decided to postpone the warp tests and focus on domestic issues first, keeping the public in the dark about the existence of aliens | |
Spaceborne lifeforms | Alpha Omicron system | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Galaxy's Child" | ||
Tyken's Rift being | Tyken's Rift | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Night Terrors" | ||
Tarchanne | Tarchannen III | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Identity Crisis" | Previously encountered by the USS Victory in 2362; the species consists of other humanoids infected with a parasite, transforming their DNA | |
Cytherians | Galactic core | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "The Nth Degree" | ||
Lysians | 2368 | Lysian system | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Conundrum" | |
Satarrans | Lysian system | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Conundrum" | ||
Ux-Mal | Mab-Bu VI | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Power Play" | ||
FGC-47 lifeforms | FGC-47 | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Imaginary Friend" | ||
Kataan natives | Parvenium system | Captain Jean-Luc Picard | TNG: "The Inner Light" | The species was virtually extinct at time of first contact | |
Devidians | Devidia II | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Time's Arrow" | Previously encountered by Humans in the 19th century who didn't understand their alien nature | |
Solanogen-based lifeforms | 2369 | Amargosa Diaspora | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Schisms" | |
Prophets | Bajoran wormhole | Commander Benjamin Sisko | DS9: "Emissary" | ||
Coalescent organism | Relay Station 47 | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Aquiel" | ||
Tosk | Deep Space 9 | Chief Miles O'Brien | DS9: "Captive Pursuit" | First contact with a Gamma Quadrant species | |
Hunters | Deep Space 9 | Deep Space 9 crew | |||
Wadi | Unknown Gamma Quadrant location | Vulcan exploratory mission | DS9: "Move Along Home" | First "proper" contact with a Gamma Quadrant species | |
Nol-Ennis | Unnamed Gamma Quadrant moon | USS Yangtzee Kiang | DS9: "Battle Lines" | ||
Ennis | |||||
Progenitors | Vilmor II | Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Doctor Beverly Crusher | TNG: "The Chase" | Species virtually extinct at time of contact | |
Unnamed non-corporeal Gamma Quadrant species | Deep Space 9 | Deep Space 9 crew | DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses" | ||
Quantum singularity lifeforms | Interstellar space, supposedly near Romulan space | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Timescape" | ||
Rakhari | unknown | unknown | DS9: "Vortex" | ||
Skrreea | 2370 | Deep Space 9 | Deep space 9 crew | DS9: "Sanctuary" | |
Boraalans | USS Enterprise-D | Nikolai Rozhenko | TNG: "Homeward" | A pre-warp civilization, contact was made when a Federation observer purposely made first contact in direct violation of the Prime Directive in order to save them from extinction | |
Anaphasic lifeform | Caldos colony | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Sub Rosa" | Previously living among Humans for centuries, who didn't understand it's alien nature | |
Parada | Unknown, likely Gamma Quadrant | Deep Space 9 crew | DS9: "Whispers" | ||
Barkonians | Barkon IV | Lieutenant Commander Data | TNG: "Thine Own Self" | ||
D'Arsay | Sector 1156 | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Masks" | Species virtually extinct at time of contact | |
Yaderans | Unnamed Yaderan colony | Odo and Lieutenant Jadzia Dax | DS9: "Shadowplay" | ||
Dominion | Unnamed Gamma Quadrant planet | Commander Benjamin Sisko | DS9: "The Jem'Hadar" | The Federation had encountered one Changeling, Odo, before this time | |
Seltin Rakal's species | 2371 | Meridian | USS Defiant (NX-74205) | DS9: "Meridian" | |
Argrathi | 2372 | Argratha | USS Defiant (NX-74205) | DS9: "Hard Time" | |
