GARENOR

It is assumed that reference by the crew of the Krenim timeship commanded by Annorax and by the Voyager crew to the Garenor homeworld means that the Garenor is (or was) a species. In an unrealised timeline in [#76 & #77 Year Of Hell] that reaches to mid-2374, Annorax goes to the Garenor homeworld and erases the species from history using the temporal weapon of mass destruction that he devised centuries earlier. As well as eradicating the Garenor from history, this temporal incursion causes the entire Krenim Imperium to revert to a pre-warp state. U.S.S. Voyager passed the Garenor homeworld three weeks previously.

Bridge of the Krenim Timeship. Obrist: "We are within range of the Garenor homeworld." Annorax: "Set temporal co-ordinates. Full power to the weapon. Prepare for total erasure of the species." Obrist: "Targetting the focal point. Ready." Annorax: "Fire."

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Obrist goes over to a wall-mounted interface and examines the display. He reports: "Temporal incursion in progress."

Annorax: "Trace elements?" Obrist: "Diminishing." Annorax: "Counter-indications?" Obrist: "None so far. Organisms and structures are being eradicated." Annorax: "Track the temporal wave front as it passes through this system. I want to monitor every change in the timeline as it occurs." Obrist: "Yes, sir."

Bridge of the Krenim Timeship. Obrist: "Something went wrong. The entire Krenim Imperium. It's reverted to a pre-warp state!" Annorax: "Not possible. Our calculations were perfect." Obrist: "I may have an explanation. There's an anomalous temporal reading twenty light-years from here. It's coming from a vessel."

Annorax: "What vessel?" Obrist: "Component 049-beta, a ship called Voyager." Annorax: "That ship was classified as an inert component. It shouldn't be generating a temporal field." Obrist: "But it is, and it was enough to throw off our calculations." Annorax: "Take me to them."

On Voyager, in the Astrometrics Lab. It has taken five days to get the systems back online and input any additional data. Seven: "Sensors are online. Power levels are stable." Janeway: "Is the astrometric database still intact?" Seven: "Yes."

Janeway: "Display the scans we made of this region before the temporal shockwave hit." Seven: "Spatial grid 005."

Janeway: "The Krenim Imperium - over 200 star systems, 900 planets, thousands of warp-capable vessels, and now, after the shockwave everything seems to have changed. Run a new scan."

Seven: "Spatial grid 005." Janeway: "Same space, different configuration, exactly as Chakotay said. The Imperium appears to have been reduced to a few planets, and a smattering of vessels. It appears that someone, or something has altered history. But why weren't we affected?" Seven: "Perhaps we were protected from the changes by our temporal shielding." Janeway: "Hmm. So the question remains: what caused that shock wave in the first place? See if you can track it back to its origin."

Seven: "The shockwave emanated from a planet 20 light-years away, the Garenor homeworld." Janeway: "The Garenor? We passed their planet three weeks ago." Seven: "The planet is no longer populated." Janeway: "What?" Seven: "Astrometric data indicate that the instant the shockwave appeared, the Garenor species vanished."

Janeway: "Erased from history." Seven: "Captain?" Janeway: "I'm no authority on time travel, in fact I've made it my goal in life to avoid it but.....this sounds to me like a causality paradox. Think about it. A temporal shockwave eliminates a single species and all of history changes as a result." Seven: "An intriguing theory. Perhaps the Krenim are responsible. They do possess temporal technology." Janeway: "But why would they alter history to undermine themselves?"