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'''Chronowerx Industries''' was a [[20th century]] [[computer]] [[technology]] company founded by [[Henry Starling]] and headquartered in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] on [[Earth]]. The majority, if not the entirety, of its products and services provided were based on technology acquired and reverse engineered from the crashed [[Federation]] [[timeship]] ''[[Aeon]]''.
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'''Chronowerx Industries''' was a [[20th century]] [[computer]] [[technology]] company founded by [[Henry Starling]] and headquartered in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], on [[Earth]]. Chronowerx was largely responsible for the computer age of the 20th century, due to regular technological innovations introduced by Starling since [[1969]], when he introduced the first [[isograted circuit]]. Unknown to anyone at the time, Starling's technological breakthroughs were based on his primitive understanding of the technology aboard the [[29th century]] [[timeship]] ''[[Aeon]]'', which Starling found after it [[Crash land|crashed]] in [[1967]]. Even the company's logo was a slightly modified version of the [[Starfleet insignia]] of the [[29th century]].
   
In [[1996]] Henry Starling planned to travel to the [[29th century]] with the ''Aeon'' to retrieve more technology with which to continue the predominance of Chronowerx in the technological field. Both Starling and the ''Aeon'' were destroyed by the {{USS|Voyager}} before completing this goal. ({{VOY|Future's End|Future's End, Part II}})
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In [[1996]], Chronowerx was set to release the [[HyperPro PC]]. That same year, Henry Starling planned to travel to the [[29th century]] with the ''Aeon'' to retrieve more technology with which to continue the predominance of Chronowerx in the technological field. Both Starling and the ''Aeon'' were destroyed by the {{USS|Voyager}} before completing this goal, in order to prevent Starling from inadvertently causing a catastrophic [[temporal explosion]] in the future which would have destroyed all of [[Sol system|Earth's solar system]]. ({{VOY|Future's End|Future's End, Part II}})
   
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==Known Employees==
:''The continued existence of the company after 1996, and the extent of any "repairs" made to the timeline for events prior to 1996 due to Chronowerx's existence are unknown.''
 
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*[[Henry Starling]], [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]
:''The company is possibly based on Microsoft, and Starling on Bill Gates.''
 
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*[[H. Dunbar]], Assistant
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*[[Rain Robinson]], [[Astronomer]]
   
 
== Background ==
 
== Background ==
 
* In the episode {{e|11:59}}, a browser called "Browser Hound" by Chronowerx is seen briefly on-screen.
*The logo for Chronowerx is the same as the 29th century [[Starfleet insignia]] used by temporal agents. It is possible that no timeline repair took place, or that Chronowerx continued to exist in spite of any repairs, given scenes such as this:
 
 
:'''[[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]]''': ''Incredible. Starling's computer designs were inspired by technology from the timeship. He introduced the very first [[isograted circuit]] in [[1969]], two years after [[Braxton|Braxton's]] ship crash-landed.''
 
:'''[[Chakotay]]''': ''And every few years there's been an equally revolutionary advance in computers, all from Chronowerx Industries, all based on Starling's crude understanding of twenty-ninth century technology.''
 
:'''Janeway''': ''Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Chakotay?''
 
:'''Chakotay''': ''I wish I weren't.''
 
:'''Janeway''': ''The computer age of the late twentieth century...''
 
:'''Chakotay''': ''Shouldn't have happened.''
 
:'''Janeway''': ''But it did, and it's part of our history.''
 
 
* Further evidence to support Chronowerx's continued existence can be found in the fifth season episode, {{e|11:59}}, where at one point, a browser called "Browser Hound" by Chronowerx is seen briefly on-screen.
 
 
 
* The spelling '''Chronowerx''' was visible on the outside and the inside of the company building, [[Rain Robinson]]'s computer monitor and as a screensaver on Henry Starling's computer. It was spelled '''Chronowerks''' on a wall in the laboratory where the ''Aeon'' was kept, however.
 
* The spelling '''Chronowerx''' was visible on the outside and the inside of the company building, [[Rain Robinson]]'s computer monitor and as a screensaver on Henry Starling's computer. It was spelled '''Chronowerks''' on a wall in the laboratory where the ''Aeon'' was kept, however.
   
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Revision as of 16:02, 26 May 2014

Chronowerx building

Chronowerx Corporate Headquarters

Chronowerx logo

Chronowerx logo

Chronowerx Industries was a 20th century computer technology company founded by Henry Starling and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, on Earth. Chronowerx was largely responsible for the computer age of the 20th century, due to regular technological innovations introduced by Starling since 1969, when he introduced the first isograted circuit. Unknown to anyone at the time, Starling's technological breakthroughs were based on his primitive understanding of the technology aboard the 29th century timeship Aeon, which Starling found after it crashed in 1967. Even the company's logo was a slightly modified version of the Starfleet insignia of the 29th century.

In 1996, Chronowerx was set to release the HyperPro PC. That same year, Henry Starling planned to travel to the 29th century with the Aeon to retrieve more technology with which to continue the predominance of Chronowerx in the technological field. Both Starling and the Aeon were destroyed by the USS Voyager before completing this goal, in order to prevent Starling from inadvertently causing a catastrophic temporal explosion in the future which would have destroyed all of Earth's solar system. (VOY: "Future's End", "Future's End, Part II")

Known Employees

Background

  • In the episode "11:59", a browser called "Browser Hound" by Chronowerx is seen briefly on-screen.
  • The spelling Chronowerx was visible on the outside and the inside of the company building, Rain Robinson's computer monitor and as a screensaver on Henry Starling's computer. It was spelled Chronowerks on a wall in the laboratory where the Aeon was kept, however.