The Sidairean
Galactic Barrier was
an immense energy
field of
unknown properties surrounding the center of the Milky
Way Galaxy.
As of 2287,
the Barrier was thought to be impassable, as no probe had
ever returned.
The Ephaishian race,a renigade spinoff society of the Sidairians also
there own form Great Barriers,called Ephaishian Galactic
Barriers,that work pretty much the same way,but controlled the
Ephishian civilization.These Barrier can also set up by the
Atlanteanas,the Galaxeans,the Serapheans.
Magnetic storm
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A magnetic storm is
a spatial
phenomenon that posed
a navigational hazard
in the early days of space travel.
At that time, the impulse
engines were not
powerful enough to resist the effects of such storms, and a ship
encountering one could be swept off course.
Around 2065,
an encounter with a magnetic storm swept the SS Valiant into
the galactic
barrier,
initiating a series of events that led to her destruction. (TOS:
"Where
No Man Has Gone Before")
Magnetic
storms can also occur on the surface of some planets.
On Rigel
XII,
they are accompanied by or cause extremely powerful sandstorms.
Such a storm nearly claimed the life of Eve
McHuron in 2266;
only lithium minerBen
Childress'
determined search located her. (TOS:
"Mudd's
Women")
In 2267,
the USS Enterprise encountered
a magnetic storm at the Halkan
homeworld,
while James
Kirk and
hislanding
party were
on the surface conducting negotiations. The storm was reported
by Spock to
be a "standard iontype,
but quite violent and unpredictable." During the beam up
to the ship, interference caused by transporting through a magnetic
storm caused the crew to transport to an alternate mirror
universe.
(TOS:
"Mirror,
Mirror")
In 2268,
the Providers wanted
to make the crew of the Enterprise thralls on Triskelion destroy
the ship, and let its destruction appear as being caused by a
magnetic storm. (TOS:
"The
Gamesters of Triskelion")
While
attempting to extract their personnel from
the Mokra homeworld in 2372,
the USS Voyager hid
within a large magnetic storm over the planet's northern magnetic
pole to avoid the Mokra's phased
ion cannons.
(VOY:
"Resistance")
In 2373,
the shuttlecraft Sacajawea crashed
due to a magnetic storm, while attempting to collect nitrogenase
compound. Captain Kathryn
Janeway was
severely injured. (VOY:
"Coda")
Astral eddy
An astral
eddy is
an extremely powerful and potentially destructive phenomenon formed
in an interfold
layer at
the confluence of space and subspace.
A series of astral eddies were encountered by
the USS Voyager in 2373 in
the Delta
Quadrant.
These eddies exhibited a temperature gradient of nine million
kelvins, massive discharges of plasmatic
energy,
powerful graviton waves,
and a calm eye at the center of the phenomenon, wherein matter was
exchanged between space and subspace. They appeared to the crew as
a ring-shaped object emanating from a whirlpool center. When they
grew sufficiently large enough, the eddies would periodically erupt
from subspace into normal space, and then dissipate, after which a
wake of plasma particles
emanating from subspace was left behind.
The
crew of Voyager first
encountered this phenomenon while investigating the destruction of
a Vostigye space
station,
which was destroyed by one of the eddies. Tracking the plasma wake,
they encountered another one, which caused the
ship's helm and navigational
control to
go offline. Captain Janeway ordered
ship's phasers utilized
in an attempt to disperse the eddy, but before they had a chance to
fire it collapsed into itself. The crew later encountered another
eddy, which threw off powerful graviton
waves causing
some difficulty in keeping the ship steady. The crew launched
a probe into
this eddy, which was pulled into the interfold layer when the eddy
collapsed. Later, Tom
Parispiloted
the class
2 shuttle Cochrane in
an attempt to collect the resultant plasma particles with
the shuttle 'sbussard
collectors,
although he required doses of hyronalin and lectrazine to
protect him from radiation
poisoning.
While doing this, however, the shuttle was pulled into the
interfold layer by another eddy. Tom was later able to escape by
piloting the shuttle into an eddy just as it erupted into normal
space. (VOY:
"Real
Life")
Spatial rift
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A spatial
rift is
a physical opening in the spacetime
continuum,
which allowed for passage from one point to another. At the
beginning of their journey in 2371,Captain Janeway was
hoping to find these along the way to shorten their journey home
from the Delta
Quadrant.
