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[[File:MicroWormhole.jpg|thumb|The "Harry Kim wormhole"]] |
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− | Although exhibiting the usual properties of a wormhole, including [[verteron]] emanations and tunneling secondary [[particle]]s, it was discovered to be a [[micro-wormhole]], one of the smallest ever encountered. Its aperture measured a mere 30 centimeters in diameter, far too small for a [[starship]] to pass through. It, however, was large enough to act as a conduit to send a [[microprobe]] through. |
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− | [[File:MicroWormholeInterior.jpg|thumb|Interior of the wormhole]] |
+ | [[File:MicroWormholeInterior.jpg|thumb|left|Interior of the wormhole]] |
+ | Although exhibiting the usual properties of a wormhole, including [[verteron]] emanations and tunneling secondary [[particle]]s, it was discovered that the wormhole was in an advanced state of decay, having collapsed to a width of approximately 30 [[centimeter]]s. The [[USS Voyager|''Voyager'']] crew sent a [[microprobe]] into the wormhole, where it encountered extremely dense microscopic [[Gravitational eddy|gravitational eddies]] and extremely constricted [[space|spatial]] dimensions. While traveling through the wormhole, the microprobe became mired in a gravitational eddy, becoming lodged in the wormhole. The ''Voyager'' crew was able to use the microprobe as a communications relay, contacting the [[Romulan science vessel]] ''[[Talvath]]'' in the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. The vessel's [[captain]], [[Telek R'Mor]], was able to [[beam]] to ''Voyager'' using the probe as a relay. Scanning R'Mor, [[Lieutenant]] [[Tuvok]] found that he was exhibiting clear signs of [[time travel|temporal displacement]], and discovered that the wormhole was a rift not only in space, but in [[time]] as well, connecting to [[2351|twenty years in the past]]. Realizing that they could not beam the crew through the wormhole due to the effects it would have on the timeline, they were forced to abandon the plan, and transported R'Mor back to his ship. ({{VOY|Eye of the Needle}}) |
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− | Inside the microwormhole, the probe encountered microscopic [[gravitational eddy|gravitational eddies]], and extremely constricted spatial dimensions. It was determined to be a wormhole in an advanced state of decay. |
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− | One phenomenon the [[probe]] did detect was a strange [[phase variance]] in the [[radiation]] stream. The probe would eventually get stuck in a dense gravitational eddy, however, would be utilized as a relay to the other side, later determined to be the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. It was also later determined that the phase variance was, in fact, a [[temporal displacement]], found to represent a twenty-year [[temporal shift]] at either end of its terminus. ({{VOY|Eye of the Needle}}) |
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Revision as of 15:44, 21 September 2010
The Harry Kim wormhole was the name that Tom Paris proposed petitioning the Federation Astronomical Committee to officially designate the wormhole discovered by Harry Kim in the Delta Quadrant in 2371.
Although exhibiting the usual properties of a wormhole, including verteron emanations and tunneling secondary particles, it was discovered that the wormhole was in an advanced state of decay, having collapsed to a width of approximately 30 centimeters. The Voyager crew sent a microprobe into the wormhole, where it encountered extremely dense microscopic gravitational eddies and extremely constricted spatial dimensions. While traveling through the wormhole, the microprobe became mired in a gravitational eddy, becoming lodged in the wormhole. The Voyager crew was able to use the microprobe as a communications relay, contacting the Romulan science vessel Talvath in the Alpha Quadrant. The vessel's captain, Telek R'Mor, was able to beam to Voyager using the probe as a relay. Scanning R'Mor, Lieutenant Tuvok found that he was exhibiting clear signs of temporal displacement, and discovered that the wormhole was a rift not only in space, but in time as well, connecting to twenty years in the past. Realizing that they could not beam the crew through the wormhole due to the effects it would have on the timeline, they were forced to abandon the plan, and transported R'Mor back to his ship. (VOY: "Eye of the Needle")