Changes: Chaotic space

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Voyager trapped in a region of chaotic space

Chaotic space is an extremely energetic zone where the laws of physics are in a state of flux, causing an extreme hazard to navigation. Chaotic space would appear randomly and at unexpected locations, making it extremely unpredictable. Forces encountered inside the phenomenon included subspace flux, graviton waves and spatial sinkholes. The Borg had observed the phenomenon of chaotic space throughout the galaxy, although only one cube ever survived an encounter as of 2375.

In that year, the USS Voyager inadvertently entered a region of chaotic space in the Delta Quadrant through a trimetric fracture, subsequently becoming trapped. This zone was two light years across and emitted enough energy for a dozen stars. Initial attempts to navigate out of the zone met with failure, as the graviton shear threatened to breach the hull. The crew attempted to drop a series of beacons to help them navigate, but discovered that, while apparently traveling in a straight line, they had actually been navigating in a circle, which brought them back to the location where they had dropped the initial beacon.

Chaotic space graphic — An astrometrics graphic of a region of chaotic space

As the crew was attempting to locate a means by which they could escape the phenomenon, Commander Chakotay began experiencing a series of hallucinations, a result of the reactivation of a gene responsible for sensory tremens, a disorder from which his grandfather had suffered. It was eventually discovered that the reactivation of the gene had been initiated via an isolinear frequency, by a race of aliens indigenous to chaotic space, who were attempting to assist the Voyager crew in escaping. The aliens existed on a perceptual wavelength that normal humanoid senses could not detect. Though Chakotay did not completely understand the geometry involved, he managed to learn that chaotic space intersected the normal spacetime continuum at the eighteenth dimensional gradient, and that, by recalibrating Voyager's deflector dish, he could modify the ships warp field to a paralateral rentrillic trajectory with which to escape. Routing the deflector through the sensor array, and activating the dish to maximum amplitude, Chakotay managed to find Voyager a route out of chaotic space. (VOY: "The Fight")

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-[[File:Chaotic space graphic.jpg|thumb|A graphic of a trimetric fracture, where Chaotic space is intersecting with normal space.]]
+[[File:Voyager in chaotic space.jpg|thumb|''Voyager'' trapped in a region of chaotic space]]
+'''Chaotic space''' is an extremely energetic zone where the laws of [[physics]] are in a state of flux, causing an extreme hazard to navigation. Chaotic space would appear randomly and at unexpected locations, making it extremely unpredictable. Forces encountered inside the phenomenon included [[subspace flux]], [[graviton wave]]s and [[spatial sinkhole]]s. The [[Borg]] had observed the phenomenon of chaotic space throughout [[Milky Way Galaxy|the galaxy]], although only one [[Borg cube|cube]] ever survived an encounter as of [[2375]].
-'''Chaotic space''' was the term given by the [[Borg]] to a [[parallel universe]]. The realm randomly overlapped regions of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]], creating zones in [[space]] where the laws of physics were in a state of flux.
+In that year, the {{USS|Voyager}} inadvertently entered a region of chaotic space in the [[Delta Quadrant]] through a [[trimetric fracture]], subsequently becoming trapped. This zone was two [[light year]]s across and emitted enough energy for a dozen [[star]]s. Initial attempts to navigate out of the zone met with failure, as the graviton shear threatened to breach the [[hull]]. The crew attempted to drop a series of [[Stationary beacon|beacons]] to help them navigate, but discovered that, while apparently traveling in a straight line, they had actually been navigating in a circle, which brought them back to the location where they had dropped the initial beacon.
-The spatial disturbance that was created was an energetic [[trimetric fracture]] in space. It was several light years across, inside which the parallel universe intersects the [[universe|prime universe]] at the eighteenth dimensional gradient. The fracture randomly shifts tens of thousands of kilometers through space every few minutes. Fractures appear and disappear throughout the galaxy randomly and unexpectedly. Ships may remain trapped in the fractures. It was theorized that some of the [[Federation]] starships mysteriously lost in the [[Alpha Quadrant]] may have fallen prey to this phenomenon.
+[[File:Chaotic space graphic.jpg|thumb|left|An [[astrometrics]] graphic of a region of chaotic space]]
-Changes in the [[gravitational coefficient]] cause [[graviton]] waves to form randomly into [[spatial sinkhole]]s. The sinkholes inflict severe sudden [[graviton shear]] forces against the hulls of starships, eventually causing hull breaches. By [[2375]], only one [[Borg cube]] had ever survived an encounter with chaotic space. [[Subspace]] inside chaotic space was also in a state of flux. Traveling at [[warp]] would register on graviton wave displacement data, but wouldn't register on subspace sensors, making it impossible to determine if the ship is actually moving or standing still. Using [[impulse drive]] inside the phenomenon was theorized by [[Tuvok]] to cause unexpected shifting and collisions to [[star]]s or [[asteroid]]s. It was discovered that traveling a straight line at impulse resulted in the ship traveling a circle.
+As the crew was attempting to locate a means by which they could escape the phenomenon, [[Commander]] [[Chakotay]] began experiencing a series of [[hallucination]]s, a result of the reactivation of a gene responsible for [[sensory tremens]], a disorder from which his grandfather had suffered. It was eventually discovered that the reactivation of the gene had been initiated via an [[isolinear frequency]], by a race of aliens indigenous to chaotic space, who were attempting to assist the ''Voyager'' crew in escaping. The aliens  existed on a perceptual wavelength that normal [[humanoid]] senses could not detect. Though Chakotay did not completely understand the geometry involved, he managed to learn that chaotic space intersected the normal [[spacetime continuum]] at the eighteenth [[dimensional gradient]], and that, by recalibrating ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[deflector dish]], he could modify the ships [[warp field]] to a paralateral [[rentrillic trajectory]] with which to escape. Routing the deflector through the [[sensor array]], and activating the dish to maximum amplitude, Chakotay managed to find ''Voyager'' a route out of chaotic space. ({{VOY|The Fight}})
-Normal starship sensors weren't designed to compensate for the changes to the physical constants. A basic recalibration of the sensor grid used on the {{USS|Voyager}} allowed scanning up to a million kilometers, but even a longer range would not have allowed a ship to chart a course out. It was possible to alter the [[warp field]] of a ship for a [[rentrillic trajectory]] to allow warp travel, or to recalibrate the [[deflector dish]] to induce the paralateral rentrillic trajectory for the ship. Once activated at maximum amplitude, the sensor array routed through the deflector could be used to plot a course out of the fracture for the ship to travel at impulse speeds.
-A fracture encountered in the [[Delta Quadrant]] by ''Voyager'' in 2375 was home to an alien species. A signal on an [[isolinear]] frequency was used by these aliens to reconfigure genes of some [[humanoid]]s who became trapped inside the fractures, to communicate the instructions to find a way out. The aliens were theorized by Janeway to exist on a perceptual wavelength that normal humanoid senses couldn't detect. In an hallucination, [[Chakotay]] eventually saw one of the [[Kid Chaos|aliens]] which had a head with large ears and eight indents on a shoeprint-like facial surface. ({{VOY|The Fight}})
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