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+ | An '''energy vortex''' was a spinning, turbulent local [[temporal anomaly|temporal continuum anomaly]] encountered by the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D| NCC-1701-D}} in [[2365]] while en route to the [[Endicor system]]. |
| + | According to [[Data]], the vortex was similar to the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[tractor beam]], only much more powerful. [[Counselor]] [[Deanna Troi|Troi]] was able to sense an instinctual intelligence in the vortex, which was attempting to learn more about the ''Enterprise''. As the ''Enterprise'' was being pulled in, Captain Picard ordered full [[warp]] power in an attempt to escape, but the effort proved futile. As the ship was pulled in, Picard was attacked by an energy beam from the vortex, and Troi realized that the intelligence in the vortex recognized the ''Enterprise'' as an entity with Picard as its brain. In order to protect the ship, Picard decided to leave in a [[shuttlecraft]], hoping that the vortex would focus its attention on him, allowing the ''Enterprise'' to escape. The plan failed, however, and the ''Enterprise'' was destroyed. After witnessing this, Picard and his shuttle were [[time travel|thrown back in time]] six hours. |
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| − | In [[2365]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} encountered an energy vortex near the [[Endicor system]]. |
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| − | According to [[Data]], the encounter with the vortex revealed that was "''similar in function to our [[tractor beam]], only more powerful.''" [[Deanna Troi]] was able to sense [[sentient|consciousness]], or more accurately "instinct" from the vortex. The vortex [[probe]]d the ''Enterprise'', with a mass of energy, in effort to determine in the ''Enterprise'' and its crew was a [[lifeform|life-force]]. The ''Enterprise'' tried to escape the [[gravity|gravitational force]] of the vortex, only to discover that it was unable to escape the pull while traveling at [[maximum warp]]. |
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| + | Six hours in the past, the ''Enterprise'' encountered the shuttle, with an unconscious Picard inside. [[Doctor]] [[Katherine Pulaski|Pulaski]] was able to determine that, as a result of Picard being thrown back in time, all of his body systems were out of phase, and as they approached the time from which he originally departed, they were slowly realigning. Examining the [[log]]s from the shuttle, the ''Enterprise'' crew learned about the ship's destruction in the vortex. |
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+ | [[File:Vortex interior.jpg|thumb|The ''Enterprise'' inside the vortex.]] |
| + | Eventually, the ''Enterprise'' encountered the vortex and was pulled in, at which point both Picard and his time-displaced counterpart were attacked by energy beams. Conversing with his counterpart, Picard learned why he originally left the ship, and that he was planning to do so again. Realizing that his counterpart was trapped in his previous pattern of behavior, and that for the ''Enterprise'' to be saved this cycle must be broken, Picard shot his counterpart with a [[phaser]] in order to prevent him from leaving the ship. Returning to the bridge, Picard ordered a course set for the exact center of the vortex, realizing that they were only wasting power attempting to escape. Accelerating into the vortex, the ''Enterprise'' was able to escape to normal space upon reaching the center. As this happened, history was changed, and both Picard's counterpart and the shuttle in which he arrived vanished. ({{TNG|Time Squared}}) |
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| − | The ''Enterprise'' then attempted to launch a [[class 1 probe]] into the vortex, only to have it destroyed. Thereafter, [[Jean-Luc Picard]] was struck by an energy beam. After the first attack, Picard noted that "''that was personal''". |
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| − | Picard then ordered [[Worf]] to target the center of the vortex with [[photon torpedo]]es, he was again struck by the energy beam. [[William T. Riker]] described Picard as being "''like a rag in a [[dog]]'s mouth.''" It was after this attack, that Troi realized that Picard was the focus of the entity's attention, as it apparently recognized the ''Enterprise'' as an entity and Picard as its [[brain]]. |
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| − | In an attempt to save the ''Enterprise'', Picard decides to leave the ship aboard the [[shuttlepod]] ''[[El-Baz]]'', to distract its attention long enough to allow the ''Enterprise'' to escape. |
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| + | The interior effect of the energy vortex would later be re-used as the [[transwarp conduit]] in {{e|Descent}}. |
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| − | [[Image:USS Enterprise-D destroyed by energy vortex.jpg|thumb|''Enterprise'' destroyed by vortex, in alternate timeline.]] |
