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AT: "xx" Temporal incursion was the term used to refer to an act of timeline alteration. As of the 29th century, there were agencies specifically tasked with protecting the timeline from any changes caused by time travel, such as the Temporal Integrity Commission, and the temporal agents of the 31st century. (VOY: "Relativity"; ENT: "Carpenter Street")

The Krenim scientist Annorax used the energy beam of his weapon ship to initiate temporal incursions. (VOY: "Year of Hell")

The level of alteration to the timeline after incursions was measured by 29th century Starfleet operatives in levels of incursion factors. For example, an incursion factor of 0.0036 was considered only a minor change to the timeline. (VOY: "Relativity") The Krenim also probed the continuum after an incursion and calculated the level of temporal restoration in comparison to the original timeline in percentages. (VOY: "Year of Hell")

Examples

Temporal Cold War

Numerous temporal incursions occurred as part of the Temporal Cold War. Multiple factions, each one vying for control, attempted to change history to suit their own ends. Examples include the Suliban Cabal's mysterious benefactor attempting to sabotage the Enterprise NX-01's mission, the Sphere Builders attempting to manipulate the Xindi into destroying Earth, and Vosk collaborating with the Nazis in 1944. These factions were opposed by Temporal Agents, who represented themselves to the crew of Enterprise in the form of Daniels, who would often assist the crew in protecting the timeline. (ENT: "Shockwave", "Azati Prime", "Storm Front")

The Borg

In 2373, a Borg sphere traveled back in time to April 4, 2063, in an attempt to prevent Humanity's First Contact with extraterrestrials and assimilate the Human race at a time period in which they were ill-equipped to offer resistance. Arriving in Earth orbit through a temporal vortex, the sphere immediately began firing upon Zefram Cochrane's launch facility in central Montana, but was itself destroyed by the crew of the USS Enterprise, who had followed the Borg through the vortex. The crew subsequently assisted Cochrane in making repairs in time for his scheduled launch, ensuring that a Vulcan survey ship detected his warp signature, making First Contact on April 5th. (Star Trek: First Contact)

The events of this incursion constituted a Pogo paradox, in which interference to prevent an event actually triggers the same event. It also set into motion a chain of events in which a group of surviving drones were revived in 2153, and subsequently sent a message to the Delta Quadrant, where it was received by the Collective in the 24th century, alerting the Borg as to the location of Earth. (ENT: "Regeneration"; VOY: "Relativity")

Annorax

Annorax, a Krenim scientist, initiated a multitude of temporal incursions during his quest to restore the Krenim Imperium to power. Using a massive weapon ship to literally erase objects from history, he attempted to manipulate the timeline in order to ensure Krenim superiority. His efforts met with failure, however, when erasing the Rilnar civilization from the timeline had disastrous effects for the Imperium. For over a century, Annorax and his crew attempted to restore the Imperium by erasing ships, colonies, and even entire civilizations from history. In 2374, Annorax was opposed by the crew of the USS Voyager, who were attempting to cross through Krenim space on their journey back to the Alpha Quadrant. Eventually, as a result of massive battle damage, a temporal incursion was initiated within the weapon ship itself, erasing it, and all of the damage it had caused to history, from the timeline. (VOY: "Year of Hell", "Year of Hell, Part II")

Voyager

During its seven-year voyage through the Delta Quadrant, the starship Voyager was involved in numerous temporal incursions, including those involving the Krenim. Some notable examples include:

Traveling back in time to Earth, 1996, after a confrontation with 29th century Starfleet officer Captain Braxton, in which Braxton described Voyager's involvement with a devastating temporal explosion in the future, ironically caused by Braxton's efforts to prevent it. The future was saved when Voyager destroyed Braxton's temporal ship and was then returned to its correct time by Braxton from the corrected future. (VOY: "Future's End")
A temporal inversion in the Takara sector, wherein Chakotay and Harry Kim successfully changed history, saving Voyager from destruction in 2375. (VOY: "Timeless")
Stopping Captain Braxton from destroying Voyager in 2375 with a temporal disruptor, and initiating a phaser fight with Seven of Nine at Utopia Planitia in 2371. (VOY: "Relativity")
Meeting a future version of Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway and receiving future technologies and weapons such as the transphasic torpedo and the ablative generator in order to get home via a transwarp hub. This allowed Voyager to get home and destroyed Unimatrix 01 as well as the Borg Queen and the transwarp hub, potentially crippling the Borg. (VOY: "Endgame")

