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From: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Back in time
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Date: Wed, 29-May-85 12:10:30 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 29 12:10:30 1985
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>From: wbpesch@ihuxp.UUCP (Walt Pesch)
>Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
>Message-ID: <1111@ihuxp.UUCP>
>
>>From an Animated that I don't remember the name of, a Negative-Time 
>effect Universe created by a VERY advanced supra-race just passing through the 
>galaxy, that will return in 40,000 years.  The Enterprise (and the Klingon 
>counterpart commanded by Kumara) was pulled through, chasing after high-
>powered ship with beautiful girl aboard (of course.)  They only get out 
>with help of others in other Universe.  

You are confusing two episodes here. The bit about the Klingons is from the
one where they end up in a sort of "Bermuda Triangle" of lost ships.

The negative time universe is not created, it is presumed to have always
existed. It can only be reached, however, by travelling through black holes
which must exist in the corresponding places in both universes
simultaneously. The 40,000 years is how long it would be until the next
such occurrence.

For the record, the Enterprise is drawn into this alternate universe after
trying to save a small ship which it presumes is plunging into a black hole
and certain death.

>Because of the Negative-time effect, all of the crew regress back in
>age (Chekov goes back to being a baby before they make it back.)  They 
>are saved by Spock who regresses back to ~50 and a Commodore April and 
>his wife (only seen in this episode but I believe the original commanding 
>officer of Capt.  Pike.)  April and his wife are rewarded by the supra-race 
>for their heroism by retaining their reduced age.  The rest of the crew 
>miraculously regain their age as the effect of leaving the other 
>time-negative Universe.

No, they regain their normal age by being put through the transporter which
has "remembered" their original body patterns. (Probably another for the
inconsistency pile, but *please* ignore it.) The entire crew, including
Spock, is regressed to babyhood. The only reason April and his wife can
save the day is that they are ~80 at the beginning of the episode, so they
have only regressed to ~30. (An interesting plot point is April's dillemma
about whether to age himself as he is facing mandatory retirement.)

>However, I believe the Time-negative universe was torn down by the Supra-race
>when no longer needed (it was created to test the Enterprise, as the
>best of the Federation.)

No! See above.


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