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The Department of Temporal Investigations was a section of the United Federation of Planets, tasked with ensuring that time travel events which occurred under Federation jurisdiction were handled within guidelines established to prevent contamination of the timeline. James T. Kirk had the biggest file on record in the Department, with seventeen recorded temporal violations.

In 2373, two investigators from the Department, Dulmur and Lucsly, arrived on station Deep Space 9, to debrief Captain Benjamin Sisko on a recent time travel incident, wherein Klingon spy Arne Darvin utilized the Orb of Time to take the USS Defiant back in time to 2268 in an attempt to assassinate Captain Kirk. After the interview, Dulmur intimated to Sisko that he did not believe that the actions of his crew while in the past constituted a major violation of regulations regarding time travel. (DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations")

DTI personnel

Background information

The names of the two DTI agents who interview Sisko about the incident with Darvin, Dulmur and Lucsly, are meant to be anagrams of Mulder and Scully from The X-Files, although "Dulmur" is spelled with two "U"s while "Mulder" is spelled with an "E". (The Magic of Tribbles: The Making of Trials and Tribble-ations)
In 2011, Pocket Books began publishing Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations, a novel series in which Temporal Investigations takes a central role. The first novel was Watching the Clock and the second novel Forgotten History (which features the origins of the department) was published in 2012. The Collectors, an EBook was released, December 2014.
In the novel A Pocket Full of Lies, it is revealed that, following the events of the Year of Hell, the Krenim of the new timeline have established a variation of the Department of Temporal Investigations known as the Krenim Temporal Defense Agency. However, in contrast to the DTI's goal to preserve the current history, the Agency's goal appears to be to use time travel to subtly ensure Krenim supremacy in the present timeline. As a result of this goal, they altered a timeline where their past enemies, the Rilnar and the Zahl, lived on a peaceful near-utopian planet, in favour of a timeline where the two were engaged in a protracted and pointless conflict on the same planet, because the peaceful timeline restricted Krenim expansion.
The department features in the Star Trek Online novel, The Needs of the Many.

External link

Federation Department of Temporal Investigations at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-[[Image:Dulmur and Lucsly.jpg|thumb|Lucsly and Dulmur, two Department of Temporal Investigations agents.]]
+[[File:Dulmur and Lucsly.jpg|thumb|Lucsly and Dulmur, two agents from the Department of Temporal Investigations]]
-The '''Department of Temporal Investigations''' is a bureau of the [[government]] of the [[United Federation of Planets]], mandated with investigating and [[report]]ing on all incidents of [[time travel]] involving Federation citizens or otherwise affecting the UFP. [[James T. Kirk]] has the biggest file in the Department's records with seventeen [[temporal violation]]s.
+The '''Department of Temporal Investigations''' was a section of the [[United Federation of Planets]], tasked with ensuring that [[time travel]] events which occurred under Federation jurisdiction were handled within guidelines established to prevent contamination of the timeline. [[James T. Kirk]] had the biggest file on record in the Department, with seventeen recorded [[temporal violation]]s.
-In [[2373]], the Department of Temporal Investigations interviewed [[Captain]] [[Benjamin Sisko]] of [[Starbase]] [[Deep Space 9]] over an inadvertant [[temporal incursion]] resulting from the attempt of a disgraced [[Klingon]] [[Klingon Intelligence|Imperial Intelligence]] [[spy|agent]] to [[assassination|assassinate]] the legendary James T. Kirk in the year [[2268]]. Temporal Investigations agents later concluded that Sisko and his [[crew]] had acted appropriately in attempting to uphold the [[Temporal Prime Directive]]. ([[DS9]]: "[[Trials and Tribble-ations]]")
+In [[2373]], two investigators from the Department, [[Dulmur]] and [[Lucsly]], arrived on [[space station|station]] [[Deep Space 9]], to debrief [[Captain]] [[Benjamin Sisko]] on a recent time travel incident, wherein [[Klingon]] [[spy]] [[Arne Darvin]] utilized the [[Orb of Time]] to take the {{USS|Defiant|2370}} back in time to [[2268]] in an attempt to assassinate Captain Kirk. After the interview, Dulmur intimated to Sisko that he did not believe that the actions of his crew while in the past constituted a major violation of regulations regarding time travel. ({{DS9|Trials and Tribble-ations}})
+=== See also ===
-:'''See also''': [[Temporal Integrity Commission]]
+* [[Temporal Integrity Commission]]
-==DTI personnel==
+== DTI personnel ==
 * [[Dulmur]]
 * [[Lucsly]]
+==Background information==
-[[Category:Agencies|Federation Department of Temporal Investigations]]
+*The names of the two DTI agents who interview Sisko about the incident with Darvin, Dulmur and Lucsly, are meant to be anagrams of [[x-files:Fox Mulder|Mulder]] and [[x-files:Dana Scully|Scully]] from ''[[x-files:The X-Files|The X-Files]]'', although "Dulmur" is spelled with two "U"s while "Mulder" is spelled with an "E". (''[[The Magic of Tribbles: The Making of Trials and Tribble-ations]]'')
+*In {{y|2011}}, [[Pocket Books]] began publishing ''[[Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations]]'', a novel series in which Temporal Investigations takes a central role. The first novel was ''[[Watching the Clock]]'' and the second novel ''[[Forgotten History]]'' (which features the origins of the department) was published in {{y|2012}}. ''[[The Collectors]]'', an [[EBook]] was released, December {{y|2014}}.
+*In the novel ''[[A Pocket Full of Lies]]'', it is revealed that, following the events of the [[Year of Hell]], the [[Krenim]] of the new timeline have established a variation of the Department of Temporal Investigations known as the Krenim Temporal Defense Agency. However, in contrast to the DTI's goal to preserve the current history, the Agency's goal appears to be to use time travel to subtly ensure Krenim supremacy in the present timeline. As a result of this goal, they altered a timeline where their past enemies, the [[Rilnar]] and the [[Zahl]], lived on a peaceful near-utopian planet, in favour of a timeline where the two were engaged in a protracted and pointless conflict on the same planet, because the peaceful timeline restricted Krenim expansion.
+*The department features in the ''[[Star Trek Online]]'' novel, ''[[The Needs of the Many]]''.
+== External link ==
+* {{mbeta|Federation Department of Temporal Investigations}}
 [[de:Föderationsbehörde für temporale Ermittlungen]]
+[[Category:Law enforcement agencies]]
+[[Category:Time travel]]