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Star Trek Timeline [INTERACTIVE]
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Multiple realities
(covers information from several alternate timelines)
(covers information from several alternate timelines)
Reverse engineering was the process of studying a technology for the purpose of recreating it without the original design.
In the mirror universe in 2155, T'Pol advised Commander Jonathan Archer that the logical course of action upon capturing the USS Defiant was to return it to Starfleet for study, so they could reverse engineer its systems. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")