To: trekcreative{at}yahoogroups.com
From: Allyn Gibson 
Reply-To: trekcreative{at}yahoogroups.com

On Thursday, July 31, 2003 Joe wrote:

> I've never quite comprehended the concept of a temporal cold war as
> relates to Star Trek.

I have no problems with the concept.  Really, it's a lot of Lawrence Miles'
Doctor Who concepts, especially Faction Paradox and the War. (See
http://www.factionparadox.co.uk or http://www.madnorwegian.com/)

My major complaint is the terminology.  The name "Temporal Cold
War" suggests tactical tampering or technological giveaways instead of
temporal hostilities.

My minor complaint is simply that we have a -really- bad perspective on
events in Archer.  The 22nd-century is but one front in a much larger
conflict.  The Xindi attack on Earth gave us a glimpse of another front,
but we'll never know the full scale of events.

> If you eliminate your enemies by going back in time to
> whack them before they become a threat, aren't you,
> according to most concepts of temporal physics, creating
> an alternate timeline in which to dwell? It's my understanding
> that current quantum theory precludes traveling into your
> own past.

Perhaps the Temporal Cold War combatants have been able to
"unfix" themselves in time.

> Star Trek uses *both* of these concepts interchangeably, which is why it
> gets so convoluted.

I deal with the issue--by ducking it.

Simply put, there must be more to temporal theory than we -now- understand,
and Starfleet captains of the 23rd and 24th-centuries will have a better
comprehension of the problem.  While it seems to us that a universe with a
single timeline cannot also have multiple branching timelines and quantum
subrealties, the evidence we've seen shows that -both- exist.  If light can
be both wave -and- particle, perhaps time can be both singular -and-
multiple.

One of the wackiest ideas I've had is about a temporal commando mission
into the "Yesterday's Enterprise" alternate timeline.

Allyn                                    http://www.allyngibson.net
AIM: mknzycalhn                                        ICQ: 4342396

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marvelous  adventure.  There comes a  time when it means scraping your
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