Changes: Time-pod

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The time travel pod

Temporal distortion — The time-pod returns to the 22nd century.

A time-pod was a small vessel, approximately five meters in length, which had the ability to travel through time. Originating from the 26th century, the pod was constructed of a plasticized tritanium mesh, and its interior was accessed through a palm scanner on the outside. Used by time travelers, it produced a characteristic temporal distortion when traveling through time.

File:Time travel pod (26th century) interior.jpg

Inside the pod.

One of these pods was used by a time traveler to travel back in time to the 22nd century, where he had the misfortune of encountering Berlinghoff Rasmussen, an unsuccessful and unscrupulous inventor from New Jersey. Stealing the time-pod, Rasmussen traveled forward in time to the year 2368, and made contact with the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D. Passing himself off as an historian from the future, he attempted to appropriate various pieces of technology, including the android Lieutenant Commander Data, planning to return to his own time where he would pass the various technologies off as his own inventions. Eventually, Rasmussen's plot was discovered, and he was taken into custody. As Rasmussen watched, the preprogrammed time-pod automatically returned to the 22nd century, stranding Rasmussen in the future. (TNG: "A Matter of Time")

For more information on the studio model, please see studio models (TNG).

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+[[File:Temporal distortion.jpg|thumb|The time-pod returns to the 22nd century.]]
-A '''time-pod''' was a [[timeship|small craft]], originating from the [[26th century]], that was five meters in length, and constructed of a [[plasticized tritanium mesh]]. Of unknown origin, this pod utilized [[time travel]] for field observation by future [[historian]]s.
+A '''time-pod''' was a small vessel, approximately five meters in length, which had the ability to [[time travel|travel through time]]. Originating from the [[26th century]], the pod was constructed of a [[plasticized tritanium mesh]], and its interior was accessed through a palm scanner on the outside. Used by time travelers, it produced a characteristic [[temporal distortion]] when traveling through time.
+[[File:Time travel pod (26th century) interior.jpg|thumb|left|Inside the pod.]]
-One such historian used the pod to travel back in [[time]] to the [[22nd century]] [[Earth]], where he had the misfortune of running into [[Berlinghoff Rasmussen]], a would-be inventor from [[New Jersey]]. Rasmussen stole the pod and used it to travel to the year [[2368]], where it was discovered by the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}. While aboard the ''Enterprise'', Rasmussen hoped to retrieve [[24th century]] artifacts, such as a [[phaser]] and a [[tricorder]]. He would bring these items back with him to the 22nd century where he would claim that he invented them.
+One of these pods was used by a time traveler to travel back in time to the [[22nd century]], where he had the misfortune of encountering [[Berlinghoff Rasmussen]], an unsuccessful and unscrupulous inventor from [[New Jersey]]. Stealing the time-pod, Rasmussen traveled forward in time to the year [[2368]], and made contact with the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D| NCC-1701-D}}. Passing himself off as an historian from the future, he attempted to appropriate various pieces of technology, including the [[android]] [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Data]], planning to return to his own time where he would pass the various technologies off as his own inventions. Eventually, Rasmussen's plot was discovered, and he was taken into custody. As Rasmussen watched, the preprogrammed time-pod automatically returned to the 22nd century, stranding Rasmussen in the future. ({{TNG|A Matter of Time}})
+:''For more information on the [[studio model]], please see [[studio models (TNG)#Nenebek|studio models (TNG)]].
-The time pod was placed in the ''Enterprise''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[shuttlebay]] while Rasmussen interviewed ''Enterprise'' crewmembers and secretly stole any piece of [[technology]] he could. His true identity and intentions were ultimately revealed, however, and he was prevented from boarding the time pod before it returned to the 22nd century, stranding Rasmussen in the 24th century. ({{TNG|A Matter of Time}})
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 [[Category:Shuttle classes]]
 [[Category:Time travel]]
-[[de:Zeitkapsel (26. Jahrhundert)]]