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Temporal Cold War

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The Temporal Cold War is a fictional conflict waged throughout history in the Star Trek universe, notably during the 22nd century AD. First established in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, and recurring until that series' third season finale, it is a struggle between those who would alter history to suit their own ends (the Cabal) and those who would preserve the integrity of the original timeline.

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[edit] Participants

Factions in the war include:

The Temporal Accords were an historic agreement to preserve the integrity of the timeline. Its principles were rejected by Vosk, who started an outright rebellion using stealth time travel. Unlike Earth's historical Cold War, the Temporal Cold War involves countless unknown factions, each with its own agenda. Humanity in the 31st Century is attempting to ascertain the identity of their adversaries and to thwart their efforts.

Although the scope of the war was unprecedented, most of its casualties were unaware that they were involved in an organized conflict; hence the term "Cold War". Timelines were changed frequently, with history being rewritten or significant events being erased. Eventually the struggle broke out into full-scale war.

The Temporal Cold War came to a decisive end in 1944 New York City when Captain Jonathan Archer, Silik (the leader of the Suliban Cabal), and the crew of the Enterprise destroyed a "temporal conduit" that Vosk and his radical faction were attempting to use. In the subsequent explosion, Vosk is destroyed, and the present timeline is restored.

Some fanon materials suggest that Gary Seven (who appeared in the original series episode Assignment: Earth) may have been involved with the Temporal Cold War, although this has yet to be confirmed on screen. (Seven is clearly aware of the concept of time travel, but there is little evidence that he made use of this technology himself.)

[edit] Major events in the Temporal Cold War

[edit] Millions of years ago

  • The Na'kuhl prevents the Suliban from attaining sentience, but this incursion is undone by Daniels' colleagues.

[edit] Thousands of years ago

  • As a prelude to invasion, a number of planetoid-sized spheres are constructed to reconfigure space and make it suitable for transdimensional beings known as the Sphere Builders. The region becomes known as the Delphic Expanse.

[edit] Twentieth century

  • An unknown temporal agent assassinates Lenin, preventing Russia's Bolshevik Revolution and the rise of communism.
  • Vosk aids the Nazis in invading and occupying the United States during World War II.
  • The temporal cold war ends, and is at least partially negated, with the death of Vosk.

[edit] 21st century

[edit] 22nd century

  • The Sphere-Builders tell the Xindi Council that Humans will eradicate them in the future.
  • The Suliban Cabal begins taking orders from the 29th Century.
  • Daniels infiltrates the Enterprise crew to protect them.
  • Enterprise is implicated in the destruction of a mining colony by the Cabal.
  • Enterprise, the Suliban and the Tholians struggle over a derelict ship from the future.
  • The Xindi test a prototype for a preemptive strike on Earth, killing 7 million.
  • The final version of the Xindi weapon, capable of destroying a planet, is built and then destroyed by a combination fleet consisting of Enterprise (NX-01) and several Xindi ships.

[edit] 24th century

[edit] 26th century

[edit] 29th century

  • A faction led by the mysterious Future Guy contacts the Cabal in the past to employ them for their own ends.
  • Vosk rejects the Temporal Accords.

[edit] 31st century

[edit] Controversy

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According to Manny Coto, a new executive producer during the fourth season, his fellow producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga never fully planned out the Temporal Cold War storyline.[1] According to Braga himself, they did not even firmly decide on the identity or back story of the 29th century leader of the Cabal [2] (dubbed "Future Guy" and "Temporal Shower Guy" by fans [3]). At the end of the second season of Enterprise, poor ratings and reviews led to a new attempt to revamp the show by creating the Xindi race.

By the end of the third season, Coto felt the need for change, one of these being the removal of the TCW arc. According to him, "I felt that everything that had been said about the Temporal Cold War had already been said. I felt a heavy reliance on time travel at the beginning of Enterprise."[4] Nevertheless, he says "I was secretly hoping for a season five to address the time travel."

[edit] Episodes

The following is a list of episodes which involve the Temporal Cold War story arc. A subplot of this arc involves the aftermath of Archer freeing a group of Suliban wrongly detained as a result of the Cold War.

# Title
101
102 		"Broken Bow"
111 "Cold Front"
121 "Detained"
124 "Desert Crossing"
125 "Two Days and Two Nights"
126 "Shockwave"
201 "Shockwave, Part II"
216 "Future Tense"
226 "The Expanse"
311 "Carpenter Street"
318 "Azati Prime"
324 "Zero Hour"
401
402 		"Storm Front"

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