First Contact

First Contact is the event when the Human race first encountered an alien civilization.

History

On June 12th, 2438, explorer Vernon Tar was surveying the Davien System. He encountered a fugitive Banu ship. At first, he believe it was another surveyor traversing the system. Upon realizing his mistake, he sent his coordinates to the United Nations of Earth (UNE). In response, a diplomatic team lead by General Neal Socolovich arrived to lead the situation. The Banu Protectorate made formal contact two weeks later. The Interstellar Peace and Trade Accord was signed between the two races in October 2438.

Holiday

First Contact Day is a holiday in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) held annually on June 6th, to commemorate the Human race first contact with an alien civilization.

List of First Contacts Between Major Species

Participants	Date (SEY)	Place	Events, Result
Humans and Banu	June 12th, 2438	Davien	Interstellar Peace and Trade Accord
Humans and Vanduul	August 9th, 2681	Armitage, Orion Sys	Massacre of Dell, begin of Vanduul skirmishes into UEE territory
Humans and Xi'an	2530	Se'kith (ex-Pallas III), Th.us'ūng Sys	Pallas incident: A terraforming attempt by Gaia Planet Services on the Xi'an claimed world Se'kith led to early upsets in relations between UEE and the Xi'an Empire, which escalated 13 years later under the Messers into a cold war.
Humans and Kr’Thak			have not made contact, existence of the Kr'Thak is only known to the humans through Xi'an sources
Banu and Vanduul	unknown	unknown	unknown
Banu and Xi'an	unknown	unknown	unknown
Banu and Kr’Thak	-	-	have not made contact
Vanduul and Xi'an	-	-	have not made contact
Vanduul and Kr’Thak	-	-	unknown
Xi'an and Kr’Thak	before 351, after -19747		early relations unknown, escalation into the Spirit Wars and the destruction of RyiXy'an and the forming of the Xi'an Empire

See also

• Dramatic re-enactment of First Contact (Inside Star Citizen: Plan of Gatac, 2021-06-10)