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An '''inverse tachyon pulse''' is an unorthodox method of scanning. It is used within [[subspace]] or dimensional anomalies where conventional [[sensor]]s or scanners cannot penetrate the [[subspace barrier]]. ({{TNG|All Good Things...}})
 
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An '''inverse tachyon pulse''' is a stream of [[tachyon]]s capable of scanning beyond the [[subspace barrier]].
   
The use of a [[tachyon]] pulse in this way was first conceived by [[Data]] aboard the [[USS Pasteur|USS ''Pasteur'']] in the early [[25th century]] of an [[alternate timeline]]. Creating the pulse required the modification of the vessel's [[deflector]]. The pulse was used to scan the [[Devron system]] for temporal disturbances, in order to locate an [[anti-time eruption]]. To make the modifications and to scan the local area required approximately fourteen hours.
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In [[2370]], [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]]'s consciousness began to [[time travel|shift]] between three different [[alternate timeline]]s, in different time periods, due to the influence of [[Q]]. In all three time periods he ordered an inverse [[tachyon]] pulse initiated in the [[Devron system]], in order to examine the interior of an [[anti-time eruption]] which had appeared in all of the time periods. The pulse was emitted from the vessel's [[main navigational deflector]]. Approximately fourteen hours were required to make the necessary modifications and scan the entire Devron system aboard the {{USS|Pasteur}}.
   
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Although the tachyon pulses proved successful in scanning the interior of the eruption, the use of a [[tomographic imaging scanner]] was required to fully penetrate it. Upon using the scanner, it was discovered that all three pulses were converging at the same point in space, causing a breakdown of the subspace barrier between [[time]] and [[anti-time]], and causing the eruption. The timelines in which these events took place were later negated when the eruption was sealed into subspace. ({{TNG|All Good Things...}})
The same method was also used by the [[Data|android]] aboard the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise''-D]] in an alternate [[2370]] to scan the interior of the anomaly - now in existence - so that a clear picture of the interior could be obtained. The idea was suggested to him by [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]], who had been present in the future timeframe when the original pulse was suggested. It was also used by the ''Enterprise''-D of an alternate [[2364]] for the same purpose.
 
   
As it turned out, the tachyon pulse was unable to fully penetrate the anomaly, and the present ''Enterprise'' used a [[tomographic imaging scanner]] to scan the interior of the anomaly. The tomographic scan showed three tachyon pulses converging at the center of the anomaly, meaning the convergence of the three pulses from the three time periods (in the past and present, the ''Enterprise''-D, and in the future the ''Pasteur'') was what originally caused the eruption.
 
 
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Image:Enterprise-d_tachyon-pulse.JPG|The ''Enterprise''-D firing an inverse tachyon pulse from its main deflector dish
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File:Galaxy class navigational deflector firing inverse tachyon pulse.jpg|The ''Enterprise''-D firing an inverse tachyon pulse from its main deflector dish
Image:Enterprise-d_firing-into-anomaly.JPG|The ''Enterprise''-D firing at an anti-time eruption anomaly with a tachyon pulse
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File:USS Enterprise-D firing inverse tachyon pulse into anomaly.jpg|The ''Enterprise''-D firing at an anti-time eruption anomaly with a tachyon pulse
Image:Anti-time distortion graphic.jpg|Tomographic sensor readout of tachyon pulse convergence
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File:Anti-time distortion graphic.jpg|Tomographic sensor readout of tachyon pulse convergence
 
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==See also==
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*[[Anti-tachyon pulse]]
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[[cs:Inverzní tachyonový puls]]
 
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[[Category:Scans]]
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[[Category:Energy]]

Revision as of 19:24, 19 February 2012

AT: "xx" An inverse tachyon pulse is a stream of tachyons capable of scanning beyond the subspace barrier.

In 2370, Captain Picard's consciousness began to shift between three different alternate timelines, in different time periods, due to the influence of Q. In all three time periods he ordered an inverse tachyon pulse initiated in the Devron system, in order to examine the interior of an anti-time eruption which had appeared in all of the time periods. The pulse was emitted from the vessel's main navigational deflector. Approximately fourteen hours were required to make the necessary modifications and scan the entire Devron system aboard the USS Pasteur.

Although the tachyon pulses proved successful in scanning the interior of the eruption, the use of a tomographic imaging scanner was required to fully penetrate it. Upon using the scanner, it was discovered that all three pulses were converging at the same point in space, causing a breakdown of the subspace barrier between time and anti-time, and causing the eruption. The timelines in which these events took place were later negated when the eruption was sealed into subspace. (TNG: "All Good Things...")

See also