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[Yistaan]

The context of his statement coincides with his first contact mission in the episode, sanctioned by the Federation. The ‘we’ in his statement clearly refers to the Federation, because that’s what he’s representing.

Then we STILL haven't seen Federation/Klingon First Contact because in Discovery they've already had some contact. Earth's first contact with Klingons doesn't count any more than Vulcan, Tellarite, or Andorian first contact with them and we haven't seen those either.

Maybe T'Kuvma was at Fed/Klingon First Contact and got ticked off, leading to the events of Discovery. Although T'Kuvma didn't seem that old in Disco so official contact happening almost 100 years after Enterprise, while not impossible, is strange.

 

[Dukhat]

Then we STILL haven't seen Federation/Klingon First Contact because in Discovery they've already had some contact. Earth's first contact with Klingons doesn't count any more than Vulcan, Tellarite, or Andorian first contact with them and we haven't seen those either.

Maybe T'Kuvma was at Fed/Klingon First Contact and got ticked off, leading to the events of Discovery. Although T'Kuvma didn't seem that old in Disco so official contact happening almost 100 years after Enterprise, while not impossible, is strange.

I am going by the context in which Picard’s statement was made. ENT and DSC didn’t exist at the time, so using them and the events that happened in them to take Picard’s statement out of the context in which it was made is a futile endeavor. Just accept that a retcon was made later and Picard’s statement is now invalid. It’s not like anyone is trying to justify why Kirk’s middle initial is ‘R’ in WNMHGB.

 

[fireproof78]

It’s not like anyone is trying to justify why Kirk’s middle initial is ‘R’ in WNMHGB.

Every once in a while I do. It's fun.

 

[Noname Given]

Picard: Centuries ago, a disastrous contact with the Klingon Empire led to decades of war. It was decided then we would do surveillance before making contact. It was a controversial decision. I believe it prevented more problems than it created.

On re-read, Picard NEVER says which Fed member had the disastrous contact with Klingons that led to decades of war. Could've been the Andorians or Tellarites. He never said it was Earth (the Vulcan Hello's memory alpha page doesn't seem to match what Picard describes here either)

You guys should just ask TrekBBS user Mudd directly as he wrote the script for the TNG episode First Contact and Picard's line about "Disastrous first contact..."