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| − | A '''chroniton''' is a type of particle which is an expression of [[time]]. Its effects are typically temporal in nature. It has an opposite [[antimatter|antiparticle]], the [[antichroniton]] (which is an expression of [[anti-time]]). They pose no danger to [[Humans]], however, they do have the capability to affect the systems in a starship following prolonged exposure. |
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| + | [[File:Chroniton field.jpg|thumb|A chroniton field projected throughout a Borg ship]] |
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| + | '''Chronitons''' are [[subatomic particle]]s with [[temporal]] properties. Although not harmful to [[humanoid]]s, chronitons can be fatal to lifeforms which exist outside of [[time]], such as the beings known to the [[Bajoran]]s as "[[Prophet]]s," and their mortal enemies, the [[Pah-wraith]]s. ({{DS9|The Assignment}}) |
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| + | Chronitons were produced by the normal operation of [[Romulan]] [[cloaking device]]s, and were often associated with the phenomenon of [[time travel]]. The [[Orb of Time]] was known to produce a surge of chronitons when in operation. The [[temporal transporter]] utilized by the crew of the [[29th century]] [[timeship]] ''[[USS Relativity|Relativity]]'' produced a detectable chroniton flux of .003. ({{TNG|The Next Phase}}; {{DS9|Past Tense, Part I|Trials and Tribble-ations}}; {{VOY|Relativity}}) |
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| − | Chroniton particles have a great effect on the [[Prophets]] and [[Pah-wraiths]], entities which exist out of time. In [[2373]], a Pah-wraith inhabiting [[Keiko O'Brien]] had [[Miles O'Brien]] prepare a chroniton beam to fire at the [[Bajoran wormhole]] and kill the [[Prophets]]. O'Brien was later able to fire the beam at a [[runabout]] he and his wife were in, driving out or killing the Pah-wraith. ({{DS9|The Assignment}}) |
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| + | The [[Borg]] utilized chroniton fields, projected throughout a [[Borg starships|Borg vessel]] via specially-designed conduits, to compensate for the extreme temporal stress of a [[transwarp conduit]]. ({{VOY|Shattered}}) |
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| − | In [[2374]], the crew of [[Deep Space 9]] planned to drive out two of these entities from [[Kira Nerys]] and [[Jake Sisko]]. [[Benjamin Sisko]] wanted the [[Reckoning]] to go ahead, but [[Winn Adami]] activated the chroniton pulse, driving out the Prophet and the Pah-wraith. ({{DS9|The Reckoning}}) |
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| + | ==Overview== |
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| − | [[Romulan]] [[cloaking device]]s generate chroniton particles, which can lodge in the [[hull]] of the starship using it. In [[2371]], the chronitons lodged in the hull of {{USS|Defiant|NX-74205}} interacted with a [[quantum singularity]] in [[Sol system]], causing a [[transporter]] beam to be redirected 300 years into the past. O'Brien and Kira later used the remaining chronitons to search for Sisko, [[Jadzia Dax]] and [[Julian Bashir]] in the past. ({{DS9|Past Tense, Part I|Past Tense, Part II}}) |
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| + | [[File:Chroniton.jpg|thumb|left|Deep Space 9 fires a chroniton beam at the Bajoran wormhole]] |
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| + | In [[2368]], [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Geordi La Forge]] and [[Ensign]] [[Ro Laren]] became "phased" due to exposure to chroniton particles being emitted from the cloaking device of a [[Romulan science vessel]] which the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise'']] was assisting. As the Romulans had attempted to produce an [[interphase generator]] by combining their cloaking device with a [[molecular phase inverter]], this had the effect of altering La Forge and Ro's molecular structure, making it impossible for them to interact with anything but each other and the floor. ({{TNG|The Next Phase}}) |
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| + | In [[2371]], the chronitons produced by the {{USS|Defiant|2370}}'s cloaking device, which had lodged in the ship's [[ablative armor]] matrix, shifted into a high state of [[temporal polarization]] due to a [[temporal surge]] from an exploding [[microscopic singularity]] passing through the [[Sol system]]. This caused a [[transporter]] beam passing through the polarized particles carrying [[Captain]] [[Benjamin Sisko]], [[Lieutenant]] [[Jadzia Dax]], and [[Doctor]] [[Julian Bashir]], to be redirected through time, resulting in their materializing in [[San Francisco]], the year [[2024]]. [[Chief]] [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] and [[Major]] [[Kira Nerys|Kira]] were later able to use the remaining polarized chronitons to mount a rescue mission for their stranded crewmates. ({{DS9|Past Tense, Part I|Past Tense, Part II}}) |
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| − | When [[Geordi La Forge]] and Ensign [[Ro Laren]] interacted with a Romulan [[Interphase generator|phase cloaking]] field in [[2368]], they discovered that passing through objects (like walls) disrupted the molecular structure of those objects, generating chroniton fields. ({{TNG|The Next Phase}}) |
