The Order of Eternity was an award that, in a certain time, an individual could be bestowed with for significant actions.
Biography
A noticeable reward for an individual to receive in a specific period of the timeline, Captain Kathara of the timeship Provenance promised to ensure that his second officer Ensign Valkeya would receive the Order of Eternity for having labored to save a temporal echo of their vessel that had been thrown sixteen years into their future after its destruction. However, the part-human woman — now a director for the United Federation of Planets — declined this prestige, informing her former commander about her intent to remain an inhabitant of the present timeframe, rather than return to their native era. (SNW novel: Ring of Fire)