How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus?

[The Rock]

Surely the Nexus has to be a headache for the temporal police! I mean, anyone who's in the Nexus can leave it at anytime to any point in time within that person's lifetime, right? So I mean, after the temporal police learned about the Nexus, what do you think they did about it and timeline altering situations that arise because of it?

 

[Nardpuncher]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

The Kirk that's in there is secretly working for them.

Him or Guinan.

 

[Timo]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

I mean, anyone who's in the Nexus can leave it at anytime to any point in time within that person's lifetime, right?

We know of no such limitation. The shadow of Guinan in the Nexus says Picard can go "anywhere, anytime"... Picard might have left the Nexus during the Jurassic age if he wanted. (Although some argue he never left, and nobody ever can.)

A criminal could go to any timepoint before the founding of the time police and prevent the time police from being created, then.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Saquist]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

Surely the Nexus has to be a headache for the temporal police! I mean, anyone who's in the Nexus can leave it at anytime to any point in time within that person's lifetime, right? So I mean, after the temporal police learned about the Nexus, what do you think they did about it and timeline altering situations that arise because of it?

The Nexus and the Temporal police are plot devices and that about it. They are one time contrivances designed for one use. They haven't gone back to them when they should have and as a result have forfeited any true causality in Trek.

 

[The_Baroness]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

I suppose the nexus is a natural phenomom so they can't really do a lot...

it's a bit like if the US was hit by a terrorist strike, they'd pull out all the stops to bring who was to blame down

if it was hit by a tsunami, however, it could have much the same result, but what can they do?

 

[Timo]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

I suppose the nexus is a natural phenomom so they can't really do a lot..

To be sure, the Nexus looks and sounds more like an artificial spacecraft to me. An abandoned one, to be sure, but still operational, and happily beaming up new passengers and providing them with the latest in inflight comforts... Even if against their will.

I'm sure somebody could sue somebody over that. (The estate of Douglas Adams might sue me over the idea of a passenger jet holding its passengers captive for their comfort, for example.)

Timo Saloniemi

 

[JarodRussell]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

As of now, Picard and Kirk are the only ones who ever left the Nexus. All others who were trapped inside it did not want to return to reality.

 

[The Wormhole]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

Presumably the time cops must have some sort of detection methods for people the Nexus drops off at some point other than their original time period. After all, at the end of Futre's End Captain Braxton said he had time sensors which detected Voyager in 20th century Earth's solar system.

But honestly, it's pointless trying to apply any kind of logic to the Nexus. Especially since Ron Moore and Brannon Braga say they still don't know what exactly it was supposed to be. Other than a plot device to get Kirk to the 24th century, of course.

 

[The_Baroness]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

I believe the technical term for what it is is "Wibbly space/time magic"

 

[Mr Silver]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

It really is a Terrible, Terrible, Terrible! Plot Device

But if we look at it from an In-Universe pov, considering that very few people actually know about what the Nexus actually is, I'd imagine the Temporal Police don't have much to worry about, I'd imagine Picard would brief Starfleet Command on what really happened and then it would be quietly archived in a secure database and quietly forgotten (much like some of the cast crew have in relation to the film!)

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

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The time police probably have means to detect and deal with it. That may be why Picard didn't come out of the Nexus early in Generations - the time police prevented him (so that he couldn't change history).

 

[Finn]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

^no. Picard mentioned he had to go back to the surface of Veridian III just before the missile was fired.

 

[Fezziwig]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

Surely the Nexus has to be a headache for the temporal police! I mean, anyone who's in the Nexus can leave it at anytime to any point in time within that person's lifetime, right? So I mean, after the temporal police learned about the Nexus, what do you think they did about it and timeline altering situations that arise because of it?

Handle it? That's were they vacation.

 

[Gaith]

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How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus?

 

[Tosk]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

As of now, Picard and Kirk are the only ones who ever left the Nexus.

What about Guinan and Soran? And presumably the other 47 El Auriens who were beamed out by Scotty?

 

[BillJ]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

As of now, Picard and Kirk are the only ones who ever left the Nexus.

What about Guinan and Soran? And presumably the other 47 El Auriens who were beamed out by Scotty?

Perhaps he meant "of their own free will"?

 

[JarodRussell]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

As of now, Picard and Kirk are the only ones who ever left the Nexus.

What about Guinan and Soran? And presumably the other 47 El Auriens who were beamed out by Scotty?

Perhaps he meant "of their own free will"?

That and - most importantly - none of the El Auriens travelled through time when they were beamed aboard the Enterprise.

 

[thumbtack]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

They laugh at the wretched writing responsible for the idea, then go home and eat Oreos.

 

[BillJ]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

They laugh at the wretched writing responsible for the idea, then go home and eat Oreos.

So J'onn J'onzz is a member of the temporal police?

 

[Deks]

Re: How does the temporal police handle situations regarding the Nexus

Since the Nexus is a naturally occurring phenomenon (or at least it's supposed to be), it's possible they don't do anything about it.

Or if someone tries, they detect that the timeline 'shifted' due to tampering and appropriate measures are taken.