Onaya's species | Deep Space 9 | Jake Sisko | DS9: "The Muse" | Previously encountered by Humans who didn't understand the species' alien nature | |
Teplans | Teplan homeworld | USS Defiant (NX-74205) | DS9: "The Quickening" | ||
Pah-wraiths | 2373 | Deep Space 9 | Chief Miles O'Brien | DS9: "The Assignment" | |
Ba'ku | 2375 | Ba'ku planet | Lieutenant Commander Data | Star Trek: Insurrection | |
Galardonians | 2379 | Galar system | USS Quito | LD: "Second Contact" | |
Lapeerians | 2381 | Lapeeria | USS Cerritos | LD: "First First Contact" | The USS Archimedes was initially dispatched to make first contact but was damaged en route to Lapeeria. |
Areore | Areolus | LD: "A Mathematically Perfect Redemption" | First contact was forced by Peanut Hamper's interference in the Areore culture in direct violation of the Prime Directive after crash landing on the planet following the Battle of Kalla. However, while the species was currently pre-industrial, it had been space faring in the past. | ||
Dilmerians | 2382 | Dilmer III | USS Cerritos | LD: "Fully Dilated" | While recovering the head of a Data from an alternate reality, an away team from the Cerritos became stuck on the planet for a year of relative time, living amongst the natives. As the civilization was pre-warp, the team were careful not to violate the Prime Directive. |
Cymari | 2383 | Cymari homeworld | USS Protostar | PRO: "First Con-tact" | The Protostar was crewed by a group of young aliens who were tricked into making first contact by DaiMon Nandi. Their actions broke the Prime Directive and left the Cymari with a bad first impression of interstellar visitors for the future. |
Federation (Delta Quadrant species encountered during 24th century)[]
Race | Year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Nacene | 2371 | Ocampa System | USS Equinox | VOY: "Caretaker" | |
Krowtonan Guard | Delta Quadrant space near Ocampa | VOY: "Equinox" | |||
Talaxians | Ocampa System | USS Voyager | VOY: "Caretaker" | ||
Ocampa | Ocampa | USS Voyager | |||
Kazon | |||||
Vidiians | Unnamed rogue planetoid | VOY: "Phage" | |||
Banea | Banea | VOY: "Ex Post Facto" | |||
Vhnori | Vhnori homeworld | VOY: "Emanations" | |||
Sikarians | Sikaris | VOY: "Prime Factors" | |||
Photonic lifeform | Near a protostar | VOY: "Heroes and Demons" | |||
Komar | Unnamed Delta Quadrant dark matter nebula | VOY: "Cathexis" | |||
Haakonians | Interstellar space | VOY: "Jetrel" | |||
Reptohumanoids | 2372 | Planet Hell | VOY: "Parturition" | ||
Botha | Botha space | VOY: "Persistence of Vision" | |||
Sky Spirits | Sky Spirits' homeworld | VOY: "Tattoo" | The species visited Earth approximately 45,000 years ago, but their alien nature was not understood by primitive Humans | ||
Augris' species | Mokra-controlled planet | VOY: "Resistance" | |||
Automated Personnel Units | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Prototype" | |||
Drayans | Drayan II | VOY: "Innocence" | |||
Viorsa's species | Kohl settlement | VOY: "The Thaw" | This species is likely virtually extinct | ||
Nechani | 2373 | Nechani homeworld | VOY: "Sacred Ground" | ||
Akritirians | Akritiri | VOY: "The Chute" | |||
Enarans | Fima colony | VOY: "Remember" | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | ||
The Swarm | Delta Quadrant, near Swarm-controlled space | VOY: "The Swarm" | |||
Mislenites | Delta Quadrant, near Swarm-controlled space | VOY: "The Swarm" | Unofficial first contact as the only member encountered, Chardis, eventually died while being treated in sickbay | ||
Ilari | Interstellar space | VOY: "Warlord" | |||
Garan | Garan mining colony, near Tak Tak space | VOY: "Macrocosm" | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | ||
Tak Tak | Delta Quadrant | ||||
Marayna's species | Inversion nebula | VOY: "Alter Ego" | |||
Kolaati | Nekrit Expanse | VOY: "Fair Trade" | |||
