Editing Zefram Cochrane (section)

==Non-canonical treatment==

In the 1994 novel ''[[Federation (novel)|Federation]]'' by [[Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens]], whose publication predated the release of ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' by two years, Cochrane had been portrayed as a human of Earth origin. The novel suggested he retired to Alpha Centauri at some point between his first warp flight and his disappearance.<ref name= "Fed"/> This follows a suggestion made in the ''Star Trek Chronology'', on the assumption humans could not have settled the Alpha Centauri system prior to the warp drive's invention.<ref name="Chron">{{cite book|title=Star Trek Chronology|author=[[Michael Okuda|Okuda, Mike]] and [[Denise Okuda|Denise]]|publisher=Pocket Books|isbn=0-671-79611-9|year=1993|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/startrekchronolo00okud}}</ref>

In the novel, Cochrane's warp experiments are the result of a mysterious billionaire's financial and idealistic support in the period between the [[Timeline of Star Trek#Eugenics Wars and World War III|Eugenics Wars]] and [[Timeline of Star Trek#Eugenics Wars and World War III|World War{{nbsp}}III]]. His self-identification with [[Alpha Centauri]] results from it being the destination of his first warp voyage and his subsequent founding role in the first colony in the system. His life's story beyond his encounter with Kirk at Gamma Canaris in "[[Metamorphosis (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Metamorphosis]]" is depicted up to his death during the events of the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3|third season]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.<ref name="Fed">{{cite book|title=Federation|series=Star Trek|last=Reeves-Stevens|first=Judith and Garfield|isbn=0-671-89422-6|publisher=[[Pocket Books]]|date=1994-11-01}}</ref>

In the 1989 reference book ''[[Worlds of the Federation]]'', author [[Shane Johnson (author)|Shane Johnson]] writes of Zefram Cochrane being a native to the Alpha Centauri system (which is populated by humans transplanted from Earth in antiquity) who is contacted by the United Nations spaceship ''Icarus'', a sublight vessel which is the first human ship to travel to another solar system.

Lacking a common language and before the invention of the [[universal translator]], he used mathematics alone to communicate his ideas for a faster-than-light drive system and its prototype, the WD-1.<ref name="Worlds">{{cite book|title=Worlds of the Federation|series=Star Trek|last=Johnson|first=Steve|isbn=0-671-70813-9|publisher=[[Pocket Books]]|date=1989-11-01|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/worldsoffederati00shan}}</ref>

Cochrane also appeared in issue #49 of Gold Key Comics's ''Star Trek'' series, along with Nancy Hedford and the Companion.<ref name="GoldKey">{{cite book|title=Star Trek #49 ("A Warp in Space")|author=Kashdan, George|author-link=George Kashdan|publisher=Gold Key Comics|year=1977}}</ref>