Nero

The *Narada* emerges from the black hole in the year 2233

In the year 2387, when a supernova threatened to destroy the entire galaxy, Ambassador Spock utilized red matter to create a black hole with which to absorb the exploding star. Although Spock's efforts were successful, he was too late to save Romulus, which was destroyed. Nero, captain of the Romulan mining vessel Narada, confronted Spock, holding him responsible for the destruction of his homeworld. During the confrontation, both vessels were pulled into the black hole and transported back through time, the Narada arriving in the year 2233, resulting in the creation of an alternate reality. Upon emerging from the black hole, Nero immediately attacked the USS Kelvin, setting into motion a chain of events causing a drastic difference in the histories of the two timelines. Spock, having entered the black hole only moments after the Narada, emerged in the year 2258, and was immediately captured by Nero, who forced Spock to witness the destruction of Vulcan ^[!] at Nero's hands. Eventually, with assistance from Spock, James Kirk and Spock's alternate reality-counterpart were able to put a stop to Nero's efforts to perform the same action on every Federation world, destroying the Narada with another artificially-created black hole. (Star Trek)

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-'''Temporal incursion''' was the term used of a [[time travel]] event wherein an object or person from one point of the [[timeline]] gained access to another point in the past or the future. As of the [[29th century]], there were agencies specifically tasked with protecting the timeline from any changes caused by the incursions, such as the [[Temporal Integrity Commission]], and the [[temporal agent]]s of the [[31st century]]. ({{VOY|Relativity}}; {{ENT|Carpenter Street}})
+'''Temporal incursion''' was the term used to refer to an act of [[timeline]] alteration. As of the [[29th century]], there were agencies specifically tasked with protecting the timeline from any changes caused by [[time travel]], such as the [[Temporal Integrity Commission]], and the [[temporal agent]]s of the [[31st century]]. ({{VOY|Relativity}}; {{ENT|Carpenter Street}})
-The term was also used by the [[Krenim]] scientist [[Annorax]] to refer to the timeline altering [[energy beam]] blasts of his [[Krenim weapon ship|weapon ship]]. ({{VOY|Year of Hell}})
+The [[Krenim]] [[scientist]] [[Annorax]] used the [[energy beam]] of his [[Krenim weapon ship|weapon ship]] to initiate temporal incursions. ({{VOY|Year of Hell}})
+The level of alteration to the timeline after incursions was measured by 29th century Starfleet operatives in levels of incursion factors. For example, an incursion factor of 0.0036 was considered only a minor change to the timeline. ({{VOY|Relativity}}) The Krenim also probed the continuum after an incursion and calculated the level of temporal restoration in comparison to the original timeline in percentages. ({{VOY|Year of Hell}})
 ==Examples==
 ===Temporal Cold War===
-Numerous temporal incursions occurred as part of the Temporal Cold War. Multiple factions, each one vying for control, attempted to change history to suit their own ends. Examples include the [[Suliban Cabal]]'s [[Humanoid Figure|mysterious benefactor]] attempting to sabotage the {{EnterpriseNX}}'s mission, the [[Sphere Builder]]s attempting to manipulate the [[Xindi]] into destroying [[Earth]], and [[Vosk]] collaborating with the [[Nazi]]s in [[1944]]. These factions were opposed by Temporal Agents, who represented themselves to the crew of ''Enterprise'' in the form of [[Daniels (Crewman)|Daniels]], who would often assist the crew in protecting the timeline. ({{ENT|Shockwave|Azati Prime|Storm Front}})
+Numerous temporal incursions occurred as part of the Temporal Cold War. Multiple factions, each one vying for control, attempted to change history to suit their own ends. Examples include the [[Suliban Cabal]]'s [[Humanoid Figure|mysterious benefactor]] attempting to sabotage the {{EnterpriseNX}}'s mission, the [[Sphere Builder]]s attempting to manipulate the [[Xindi]] into destroying [[Earth]], and [[Vosk]] collaborating with the [[Nazi]]s in [[1944]]. These factions were opposed by Temporal Agents, who represented themselves to the crew of ''Enterprise'' in the form of {{dis|Daniels|Crewman}}, who would often assist the crew in protecting the timeline. ({{ENT|Shockwave|Azati Prime|Storm Front}})
 ===The Borg===