Unnamed non-corporeal lifeform | Unnamed planet | Captain Kathryn Janeway | VOY: "Coda" | ||
Nezu | Unnamed Nezu Colony | USS Voyager | VOY: "Rise" | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | |
Etanian | space near Unnamed Nezu Colony | ||||
Mikhal Travelers | Unnamed Mikhal Traveler outpost | VOY: "Darkling" | |||
Taresians | Taresia | VOY: "Favorite Son" | |||
Nasari | Nasari space, near the Taresia system | ||||
Voth | Delta Quadrant, Voth city ship | VOY: "Distant Origin" | It is quite possible that the Voth authorities covered this contact up | ||
Nyrians | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Displaced" | |||
Jarlath's species | Nyrian biosphere vessel | ||||
Species 8472 | Northwest Passage | VOY: "Scorpion" | |||
Vori | 2374 | Delta Quadrant planet | VOY: "Nemesis" | ||
Kradin | Delta Quadrant planet | ||||
Caatati | Interstellar space | VOY: "Day of Honor" | The entire species, except for 27 ships, was assimilated by the Borg at the time of contact | ||
Serosians | Interstellar space | VOY: "Revulsion" | |||
B'omar | Edge of B'omar space | VOY: "The Raven" | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | ||
Srivani | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Scientific Method" | |||
Krenim | Krenim Imperium space | VOY: "Year of Hell" | |||
Zahl | Zahl space | ||||
Mari | Mari homeworld | VOY: "Random Thoughts" | |||
Unnamed humanoid species | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Concerning Flight" | |||
Tau's species | |||||
Dream Aliens | Dream species planet | VOY: "Waking Moments" | |||
Hirogen | Transmission from a Hirogen communications network relay station | VOY: "Message in a Bottle" | |||
Entharans | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Retrospect" | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | ||
Unnamed DNA switching lifeform | Interstellar space | VOY: "Vis à Vis" | |||
Daelen's species | Interstellar space | ||||
Steth's species | Interstellar space | ||||
Allos' species | M-class moon | VOY: "The Omega Directive" | |||
Ramurans | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Unforgettable" | Though this species tried hard to hide all evidence of their existence, record of them exists in Chakotay's written testimonial | ||
Kyrians | VOY: "Living Witness" | Date might be wrong, as every other aspect of the encounter was severely distorted by said Kyrian historians, though it was certainly between 2371 and 2378 | |||
Vaskans | Date might be wrong, as every other aspect of the encounter was severely distorted by said Kyrian historians, though it was certainly between 2371 and 2378 | ||||
Biomimetic species | Class Y planet | VOY: "Demon" | |||
Species 116 | Unnamed trading colony | VOY: "Hope and Fear" | At the time of first contact the species was almost virtually extinct due to Borg assimilation | ||
Malons | 2375 | The Void | VOY: "Night" | ||
Night Aliens | The Void | ||||
Unnamed cytoplasmic lifeform | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Nothing Human" | |||
Moneans | The Waters | VOY: "Thirty Days" | |||
Species 6339 | Grid 124, Octant 22-theta | VOY: "Infinite Regress" | At the time of first contact the species was almost virtually extinct due to Borg assimilation | ||
Brenari | Border of the Devore Imperium | VOY: "Counterpoint" | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | ||
Devore | Border of the Devore Imperium | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | |||
Noss' species | Unnamed planet | VOY: "Gravity" | |||
Photonic lifeforms | Border of the Devore Imperium | VOY: "Bride of Chaotica!" | |||
Chaotic space aliens | Chaotic space | VOY: "The Fight" | |||
Qatai's species | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Bliss" | |||
Telepathic pitcher plant | |||||
Varro | VOY: "The Disease" | ||||
Hazari | VOY: "Think Tank" | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | |||
