Changes: Astral eddy

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Astral anomaly — *Voyager* approaches an astral eddy

An astral eddy is an extremely powerful and potentially destructive phenomenon formed in an interfold layer at the confluence of space and subspace. A series of astral eddies were encountered by the USS Voyager in 2373 in the Delta Quadrant. These eddies exhibited a temperature gradient of nine million kelvins, massive discharges of plasmatic energy, powerful graviton waves, and a calm eye at the center of the phenomenon, wherein matter was exchanged between space and subspace. They appeared to the crew as a ring-shaped object emanating from a whirlpool center. When they grew sufficiently large, the eddies would periodically erupt from subspace into normal space, and then dissipate, after which a wake of plasma particles emanating from subspace was left behind.

The crew of Voyager first encountered this phenomenon while investigating the destruction of a Vostigye space station, which was destroyed by one of the eddies. Tracking the plasma wake, they encountered another one, which caused the ship's helm and navigational control to go offline. Captain Janeway ordered ship's phasers utilized in an attempt to disperse the eddy, but before they had a chance to fire it collapsed into itself. The crew later encountered another eddy, which threw off powerful graviton waves causing some difficulty in keeping the ship steady. The crew launched a probe into this eddy, which was pulled into the interfold layer when the eddy collapsed. Later, Tom Paris piloted the class 2 shuttle Cochrane in an attempt to collect the resultant plasma particles with the shuttle 's bussard collectors, although he required doses of hyronalin and lectrazine to protect him from radiation poisoning. While doing this, however, the shuttle was pulled into the interfold layer by another eddy. Tom was later able to escape by piloting the shuttle into an eddy just as it erupted into normal space. (VOY: "Real Life")

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-[[File:astral anomaly.jpg|thumb|USS ''Voyager'' approaching an erupting astral eddy]]
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+An '''astral eddy''' is an extremely powerful and potentially destructive phenomenon formed in an [[interfold layer]] at the confluence of [[space]] and [[subspace]]. A series of astral eddies were encountered by the {{USS|Voyager}} in [[2373]] in the [[Delta Quadrant]]. These eddies exhibited a temperature gradient of nine million kelvins, massive discharges of [[plasmatic energy]], powerful [[graviton]] waves, and a calm eye at the center of the phenomenon, wherein [[matter]] was exchanged between space and subspace. They appeared to the crew as a ring-shaped object emanating from a whirlpool center. When they grew sufficiently large, the eddies would periodically erupt from subspace into normal space, and then dissipate, after which a wake of [[plasma]] particles emanating from subspace was left behind.
-An '''astral eddy''' is a [[subspace disruption]] [[Subspace anomaly|anomaly]]. An erupting eddy is shaped like a ring emanating from a whirlpool center. Within the ring there are massive discharges of [[plasmatic energy]]. The center however is totally calm. [[Matter]] inside the anomaly is exchanged between [[space]] and [[subspace]].
+The crew of ''Voyager'' first encountered this phenomenon while investigating the destruction of a [[Vostigye]] [[space station]], which was destroyed by one of the eddies. Tracking the plasma wake, they encountered another one, which caused the ship's [[helm]] and [[navigation|navigational control]] to go offline. [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] ordered ship's [[phaser]]s utilized in an attempt to disperse the eddy, but before they had a chance to fire it collapsed into itself. The crew later encountered another eddy, which threw off powerful [[graviton wave]]s causing some difficulty in keeping the ship steady. The crew launched a [[probe]] into this eddy, which was pulled into the interfold layer when the eddy collapsed. Later, [[Tom Paris]] piloted the [[class 2 shuttle]] [[Cochrane (shuttlecraft)|''Cochrane'']] in an attempt to collect the resultant plasma particles with the [[shuttle]] 's [[bussard collector]]s, although he required doses of [[hyronalin]] and [[lectrazine]] to protect him from [[radiation poisoning]]. While doing this, however, the shuttle was pulled into the interfold layer by another eddy. Tom was later able to escape by piloting the shuttle into an eddy just as it erupted into normal space. ({{VOY|Real Life}})
-Astral eddies form inside [[interfold layer]]s, between space and subspace. A sufficiently large eddy periodically erupts into normal space via a [[subspace rupture]]. The eddy forms, expands, moves, dissipates and collapses back into the interfold layer. Due to the fact that an eddy is highly charged with [[plasma]], it leaves behind an unusual wake of plasma particles that emanate from subspace. This wake produces dangerous levels of [[radiation]]. A [[Human]] traveling in the wake on a [[class 2 shuttle]] can temporarily be protected from the effects with [[hyronalin]] and [[lectrazine]].
-Astral eddies disable [[starship]] [[propulsion]] and [[navigation]]. They cause turbulence in the levels that [[transporter]]s cannot be used to beam anything to or from the anomaly. An erupting eddy also produces [[graviton wave]]s that impact objects further away. [[Phaser]]s may be able to disperse an eddy when it erupts into normal space.
-The phenomenon was first encountered in [[2373]]. A [[Vostigye]] science station, in the [[Delta Quadrant]], was torn apart by an astral eddy with the temperature gradient of nine million [[kelvin]]s. Eddies collapsing back to the interfold layer also trapped a [[probe]] and the shuttlecraft [[Cochrane (shuttlecraft)|''Cochrane'']], while it was gathering plasma particles with [[bussard collector]]s from the wake of an eddy. ({{VOY|Real Life}})
 ==See also==
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 [[de:Astralwirbel]]
+[[Category:Astronomical phenomena]]
 [[Category:Subspace phenomena]]