"The First".

Summary

During the Dominion War, the USS Enterprise-E makes first contact with a newly warp-capable culture, and Picard is obligated to tell them to give up the dangers of space travel.

References

Characters

Jean-Luc Picard • William T. Riker • Werta

Referenced only

Zefram Cochrane • Rudyard Kipling • Geordi La Forge • Lily Sloane • Vosin

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise-E • Vosin

Locations

Races and cultures

Human • Jem'Hadar • Shadrasi

Referenced only

Borg • Cardassian • Klingon • Romulan

States and organizations

Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Other references

Dominion War • Prime Directive

Chronology

Appendices

Related media

• TNG movie & novelization: Star Trek: First Contact

Connections

Star Trek: The Next Generation collected short stories, novellas and short novels
Strange New Worlds	I: ("What Went Through Data's Mind 0.68 Seconds Before the Satellite Hit" • "The Naked Truth" • "The First" • "See Spot Run" • "Together Again, for the First Time" • "Civil Disobedience" • "Of Cabbages and Kings") • II: ("I Am Klingon" • "Reciprocity" • "Calculated Risk" • "Gods, Fate, and Fractals" • "I Am Become Death") • III: ("Whatever You Do, Don't Read This Story" • "A Private Victory" • "The Fourth Toast" • "One of Forty-seven" • "A Q to Swear By" • "The Change of Seasons" • "Out of the Box, Thinking") • IV: ("Flight 19" • "The Promise" • "Flash Point" • "Prodigal Son" • "Seeing Forever") • V: ("Bluff" • "The Peacemakers" • "Efflorescence" • "Kristin's Conundrum" • "The Monkey Puzzle Box" • "The Farewell Gift" • "Dementia in D Minor") • VI: ("The Soft Room" • "Protecting Data's Friends" • "The Human Factor" • "Tribble in Paradise") • VII: ("Life's Work" • "Adventures in Jazz and Time" • "Future Shock" • "Full Circle" • "Beginnings" • "Solemn Duty") • 8: ("Morning Bells Are Ringing" • "Passages of Deceit" • "Final Flight") • 9: ("Staying the Course" • "Home Soil" • "Terra Tonight" • "Solace in Bloom") • 10 ("Wired" • "A Dish Served Cold" • "The Very Model") • 2016 ("A Christmas Qarol" • "The Sunwalkers" • "The Seen and Unseen")
The Sky's the Limit	"Meet with Triumph and Disaster" • "Acts of Compassion" • "Redshift" • "Among the Clouds" • "Thinking of You" • "Turncoats" • "Ordinary Days" • "'Twould Ring the Bells of Heaven" • "Friends With the Sparrows" • "Suicide Note" • "Four Lights" • "'Til Death" • "On the Spot" • "Trust Yourself When All Men Doubt You"
Star Trek: Explorer	"Q and False" • "Quality of Life" • "Broken Oaths" • "Prey" • "Growing Pains" • "Pulaski 2.0" • "The Disavowed" • "Paghabi" • "The Expert" • "Scramble" • "Dignified Transfer" • "Attempted Break-in" • "The Simulation" • "Family History" • "Into the Cardassian Quagmire"
Misc. short stories	"The Captain and the King" • "Last Words" • "Bedside Matters" • "On the Scent of Trouble" • "Life Itself is Reason Enough" • "What Dreams May Come" • "Twilight's Wrath" • "Eleven Hours Out" • "Darkness" • "The Sacred Chalice" • "For Want of a Nail"
Misc. novellas & short novels	"The Other Side" • "The Worst of Both Worlds" • "Brave New World"

Timeline

published order
Previous story: The Naked Truth	Strange New Worlds I	Next story: See Spot Run
Previous story: The Naked Truth Strange New Worlds I	TNG short stories	Next story: See Spot Run Strange New Worlds I
Previous story: first Star Trek story	Stories by: Peg Robinson	Next story: The Hero of My Own Life Strange New Worlds II
chronological order
Previous adventure: Fire Ship chapters 2 - 24 The Captain's Table	Pocket Books Timeline	Next adventure: Reciprocity Strange New Worlds II
Previous adventure: Fire Ship chapters 2 - 24 The Captain's Table	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: A Taste of Spam Strange New Worlds 10
Previous adventure: Alien Spotlight: Q Alien Spotlight	voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)	Next adventure: Reciprocity Strange New Worlds II