Kadi | Kadi homeworld | VOY: "Someone to Watch Over Me" | |||
Hierarchy | 2376 | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy" | ||
Turei | Underspace | VOY: "Dragon's Teeth" | |||
Vaadwaur | Vaadwaur homeworld | VOY: "Dragon's Teeth" | |||
Ba'Neth | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Riddles" | |||
Kesat | |||||
Norcadians | Norcadia Prime | VOY: "Tsunkatse" | |||
Pendari | Norcadia Prime | ||||
Kelemane's species | Kelemane's planet orbit | VOY: "Blink of an Eye" | This species was not yet warp-capable when they made contact with Voyager, though it is conceivable they were by the time Voyager left | ||
Qomar | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Virtuoso" | |||
Wysanti | VOY: "Collective" | ||||
Nakan | Tarakis | VOY: "Memorial" | |||
The species was virtually extinct at time of contact | |||||
Kobali | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Ashes to Ashes" | |||
Brunali | Brunali homeworld | VOY: "Child's Play" | Voyager encountered a Brunali before reaching their home planet, though this is not considered first contact as the individual was a child, not able to represent its species (VOY: "Collective") | ||
Telsians | Telsius Prime | VOY: "Live Fast and Prosper" | |||
Kelis' species | Kelis' homeworld | Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres | VOY: "Muse" | ||
Terrellians | 2377 | Delta Quadrant | USS Voyager | VOY: "Drive" | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then |
Aksani | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | ||||
Chessu | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | ||||
Imhotep | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | ||||
Lokirrim | VOY: "Body and Soul" | ||||
Kraylor | VOY: "Nightingale" | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | |||
Annari | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | ||||
Nygeans | VOY: "Repentance" | ||||
Benkarans | |||||
Fantome's species | the Void | VOY: "The Void" | |||
Nar Shaddan | Delta Quadrant | VOY: "Workforce" | |||
Quarren | Quarra | ||||
Norvalens | Delta Quadrant, most likely Quarra | Most likely first contact at that time since Voyager reached their region then | |||
Otrin's species | ca. 2248 / 2378 | Otrin's homeworld | VOY: "Friendship One" | Pre-warp at the time of first contact | |
Ledosians | 2378 | Ledos | VOY: "Natural Law" | ||
Ventu | Chakotay, Seven of Nine | ||||
Vau N'Akat | 2385 | Solum | USS Voyager-A | PRO: "Ouroboros, Part II" | In an alternate timeline, first contact was made by a Prometheus-class starship at a later date, leading to a devastating civil war. |
Other species[]
Race 1 | Race 2 | Year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Vulcans | Klingons | 2016 | H'atoria system | Unknown | DIS: "The Vulcan Hello" | Resulted in the destruction of a Vulcan starship at the hands of the Klingons. Vulcan ships met all subsequent encounters with a show of force to ward off any more attacks |
Klingons | Organians | 2267 | Organia | Kor | TOS: "Errand of Mercy" | At exactly the same time as Federation-Organian first contact; at least one Klingon cruiser had unknowingly made contact with Organians some years before 2154 (ENT: "Observer Effect") |
Gem's species | Vians | 2268 | Minara II | Gem | TOS: "The Empath" | |
Ferengi | Stakoron | 2369 | unknown | unknown | DS9: "The Nagus" | |
Ferengi | Dominion | 2370 | Unknown | Quark and Pel | DS9: "Rules of Acquisition" | First contact was made through the Karemma; though the Federation also made contact with the Dominion in 2370, the Ferengi were the first Alpha Quadrant species to make contact |
Borg | Species 6339 | 2371 | Unknown, presumably Delta Quadrant | Unknown | VOY: "Infinite Regress" |
Species where approximate first contact dates are known[]
Humans[]
Lower limits of 2063 refer to the year of Earth's first official first contact.
