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Distant Past
16,000,000,000? BC
The Big Bang forms the universe, theoretically triggered by the Omega
Molecule. A collapse of a monobloc of 10 dimensions, leaving 4 readily
accessible. The philosopher Q (Quinn) briefly takes the Starship Voyager back to
the universe's birth, from 2372, to elude Q. Q claims that he also hid
here from the Q Continuum once. Dark matter particles are the First
Things to fill all universes. Three minutes after creation, the
universe consists of a 3:1 hydrogen-helium ratio in a super-hot medium.
In the 23rd Century, the Starship Enterprise will encounter duplicate conditions
in the Beta Castellini system (Sector 79F) resulting from an emerging
mini-universe. In 2068, Herbert Samuelson will discover positive proof
for the universe being "pulsating" in that after the Big Bang the universe
will expand, fall back into a "cosmic egg," then expand again with a new
Big Bang. The growing-dying-growing cycle will be an old Alpha Centaurian
worldview, and possibly form Schlezholt's theory of multiple Big Bangs.
[Good Shepherd (Voyager), Latent Image (Voyager), Maximum Warp, Part Two (TNG), The Omega Directive (Voyager), Alliances (Voyager), Dark Matters: Cloak and Dagger (Voyager), The Three-Minute Universe (TOS), Spaceflight Chronology]
The Eye of Talek black hole is formed.
[Behind Enemy Lines (TNG)]
The Redjac entity comes into existence (or so it will claim).
[Wolf in the Fold (TOS)]
9,000,000,000 BC
The Black Cluster is formed in Sector 97 when protostars collapse in
close proximity--eventually one of the most ancient formations in the
galaxy.
[Hero Worship (TNG)]
The planet Alcawell is also formed about this time in the Delta Quadrant.
[The Escape (Voyager)]
The Nagha, an immense super computer, is constructed by an unknown
organic race. Millions of years later it will evolve into a thinking
intelligence, enslave its own creators, and exterminate them.
[Star Trek: The New Voyages #2 (TOS)]
5,500,000,000 BC
Two supernovas 27 light years apart detonate within months of each other.
The planet Halka forms from the direct collision of the shockwaves,
resulting in the largest known source of dilithium in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. The presence of such a quantity of dilithium, in conjunction
with ion storm activity and identical occurances in two universes, will
result in the first crossover event with the "Mirror" universe in 2262.
[Preserver (TOS/TNG)]
5,000,000,000 BC
The Uri Taug system is formed. It will be destroyed in 2262.
[Invasion!: First Strike (TOS)]
Q, newly born, creates an energy ribbon while playing inside a star.
Imbuing it with his own extraordinary energies, Q's energy ribbon might
be later known as the Nexus temporal energy ribbon. Q's childhood will
later be interrupted when the Continuum scolds him for playing with
antimatter at so young an age. He is disciplined by being required to
spend the next 10 million cycles in solitary meditation. When Q takes
Picard on a tour of his childhood from 2374, they witness it.
[The Q Continuum: Q-Space (TNG)]
4,000,000,000 BC
The first of the humanoid races seeds worlds throughout the galaxy
with humanoid genetic code. An advanced computer algorithm message is
imbedded within the DNA and scattered in pieces throughout at least 19
planets. They might be the Imotru, or possibly their descendants will
be.
[The Chase (TNG), The Q Continuum: Q-Space (TNG)]
A genetically-coded holomessage of thanks from Captain Jean-Luc Picard(c. 2370) is decoded and viewed by this first humanoid race.
[Strange New Worlds II]
Tectonic activity begins on Vulcan (40 Eridani A II) with continental plates
moving apart at major fault lines at the rate of several centimeters per
year. It is one of the most geologically active environments.
[U.S.S. Enterprise Officers' Manual (TOS), Firestorm (TOS)]
Pollux IV is formed.
[Who Mourns for Adonais? (TOS)]
Fragments from a comet on the fringe of Krenim space in the Delta Quadrantimpacts a planet. Hydrocarbons will give rise to plant life which in
turn will sustain more complex organisms and ultimately several spacefaring civilizations will evolve to colonize the entire sector. By 2374
(at least in one timeline) 8,000 civilizations will inhabit the sector.
[Year of Hell, Part II (Voyager)]
3,500,000,000 BC
Life begins on Earth (Sol III). In an alternate timeline, an anti-time
anomaly orginating from the late 24th Century wipes out life on Earth
before it can begin. Captain Picard and Q witness the phenomena from
France as it fills an entire quadrant of the galaxy.
