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Barzan Wormhole — Alpha Quadrant aperture of the Barzan wormhole (2366)

Barzan Wormhole in the Delta Quadrant — Delta Quadrant aperture of the Barzan wormhole (2373)

A wormhole is a "tunnel" connecting two separate points in space-time. It consists of two apertures in space-time connected by a conduit outside normal space, through subspace. Since this conduit is shorter than the distance between the two points in normal space, it allows rapid travel between the two points.

If a wormhole was large and stable enough, a starship (or other traveler) could travel through it. A wormhole could also connect two different points in time as well. As wormholes collapse, they become smaller and are known as micro-wormholes. (VOY: "Eye of the Needle")

Before knowing where the Harry Kim wormhole ended, Tuvok stated that there was a 75% chance that it didn't lead to the Alpha Quadrant.(VOY: "Eye of the Needle")

This would suggest that natural wormholes in the galaxy, never leave the galaxy.

Natural wormholes

Wormholes and the possibility of using them for time travel had been recognized by Human scientists since the 20th century. In 2368, Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise-D agreed with faux historian Berlinghoff Rasmussen that using knowledge gained by means of time travel through a wormhole (for example, in order to save an endangered planet) could allow the "next Adolf Hitler" or Khan Noonien Singh to come into being. According to the captain, first year philosophy students had been asked the question ever since the first wormholes had been discovered. (TNG: "A Matter of Time")

No known naturally-occurring stable wormholes had yet been discovered in the Alpha or Beta Quadrants. The only likely candidate, the Barzan wormhole, was found to be unstable at its far terminus. However, several relatively stable wormhole-like phenomena have been reported in the Delta Quadrant. (TNG: "The Price"; VOY: "Eye of the Needle", "Night", "Counterpoint")

Artificial wormholes

USS Enterprise caught in artificial wormhole — Wormhole distortion

The only currently known stable artificial wormhole was the Bajoran wormhole, created by beings known to the Bajorans as the Prophets, who dwelled within. This wormhole was stable enough for long-term, two-way space travel between the Bajor system in the Alpha Quadrant and the Idran system in the Gamma Quadrant. (DS9: "Emissary")

In the alternate 2259, the Federation was engaged in wormhole research. The location of the research site was labeled on a map depicting a section of the Alpha Quadrant. This map was seen on a powerwall in the offices of Admirals Christopher Pike and Alexander Marcus at Starfleet Headquarters. (Star Trek Into Darkness)

The map is visible in the video "Star Trek: Into Darkness - User Interface VFX at vimeo.com. [1]

In the 2370s, the Federation investigated methods of creating artificial wormholes. The project was headed by Dr. Lenara Kahn of the Trill Science Ministry, who eventually developed a workable theory that she tested aboard the USS Defiant in 2372. The technique involved generating a subspace tensor matrix in the 25,000-30,000 cochrane range, and then sending out a magneton pulse using a target drone. The pulse would then interact with the matrix to produce a subspace distortion, which would become an opening in the space-time continuum.

The first test of this technique produced a wormhole that was stable for 23.4 seconds. On the second test, a class-4 probe was launched through the wormhole to simulate the passage of an interstellar spacecraft. However, the probe's shields unexpectedly interacted with the tetryon field, collapsing the wormhole and producing a massive graviton shock wave that heavily damaged the Defiant. (DS9: "Rejoined")

The MIDAS array was able to create an artificial micro-wormhole that connected the Alpha Quadrant to the Delta Quadrant, but it was only stable for a brief moment. (VOY: "Pathfinder")

Warp engine imbalances have also been known to create wormholes, as happened to the USS Enterprise in the 2270s. While attempting to intercept an unknown alien en route to Earth, Captain Kirk ordered warp drive utilized before proper simulations had been completed, causing the Enterprise to become trapped in a wormhole for a brief period of time. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

The apparent dissimilarity between the wormhole featured in Star Trek: The Motion Picture and other wormholes featured in subsequent episodes was somewhat explained in VOY: "Counterpoint" as Torat claims that the term "wormhole" is a layman's term that covers any number of phenomena.

List of wormholes

Bajoran wormhole
Barzan wormhole
Interspatial flexure
- Intermittent cyclical vortex
Micro-wormhole
- Harry Kim wormhole
Möbius Inversion
Spatial vortex

External link

Wormhole at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Wormhole at Wikipedia