-In [[2373]], a [[Borg sphere]] traveled back in time to [[April]] fourth, [[2063]], in an attempt to prevent [[Humanity]]'s [[First Contact]] with extraterrestrials and [[assimilate]] the Human race at a time period in which they were ill-equipped to offer resistance. Arriving in [[Earth]] orbit through a [[temporal vortex]], the sphere immediately began firing upon [[Zefram Cochrane]]'s launch facility in central [[Montana]], but was itself destroyed by the crew of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E}}, who had followed the [[Borg]] through the vortex. The crew subsequently assisted Cochrane in making repairs in time for his scheduled launch, ensuring that [[T'Plana-Hath (starship)|a Vulcan survey ship]] detected his [[warp signature]], making First Contact on April 5th. ({{film|8}})
+In [[2373]], a [[Borg sphere]] traveled back in time to [[April|April 4]], [[2063]], in an attempt to prevent [[Humanity]]'s [[First Contact]] with extraterrestrials and [[assimilate]] the Human race at a time period in which they were ill-equipped to offer resistance. Arriving in [[Earth]] [[orbit]] through a [[temporal vortex]], the sphere immediately began firing upon [[Zefram Cochrane]]'s launch facility in central [[Montana]], but was itself destroyed by the crew of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E}}, who had followed the [[Borg]] through the vortex. The crew subsequently assisted Cochrane in making repairs in time for his scheduled launch, ensuring that [[T'Plana-Hath (starship)|a Vulcan survey ship]] detected his [[warp signature]], making First Contact on April 5th. ({{film|8}})
 The events of this incursion constituted a [[Pogo paradox]], in which interference to prevent an event actually triggers the same event. It also set into motion a chain of events in which a group of surviving [[Borg drone|drones]] were revived in [[2153]], and subsequently sent a message to the [[Delta Quadrant]], where it was received by the [[Borg Collective|Collective]] in the [[24th century]], alerting the Borg as to the location of Earth. ({{ENT|Regeneration}}; {{VOY|Relativity}})
 ===Annorax===
-[[File:Temporal incursion.jpg|thumb|The Krenim weapon ship initiates a temporal incursion against the [[Ram Izad]] homeworld.]]
+[[File:Temporal incursion.jpg|thumb|The Krenim weapon ship initiates a temporal incursion against the [[Ram Izad]] homeworld]]
 [[Annorax]], a [[Krenim]] scientist, initiated a multitude of temporal incursions during his quest to restore the [[Krenim Imperium]] to power. Using a massive [[Krenim weapon ship|weapon ship]] to literally erase objects from history, he attempted to manipulate the timeline in order to ensure Krenim superiority. His efforts met with failure, however, when erasing the [[Rilnar]] civilization from the timeline had disastrous effects for the Imperium. For over a century, Annorax and his crew attempted to restore the Imperium by erasing ships, colonies, and even entire civilizations from history. In [[2374]], Annorax was opposed by the crew of the {{USS|Voyager}}, who were attempting to cross through Krenim space on their journey back to the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. Eventually, as a result of massive battle damage, a temporal incursion was initiated within the weapon ship itself, erasing it, and all of the damage it had caused to history, from the timeline. ({{VOY|Year of Hell|Year of Hell, Part II}})
 ===''Voyager''===
-During its seven-year voyage through the [[Delta Quadrant]], the [[starship]] ''Voyager'' was involved in numerous temporal incursions, including those involving the Krenim. Some notable examples include:
+During its seven-year voyage through the Delta Quadrant, the [[starship]] ''Voyager'' was involved in numerous temporal incursions, including those involving the Krenim. Some notable examples include:
-* Traveling back in time to [[Earth]], [[1996]], after a confrontation with [[29th century]] [[Starfleet]] officer [[Captain]] [[Braxton]], in which Braxton described ''Voyager''{{'}}s involvement with a devastating [[temporal explosion]] in the future. Ironicaly caused by Braxton's efforts to prevent it.  Future saved when ''Voyager'' destroys Braxton's temporal ship then is returned to its correct time by Braxton from the corrected future. ({{VOY|Future's End}})