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| − | ''In an [[alternate timeline]]'', Picard left the ''Enterprise'' aboard the ''El-Baz'' and was thrown [[time travel|back in time]] six hours, while the ''Enterprise'' was destroyed in the vortex.'' |
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| − | After the ''Enterprise'' encountered the future Picard, it experienced the encounter with the vortex once again, only with a different outcome. Picard stopped his future self from leaving the ''Enterprise'' and turned the ship into the vortex, freeing the ship from it, and allowing it to resume course to the Endicore system. ({{TNG|Time Squared}}) |
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According to both the ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' and the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', "''"Time Squared" would segue into {{e|Q Who}} (142), in which the mischievous superalien is revealed as the cause of the vortex. The plan was scrapped at [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s insistence, Hurley had said, and so adds confusion to the ending. 'Why would going into the vortex's center save you?' Hurley asked. 'It doesn't make sense. But it does if Q is pulling the strings.'" |
According to both the ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' and the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', "''"Time Squared" would segue into {{e|Q Who}} (142), in which the mischievous superalien is revealed as the cause of the vortex. The plan was scrapped at [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s insistence, Hurley had said, and so adds confusion to the ending. 'Why would going into the vortex's center save you?' Hurley asked. 'It doesn't make sense. But it does if Q is pulling the strings.'" |
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Revision as of 08:17, 19 May 2014
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A graphic of the energy vortex.
An energy vortex was a spinning, turbulent local temporal continuum anomaly encountered by the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D in 2365 while en route to the Endicor system.
According to Data, the vortex was similar to the Enterprise's tractor beam, only much more powerful. Counselor Troi was able to sense an instinctual intelligence in the vortex, which was attempting to learn more about the Enterprise. As the Enterprise was being pulled in, Captain Picard ordered full warp power in an attempt to escape, but the effort proved futile. As the ship was pulled in, Picard was attacked by an energy beam from the vortex, and Troi realized that the intelligence in the vortex recognized the Enterprise as an entity with Picard as its brain. In order to protect the ship, Picard decided to leave in a shuttlecraft, hoping that the vortex would focus its attention on him, allowing the Enterprise to escape. The plan failed, however, and the Enterprise was destroyed. After witnessing this, Picard and his shuttle were thrown back in time six hours.
The Enterprise falls into the vortex.
Six hours in the past, the Enterprise encountered the shuttle, with an unconscious Picard inside. Doctor Pulaski was able to determine that, as a result of Picard being thrown back in time, all of his body systems were out of phase, and as they approached the time from which he originally departed, they were slowly realigning. Examining the logs from the shuttle, the Enterprise crew learned about the ship's destruction in the vortex.
The Enterprise inside the vortex.
Eventually, the Enterprise encountered the vortex and was pulled in, at which point both Picard and his time-displaced counterpart were attacked by energy beams. Conversing with his counterpart, Picard learned why he originally left the ship, and that he was planning to do so again. Realizing that his counterpart was trapped in his previous pattern of behavior, and that for the Enterprise to be saved this cycle must be broken, Picard shot his counterpart with a phaser in order to prevent him from leaving the ship. Returning to the bridge, Picard ordered a course set for the exact center of the vortex, realizing that they were only wasting power attempting to escape. Accelerating into the vortex, the Enterprise was able to escape to normal space upon reaching the center. As this happened, history was changed, and both Picard's counterpart and the shuttle in which he arrived vanished. (TNG: "Time Squared")
Background information
The interior effect of the energy vortex would later be re-used as the transwarp conduit in "Descent".
The explanation for the apparent sentience of this vortex, which was described to be associated with Q, was removed after Maurice Hurley's original script was heavily rewritten.
According to both the Star Trek Encyclopedia and the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, ""Time Squared" would segue into "Q Who" (142), in which the mischievous superalien is revealed as the cause of the vortex. The plan was scrapped at Gene Roddenberry's insistence, Hurley had said, and so adds confusion to the ending. 'Why would going into the vortex's center save you?' Hurley asked. 'It doesn't make sense. But it does if Q is pulling the strings.'"