Zefram Cochrane ' s statue Zefram Cochrane ' s statue was a statue of Zefram Cochrane erected before 2152 in Bozeman , Montana at the site where the " Phoenix " was launched . Made of marble , the statue had a height of about twenty meters . It portrayed Cochrane gazing up at the sky , with one hand " reaching toward the future , " as described by Geordi La Forge . ( , ) When the crew of the traveled back in time to the events of First Contact in 2063 , La Forge told Cochrane about the statue , mimicking its posture while in Cochrane ' s company . When Cochrane was caught trying to flee from the hero - worshiping Starfleet officers shortly thereafter , he anxiously declared that he didn ' t want to be a statue . Commander William T . Riker was surprised that La Forge had even told him . ( ) Captain Jonathan Archer kept a small , statuette version of the original aboard on a desk in his quarters starting with the ship ' s launch in 2151 . ( , et al . ) Commander Charles Tucker III had visited the statue in Bozeman prior to 2152 . ( ) " In 2154 of an alternate timeline wherein Captain Archer contracted anterograde amnesia due to infection by interspatial parasite s , Archer used the statuette to defend himself against a Xindi - Reptilian who had boarded " Enterprise " and was intruding in his quarters . Although the figurine broke as Archer fought the Xindi warrior , he used its main part to stab the intruder , killing the Xindi . The statuette was not only reassembled thereafter and placed back on Archer ' s desk but was also included in a makeshift settlement on Ceti Alpha V by 2165 of that timeline , at which point it could be found on a shelving unit in a bedroom where Archer slept . " ( ) Appendix . Background information . The statuette of Zefram Cochrane that frequently appears on was designed by illustrator Doug Drexler . ( " Broken Bow " text commentary , ENT Season 1 DVD ) However , he originally created it for the , before " Enterprise " even began airing ; at this point , it showed the figurine as if it was the statue spoken about and impersonated in " First Contact " . ( " Star Trek Encyclopedia " , 3rd ed . , p . 81 ) Drexler recalled , " " I went directly to the art supply on Laurel Canyon , picked up an armature , some roma plastilina , and got to work . By the end of the day , there it stood . " " The design was not only influenced by La Forge ' s description in " First Contact " , but also took inspiration from Jean - Luc Picard . " " The final touch was to adapt Picard ’ s distinctive two finger ' engage ! ' point , " " Drexler explained , " " as if our erstwhile captain was invoking this very statue each time he gave the order for the great starship to go to warp . " " Prior to presenting the model as an option for using on the set for Captain Archer ' s quarters , Drexler waited until Set Decorator James Mees was desperately looking for additional set dressing for that room , very shortly before Executive Producer Rick Berman visited the set during preproduction . Upon first seeing the model , Berman was astonished and asked where it had come from . A little later , Mees played a practical joke on Drexler by claiming he had replied that he himself had sculpted the model . In the final draft script for " Twilight " , a note regarding the appearance of the Cochrane statuette in Archer ' s bedroom in 2165 of the alternate timeline featured in that episode stated , " " We may notice that it ’ s been glued together after being broken in half . " " However , this is not apparent in the episode . Another difference between those two depictions of the statuette is that , although the final version of the episode showed it on a shelving unit in Archer ' s bedroom of 2165 , the figurine was scripted to be on a desk . At least eight identical " stunt " statue props were created for the production of " Twilight " . Three statuette props were sold in both the " " and " It ' s A Wrap ! " sale and auction . These were copies , however ; the original prop remained in Doug Drexler ' s possession .