Race | Approximate year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Kzin | Shortly after 2067 | Unknown | Unknown | TAS: "The Slaver Weapon" | Four wars were fought "two hundred years" before 2269. This might have been an approximation, but it does suggest they took place very shortly after Earth achieved Warp. It might also have been after 2067, as "Friendship One" established that Humans still "had no idea" of what threats lay in space in that year. |
Draylaxians | Between 2063 and 2126 | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Fortunate Son" | Based on Travis Mayweather's birthdate, he was born on the Draylax/Vega run |
Trillius Prime inhabitants | Between 2063 and the 2130s | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Broken Bow" | Travis Mayweather visited the planet in sixth grade (he was born in 2126) |
Denobulans | Between 2063 and the 2130s | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Cold Station 12", "Demons" | Based on the earliest known operating date of Cold Station 12, and corroborated by estimates of when Nathan Samuels was 18 |
Teneebian moons inhabitants | Between 2063 and 2140s | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Broken Bow" | Travis Mayweather visited these before he started his Starfleet training |
Orions | Between 2063 and 2152 | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Horizon" | However, Arik Soong, a rogue Human, seems to have had contact with Orions at least in the 2140s |
Demerians | Between 2063 and 2152 | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Horizon" | |
Neubilia Prime inhabitants | Between 2063 and 2153 | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "United" | Before Captain Mayweather's death in late 2152 |
Denobulans[]
Race | approximate Year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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B'Saari | Before the 19th century | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Future Tense" | First Denobulan first contact, therefore before first contact between Denobulans and Antarans |
Antarans | Before the 19th century | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "The Breach" | Based on the end date of their last war |
Bynar | Before 2151 | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Regeneration" | Given Phlox's statement, it seems likely that he encountered the Bynar before he joined Enterprise; even if that assumption is false, the latest possible date is 2153, the year the episode played out |
Vulcans[]
Race | Approximate year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Tellarites | At the latest 1957 | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Carbon Creek" | |
Andorians | Early 20th century | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Proving Ground" | |
Arkonians | ca. 2050s | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Dawn" | "nearly one hundred years" before 2152 |
Tholians | Before 2152 | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Future Tense" | |
Cardassians | Before 2240s | Unknown | Unknown | DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" | Based on Iloja of Prim living on Vulcan, somewhere between Dax's birth in 2018 and when Dax joined Emony Dax. Cardassian voles were present on the Starfleet ship USS Discovery in 2256, although it also had a Gorn even though official first contact was not yet made. |
Trill | Before 2240s | Unknown | Unknown | DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" | Based on Emony Dax meeting a young Leonard McCoy |
Federation[]
Race | Approximate year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Betazoids | Before May 2256 | Unknown | Unknown | DIS: "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" | Mentioned in the context of Harry Mudd supposedly having robbed a Betazoid bank prior to being imprisoned during the Federation-Klingon War. In the alternate timeline, Betazoids were first mentioned in 2255. |
Tamarians | 2260s | Unknown | Unknown, possible Captain A. Silvestri | TNG: "Darmok" | The Federation had encountered the Tamarians seven times in the hundred years before 2368, but formal relations were only established in that year due to vast differences in their methods of communication |
Ktarians | Before 2284 | Unknown | Unknown | Star Trek Generations | Based on the mention of Ktarian eggs in that year |
