Changes: Temporal anomaly

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A temporal anomaly is a disruption in the spacetime continuum which can be related to time travel. Temporal anomalies can take many forms and have many different effects, including temporal reversion, the creation of alternate timelines, and fracturing a vessel into different time periods. (TNG: "All Good Things..."; VOY: "Non Sequitur", "Shattered")

In 2373, the USS Defiant encountered a temporal anomaly in an energy barrier surrounding a planet in the Gamma Quadrant. As a result of this encounter, the Defiant was thrown back in time two hundred years, and subsequently crashed on the planet's surface. Realizing that they had no way to get back to their own time, the crew established a colony on the planet, which they named "Gaia." Two hundred years later, the descendants of the original colonists contacted their counterparts on the Defiant, which had just arrived at the planet. When the crew of the Defiant learned what had happened, and that if they attempted to avoid the encounter with the anomaly that the colonists' timeline would collapse and they would cease to exist, they committed to recreating the accident in order to preserve the lives of their descendants. The plan failed, however, due to the influence of Odo's counterpart, who was still alive after two hundred years, and who reprogrammed the Defiant's autopilot in order to save the life of Kira Nerys, with whom he was in love. Scanning the planet, the crew of the Defiant found no trace of the colony, which was erased from existence due to Odo's actions. (DS9: "Children of Time")

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+[[File:Temporal anomaly.jpg|thumb|A temporal anomaly encountered by the {{USS|Defiant|2370}} in [[2373]].]]
-A '''temporal anomaly''' was any sort of phenomenon which has a direct effect on the [[space-time continuum]].  ([[TNG]]: "[[Yesterday's Enterprise]]," "[[Cause and Effect]]," "[[Timescape]]," "[[All Good Things...]]," ''[[Star Trek: Generations]]'', [[VOY]]: "[[Time and Again]]," "[[Relativity]]," "[[Shattered]]")
+A '''temporal anomaly''' is a disruption in the [[spacetime continuum]] which can be related to [[time travel]]. Temporal anomalies can take many forms and have many different effects, including [[temporal reversion]], the creation of [[alternate timeline]]s, and fracturing a vessel into different time periods. ({{TNG|All Good Things...}}; {{VOY|Non Sequitur|Shattered}})
-'''See also''': [[temporal mechanics]])
+In [[2373]], the {{USS|Defiant|2370}} encountered a temporal anomaly in an [[energy barrier]] surrounding a planet in the [[Gamma Quadrant]]. As a result of this encounter, the ''Defiant'' was thrown back in time two hundred years, and subsequently crashed on the planet's surface. Realizing that they had no way to get back to their own time, the crew established a colony on the planet, which they named "[[Gaia]]." Two hundred years later, the descendants of the original colonists contacted their counterparts on the ''Defiant'', which had just arrived at the planet. When the crew of the ''Defiant'' learned what had happened, and that if they attempted to avoid the encounter with the anomaly that the colonists' timeline would collapse and they would cease to exist, they committed to recreating the accident in order to preserve the lives of their descendants. The plan failed, however, due to the influence of Odo's counterpart, who was still alive after two hundred years, and who reprogrammed the ''Defiant''{{'}}s [[autopilot]] in order to save the life of [[Kira Nerys]], with whom he was in love. Scanning the planet, the crew of the ''Defiant'' found no trace of the colony, which was erased from existence due to Odo's actions. ({{DS9|Children of Time}})
+==Temporal anomalies==
+*[[Anti-time eruption]]
+*[[Energy vortex]]
+*[[Temporal causality loop|Causality loop]]
+*[[Nexus]]
+*[[Temporal displacement]]
+*[[Temporal distortion]]
+*[[Temporal explosion]]
+*[[Temporal inversion]]
+*[[Temporal fracture]]
+*[[Temporal fragment]]
+*[[Temporal flux]]
+*[[Temporal rift]]
+**[[Kerr loop]]
+==Factors==
+*[[Chroniton]]
+*[[Temporal mechanics]]
+*[[Time]]
+==Effects==
+*[[Alternate timeline]]
+*[[Temporal causality loop]]
+*[[Temporal paradox]]
+==See also==
+*[[Spatial anomaly]]
+*[[Subspace anomaly]]
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+[[cs:Časová anomálie]]
+[[de:Anomalie#Temporale Anomalie]]
+[[nl:Tijdelijke anomalie]]
+[[Category:Time travel]]