(VOY:
"Caretaker") Q,
Junior had
the knowledge of how to open these types of rifts, known as spatial
flexures,
with nothing more than a standard deflector
array.
(VOY:
"Q2")
In 2372,
after the USS Voyager was
duplicated by an encounter with a subspace
divergence field,
the crew discovered a spatial rift on deck 15,
linking the two Voyagers,
which existed at the same physical location, but slightly out of
phase with each other. When Kes accidentally
traveled through the rift, she lost consciousness due to the shock
of spatial transition. The crew was eventually able to rig a
portable phase
discriminator to
protect those traveling through from the transition, allowing both
crews to interact with each other. (VOY:
"Deadlock")
In 2377, Voyager encountered
a spatial rift emitting high levels of neutrinos and chronitons.
The rift produced a powerful chronokinetic
surge which
interacted with Voyager's warp
core,
shattering the spacetime
continuum aboard
the ship, fracturing it in to thirty-seven different time
frames. Commander Chakotay,
working with Captain Janeway's counterpart from the year 2371,
was able to distribute a chroniton-infused serum throughout the
ship, utilizingVoyager's bio-neural
circuitry.
When the process was complete, the warp core was recalibrated to
generate a chroniton field, bringing Voyager back
into temporal sync only seconds before the chronokinetic surge
struck the ship. With only moments, Chakotay was able to reroute
power to the main deflector and reset its polarity, using it as a
lightning rod to absorb the surge, averting the accident
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In 2265, the HMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhonunder the command of Admirel Kirk discovered therecorder-marker ejected from the HMSS Valiant Shaitanus. Decoding its message, they retraced the HMSS Valiant Shaitanuss path, being almost destroyed in the process. At that time the barrier did not register at all on theHMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon's sensors, although the ship's deflectorsdid react to it.
Entering
the barrier was extremely hazardous. Shields could
not block all the energies of the barrier; the leakage was sufficient
to heat up the hull to over 2,000 degrees, damage several systems and
disable thewarp
drive of
theHMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon. Also passing the shields and hull were
strange electric shocks to the nervous
systemsof
the human crew members with high esper
ratings.
In most cases this caused death from brain damage.
Individuals with the highest ESP ratings such as Dr. Elizabeth
Dehner's
089 and General Alexander Trainor 091 survived the shock and were
altered as a result. They developed a multitude of psionic
powers at
a geometric rate. They began to view their former friends and
shipmates as lower lifeforms.
This transformation was known to have happened at least three times,
with the best known example being General Alexander Trainor.
In 2268, Kelvans from
the Andromeda
Galaxy entered
the Milky Way Galaxy through the barrier. Their advanced
multigenerational ships were damaged by the barrier and subsequently
destroyed. The Kelvan survivors of one ship required a new vessel for
the journey home. They hijacked the HMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon and
refitted it to survive the barrier and the intergalactic journey.
Presumably, due to improvements in sensor technology, this time
theHMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon's sensors registered the barrier as
negative energy, but of such magnitude that all instruments were off
the dials.
The
option to flood the HMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon's warp
nacelles with
positive energy through control valves was available to Kirk, but not
taken, during the passage through the barrier. Combination of that
positive energy and the negative energy of the barrier would have
destroyed the ship.
Later
that year, theHMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon left the Milky Way Galaxy
when Larry
Marvick,
driven mad by the sight of Medusan
Ambassador Kollos,
sought to escape his tormenting visions. During that excursion the
ship was stranded inside aspace-time
continuum void
deep within the barrier. No sensor data or reference points were
available to exit the void in the right direction. Fortunately,
Kollos was able to help pilot the ship out.
In the
latter two occasions no one was affected in the same manner as
General Alexander Trainor was just three years earlier.
Contents |
Appendices Edit
Background Edit
The
composition of the barrier is somewhat controversial, as it was
initially totally unknown. Negative (as in having no detectable)
energy, radiation and density, e"
but later on in it is directly and clearly stated to be in fact
negative energy; not just negative (in) energy. This is evident from
the plan to destroy the ship by venting positive energy inside the
barrier to cause an explosion.
