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USS Enterprise-D, anti-time future — The refitted USS *Enterprise*-D

Picard and La Forge with beards — Picard and La Forge retired from Starfleet

The anti-time future was a diverging alternate timeline from the original future of the prime timeline. This future was encountered by Jean-Luc Picard in 2370, when Q transfered his consciousness to the body of his older self.

In this future, the USS Enterprise-D had continued to serve as the flagship of the Federation for several decades after 2370. About five years prior to the events Picard encountered, the ship was almost decommissioned until Admiral William T. Riker took interest in his old ship and made it his personal flagship. The ship was refitted with a third warp nacelle and other technologies such as a powerful phaser emitter and a cloaking device.

The Klingons had conquered the Romulan Star Empire, and relations between them and the Federation had deteriorated significantly.

Picard had stepped down as captain of the Enterprise to become an ambassador, before retiring to his vineyards on Earth, where Irumodic Syndrome had began to cause his mental pathways to deteriorate. He had married Beverly Crusher, but the couple had divorced. After the divorce, she had kept the Picard surname and taken command of the medical ship USS Pasteur. The ship had been allowed by the Klingons to deliver medical supplies to the plague victims on war torn Romulus.

Worf and Riker were both interested in courting Deanna Troi, but neither did so because of the other person. Troi later died, and Worf and Riker became enemies for the next 20 years. Worf became a member of the Klingon High Council, but his position diminished and he was relegated to the governorship of a small Klingon colony on H'atoria.

Geordi La Forge eventually retired from Starfleet, married Leah Brahms and became the father of three children and an author. He took ocular implants to replace his VISOR. Data held the Lucasian Chair at Cambridge University. He had emotions, was able to use contractions, and had added a streak of gray to his hair.

This future was altered when Q interfered by transferring the consciousness of Picard from 2370 to the body of his older self. The Enterprises from three time periods created the anti-time eruption and were subsequently successful in collapsing the anomaly. When Picard's consciousness was returned to his 2370 self, he shared his experience of how the future was going to unfold with the crew. He wanted to allow them to make different life choices. A new future was then created for the prime timeline. (TNG: "All Good Things...")

Anti-time eruption timelines

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Appendices

Background information

No specific year was given for the future events. La Forge however stated that it had been close to 25 years since the crew were all together on the Enterprise-D. The Star Trek Chronology used this statement as a basis of dating the events to 2395. However, this would be based on the assumption that the crew of the Enterprise-D disbanded concurrent with the end of TNG Season 7 in the original future timeline, although Picard seems to make the same assumption when he states in the present timeline "A lot can happen in twenty-five years." The episode's script also describes the characters as having aged twenty-five years.

According to comments by Michael and Denise Okuda in Star Trek Encyclopedia, (3rd ed. p. 15) the anti-time future should be considered as an alternative quantum reality.

The prime timeline events as they have been seen unfolding in the feature films indicates a clear divergence from the future events depicted in "All Good Things...". After Picard had shared his knowledge of that future to the crew, the Enterprise-D was prematurely destroyed in 2371 in Star Trek Generations. Deanna Troi averted her death and eventually married Riker. Worf and Riker did not become enemies. Data died in 2379 while still in Starfleet service, as was seen in Star Trek Nemesis. Romulus was destroyed in 2387 as was seen in Star Trek. The only events that weren't altered were the replacement of La Forge's VISOR with ocular implants in Star Trek: First Contact and the commissioning of the Negh'Var warships by the Klingon Empire as seen in DS9: "The Way of the Warrior".

Apocrypha

Captain-Data-Countdown-1 — Captain Data of the USS *Enterprise*-E in 2387

Apocryphal works suggest some of the events of the anti-time future are still part of the new timeline.

The comic series Star Trek: Countdown portrayed Picard as the Federation ambassador to Vulcan in 2387, as well as Data being still alive, after he had been "reborn" through the memory transfer to his brother B-4.
"The Path to 2409" on the official Star Trek Online website states Beverly Crusher assumed the command of the USS Pasteur in 2385. The game also depicts the peace treaty between the Federation and the Klingon Empire being dissolved in 2399, and a few Galaxy-class starships have undergone the same refit depicted in the anti-time future.

