<Tr> <Th> Affiliation </Th> <Td> Earth </Td> </Tr> <P> Zefram Cochrane is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe . Created by writer Gene L. Coon, the character first appeared in the 1967 Star Trek episode "Metamorphosis", in which he was played by Glenn Corbett . James Cromwell later played Cochrane in the 1996 feature film Star Trek: First Contact and the 2001 Star Trek: Enterprise pilot, "Broken Bow". Footage of Cromwell from Star Trek: First Contact was used in the Enterprise episode "In a Mirror, Darkly (Part I)", along with new footage of an identically - dressed actor whose face is not shown . </P> <P> As first mentioned in Star Trek: The Original Series, and furtherly established by the events of Star Trek: First Contact, Cochrane is the first human to create a warp drive system, and in 2063, his successful light - speed flight draws the attention of the Vulcans, leading to humanity's first official contact with an alien race . </P> <P> Cochrane was born in 2030, according to Star Trek: First Contact (though the novelization of that film gives his year of birth as 2013). He constructed humanity's first warp - capable vessel, the Phoenix, in Bozeman, Montana, out of an old Titan II nuclear missile . He started the project for financial gain, and found the accounts of his future accolades as told by the crew of the Enterprise - E from the future deeply disturbing . </P>

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