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The Mirror Universe is a fictional parallel universe in which the plots of several ''Star Trek'' television episodes take place. It resembles the fictional universe in which the ''Star Trek'' TV series takes place, but is separate from the main universe. The Mirror Universe has been featured in several different ''Star Trek'' TV series. It is named for "Mirror, Mirror", the original series episode in which it first appeared. ==Overview== The characters in the Mirror Universe are aggressive, mistrustful, and opportunistic in personality. Whereas the ''Star Trek'' universe depicts an optimistic future in which the Earth-based United Federation of Planets values peace, co-operation and exploration, episodes set in the Mirror Universe feature the human-dominated Terran Empire which values conquest instead. The term "Terran" is predominantly used for humans. By the 22nd century, humanity had formed the Terran Empire and enslaved dozens of alien worlds and species. Discipline aboard starships was enforced through torture — either through agonizers carried by crewmembers or agony booths. Officers were barbaric in behavior and advanced in rank by killing superiors who they thought were incompetent. Roman/Nazi-style military salutes were used by crewmembers to show loyalty to their captain. When exposed to individuals from the normal universe, the Terran Empire began to reform itself for the better, but was overthrown in the 23rd century by an alliance of alien species who took advantage of the Empire's self-weakening and conquered it, enslaving Terrans and Vulcans in the process. Though the Mirror Universe is darker and violent than the normal universe, a few Mirror characters are more friendly or docile than their normal counterparts. For example, Mirror Quark helped Terran slaves escape and reach freedom while Mirror Brunt is a kind and considerate Ferengi. The Mirror Universe has been visited in one episode of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', five episodes of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and a two-part episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' as well as several non-canon ''Star Trek'' novels and video games. Not all characters have a Mirror counterpart; because the Mirror versions of Ben and Jennifer Sisko separated before conceiving a child, there is no Mirror version of Jake Sisko. Since humans were enslaved by the time period of The Next Generation, a Mirror version of Data was never created. Also, since the Dax symbiont was never joined with Ezri Tigan in the Mirror Universe, there is no exact copy of Ezri Dax, only Mirror Ezri Tigan. Mirror versions of several characters died during the course of the various Mirror Universe storylines whereas their normal counterparts remained alive. The reverse is also true with Bareil Antos and Jennifer Sisko being alive in the Mirror Universe while their normal counterparts had died, although the Mirror Jennifer was later killed in the episode "Shattered Mirror". Characters from each universe refer to the other as "parallel" or "alternate" rather than "mirror". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mirror Universe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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