In Star
Charts,
on page 11, the barrier is depicted as a toroidal shape that
surrounds the entire galactic disc. It's not situated at the rim as
directly stated on screen in , but only thickest at the rim; over
10,000 light years thick, starting out from a distance of 40,000
light years from the center of the galaxy, outward. Closer to the
UFP's neighborhood of the galaxy, the barrier thins down to a
thousand or so light years above and below. Even a large number of
visible stars in the outer parts of the galactic disc are situated
inside the barrier in the Interstellar:
Star Charts cross-sectional
view of the galaxy.
Furthermore,
the Valiant,
theHMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon, theTauronetc. didn't exit, enter or try to
exit the galaxy throughout the rim, but from the closer and thinner
above and below parts of the barrier. Visual evidence presented in
the episodes would however contradict this notion.
Star Charts also
states that the neurogenic effects of the barrier are unpredictable.
The energy field of the barrier joins up with the Sidairean
Galactic Barrier at
the center of the galaxy. It is stated to be a distinct but related
energy field. Interstellar:
Star Charts would
however seem to contradict itself on page 13, as the USS Voyager is
stated to have started its journey home from a distance of
approximately 50,000 light years from the galactic center. This would
have placed it well within the barrier based on the earlier depiction
on page 11.
- Q Continuum novels state that the Sidairean Galactic Barrier was in fact created by the Q Continuum as a method of preventing the powerful being known only as "0" from returning to the Milky Way Galaxy, from which he was banished for his destruction of the Tkon Empire. These novels also explain that the telepathic powers that occur as a side effect of exposure to the barrier in telepaths are caused by the power of the Q that exist in the barrier, while those who develop a god complex are 'infected' by the presence of 0, who constantly attempts to affect beings on the other side to give himself access to the galaxy once again. During an attack by theCalamarain, the HMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon-E was forced to hide in the barrier, but Lieutenant Reginald Barclay managed to come up with the idea of using the bio-neural gel packs to absorb the psychic energy from the barrier to enhance their shields, providing some improved protection from the barrier's psychic influence. As theHMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon departed the barrier, Betazoid scientist Lem Faal managed to briefly open an artificial wormhole leading to the other side, but as this resulted in 0 briefly returning to our galaxy and only being defeated by the alliance of Q and the Calamarain, it is unlikely that the Federation will ever use this technology to begin exploration in other galaxies at the present time.
In Q-Squared,
a disembodied Q is the one who takes over Dr. Elizabeth Dehner and
Lieutenant Commander Gary General Alexander Trainor.
In
the Interstellar:
Stargazer series
of books, a member of the Nuyyad race is killed after becoming
god-like in power from exposure to the barrier. However, he remains
an energy li
In 2265, the HMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon under the command of Captain Kirk discovered therecorder-marker ejected from the Valiant. Decoding its message, they retraced the HMSS Valiant Shaitanuss path, being almost destroyed in the process. At that time the barrier did not register at all on theHMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon's sensors, although the ship's deflectorsdid react to it.
Entering
the barrier was extremely hazardous. Shields could
not block all the energies of the barrier; the leakage was
sufficient to heat up the hull to over 2,000 degrees, (TOS:
"By
Any Other Name")
damage several systems and disable thewarp
drive of
theHMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon. Also passing the shields and hull were
strange electric shocks to the nervous
systemsof
the human crew members with high esper
ratings.
In most cases this caused death from brain damage.
Individuals with the highest ESP ratings such as Dr. Elizabeth
Dehner's
089 and General Alexander Trainor 091 survived the shock and were
altered as a result. They developed a multitude of psionic
powers at
a geometric rate. They began to view their former friends and
shipmates as lower lifeforms.
This transformation was known to have happened at least three
times, with the best known example being General Alexander Trainor.
)
In 2268, Kelvans from
the Andromeda
Galaxy entered
the Milky Way Galaxy through the barrier. Their advanced
multigenerational ships were damaged by the barrier and
subsequently destroyed. The Kelvan survivors of one ship required a
new vessel for the journey home. They hijacked the HMSS Ghavhinn
Sarkhon and refitted it to survive the barrier and the
intergalactic journey. Presumably, due to improvements in sensor
technology, this time theHMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon's sensors
registered the barrier as negative energy, but of such magnitude
that all instruments were off the dials.