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-The '''anti-time future''' was a future encountered by [[Jean-Luc Picard]] during an incident involving [[Q]] at the end of [[2370]]. ({{TNG|All Good Things...}})
+[[File:USS Enterprise-D, anti-time future.jpg|thumb|The refitted {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}]]
+[[File:Picard and La Forge with beards.jpg|thumb|[[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] and [[Geordi La Forge|La Forge]] retired from Starfleet]]
+The '''anti-time future''' was a diverging [[alternate timeline]] from the original future of the prime timeline. This future was encountered by [[Jean-Luc Picard]] in [[2370]], when [[Q]] transfered his consciousness to the body of his older self.
-In this future, the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} was not destroyed at [[Veridian III]] in [[2371]] and continued to serve as the flagship of the [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] for several more years.  About five years prior to the events Picard encountered, the ship was almost decommissioned until [[Admiral]] [[William T. Riker]] took interest in his old ship and made it his personal [[flagship]]. The ship was refitted with a third [[warp nacelle]] at some point in the timeline and was equipped with a [[cloaking device]].
+In this future, the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} had continued to serve as the [[flagship]] of the [[Federation]] for several decades after 2370. About five years prior to the events Picard encountered, the ship was almost decommissioned until [[Admiral]] [[William T. Riker]] took interest in his old ship and made it his personal flagship. The ship was refitted with a third [[warp nacelle]] and other technologies such as a powerful [[phaser emitter]] and a [[cloaking device]].
+The Klingons had conquered the [[Romulan Star Empire]], and relations between them and the Federation had deteriorated significantly.
-Picard stepped down as [[captain]] of the ''Enterprise'' and became an [[ambassador]], before retiring to his vineyards on [[Earth]], where [[Irumodic Syndrome]] caused his mental pathways to deteriorate. He married [[Beverly Crusher]], but the couple divorced sometime prior to the events experienced by the Picard of 2370. After their divorce, she kept the Picard surname and took command of the medical ship {{USS|Pasteur}}.
+Picard had stepped down as [[captain]] of the ''Enterprise'' to become an [[ambassador]], before retiring to his vineyards on [[Earth]], where [[Irumodic Syndrome]] had began to cause his mental pathways to deteriorate. He had married [[Beverly Crusher]], but the couple had divorced. After the divorce, she had kept the Picard surname and taken command of the medical ship {{USS|Pasteur}}. The ship had been allowed by the Klingons to deliver medical supplies to the plague victims on war torn [[Romulus]].
-[[Worf]] and Riker were both interested in courting [[Deanna Troi]], but neither of them did so because of the other person. Troi later died, and Worf and Riker became enemies for the next 20 years. Worf became a member of the [[Klingon High Council]], but his position diminished until he was relegated to the [[governor]]ship of a small [[Klingon]] [[colony]], [[H'atoria]].
+[[Worf]] and Riker were both interested in courting [[Deanna Troi]], but neither did so because of the other person. Troi later died, and Worf and Riker became enemies for the next 20 years. Worf became a member of the [[Klingon High Council]], but his position diminished and he was relegated to the [[governor]]ship of a small [[Klingon]] [[colony]] on [[H'atoria]].
-[[Geordi La Forge]] eventually retired from [[Starfleet]], married [[Leah Brahms]] and became an author. He had [[ocular implant]]s to replace his [[VISOR]]. [[Data]] held the [[Lucasian Chair]] at [[Cambridge University]]. He added a streak of gray to his hair.  He could also use contractions.
+[[Geordi La Forge]] eventually retired from [[Starfleet]], married [[Leah Brahms]] and became the father of three children and an author. He took [[ocular implant]]s to replace his [[VISOR]]. [[Data]] held the [[Lucasian Chair]] at [[Cambridge University]]. He had emotions, was able to use contractions, and had added a streak of gray to his hair.
-The Klingons took over the [[Romulan Star Empire]], and relations between them and the Federation deteriorated significantly.
