Halkan

In both the Federation and mirror universe the Halkans were a race devoted to total peace.

In 2267 on stardate 3739.8 Captain James T. Kirk and three of his crewmembers from the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) had beamed down to the Halkan council in order to obtain permission to mine that planet's dilithim reserves. The Halkans refused, fearing their resources might one day be used in an unforseen war. The Enterprise crew beamed up respecting their ethical views.

At the same time in the mirror universe Kirk's mirror counterpart from the ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701) had beamed down to that universe's Halkan council and threatened to destroy that planet with a phaser barrage if they didn't surrender their dilithium. The council refused, saying they would die as a race to preserve their history of total peace.

At the time there was a severe ion storm in both universes that overcharged each Enterprise's respective transporter, with the result that when the landing parties were beamed up they were swept into each other's universe. Kirk was forced to stall for time while under orders to annihilate the Halkans Spocks to assassinate Kirk if he failed to comply.