Yridians | 24th century, before 2367 | Unknown | Captain Rudolph Ransom | VOY: "Equinox" | Yridians were thought to be extinct, though it is unknown for how long, as the 22nd century Vulcan database had info helpful in contacting them. (ENT: "Twilight") First contact occurred between Ransom's graduating from Starfleet Academy and his promotion to captain, which was in 2367 at the latest, based on knowledge of his encounter with a Klingon Bird-of-Prey in that year. Assuming that Branson's age in 2375 was 50, like John Savage, first contact was probably at most thirty years before 2367 |
Dosi | 2369 or 2370 | Unknown | Unknown | DS9: "Hard Time" | The discovery of the Bajoran wormhole presumably provides an earliest possible date |
Karemma | between 2369 and 2371 | Unknown | Unknown | DS9: "Hard Time" | The discovery of the Bajoran wormhole presumably provides an earliest possible date |
Argrathi | between 2369 and 2372 | Unknown | Unknown | DS9: "Hard Time" | The discovery of the Bajoran wormhole presumably provides an earliest possible date |
Ankari | Between 2371 and 2375 | Delta Quadrant | USS Equinox | VOY: "Equinox" | It is not entirely clear when the Equinox encountered this species |
Nucleogenic lifeforms | Between 2371 and 2375 | Delta Quadrant | USS Equinox | VOY: "Equinox" | Contact was made at the same time as contact with the Ankari |
Ponea | Between 2371 and 2375 | Delta Quadrant | USS Equinox | VOY: "Equinox" | |
Vau N'Akat | circa 2434 | Delta Quadrant | PRO: "A Moral Star, Part 2" | According to The Diviner, The Federation will make first contact in 50 years after the Protostar's discovery. | |
Vojeans | Before 2377 | Delta Quadrant | USS Voyager | VOY: "Q2" | Voyager moved trough their region of space several months before the events of "Q2" |
Wyngari | Before 2377 | Delta Quadrant | USS Voyager | VOY: "Q2" | Voyager moved trough their region of space several months before the events of "Q2" |
Borg[]
Race | approximate Year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Species 116 | Before ca. 2174 | Unknown | Unknown | VOY: "Hope and Fear" | Based on Arturis' statement in 2374 that his species managed to outwit the Borg for "centuries" |
Vaadwaur | Before the 15th century | Unknown | Unknown | VOY: "Hope and Fear" | |
Species 262 | Probably the 22nd century | Unknown | Unknown | VOY: "The Omega Directive" | Based on date of first assimilation |
Species 263 | Probably the 22nd century | Unknown | Unknown | VOY: "The Omega Directive" | Designation suggests first contact shortly after Species 262 |
Ktarians | Before 2350s | Unknown | Unknown | VOY: "Dark Frontier" | |
Species 571 | Before 2368 | Unknown | Unknown | VOY: "Survival Instinct" | Designation suggests first contact shortly after Species 263 |
Species 8472 | Circa 2373 | Unknown | Unknown | VOY: "Scorpion" |
Other species[]
Race 1 | Race 2 | Year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Klingons | Hur'q | 14th century | Unknown | Unknown | DS9: "The Sword of Kahless" | A thousand year before 2372 |
Coridanites | Orions | "centuries" before 2155 | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Demons" | |
Bajorans | Cardassians | Between 16th and 22nd century | Unknown | Unknown | DS9: "Explorers", "Accession" | Official first contact supposedly happened after the forgotten first contact by lightships, and before Akorem Laan disappeared in the Bajoran year 9174 (as he was familiar with Cardassians) |
Xindi | Sphere-Builders | 2030s or shortly thereafter | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "The Council" | The Sphere-Builders contacted the Xindi to help them in their Great Diaspora, which started after the destruction of Xindus in the 2030s |
Valakians | M'klexa | Before 2151 | Valakis | Unknown | ENT: "Dear Doctor" | It is possible that the Menk made contact with the M'klexa at the same time |
Valakians | Ferengi | Before 2151 | Valakis | Unknown | ENT: "Dear Doctor" | It is possible that the Menk made contact with the Ferengi at the same time |
Ferengi | Hupyrians | Probably before 2151 | Unknown | Unknown | ENT: "Acquisition" | Based on a mention of Hupyrian beetle snuff |
Klingons | Ventaxians | 2297 | Ventax II | Unknown | TNG: "Devil's Due" | |
Bajorans | Changelings | mid-24th century | Denorios belt | Odo, Mora Pol | DS9: "The Alternate" | Other Changelings, and their association with the Dominion, remained unknown until 2371 |
Unofficial first contacts[]
Often species have made contact much earlier than their official first contact dates, in events that become lost in history, are not reported, or whose full significance is not realized at the time.
