Starfleet Academy. Courses: Early Starfleet History. April 5, 2063: Zefram Cochrane. Developing warp drive: The Borg. In time, Cochrane resigned himself to the role history had apparently written for him, rather than maintaining the more fantastical truth of what had happened. He recanted his own statements regarding first contact and the two warring groups involved in the event a few years after making the claims. In 2073, he was recorded as proclaiming, "Don't try to be a great man; just be a