Whether that was an accidental omission or a deliberate choice, as a means to protect their own history, was unknown. The Federation's first contact with the Guardian of Forever was made in 2267 by Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise. There, he steps through the Guardian and ends up back on the Enterprise's bridge moments before the Klingons boarded. In the novel's sequel Time for Yesterday, the Guardian is summoned away from its duties of regulating time in the Milky Way by its capricious Creators. Bonus point for the not-so-subtle references to Anubis, one of my fav characters in SG-1 (and my fav villain for sure). Zar uses his telepathic powers to return the consciousness of the Guardian to the gateway and banish the Creators to a universe where they cannot harm our space-time. The Guardian of Forever is a powerful entity that described itself as both and neither machine or being. The Guardian of Forever gave Georgiou the choice to be sent to a time when the Prime and Mirror Universes were still aligned, which would save her life, although she can never return to the 32nd century. Trengur landed on the planet with the Guardian and traveled to Earth in the year 218 BC and was able to alter history by interfering with Hannibal's campaign against Rome. In the novel First Frontier, members of the Clan Ru, a species whose pre-sentient ancestors – Earth dinosaurs – had been rescued by the Preservers before the mass extinction, used the Guardian to destroy the asteroid which would hit Earth, allowing their species to remain and evolve there. Also, if you question the Guardi… [DISCO] Guardian of Forever! However, circumstances necessitated Zar returning to his own place in space and time. Apparently sentient, it was capable of speech and interacted with anyone it encountered, responding to external stimuli such as questions and actions. In the novel Yesterday's Son, Kirk and Spock use the Guardian to rescue Spock's son Zar from the ancient, doomed world of Sarpeidon. One million years ago, 0 used the Gua… 2, p. 24) The voice of the Guardian was performed by Bart LaRue in "The City on the Edge of Forever". In the short story "Guardians" (from the anthology Strange New Worlds VII), the Horta are assigned by the Federation to serve as the protectors of the Guardian after a failed attack/attempt to alter the timeline by the Romulans. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Since their lifespan extends for the next 40,000 years, they are witnesses to vast changes in the Federation, the ascendancy of Humanity to incorporeal beings and the eventual exploration of the known universe and beyond. It was shortly after this that the Federation set up the Ellison Research Outpost on Gateway to study the Guardian and the timeline. The Guardian of Forever was a mysterious construct of an unknown, ancient alien race, which functioned as a time portal; a gateway to the time vortex that allowed access to other times, locations and dimensions. ‎This book - Guardian of Forever - is a science fiction explanation of the "Curse of the Pharaohs." (TOS novel: Yesterday's Son), Shortly after this, when historian William Harrod "accidentally" fell into the Guardian of Forever, Uhura was sent to retrieve him. (DS9 - Strange New Worlds 9 short story: "Orphans"), In 2375, James T. Kirk encountered another Guardian inside a Preserver vessel in orbit of planet Halka in the mirror universe. But, who, or what, is the mechanism that kills everyone who enters the y… I actually liked its depiction better than TOS. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1995 CD release of The Guardian Of Forever on Discogs. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever"), Spock, however, was protected from the change while he was in Orion's past, and the change to the timeline went unnoticed until he and Kirk returned through the Guardian. In the Decipher RPG module: Worlds, its speculated that the Iconians might be the makers of the Guardian of Forever. At this time was also when the "Guardian of Forever ruins" were created. It is the story of two immortal young lovers who guard a pharaoh's tomb for eternity in exchange for eternal life. The Guardian appears in the game Star Trek Online in a mission involving the players character breaking the quarantine of the guardian's planet. In this novel, the events of the film Star Trek Generations play out differently, with Kirk's emergence from the Nexus resulting in a temporal loop with catastrophic effects. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed, p. 517) Special Effects Artist Jim Rugg was responsible for the light effects for the Guardian. Once Philippa crossed through its threshold, she and the portal disappeared. Q responds "been there, done that, got the T-shirt.". In the novel The Devil's Heart, the titular object, an ancient stone rumored to have vast powers, is revealed to be a "seed" created by the same civilization who created the Guardian, and meant to create another Guardian on the world it was sent to, before it went astray. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion), Using the Guardian on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was discussed at one point, but decided against. The image of the sailing ship firing its cannons seen in the Guardian's portal is also later seen in the intro to the mirror universe episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. In the 30th century, during the Temporal Wars, many factions tried to use the Guardian of Forever to destroy their enemies. About The Guardian of Forever. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Joan Collins, DeForest Kelley. I am my own beginning, my own ending.James T. Kirk questioning the Guardian of Forever. The Guardian of Forever is a reference to the Star Trekepisode "The City on the Edge of Forever". The Guardian undergoes periodic attacks and attempted usage from the Borg, the Romulans and the Crystalline Entity, each time defeated by the Horta. They also discover that Zar is able to communicate telepathically with the Guardian. Because of this, the Guardian moved itself far away from its original location. Realizing that they must correct the damage to history, Kirk and Spock had the Guardian replay Earth history, and traveled through the portal to a point in time prior to McCoy's arrival. (STO mission: "City on the Edge of Never", STO mission: "Past Imperfect"). Q states that a building on the Guardian's planet was built by one of his direct biological ancestors. Watch the video for Guardian Of Forever from Rick Wade's Guardian Of Forever for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Guardian of Forever1: More than a hundred years after its discovery, the Guardian of Forever remains an almost total mystery. When built, the timeline of the Guardian's builders was left inaccessible through the portal. Although the future Data also attempts to travel back in time to maintain continuity (Riker decides to travel back after a new autopsy reveals that Troi was killed by a