Changes: Subspace isolation field

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A subspace isolation field (or subspace force field) was a localized force field that contained its own pocket of subspace.

In 2368, most of the command crew of the USS Enterprise-D were able to use a subspace force field, in conjuction with a phase discriminator, to phase-shift themselves into the time continuum of the Devidians, aliens who were using a synchronic distortion with a positive displacement of .004 percent to conceal themselves. (TNG: "Time's Arrow")

The next year, Captain Picard suggested the use of subspace force fields to beam on board the Enterprise, which was trapped in a temporal fragment. Geordi La Forge agreed but noted that they needed an extremely sensitive phase discriminator for the plan to succeed . On the advice of Lieutenant Commander Data, they used the emergency transporter armbands, which contained a sufficiently powerful discriminator. La Forge modified several armbands for use by the away team, enabling them to exist and interact in the fragment without being integrated into it's timeframe, essentially creating an artificial pocket of time around each member of the away team. (TNG: "Timescape")

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-[[File:Subspace force field, Timescape.jpg|thumb|The activation of the subspace force fields]]
+[[File:Subspace force field.jpg|thumb|The activation of the subspace force fields]]
-A '''subspace isolation field''' (or '''subspace force field''') is a localized [[force field]] that contains its own pocket of [[subspace]].
+A '''subspace isolation field''' (or '''subspace force field''') was a localized [[force field]] that contained its own pocket of [[subspace]].
-The [[away team]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} used such subspace force fields to stay in their [[space-time continuum]] when they explored the [[Devidian]]s on [[Devidia II]]. ({{TNG|Time's Arrow|Time's Arrow, Part II}})
+In [[2368]], most of the command crew of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} were able to use a subspace force field, in conjuction with a [[phase discriminator]], to phase-shift themselves into the time continuum of the [[Devidian]]s, [[alien]]s who were using a [[synchronic distortion]] with a positive displacement of .004 percent to conceal themselves. ({{TNG|Time's Arrow}})
-In [[2369]] [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] suggested the use of subspace force fields to beam on board the ''Enterprise''-D which was trapped in a [[temporal fragment]]. [[Geordi La Forge]], agreed but mentioned that they needed a [[phase discriminator]] for this theory to succeed . [[Data]] told them that the [[emergency transporter armband]] contained such a phase discriminator. La Forge modified several armbands and the away team could then move on the ''Enterprise''-D without creating a temporal disturbance. ({{TNG|Timescape}})
+[[2369|The next year]], [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] suggested the use of subspace force fields to beam on board the ''Enterprise'', which was trapped in a [[temporal fragment]]. [[Geordi La Forge]] agreed but noted that they needed an extremely sensitive phase discriminator for the plan to succeed . On the advice of [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Data]], they used the [[emergency transporter armband]]s, which contained a sufficiently powerful discriminator. La Forge modified several armbands for use by the [[away team]], enabling them to exist and interact in the fragment without being integrated into it's timeframe, essentially creating an artificial pocket of time around each member of the away team. ({{TNG|Timescape}})
-==See also==
+== See also ==
-*[[Subspace bubble]]
+* [[Subspace bubble]]
 [[Category:Subspace]]
 [[Category:Technology]]