+This future was altered when Q interfered by transferring the consciousness of Picard from 2370 to the body of his older self. The ''Enterprise''s from three time periods created the [[anti-time eruption]] and were subsequently successful in collapsing the anomaly. When Picard's consciousness was returned to his 2370 self, he shared his experience of how the future was going to unfold with the crew. He wanted to allow them to make different life choices. A new future was then created for the prime timeline. ({{TNG|All Good Things...}})
-This future was excised when ''Enterprise''s from three time periods collapsed the anomaly.
+{{anti-time}}
-== Background ==
-*The ''[[Star Trek Chronology]]'' gives the date for the events of the anti-time future as 2395. However, this assumes that the crew of the ''Enterprise''-D disbanded concurrent with the end of [[TNG Season 7]]. No specific date is given in the episode itself.
+== Appendices ==
-*The normal timeline seen in the ''Next Generation'' feature films indicates a divergence from future events depicted in "''All Good Things...''". The ''Enterprise''-D was destroyed in 2371, Deanna Troi did not die and eventually married Riker, and Worf and Riker did not become enemies as a result. Unlike the anti-time future in which he remained alive, Data died in [[2379]] in the normal timeline. The only event that holds true to the anti-time future is the replacement of La Forge's [[VISOR]] with [[ocular implant]]s.
+=== Background information ===
-*The comic series ''[[Star Trek: Countdown]]'' portrayed Picard as Federation ambassador to [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] in [[2387]], in keeping with the events of the anti-time future, as well as [[Data]] being "reborn" though [[B-4]] who still might take up the [[Lucasian Chair]] at [[Cambridge University]] at a later date.
+No specific year was given for the future events. La Forge however stated that it had been close to 25 years since the crew were all together on the ''Enterprise''-D. The ''[[Star Trek Chronology]]'' used this statement as a basis of dating the events to [[2395]]. However, this would be based on the assumption that the crew of the ''Enterprise''-D disbanded concurrent with the end of [[TNG Season 7]] in the original future timeline, although Picard seems to make the same assumption when he states in the present timeline "A lot can happen in twenty-five years." The episode's script also describes the characters as having aged twenty-five years.
-*The Path to 2409 on the official Star Trek Online website continues the trend of keeping to the anti-time future as Countdown does by having [[Beverly Crusher]] leave to assume command of the [[USS Pasteur]] in 2385. The game also depicts the degrading of Federation-Klingon relations as foretold in "''All Good Things...''."
+According to comments by [[Michael Okuda|Michael]] and [[Denise Okuda]] in ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'', (3rd ed. p. 15) the anti-time future should be considered as an alternative [[quantum reality]].
+The prime timeline events as they have been seen unfolding in the feature films indicates a clear divergence from the future events depicted in "''All Good Things...''". After Picard had shared his knowledge of that future to the crew, the ''Enterprise''-D was prematurely destroyed in [[2371]] in {{film|7}}. Deanna Troi averted her death and eventually married Riker. Worf and Riker did not become enemies. Data died in [[2379]] while still in Starfleet service, as was seen in {{film|10}}. Romulus was destroyed in [[2387]] as was seen in {{film|11}}. The only events that weren't altered were the replacement of La Forge's [[VISOR]] with [[ocular implant]]s in {{film|8}} and the commissioning of the [[Negh'Var warship]]s by the Klingon Empire as seen in {{DS9|The Way of the Warrior}}.
+=== Apocrypha ===
+[[File:Captain-Data-Countdown-1.jpg|thumb|[[Captain]] [[Data]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} in [[2387]]]]
+Apocryphal works suggest some of the events of the anti-time future are still part of the new timeline.
+*The comic series ''[[Star Trek: Countdown]]'' portrayed Picard as the Federation ambassador to {{dis|Vulcan|planet}} in [[2387]], as well as [[Data]] being still alive, after he had been "reborn" through the memory transfer to his brother [[B-4]].
+*"The Path to 2409" on the official ''[[Star Trek Online]]'' website states [[Beverly Crusher]] assumed the command of the {{USS|Pasteur}} in 2385. The game also depicts the peace treaty between the Federation and the Klingon Empire being dissolved in 2399, and a few {{class|Galaxy}} starships have undergone the same refit depicted in the anti-time future.
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