A Tyken's Rift is a spatial anomaly named for Captain Bela Tyken after the first recorded encounter with the phenomenon. Tyken's Rifts can trap starships. (TNG episode: "Night Terrors")
History[]
The Melthusian captain Bela Tyken encountered a Tyken's Rift at some point in the 24th century or earlier. The rift trapped his ship but he was able to escape by creating a massive explosion using his cargo of anicium and yurium.
In 2367, USS Brattain became trapped in a Tyken's Rift. Suffering from REM sleep depravation, the crew became homicidal and killed each other. Shortly after, USS Enterprise-D almost suffered the same fate. With the assistance of an alien being trapped there as well, the Enterprise managed to break free. (TNG episode: "Night Terrors")
By 2409, Tyken's Rifts had been weaponized. Starfleet, KDF and Romulan Republican science officers trained with the ability were able to employ a ship's main deflector to generate a Tyken's Rift and aiming it at an enemy vessel. This would create a several hundred meter large, bright red fissure in space, sucking power from the afflicted object and damaging it slightly. Gravimetric scientists had a chance to generate more than one Tyken's Rift at a time. Artificial Tyken's Rifts endured for less than a minute. (STO mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")
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| spatial phenomena | |
|---|---|
| space weather | cosmic storm • distortion ring • gaseous anomaly (Herbig-Haro formation) • ion storm • magnetic storm • maelstrom • meteor shower • particle fountain • plasma storm • solar storm • spatial implosion • star-node • tachyon eddy • Thraz Streamer • wave nexus |
| gravitational anomalies | gravimetric distortion • gravimetric eddy • gravimetric interference • graviton ellipse |
| subspace anomalies | subspace compression anomaly • subspace disruption • subspace fissure • subspace fracture • subspace granulation • subspace gravity inversion • subspace gravity spike • subspace tunnel |
| temporal anomalies | Kerr loop • multiphasic temporal convergence • Nexus • quantum storm • reality vortex • temporal distortion • temporal gate • temporal rift • temporal vortex • Tipler cylinder • toroidal continuum fold |
| distortions, rifts and ruptures | dimensional gate • interphase • Janus Vortex • spatial distortion field • space-time fracture • spatial rift (spacial flexure) • subspace rupture • Tyken's Rift • warp-gate • wormhole |
References[]
- Star Trek Adventures RPG module: The Sciences Division
- TNG movie: Generations star map hologram display graphic in stellar cartography
External links[]
- Tyken's Rift article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Tyken's Rift article at Star Trek Online Wiki.