Corrected entry: Picard states in his log entry that the "alien" ship has detected the Phoenix's warp signature. Picard knows perfectly well that a Vulcan ship made first contact. Historically, he and the rest of the Starfleet doesn't use "alien" unless they are referring to an unknown race. This was only done to preserve the surprise of Vulcans walking off the ship.
Grumpy Scot
8th Sep 2016
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
28th Aug 2003
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Corrected entry: WWIII didn't seem to do much damage. People have clothes, houses and even electricity. Riker states 37 million people are dead and very few governments are left. 37 million is only 10% of the US population and about .6% of the world population (please forgive the callousness of "only" 37 million.) One would think that government would return a year or less after such a small war. Especially since the majority of government leaders would most likely have escaped to shelters. After all, WWII was 6 years long, killed close to 50 million people and the major world governments never came close to falling (by falling I refer to anarchy as opposed to a new government). One would think casualties would be closer to 500 million-1 billion in order to truly cripple society.
Correction: First of all, Riker actually says 600 million dead which is a far cry from 37 million. He also said many major cities were destroyed. You are also forgetting that there would be more Weapons of Mass Destruction used. Also, the "houses" we see are hardly that great, and people can use gas generators for electricity. It's not hard to believe people would have clothes, either. For that matter Data says it is 10 years after WWIII so people had enough time to get themselves together somewhat. It seems WWIII did as much damage as Riker said it did.
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Correction: Perhaps he was just being nostalgic. Since they have been on Earth in the past for a while he just empathizes the feeling these people had from a time before humans knew about extraterrestrials.
lionhead