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The Temporal Accords were a historic agreement to preserve the integrity of the timeline. Its principles were rejected by Vosk, who started an outright rebellion using stealth time travel. Unlike Earth's historical Cold War , the Temporal Cold War involves countless unknown factions, each with its own agenda. Humanity in the 31st Century is attempting to ascertain the identity of their adversaries and to thwart their efforts.

Although the scope of the war was unprecedented, most of its casualties were unaware that they were involved in an organized conflict; hence the term "Cold War". Timelines were changed frequently, with history being rewritten or significant events being erased. Eventually the struggle broke out into full-scale war.

The Temporal Cold War came to a decisive end in 1944 New York City when Captain Jonathan Archer , Silik (the leader of the Suliban Cabal), and the crew of the ''Enterprise'' destroyed a " Temporal Conduit " that Vosk and his radical faction were attempting to use. In the subsequent explosion, Vosk is destroyed, and the present timeline is restored.

Elements of the Temporal Cold War seem derived from earlier concepts in different Trek shows, notably the search for the episodes.


MAJOR EVENTS IN THE TEMPORAL COLD WAR


Millions of years ago

  • The Na'kuhl prevents the Suliban from attaining sentience, but this incursion is undone by Daniels ' colleagues.



Thousands of years ago

  • As a prelude to invasion, a number of planetoid-sized spheres are constructed to reconfigure space and make it suitable for transdimensional beings known as the Sphere Builders. The region becomes known as the Delphic Expanse .



Twentieth century

  • An unknown temporal agent assassinates Lenin , preventing Russia 's Bolshevik Revolution and the rise of Communism .

  • Vosk aids the Nazis in invading and occupying the Eastern Seaboard of United States during World War II .

  • The temporal cold war ends, and is at least partially negated, with the death of Vosk.



21st century



22nd century

  • The Sphere-Builders tell the Xindi Council that Humans will eradicate them in the future.

  • The Suliban Cabal begins taking orders from the 29th Century.

  • Daniels infiltrates the '' Enterprise '' crew to protect them.

  • ''Enterprise'' is implicated in the destruction of a mining colony by the Cabal.

  • The Xindi test a prototype for a preemptive strike on Earth , killing 7 million.

  • The final version of the Xindi weapon, capable of destroying a planet, is built and then destroyed by a combination fleet consisting of Enterprise (NX-01) and several Xindi ships (as well as help from the Andorians).



24th century



26th century



29th century

  • A faction led by the mysterious Future Guy contacts the Cabal in the past to employ them for their own ends.

  • Vosk rejects the Temporal Accords.

  • 31st century



CONTROVERSY

According to race.

By the end of the third season, Coto felt the need for change, one of these being the removal of the TCW arc. According to him, "I felt that everything that had been said about the Temporal Cold War had already been said. I felt a heavy reliance on time travel at the beginning of Enterprise." {Link without Title} Nevertheless, he says "I was secretly hoping for a season five to address the time travel."


EPISODES

The following is a list of episodes which involve the Temporal Cold War story arc. A subplot of this arc involves the aftermath of Archer freeing a group of Suliban wrongly detained as a result of the Cold War.



COMPARE WITH

Similar themes of factions battling each other by changing history occur in these works:


APPEARANCE IN COMPUTER GAMES

The Temporal Cold War is the main topic of the upcoming Half-life 2 Modification .


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