poison that was only developed after her death, suggesting that she was killed by a time-traveler, but Data feels that Riker is clutching at straws as the poison in her system could have been a natural fluke), it is revealed at the conclusion of the novel that history had already been changed, and Riker's actions actually set it back on the right path, with the travelers incredulous that the Guardian never told them that detail simply because they never asked. The episode was directed by Joseph Pevney and first aired on NBC on April 6, 1967. In that installment, its voice was performed by James Doohan. The Guardian is also featured in the novel The Star to Every Wandering, in which it plays a sizeable role. Since Delta Rising, players can now choose an option when talking to the Guardian… During that assignment, Spock found that history had been altered so that he had died as a child. The Guardian is apparently sentient; it can speak and responds to the questions and actions of individuals who come in contact with it. It was located on an ancient planet where the focus of all timelines throughout at least the Milky Way Galaxy converged. B'Vat used the Guardian to travel back to 2270 and the crew followed suit. Its function was as a time portal, which Captain James T. Kirk discovered when a drugged and hysterical Dr. McCoy leapt through the Guardian's portal, traveling back to 1930s Earth, and thus altering the timeline such that the Enterprise ceased to exist. It was constructed on a location where all timelines and unrealized realities converge. The player must travel through the portal in order to follow a group of Klingons and stop them from destroying the Enterprise from the Original series and rescue Miral Paris, who they kidnapped to create and distribute a cure to the Klingon augment virus. (TNG novel: The Devil's Heart), In 2373, Special Agents Dulmer and Gariff Lucsly of the Federation Department of Temporal Investigations used the Guardian of Forever to visit Earth in 2063 and 1996 to follow up on recent temporal incursions by the USS Enterprise-E and the USS Voyager. The TNG Novel:The Devil's Heart suggests a spurious race known as "the Architects" as creators of the Guardian, other speculations on its origin include possible corporeal ancestors of the Q. It sent her to a time when her Michael Burnham betrayed her. In The Worlds of the Federation, the Guardian's planet is designated as Time Planet. (DSC episode: "Terra Firma, Part 2"), Befitting an artificial intelligence, the Guardian, as encountered by Kirk and, later, Spock, spoke dispassionately and logically. Posted by 1 day ago [DISCO] Guardian of Forever! (Last Unicorn RPG module: All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook), The Federation's first contact with the Guardian of Forever was made in 2267 by Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise. When the Enterprise crew inadvertently changes history through the Guardian of Forever, Michael Burnham's journey is abruptly cut short. Because of its very nature, determining a precise age of the Guardian is impossible. After completing his mission, Roga asked the Guardian what it desired. the Guardian of Forever is a sentient being created by Them to serve as an extradimensional portal. (TOS - Constellations short story: "Devices and Desires"), The deposed dictator from Oorego IV named Trengur was attempting to flee from the Enterprise in 2267. (TAS - Log One novelization: Yesteryear), Two million years ago, a young Q encountered the Guardian, which resulted in his meeting the malevolent extra-dimensional entity known as 0. (TOS comic: "No Time Like the Past"), In 2269, Spock assisted a team of historians at Oyya, the original name for the ruins on planet Gateway. is a comic story which serves as the third part of a three-part comics series written by Chris Claremont, originally published in the UK's Star Wars Weekly 113–115.It was reprinted in 1981 in the Marvel Illustrated Books collection Star Wars 2: World of Fire, where it was named after the first part published in Star Wars Weekly 113. Images seen through the Guardian of Forever. In The Worlds of the FederationGuardian's planet is designated as Time Planet. (TNG novels: Q-Space, Q-Zone), This was also the time when the "Guardian of Forever ruins" were created. The Guardian showed the headline that read "Emperor Georgiou Dies Horrible Painful Death" and inferred that that answer to Philippa's condition could be found through the doorway. Thus, the reference to the Guardian Of Forever fits in perfectly with 'Star Trek' Canon. MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. In the alternate future seen in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine book trilogy Millennium the Guardian of Forever was key to Admiral Kathryn Janeway's Project Forever. After having broken the water chip, a notice reads "the … But Not Quite"), During the Dominion War, around 2374, Roga Danar was recruited by Section 31 to prevent the Dominion from seizing the Guardian. In the novel Engines of Destiny, the Guardian appears in an alternate timeline where the Borg have conquered Earth; having learnt of the change from her 'prime' counterpart, an alternate version of Guinan visits the Guardian's planet to ask for help, the Guardian revealing how the timeline can be restored to normal. Eventually successful in their effort to restore the timeline, the Guardian returned all three of them to their proper place and time only a moment after they initially departed. The Guardian said that it was far older than that, even exceeding the Earth's sun's age of 4.6 billion years. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. More Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki. When it said that it wanted freedom, Roga granted it permission to leave Gateway, which it did. 0. Centuries into the future, by the 32nd century, the Guardian seemed to have shifted its neutral stance on interfering with beings manipulating time for selfish benefits. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [1]. 7 7. comments. Deeming her worthy of being saved, the Guardian revealed its true identity and offered to use its power to take the Emperor to a time when the prime universe and mirror universe were still align so that her condition would be stable. save. They respond to a distress call from the science station erected in orbit of the Guardian's planet. By the 32nd century, it was located on the planet Dannus V. In the original teleplay for "The City on the Edge of Forever", the Guardians of the Time Vortex were 9-foot (2.7 meter) tall, humanoid statue-like beings. In the timeline where she died, the species involved went on to secretly rebuild and become a major military power, but with her survival, Troi's empathic powers revealed that they were lying to gain time, and the conference was abandoned until the species was in desperate need of assistance and were subsequently permitted to rebuild under strict observation. 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