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| + | In [[2373]], a Pah-wraith inhabiting Chief O'Brien's wife [[Keiko O'Brien|Keiko]] forced Miles to perform a series of modifications to [[Deep Space 9]]'s [[deflector grid]], transforming the [[space station|station]] into a massive chroniton array aimed directly at the [[Bajoran wormhole]], where the [[temporal disruption]] would kill all of the Prophets. O'Brien was able to successfully complete the modifications, but instead of aiming the chroniton beam at the wormhole, he targeted the [[runabout]] which he and Keiko were aboard, driving the Pah-wraith out of Keiko's body. A year later, [[Kai]] [[Winn]] utilized a [[chroniton generator]] to drive out a Prophet and a Pah-Wraith who had inhabited the bodies of Major Kira and [[Jake Sisko]], respectively. Although Captain Sisko insisted that the battle between the two, called "the [[Reckoning]]" in Bajoran mythology, be allowed to play out, Winn covertly activated the generator in an attempt to subvert Captain Sisko's role in Bajoran affairs. ({{DS9|The Assignment|The Reckoning}}) |
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| − | [[Krenim]] weapons were chroniton-based, allowing them to pass through enemy [[shield]]s by being in a state of [[temporal flux]]. ({{VOY|Year of Hell}}) |
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| + | [[File:Chroniton torpedo.jpg|thumb|[[Seven of Nine]] inspects an undetonated chroniton torpedo lodged in ''Voyager''{{'}}s hull]] |
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| − | The [[Borg]] use chroniton fields throughout their [[Borg cube|vessels]], projected through specially designed conduits. These fields are essential when Borg vessels travel through the [[Borg transwarp network]], to keep the various parts of the cubes in temporal sync and minimize the temporal stresses on the vessels. The [[warp core]] of a [[Federation]] [[starship]] and the [[bio-neural circuitry]] can be reconfigured to create a similar effect, although temporarily. ({{VOY|Shattered}}). |
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| + | The [[Delta Quadrant]] species the [[Krenim]] utilized [[chroniton torpedo|chroniton-based torpedoes]] as weapons, which had the ability to pass through an enemy's [[shields]] due to being in a constant state of [[temporal flux]]. In an [[alternate timeline]] in [[2374]], [[Kes]] was exposed to chroniton radiation from a torpedo fragment. Although she was inoculated against the radiation poisoning, [[2379|five years later]] the dormant chronitons in her {{dis|cell|biology}}s would be reactivated by exposure to a [[biotemporal field]]. This shifted her cells into a state of [[biotemporal flux]], causing her to experience a series of backward [[time travel|time jumps]], essentially living her life in reverse. The time jumps were halted in [[2373]] when [[The Doctor]] was able to expose her to a precisely modulated field of [[antichroniton]]s, purging her system of the chronitons. ({{VOY|Before and After|Year of Hell}}) |
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| + | In 2374, when [[Molly O'Brien]] fell through a [[time portal]] on the [[Bajoran]] colony world of [[Golana]], Lieutenant Commander Dax and Molly's father, Miles O'Brien, were able to determine that Molly had been sent approximately three hundred years into the past by analyzing the chroniton signature. ({{DS9|Time's Orphan}}) |
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| − | ==Background Information== |
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| − | Chronitons may be related to [[chronometric particle]]s, but it is unclear how. It is possible that chronitons are a specific type of chronometric particle, of which there are others. |
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| + | In [[2377]], ''Voyager'' encountered a [[spatial rift]] emitting high levels of [[neutrino]]s and chronitons. When a [[chronokinetic surge]] struck the ship, it was fractured into thirty-seven different time periods. [[The Doctor]] of two years into ''Voyager''{{'}}s journey subsequently created a chroniton-infused serum to treat [[Commander]] [[Chakotay]] of the time period when the accident had occurred, whose body was in a state of [[temporal flux]] as a result of the surge. The serum allowed Chakotay to pass through the barriers separating the time periods, and recruit [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]]'s counterpart from [[2371]], injecting her with the same serum. Chakotay and Janeway then started distributing the serum throughout the ship, using the [[bio-neural circuitry]], and then used the [[gel pack]]s to transmit a chroniton field, generated by ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[warp core]], based on a plan devised by Seven of Nine. The plan was successful, and ''Voyager'' was brought back into temporal synch to a time period mere moments before the chronokinetic surge struck the ship. With only seconds, Chakotay rerouted power to the [[main deflector]] and reset its polarity, using it as a lightning rod to absorb the surge, averting the accident. ({{VOY|Shattered}}) |
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| − | In [[quantum physics]], the [[quantum]] (smallest possible part) of [[time]] is called the chronon. Chronons are defined as 10^-43 s. The name "chroniton" is a variant of this. However, chronons are not particles, simply the smallest possible intervals of time. |
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| + | *[[Antichroniton]] |
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| + | *[[Chroniton torpedo]] |
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| + | *[[Chronometric particle]] |
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| + | *[[Temporal energy]] |
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| + | *[[Temporal radiation]] |
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* {{wikipedia|Chronon}} |
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Revision as of 10:22, 25 April 2015
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A chroniton field projected throughout a Borg ship