[All Good Things, Part II (TNG)]
A Preserver artifact is created. In 2366 it will be recovered by the
Starship Enterprise-D as an imbedded object within a false Borg decoy planted by
Romulan pawns to release Colonel Thorsen's personality matrix into the
Enterprise's computer.
[Federation (TOS/TNG)]
The Shepherds begin to understand the nature of dark matter and begin
guarding it, making certain that all the universes remain at the critical
balance (the Omega Balance).
[Dark Matters: Shadow of Heaven (Voyager)]
3,000,000,000 BC
An advanced (extragalactic?) race creates a series of planet-killers:
automated "doomsday machine" robot weapons of immense size and power
to combat the Borg. The collective consciousness of "the Many" are
transcribed into the final such machine. Some will later speculate that
they were constructed by the Preservers. Two starships Enterprise will
encounter these planet-killers in the 23rd and 24th Centuries respectively, as will the Starship Voyager. The exact origin of these weapons is debatable, either just beyond
the Energy Barrier or as far as the Andromeda galaxy. The species that created the weapons, designated Species 4672 by the Borg, is extinct, according to Seven of Nine.
[The Doomsday Machine(TOS), Vendetta (TNG),
Incident at Arbuk (Voyager), Planet Killer: Ultimate Weapon (Voyager)]
Ay-nab, the "god" of Lyra, instructs its people to create a Dyson sphere
world.
[The Starless World (TOS)]
Davonia, a moon in the Davon system on the rim of Cardassian space, is
formed.
[Devil in the Sky (DS9)]
2,000,000,000 BC
The Tagus III civilization flourishes. By the 23rd Century it will be
long extinct and an archaeological interest. In 2374, Q will take Picardback to this period on a tour of his younger days to witness the
fabled Sky Divers of Tagus III. A barbaric ceremony enjoyed by young Q(at times with his young female Q date), he will view the spectacle every
year for a millennia until their extinction. The ancient Taguans call
themselves the Imotru and bear a distinct resemblance to the unnamed
humanoid genetic code seeding beings of some 2 billion years earlier,
suggesting a common evolutionary link.
[The Nth Degree(TNG), The Q Continuum: Q-Space (TNG)]
Preserver artifact PA-28 is created. Hikaru Sulu will discover it.
[Preserver (TOS/TNG)].
1,000,000,000 BC
The galaxy-wide Slaver Empire is destroyed when one race revolts against
the Slavers. Most intelligent life of this time is destroyed, and the
only remnants of the Slaver Empire are stasis boxes and their contents.
One such stasis box, containing a flying belt, will be the key to the
artificial gravity field used by starships. Another will contain a disruptor bomb with the pin pulled. The Klingons will find far fewer stasis
boxes, perhaps only two.
[Slaver Weapon (TOS)]
Almost constant volcanic eruptions begin on Romulus (128 Trianguli II).
In a billion years fresh water will be rarer than dilithium.
[The Return (TOS/TNG)]
Roughly during this time period, in another galaxy, the "Intellivore"
(also known as the "Iruhe" and "Iaehh") planetary group mind thrives.
Over a thousand years they build a planet with an array of warp
engines, powered by some 800 pools of antimatter. Thriving on the
mental energies of other beings, the immense planetary ship will
drain its home galaxy dry of life. Then it will take to
intergalactic space and enter our galaxy. The Intellivore will
either directly or indirectly be responsible for the decline of
many old races.
[Intellivore (TNG), Rihannsu: The Romulan Way (TOS)]
Gemworld (in Sector 691) is an ocean world rich in mineral and lifeforms.
In this supersaturated solution, mammoth crystals begin to gradually
take over. The water will evaporate and a myriad of unique species will
evolve: the Lipuls, Alpusta, Yilterns, Frills, Gendlii, and Elaysians.
The inhabitants will eventually learn how to stimulate and control the
growth of the crystals. In time the water will recede and fractal models
will be used to stimulate crystal growth. The planet will lose mass over
millennia and the inhabitants will build a force field shell to contain
the atmosphere, eventually yielding a low-gravity artificial habitat.
[Gemworld, Part I (TNG), Gemworld, Part II (TNG)]
The advanced space-faring race known as the Skour inhabit the Rigel
system.
[FASA]
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