Second Civil War

Second Civil War

A glimpse of a scene prior to or during the Second Civil War

The Second Civil War, later known as the Eugenics War and finally escalating into World War III, was a conflict that occurred on Earth circa 2026. It was described as the beginning of the conflict that eventually came to be known as the Third World War.

The events leading up to this civil war began with protests against the United States Government regarding freedom and equality. These protests included political groups such as Black Lives Matter, speaking out against law enforcement agencies whose individual officers used violence against black people and other people of color and the student-led March for Our Lives protest which called for greater gun control legislation and the defunding of groups such as the National Rifle Association.

By the year 2024, due to the increase in homelessness, Sanctuary Districts were a common sight in major cities across the United States. This led to even more civil unrest, particularly the Bell Riots. (DS9: "Past Tense, Part I", "Past Tense, Part II")

That year also happened to be the year that Doctor Adam Soong was looking over a file labeled "Project Khan," which was left over from a previous series of conflicts that involved Khan Noonien Singh and his followers. It stands to reason that Soong went forward with Project Khan eventually, as the Second Civil War eventually became known as the Eugenics War, before it finally escalated into World War III. (PIC: "Farewell"; SNW: "Strange New Worlds")

According to the PIC showrunners, Spock was wrong in TOS: "Space Seed" and that Eugenics Wars happened much later during the 21st century. Terry Matalas stated, “We discussed endlessly. We came to the conclusion that in WW3 there were several EMP bursts that kicked everyone back decades. Records of that 75 year period, the 90s on were sketchy. Maybe Spock was wrong? No easy way to do it if you want the past to look and feel like today.[…] Maybe because in 1967 they didn’t anticipate the show still going for another 6 decades.” Aaron J. Waltke added, "There’s also the ripples of the Temporal Cold War shifting the Prime Timeline in Star Trek: Enterprise — at least until the Temporal Accords put an end to that wibbly wobbliness." [1]

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