Chronitons are subatomic particles with temporal properties. Although not harmful to humanoids, chronitons can be fatal to lifeforms which exist outside of time, such as the beings known to the Bajorans as "Prophets," and their mortal enemies, the Pah-wraiths. (DS9: "The Assignment")
Chronitons were produced by the normal operation of Romulan cloaking devices, and were often associated with the phenomenon of time travel. The Orb of Time was known to produce a surge of chronitons when in operation. The temporal transporter utilized by the crew of the 29th century timeship Relativity produced a detectable chroniton flux of .003. (TNG: "The Next Phase"; DS9: "Past Tense, Part I", "Trials and Tribble-ations"; VOY: "Relativity")
The Borg utilized chroniton fields, projected throughout a Borg vessel via specially-designed conduits, to compensate for the extreme temporal stress of a transwarp conduit. (VOY: "Shattered")
Overview
Deep Space 9 fires a chroniton beam at the Bajoran wormhole
In 2368, Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge and Ensign Ro Laren became "phased" due to exposure to chroniton particles being emitted from the cloaking device of a Romulan science vessel which the Enterprise was assisting. As the Romulans had attempted to produce an interphase generator by combining their cloaking device with a molecular phase inverter, this had the effect of altering La Forge and Ro's molecular structure, making it impossible for them to interact with anything but each other and the floor. (TNG: "The Next Phase")
In 2371, the chronitons produced by the USS Defiant's cloaking device, which had lodged in the ship's ablative armor matrix, shifted into a high state of temporal polarization due to a temporal surge from an exploding microscopic singularity passing through the Sol system. This caused a transporter beam passing through the polarized particles carrying Captain Benjamin Sisko, Lieutenant Jadzia Dax, and Doctor Julian Bashir, to be redirected through time, resulting in their materializing in San Francisco, the year 2024. Chief O'Brien and Major Kira were later able to use the remaining polarized chronitons to mount a rescue mission for their stranded crewmates. (DS9: "Past Tense, Part I", "Past Tense, Part II")
In 2373, a Pah-wraith inhabiting Chief O'Brien's wife Keiko forced Miles to perform a series of modifications to Deep Space 9's deflector grid, transforming the station into a massive chroniton array aimed directly at the Bajoran wormhole, where the temporal disruption would kill all of the Prophets. O'Brien was able to successfully complete the modifications, but instead of aiming the chroniton beam at the wormhole, he targeted the runabout which he and Keiko were aboard, driving the Pah-wraith out of Keiko's body. A year later, Kai Winn utilized a chroniton generator to drive out a Prophet and a Pah-Wraith who had inhabited the bodies of Major Kira and Jake Sisko, respectively. Although Captain Sisko insisted that the battle between the two, called "the Reckoning" in Bajoran mythology, be allowed to play out, Winn covertly activated the generator in an attempt to subvert Captain Sisko's role in Bajoran affairs. (DS9: "The Assignment", "The Reckoning")
Seven of Nine inspects an undetonated chroniton torpedo lodged in Voyager's hull
The Delta Quadrant species the Krenim utilized chroniton-based torpedoes as weapons, which had the ability to pass through an enemy's shields due to being in a constant state of temporal flux. In an alternate timeline in 2374, Kes was exposed to chroniton radiation from a torpedo fragment. Although she was inoculated against the radiation poisoning, five years later the dormant chronitons in her cells would be reactivated by exposure to a biotemporal field. This shifted her cells into a state of biotemporal flux, causing her to experience a series of backward time jumps, essentially living her life in reverse. The time jumps were halted in 2373 when The Doctor was able to expose her to a precisely modulated field of antichronitons, purging her system of the chronitons. (VOY: "Before and After", "Year of Hell")
In 2374, when Molly O'Brien fell through a time portal on the Bajoran colony world of Golana, Lieutenant Commander Dax and Molly's father, Miles O'Brien, were able to determine that Molly had been sent approximately three hundred years into the past by analyzing the chroniton signature. (DS9: "Time's Orphan")
In 2377, Voyager encountered a spatial rift emitting high levels of neutrinos and chronitons. When a chronokinetic surge struck the ship, it was fractured into thirty-seven different time periods. The Doctor of two years into Voyager's journey subsequently created a chroniton-infused serum to treat Commander Chakotay of the time period when the accident had occurred, whose body was in a state of temporal flux as a result of the surge. The serum allowed Chakotay to pass through the barriers separating the time periods, and recruit Captain Janeway's counterpart from 2371, injecting her with the same serum. Chakotay and Janeway then started distributing the serum throughout the ship, using the bio-neural circuitry, and then used the gel packs to transmit a chroniton field, generated by Voyager's warp core, based on a plan devised by Seven of Nine. The plan was successful, and Voyager was brought back into temporal synch to a time period mere moments before the chronokinetic surge struck the ship. With only seconds, Chakotay rerouted power to the main deflector and reset its polarity, using it as a lightning rod to absorb the surge, averting the accident. (VOY: "Shattered")
See also
- Antichroniton
- Chroniton generator
- Chroniton torpedo
- Chronometric particle
- Temporal energy
- Temporal radiation