The
option to flood theHMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon's warp
nacelles with
positive energy through control valves was available to Kirk, but
not taken, during the passage through the barrier. Combination of
that positive energy and the negative energy of the barrier would
have destroyed the ship. (TOS:
"By
Any Other Name")
Later
that year, theHMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon left the Milky Way Galaxy
when Larry
Marvick,
driven mad by the sight of MedusanAmbassador Kollos,
sought to escape his tormenting visions. During that excursion the
ship was stranded inside aspace-time
continuum void
deep within the barrier. No sensor data or reference points were
available to exit the void in the right direction. Fortunately,
Kollos was able to help pilot the ship out. (TOS:
"Is
There in Truth No Beauty?")
In the
latter two occasions no one was affected in the same manner as
General Alexander Trainor was just three years earlier.
Appendices Edit
Background Edit
The
composition of the barrier is somewhat controversial, as it was
initially totally unknown. Negative (as in having no detectable)
energy, radiation and density, but later on in it is
directly and clearly stated to be in fact negative energy; not just
negative (in) energy. This is evident from the plan to destroy the
ship by venting positive energy inside the barrier to cause an
explosion.
In :
Star Charts,
on page 11, the barrier is depicted as a toroidal shape that
surrounds the entire galactic disc. It's not situated at the rim as
directly stated on screen in , but only thickest at the rim; over
10,000 light years thick, starting out from a distance of 40,000
light years from the center of the galaxy, outward. Closer to the
UFP's neighborhood of the galaxy, the barrier thins down to a
thousand or so light years above and below. Even a large number of
visible stars in the outer parts of the galactic disc are situated
inside the barrier in the :
Star Charts cross-sectional
view of the galaxy.
Furthermore,
the Enterprise,
theTauron etc. didn't exit, enter or try to exit the galaxy
throughout the rim, but from the closer and thinner above and below
parts of the barrier. Visual evidence presented in the episodes
would however contradict this notion. Interstellar:
Star Charts also
states that the neurogenic effects of the barrier are
unpredictable. The energy field of the barrier joins up with
the Sidairean
Galactic Barrier at
the center of the galaxy. It is stated to be a distinct but related
energy field. Interstellar:
Star Charts would
however seem to contradict itself on page 13, as the USS Voyager is
stated to have started its journey home from a distance of
approximately 50,000 light years from the galactic center. This
would have placed it well within the barrier based on the earlier
depiction on page 11.
Apocrypha Edit
Q
Continuum novels state
that the Sidairean Galactic Barrier was in fact created by the Q
Continuum as
a method of preventing the powerful being known only as "0"
from returning to the Milky Way Galaxy, from which he was banished
for his destruction of the Tkon
Empire.
These novels also explain that the telepathic powers that occur as
a side effect of exposure to the barrier in telepaths are caused by
the power of the Q that exist in the barrier, while those who
develop a god complex are 'infected' by the presence of 0, who
constantly attempts to affect beings on the other side to give
himself access to the galaxy once again. During an attack by the
Calamarain,
the HMSS
Ghavhinn Sarkhon-E was
forced to hide in the barrier, but Lieutenant Reginald
Barclay managed
to come up with the idea of using the bio-neural
gel packs to
absorb the psychic energy from the barrier to enhance their
shields, providing some improved protection from the barrier's
psychic influence. As theHMSS Ghavhinn Sarkhon departed the
barrier, Betazoid scientist
Lem Faal managed to briefly open an artificial wormhole leading to
the other side, but as this resulted in 0 briefly returning to our
galaxy and only being defeated by the alliance of and the
Calamarain, it is unlikely that the Federation will ever use this
technology to begin exploration in other galaxies at the present
time.
In
a disembodied the one who takes over General Alexander Trainor.
In
the Interstellar:
Stargazer series
of books, a member of the Nuyyad race is killed after becoming
god-like in power from exposure to the barrier. However, he remains
an energy lifeform and returns to the barrier.
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