Human and Federation[]
Race | Year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Sky Spirits | Several times, starting 45,000 years ago | Earth, America | Native Americans | VOY: "Tattoo" | This species engaged in genetically engineering the group of people that would become come to inhabit North and South America. They reached Earth from their Delta Quadrant homeworld in generation ships. It was not explicitly stated when they last visited Earth, but their description of the circumstances suggests it to be somewhere after the conquest of the Americas by Europeans. |
Kukulkan's species | Time of the Egyptian, Mayan, Aztec, and Chinese civilizations | Earth | Humans from around the world | TAS: "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" | Kukulkan was the last of his kind, he was mistaken for a god by the Earth natives and taught them technology and architecture; the true nature of this entity was discovered in 2270 by the crew of the USS Enterprise |
Greek gods | Around 2700 BC | Mediterranean region of Earth | Inhabitants of ancient Greece | TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?" | This race was thought mythical until encountered by the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) in 2267 |
Gary Seven's benefactors | 4000 BC and later through Human agents | Earth | Unknown | TOS: "Assignment: Earth" | This race kidnapped Humans from Earth so that their ancestors could work as their agents |
Platonians | 400 BC | Earth | Inhabitants of Ancient Greece | TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren" | |
Onaya's species | 100 BC, 1821 | Earth | Catullus, John Keats | DS9: "The Muse" | |
Unknown anaphasic lifeform species | from 1647 on | Glasgow | Jessel Howard and her female descendants | TNG: "Sub Rosa" | |
Q | 1666, 1864, 1969 | England, United States of America | Isaac Newton, Thaddius Riker, Maury Ginsberg | VOY: "Death Wish" | |
Preservers | 18th century | North America, Earth | Native Americans | TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" | They transplanted a group of Native Americans to Amerind |
Skagarans | 19th century | United States of America, Earth | Humans | ENT: "North Star" | They transplanted a group of several thousand Humans to one of their colonies to work as slaves; their descendants suggest they used mainly Americans of European descent |
Redjac | 1888 - 1891, 1932, 1974 | London, Shanghai, and Kiev | Humans | TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" | The true nature of this entity was discovered in 2267 by the crew of the Enterprise |
El-Aurians | Around 1893 | San Francisco, Earth | Humans | TNG: "Time's Arrow" | Guinan resided on Earth for a time, posing as a Human |
Devidians | 19th century | San Francisco | Humans | TOS: "Time's Arrow" | Devidians preyed on Humans in this era, though they seem to have gone completely undetected due to them existing slightly out of phase; Devidian-caused deaths were usually attributed to disease instead |
Briori | 1937 | Earth | Three hundred Human inductees | VOY: "The 37's" | |
Ferengi | 1947 | Roswell, New Mexico | Unnamed Air Force officials | DS9: "Little Green Men" | US military apparently covered this up. The Ferengi were not 20th century Ferengi but rather time-traveling 24th century Ferengi. Other unidentified first contacts were made with the Ferengi in 2151 and 2355. (ENT: "Acquisition"; TNG: "The Battle") |
Vulcans | 1930, 1957, 1968, 1969, 1986, 1996, 2004 | New York City, Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania, Earth orbit, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit, Earth | Residents of New York (especially Edith Keeler), several inhabitants of Carbon Creek, John Christopher, a US Air Force Police sergeant, Roberta Lincoln, several Cetacean Institute visitors and Dr. Gillian Taylor, Rain Robinson, Loomis | TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever"; ENT: "Carbon Creek"; TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday", "Assignment: Earth"; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; VOY: "Future's End"; ENT: "Carpenter Street" | According to Vulcan T'Pol, one of her ancestors and two colleagues were stranded on Earth when their ship crashed while observing Sputnik. Since Earth was a pre-warp civilization at the time, the Vulcans hid their alien nature from the locals while waiting for rescue.