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-[[Image:BarzanVoyagerTakar.jpg|thumb|Delta Quadrant aperture of the Barzan wormhole (2373)]]
+[[File:Barzan Wormhole.jpg|thumb|Alpha Quadrant aperture of the Barzan wormhole (2366)]]
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 A '''wormhole''' is a "tunnel" connecting two separate points in [[space-time]]. It consists of two apertures in space-time connected by a [[conduit]] outside normal space, through [[subspace]]. Since this conduit is shorter than the distance between the two points in normal space, it allows rapid travel between the two points.
-If a wormhole is large and stable enough, a [[starship]] (or other traveler) could travel through it. A wormhole could also connect two different points in time as well. As wormholes collapse, they become smaller and are known as [[micro-wormhole]]s. ({{VOY|Eye of the Needle}})
+If a wormhole was large and stable enough, a [[starship]] (or other traveler) could travel through it. A wormhole could also connect two different points in time as well. As wormholes collapse, they become smaller and are known as [[micro-wormhole]]s. ({{VOY|Eye of the Needle}})
-Before knowing where the [[Harry Kim wormhole]] ended, [[Tuvok]] stated that there was a 75% chance that it didn't lead to the [[Alpha Quadrant]].  It may thus be concluded that wormholes never leave the [[Milky Way]], or that the location of a wormhole's terminus can be readily determined within the galaxy but not more precisely. ({{VOY|Eye of the Needle}})
+Before knowing where the [[Harry Kim wormhole]] ended, [[Tuvok]] stated that there was a 75% chance that it didn't lead to the [[Alpha Quadrant]].({{VOY|Eye of the Needle}})
+{{bginfo|This would suggest that natural wormholes in the galaxy, never leave the galaxy. <!-- or, you know, that the writers are idiots-->}}
 ==Natural wormholes==
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 ==Artificial wormholes==
-[[Image:Bajoran_wormhole.jpg|thumb|The Bajoran wormhole]]
+[[File:Bajoran wormhole.jpg|thumb|The Bajoran wormhole]]
-[[Image:Artificial wormhole, Rejoined.jpg|thumb|An artificial wormhole opened in 2372]]
+[[File:Artificial wormhole.jpg|thumb|An artificial wormhole opened in 2372]]
-[[Image:USS Enterprise caught in artificial wormhole.jpg|thumb|Wormhole distortion]]
+[[File:USS Enterprise caught in artificial wormhole.jpg|thumb|Wormhole distortion]]
 The only currently known stable artificial wormhole was the [[Bajoran wormhole]], created by beings known to the [[Bajoran]]s as the [[Prophet]]s, who dwelled within. This wormhole was stable enough for long-term, two-way space travel between the [[Bajor system|Bajor]] [[star system|system]] in the [[Alpha Quadrant]] and the [[Idran system]] in the [[Gamma Quadrant]]. ({{DS9|Emissary}})
+''In the [[alternate reality|alternate]] [[2259]], the Federation was engaged in wormhole research. The location of the research site was labeled on a map depicting a section of the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. This map was seen on a [[powerwall]] in the offices of [[Admiral]]s {{alt|Christopher Pike}} and {{alt|Alexander Marcus}} at [[Starfleet Headquarters]].'' ({{film|12}})
-In the [[2370]]s, the [[Federation]] investigated methods of creating artificial wormholes. The project was headed by [[doctor|Dr.]] [[Lenara Kahn]] of the [[Trill Science Ministry]], who eventually developed a workable theory that she tested aboard the {{USS|Defiant|NX-74205}} in [[2372]]. The technique involved generating a subspace tensor matrix in the 25,000-30,000 [[cochrane (unit)|cochrane]] range, and then sending out a [[magneton pulse]] using a target [[Borg drone|drone]]. The pulse would then interact with the matrix to produce a [[subspace distortion]], which would become an opening in the space-time continuum.
+{{bginfo|The map is visible in the video "''Star Trek: Into Darkness'' - User Interface VFX at vimeo.com. [http://vimeo.com/72019454]}}
-The first test of this technique produced a wormhole that was stable for 23.4 seconds. On the second test, a [[class-4 probe]] was launched through the wormhole to simulate the passage of an interstellar spacecraft. However, the probe's [[shield]]s unexpectedly interacted with the [[tetryon]] field, collapsing the wormhole and producing a massive [[graviton]] [[shock wave]] that heavily damaged the ''Defiant''. ({{DS9|Rejoined}})
+In the [[2370]]s, the [[Federation]] investigated methods of creating artificial wormholes. The project was headed by [[doctor|Dr.]] [[Lenara Kahn]] of the [[Trill Science Ministry]], who eventually developed a workable theory that she tested aboard the {{USS|Defiant|2370}} in [[2372]]. The technique involved generating a [[subspace tensor matrix]] in the 25,000-30,000 [[cochrane (unit)|cochrane]] range, and then sending out a [[magneton pulse]] using a [[target drone]]. The pulse would then interact with the matrix to produce a [[subspace distortion]], which would become an opening in the space-time continuum.
+The first test of this technique produced a wormhole that was stable for 23.4 seconds. On the second test, a [[class-4 probe]] was launched through the wormhole to simulate the passage of an interstellar spacecraft. However, the probe's [[shields]] unexpectedly interacted with the [[tetryon]] field, collapsing the wormhole and producing a massive [[graviton]] [[shock wave]] that heavily damaged the ''Defiant''. ({{DS9|Rejoined}})
 The [[MIDAS array]] was able to create an artificial micro-wormhole that connected the Alpha Quadrant to the Delta Quadrant, but it was only stable for a brief moment. ({{VOY|Pathfinder}})
+Warp engine imbalances have also been known to create wormholes, as happened to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} in the [[2270s]]. While attempting to intercept [[V'ger|an unknown alien]] en route to [[Earth]], [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] ordered [[warp drive]] utilized before proper simulations had been completed, causing the ''Enterprise'' to become trapped in a wormhole for a brief period of time. ({{film|1}})
-A wormhole-like distortion could also be caused by an imbalanced [[matter]]-[[antimatter]] mix ratio in a [[warp drive]]. ({{film|1}})
-:''The apparent dissimilarity between the wormhole featured in ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' and other wormholes featured in subsequent episodes was somewhat explained in {{VOY|Counterpoint}} as [[Torat]] claims that the term "wormhole" is a layman's term that covers any number of phenomena.''
+{{bginfo|The apparent dissimilarity between the wormhole featured in ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' and other wormholes featured in subsequent episodes was somewhat explained in {{VOY|Counterpoint}} as [[Torat]] claims that the term "wormhole" is a layman's term that covers any number of phenomena.}}
 ==List of wormholes==
 * [[Bajoran wormhole]]
 * [[Barzan wormhole]]
-* [[Interspatial flexure]]
+* Interspatial flexure
 ** [[Intermittent cyclical vortex]]
 * [[Micro-wormhole]]
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 * [[Temporal variance]]
 * [[Transkinetic vector]]
+* [[Wormhole effect]]
+* [[Geodesic fold]]
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