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| + | A '''time beacon''' or '''time-base beacon''' is a device used by [[starship]]s to synchronize their internal [[chronometer]]s. |
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| − | Although one has never been directly seen on screen, one can say that these time beacons are either in orbit around an object, foating adrift in space, or even placed on a celestial body, much as a [[starbase]] has been. They work on some unknow princeple but one could assume that a computer takes readings of the local [[spacetime continuum]] and through [[subspace]]-messaging checks its assesments against the [[chronometer]]s of other time beacons throught the [[Federation]]. |
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| + | [[Starfleet]] vessels can synchronize their internal chronometers with a [[Federation]] time beacon. This was mostly done when the [[Captain]], or other [[bridge officer]]s for that matter, suspected the [[starship]]'s chronometers were not displaying the correct [[time]]. |
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| − | Their useage has been noted on screen during time travel episodes to check and see how long out of the real [[timeline]] they have been cast, or how long they have been stuck in which ever paradox that was the main plot of the episode. |
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| − | ([[TNG]]: "[[Cause and Effect]]") |
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| + | The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} used a time beacon after they managed to break free of a [[causality loop]], to determine the amount of time they had spent inside it. It turned out the ''Enterprise'' was inside the loop for 17.4 days. ({{TNG|Cause and Effect}}) |
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| + | It is unknown what a time beacon looked like and where they where placed. Given the fact that the Federation used [[subspace relay station]]s and [[starbase]]s deployed around the galaxy, within their sphere of influence, it seems plausible that time beacons were incorporated into such structures. To create separate devices which would float in space or be based on remote planets seems inefficient. |
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| + | It is unknown whether other species have their own time beacons. Those mentioned in {{TNG|Cause and Effect}} are explicitly stated to be of Federation origin. |
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Revision as of 23:26, 21 October 2015
A time beacon or time-base beacon is a device used by starships to synchronize their internal chronometers.
Starfleet vessels can synchronize their internal chronometers with a Federation time beacon. This was mostly done when the Captain, or other bridge officers for that matter, suspected the starship's chronometers were not displaying the correct time.
The USS Enterprise-D used a time beacon after they managed to break free of a causality loop, to determine the amount of time they had spent inside it. It turned out the Enterprise was inside the loop for 17.4 days. (TNG: "Cause and Effect")
Background information
It is unknown what a time beacon looked like and where they where placed. Given the fact that the Federation used subspace relay stations and starbases deployed around the galaxy, within their sphere of influence, it seems plausible that time beacons were incorporated into such structures. To create separate devices which would float in space or be based on remote planets seems inefficient.
It is unknown whether other species have their own time beacons. Those mentioned in TNG: "Cause and Effect" are explicitly stated to be of Federation origin.