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How differently would humanity turn out if another Trek species like Klingons, Romulans, Ferengi or Andorians made first contact with Zefram Cochrane instead of the Vulcans? this a Hypertheoretical question, since it's pretty obvious that the Vulcans had a heavily influence on the Prime Directive and the Planet classification used by the Federation.
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Agreed.
As for the question...
Klingons: Conquered easily. Federation never formed.
Romulans: Conquered easily. Federation never formed.
Ferengi: Probably end up forming Weyland-Yutani or something.
Andorians: Hard to say. Possibly conquered.
I don't think the Andorians would have conquered Earth. They're militaristic, but they don't simply occupy planets of other species just because they can.
The only example (as far as I know) of them taking away somebody else's planet was an uninhabited moon. That they terraformed and into which they had put a lot of effort while the Vulcans didn't really do much with it until the Andorians had made it habitable.
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It's too far away from the Klingon Empire so it'd be hard to defend (and a small coalition of local species may have resisted such a sudden establishment of Klingon territory amidst their own).
The Romulans probably wouldn't see much added value either.
Keep in mind that breaking the warp barrier seemed to be the requirement for contact only because the Vulcans decided that. Nothing suggests that the Klingons and the Romulans follow similar procedures, indeed, if the Klingons for example were interested in Earth, they'd have no reason to wait until Earth developed warp technology.
A more interesting one would be the Ferengi. I think their impact would be minor. At best, they might remind humanity of the need to outgrow the strive for material wealth.
Breaking the warp barrier itself (and the opportunities that came with it) seemed more important as a moral boost and for promoting the idea that more co-operation was needed anyway. Meeting another species was also great of course, but I don't think it would've been the most important factor in changing humanity's mindset.
[3/25 10:41][Combat (Self)]Your Haymaker deals 26187 (10692) Physical Damage(Critical) to Orinoco.
The Orions joined the Terran Empire by Archer's time.
Fortunately, Riker, Geordi, and Deanna went down to the camp first and told him about his glorious future, how there would be a statue to him, how the first flight of the Phoenix would be the keystone of a future era of peace and prosperity for all, and what a great person he really was down deep. Way down deep, under about the third layer of tequila, but still...