+* Traveling back in time to Earth, [[1996]], after a confrontation with 29th century [[Starfleet]] officer [[Captain]] [[Braxton]], in which Braxton described ''Voyager''{{'}}s involvement with a devastating [[temporal explosion]] in the future, ironically caused by Braxton's efforts to prevent it. The future was saved when ''Voyager'' destroyed Braxton's temporal ship and was then returned to its correct time by Braxton from the corrected future. ({{VOY|Future's End}})
 * A [[temporal inversion]] in the [[Takara sector]], wherein [[Chakotay]] and [[Harry Kim]] successfully changed history, saving ''Voyager'' from destruction in [[2375]]. ({{VOY|Timeless}})
 * Stopping Captain Braxton from destroying ''Voyager'' in 2375 with a [[temporal disruptor]], and initiating a [[phaser]] fight with [[Seven of Nine]] at [[Utopia Planitia]] in [[2371]]. ({{VOY|Relativity}})
-* Meeting a future version of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Kathryn Janeway]] and receiving future technologies and weapons such as the [[transphasic torpedo]] and the [[ablative generator]] in order to get home via [[transwarp hub]]. This allowed ''Voyager'' to get home and destroyed [[Unimatrix 01]] as well as the Borg Queen and the transwarp hub, potentialy crippling the Borg. ({{VOY|Endgame}})
+* Meeting a future version of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Kathryn Janeway]] and receiving future technologies and weapons such as the [[transphasic torpedo]] and the [[ablative generator]] in order to get home via a [[transwarp hub]]. This allowed ''Voyager'' to get home and destroyed [[Unimatrix 01]] as well as the Borg Queen and the transwarp hub, potentially crippling the Borg. ({{VOY|Endgame}})
 ===Nero===
 [[File:Narada.jpg|thumb|The ''Narada'' emerges from the black hole in the year 2233]]
-In the year [[2387]], when a [[supernova]] threatened to destroy the entire [[galaxy]], [[Ambassador]] [[Spock]] utilized [[red matter]] to create a [[black hole]] with which to absorb the exploding [[star]]. Although Spock's efforts were successful, he was too late to save [[Romulus]], which was destroyed. [[Nero]], [[captain]] of the [[Romulan]] [[mining vessel]] ''[[Narada]]'', confronted Spock, holding him responsible for the destruction of his homeworld. During the confrontation, both vessels were pulled into the black hole and transported back through time, the ''Narada'' arriving in the year [[2233]], resulting in the creation of an [[alternate reality]]. Upon emerging from the black hole, Nero immediately attacked the {{USS|Kelvin}}, setting into motion a chain of events causing a drastic difference in the histories of the two timelines. Spock, having entered the black hole only moments after the ''Narada'', emerged in the year [[2258]], and was immediately captured by Nero, who forced Spock to witness the destruction of [[Vulcan (alternate reality)|Vulcan]] at Nero's hands. Eventually, with assistance from Spock, [[James T. Kirk (alternate reality)|James Kirk]] and [[Spock (alternate reality)|Spock's alternate reality-counterpart]] were able to put a stop to Nero's efforts to perform the same action on every [[Federation]] world, destroying the ''Narada'' with another artifically-created black hole. ({{film|11}})
+In the year [[2387]], when a [[supernova]] threatened to destroy the entire [[galaxy]], [[Ambassador]] [[Spock]] utilized [[red matter]] to create a [[black hole]] with which to absorb the exploding [[star]]. Although Spock's efforts were successful, he was too late to save [[Romulus]], which was destroyed. [[Nero]], [[captain]] of the [[Romulan]] [[mining vessel]] ''[[Narada]]'', confronted Spock, holding him responsible for the destruction of his homeworld. During the confrontation, both vessels were pulled into the black hole and transported back through time, the ''Narada'' arriving in the year [[2233]], resulting in the creation of an [[alternate reality]]. Upon emerging from the black hole, Nero immediately attacked the {{USS|Kelvin}}, setting into motion a chain of events causing a drastic difference in the histories of the two timelines. Spock, having entered the black hole only moments after the ''Narada'', emerged in the year [[2258]], and was immediately captured by Nero, who forced Spock to witness the destruction of {{dis|Vulcan|alternate reality}} at Nero's hands. Eventually, with assistance from Spock, {{alt|James T. Kirk|James Kirk}} and {{alt|Spock|Spock's alternate reality-counterpart}} were able to put a stop to Nero's efforts to perform the same action on every [[Federation]] world, destroying the ''Narada'' with another artificially-created black hole. ({{film|11}})
 ==See also==
+*[[Alternate timeline]]
 *[[Quantum incursion]]
 *[[Temporal violation]]