Editing Mirror Universe (section)

==2268==
Spock begins consolidating his power using the [[Tantalus Field|Tantalus Device]], both by eliminating rivals aboard the Enterprise and by acheiving military victories with a minimum of bloodshed. Among his accomplishments are securing the [[Dilithium]] mining rights on the planets [[Elas]] and [[Troyius]] not for the empire but for himself. (Novel: Sorrows of the Empire)

In the prime universe, the [[USS Defiant (NCC-1764)|USS Defiant]] investigates an unstable region of space near [[Tholian]] territory. It disappears through an [[Interphasic Rift]] and ends up a century in the past and in the [[Mirror Universe]]. It is later captured by Commander Johnathan Archer and a small crew who plan to use it to usurp the power of the Emperor. (TOS: The Tholian Web, STE: In a Mirror Darkly, Parts 1 & 2)