Of these myriad contacts, only Christopher and the seargent (whose experiences were erased from the timeline), Lincoln, and Taylor (who returned to the 23rd century with the Enterprise crew), were ever made aware of Spock's true "alien" nature. |
Borg | 2063 | Earth orbit | Lily Sloane | Star Trek: First Contact | Time-traveling Borg from the 24th century tried to interrupt first contact between Humans and Vulcans. Lily Sloane, a 21st century Human, encountered Borg while on the USS Enterprise-E for medical treatment. (Star Trek: First Contact) Warp drive inventor Zefram Cochrane also seemed well informed on the Borg, though he never had direct contact. A second premature first contact event occurred in 2151, when several dead drones were found in the Arctic Circle and accidentally re-activated. ENT: "Regeneration" |
Klingons | 2369 | Devidia II orbit | Samuel Clemens | TNG: "Time's Arrow, Part II" | Samuel Clemens encountered a 24th century Klingon while on the Enterprise-D |
Organians | 2154 | Unnamed uninhabited planet | Enterprise NX-01 | ENT: "Observer Effect" | The Organians erased all memory of their encounter and planned to make official first contact in about 5,000 years; however, they were forced to make first contact little more than a hundred years later, in 2267, in order to stop the Federation-Klingon War |
Kelpien | 2239 | Kaminar | Lieutenant Philippa Georgiou | ST: "The Brightest Star" | Starfleet granted permission for Georgiou to take Saru knowing he could not return. |
Paxans | 2367 | Planet in the Ngame Nebula | USS Enterprise-D | TNG: "Clues" | Due to the extremely xenophobic nature of this species, the crew of the Enterprise-D agreed to erase all their memories and all records of their encounter. |
Vau N'Akat | 2384, 2385 | Crews of the Infinity and the USS Protostar | Solum | PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101", PRO: "Brink" | Unofficial first contact between the Vau N'Akat and members of the Federation was in 2384 and 2385. In the first instance, the crew of the Infinity -- a Human Augment hybrid, a Medusan, a Tellarite, and a Vulcan -- met the Vau N'Akat Ilthuran while rescuing Gwyndala from a failed first contact mission to the planet on behalf of the Federation. Before this, the Vau N'Akat had no outside contact with any other species. Later, most of the same group rescued Ilthuran, Kathon, and Borom, the latter two being the planet's overthrown leaders, from captivity. The rescue of Ilthuran and his meeting the Federation helped Ilthuran argue his cause in the Vau N'Akat Civil War. Shortly thereafter the USS Voyager-A initiated official first contact with the planet. |
Other species[]
Race 1 | Race 2 | Year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Cardassians | Bajorans | 16th century | Cardassia Prime | Unknown Bajoran lightship pioneers | DS9: "Explorers" | Prior to Benjamin Sisko's recreation of the voyage in 2371, as well as unearthing of new archaeological evidence on Cardassia Prime, Cardassians denied this ancient first contact |
Talaxians | Vaadwaur | 1450s | Unknown | Unknown | VOY: "Dragon's Teeth" | This became legend on Talax |
Alternate timelines[]
First contact events where the exact date is known[]
Race 1 | Race 2 | Reality | Year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Terran Empire | Vulcans | Mirror universe | 2063 | Bozeman, Montana, Earth | Dr. Zefram Cochrane | ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly" | First contact between Humans and any alien species; similar circumstances to first contact in the main universe |
Federation | Makull's species | Overwritten timeline | 2371 | M-class planet | USS Voyager | VOY: "Time and Again" |
Species where approximate first contact dates are known[]
Race 1 | Race 2 | Reality | Year | Location | Who | Source | Notes |
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Federation | Cardassians | Alternate reality | before 2255 | Unknown | Unknown | Star Trek | Based on the availability of Cardassian sunrises on Earth; as discussed elsewhere on this page, Cardassians had made contact with the Federation in the prime reality at the latest in the 2240s |
Federation | Betazoids | Alternate reality | before 2255 | Unknown | Unknown | Star Trek | Based on the availability of Jestral teas on Earth. In the prime reality, Betazoids were first mentioned one year later, in 2256. |
Federation | Vau N'Akat | Alternate timeline | After 2384 | Solum | Prometheus-class starship | PRO: "Preludes" | Led to the Vau N'Akat Civil War. In the current timeline, first contact was made by the USS Voyager-A in 2385. |