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+ | [[File:USS Enterprise in distant galaxy, remastered.jpg|thumb|The ''Enterprise''-D at the distant place]] |
| + | {{disambiguation|the event|Collapse of the universe}} |
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| + | ''"...the end of the universe? Or do you see this as the beginning of it?"'' |
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| + | :- '''Yvette Gessard-Picard''', [[Where No One Has Gone Before (episode)|2364]] |
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| ⚫ | The '''end of the universe''', '''where none have gone before''', and the '''outer rim''' were informal euphemisms used by [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} to describe an unknown area over one billion [[light year]]s away from the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. As of the late [[24th century]], it stood as the furthest location in the [[universe]] reached by the [[Federation]]. ({{TNG|Where No One Has Gone Before}}) [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Dexter Remmick]] called the location the '''edge of the universe'''. ({{TNG|Coming of Age}}) |
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| ⚫ | After leaving the [[Triangulum Galaxy]], which was itself reached due to a mistake on [[the Traveler]]'s part during a [[warp engine]] experiment, another mistake caused the vessel to not only leave Triangulum, but arrive one billion light years away from the Milky Way. In the unknown area, unidentified objects of huge size, resembling transparent cubes with bright glowing corners, sped past the ship in groups with seemingly random patterns, in a blue [[nebula|nebulous]] background. |
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| ⚫ | The '''end of the universe''', |
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| + | The [[Brain|thoughts]], [[imagination]] and [[Engram|memories]] of the crew began to manifest as subjective or shared reality. [[Yvette Picard|Jean-Luc Picard's mother]], who came to Picard in a vision, suggested they might in fact be in the universe's [[Big Bang|beginning]], rather than end. The Traveler however explained that "thought" was in fact the basis of all reality and the essence of the area where they were. Such a situation was quickly recognized to be dangerous for anyone lacking sufficient intellectual control. ({{TNG|Where No One Has Gone Before}}) |
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| ⚫ | After leaving the [[Triangulum Galaxy]], which was itself reached due to a mistake on [[the Traveler]]'s part during a warp engine experiment, another mistake caused the vessel to not only leave Triangulum, but arrive one billion light years away from the Milky Way. |
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| + | {{bginfo|As of the 21st century, some [[quasar]]s have been charted at being anywhere between 780 million and 13 billion light years from [[Earth]].}} |
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| − | In the unknown area, unidentified objects of huge size, resembling transparent glowing perfect cubes, sped past in seemingly random patterns. The background was dark blue, possibly a [[nebula]] of some kind. The area can cause [[brain|thought]] itself to become reality, as experienced by the crew of the ''Enterprise''-D: whatever one thinks actually becomes real, a situation quickly recognized as dangerous for anyone lacking sufficient intellectual control. |
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| − | Jean-Luc Picard's mother, who came to Picard in a vision, suggested they might be in the universe's beginning, rather than end. ({{TNG|Where No One Has Gone Before}}) |
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| − | Similar to the description used by Admiral Kirk in 2273 regarding the potential origins of the ''[[V'Ger]]'' entity, Picard's phrasing of "the end of the universe" vastly underestimates the universe's size. With some [[quasar]]s having been charted by the beginning of the 21st century at being anywhere between 780 million and 13 billion light years from [[Earth]], the place the ''Enterprise'' finally arrived at was most definitely ''not'' the end of the universe. In addition, as many theories exist in quantum physics suggesting that space itself is curved, there may in fact be no such place. Other theories, including those of 20th century physicist and ''Star Trek'' fan [[Stephen Hawking (actor)|Stephen Hawking]], put the edge of the universe at some 15 billion light years away in an area where expanding waves from the [[Big Bang]] are constantly forming into new matter. |
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Revision as of 08:34, 31 March 2015
The Enterprise-D at the distant place
"...the end of the universe? Or do you see this as the beginning of it?"
- - Yvette Gessard-Picard, 2364
The end of the universe, where none have gone before, and the outer rim were informal euphemisms used by Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise-D to describe an unknown area over one billion light years away from the Milky Way Galaxy. As of the late 24th century, it stood as the furthest location in the universe reached by the Federation. (TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before") Lieutenant Commander Dexter Remmick called the location the edge of the universe. (TNG: "Coming of Age")
After leaving the Triangulum Galaxy, which was itself reached due to a mistake on the Traveler's part during a warp engine experiment, another mistake caused the vessel to not only leave Triangulum, but arrive one billion light years away from the Milky Way. In the unknown area, unidentified objects of huge size, resembling transparent cubes with bright glowing corners, sped past the ship in groups with seemingly random patterns, in a blue nebulous background.
The thoughts, imagination and memories of the crew began to manifest as subjective or shared reality. Jean-Luc Picard's mother, who came to Picard in a vision, suggested they might in fact be in the universe's beginning, rather than end. The Traveler however explained that "thought" was in fact the basis of all reality and the essence of the area where they were. Such a situation was quickly recognized to be dangerous for anyone lacking sufficient intellectual control. (TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before")