Phoenix (mirror)

In the mirror universe, the ISS Phoenix was a Terran Empire Phoenix class starship in service to the Imperial Starfleet in the 21st century. She was the first Terran space craft to achieve warp drive. She is remembered as the ship that instigated the First Contact with Vulcans.

General Zefram Cochrane masterminded the warp ship inside a missile complex in Bozeman, Montana. The ship was initially a Terran Imperial Air Force nuclear missile with a titanium casing. General Cochrane was the pilot, and Lily Sloane was initially intended to be one of the co-pilots. William Riker and Geordi La Forge (both of the ISS Enterprise-E, from 2373), however, served as the crew.

On April 4th, 2063, less than 48 hours away from launch, a group of soldiers from the Klingon-Cardasssian Alliance from the 24th century attempted to destroy the Phoenix. They managed to cause significant damage to various sections of the fuselage and the primary intercooler system. The damaged throttle assembly was leaking dangerous levels of theta radiation. There were temperature variations in the fuel manifold, the intermix needed to be reconstructed, and there was a damaged warp plasma conduit that needed to be replaced. All damage was repaired in time for the launch with the help of the crew of the Enterprise, which had pursued the Borg from the future.

On April 5th, around 11 am, the Phoenix was launched. First-stage shutdown and separation were performed in orbit. The nacelles were extended, the warp core and plasma injector were brought on-line, and the nacelles were charged. It took several seconds to accelerate to critical velocity. Light speed was then achieved by the craft. The second stage of the craft had chemical engines.

The first flight of the Phoenix attracted the attention of a passing Vulcan ship, the T'Plana-Hath, causing the Vulcans to decide to make First Contact. Upon landing on Earth and making first contact Cochrane shot the first Vulcan to exit the ship, allowing his fellow Terrans to board the alien ship and steal the Vulcans' technology; providing the Humans rapid technological advancement leading the early interstellar expansion of the Empire.