A reality vortex was a type of 25th century spatial anomaly, a time portal connecting different universes. The Khitomer Alliance first encountered a reality vortex in the year 2411 and recognised reality vortices as a threat to the spacetime continuum. (STO - Kings & Queens mission: "Wish Upon A Star")
The Undine referred to this phenomenon leading into fluidic space as dimensional vortex. (STO - Task Force Operation mission: "Royal Flush")
History and specifics
A reality vortex opened near the dying Na'kuhl in the 2410s decade. An expedition of the Khitomer Alliance came across it when it disrupted Admiral Kuumaarke's stellar rejuvenation effort in the Na'kuhl system. Forces of the Tholian Assembly, led by Lord Kaskene, attempted to contain the vortex within a lattice based on Tholian web technology. Due miscommunication, battles ensued between the Alliance and Tholian forces at first, and later between the Na'kuhl and the Alliance and Tholian forces. Following a joined effort by Admiral Kuumaarke and Kaskene's successor, Bright Eyes, the reality vortex was closed. The Lukari starship LSS Treluun fell into the vortex and stranded in an unidentified parallel universe. (STO - Kings & Queens mission: "Wish Upon A Star")
The Borg Kingdom of the mirror universe used a reality vortex in the outer Sol system to attack Starbase 1 in the primary universe. The Treluun returned alongside the Aetherian starship Harmony and assisted the Alliance fleet defending the starbase against mirror Borg. Leader Thaseen-Fei of the Harmony revealed in a summit between the Aetherian Concordium and the Khitomer Alliance at Deep Space 9 that the Borg Kingdom used reality vortices to invade other realities, including the Aetherians' world. (STO - Kings & Queens mission: "Taken By Surprise")
At the Reality Summit, the Alliance and Concordium laid out their plan for an attack on a Borg Kingdom holding in fluidic space. The destruction of the unimatrix closed the reality vortex between the Borg's universe and fluidic space. (STO - Kings & Queens mission: "Scorpion's Abyss")
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| spatial phenomena | |
|---|---|
| space weather | cosmic storm • distortion ring • gaseous anomaly (Herbig-Haro formation) • ion storm • magnetic storm • maelstrom • meteor shower • particle fountain • plasma storm • solar storm • spatial implosion • star-node • tachyon eddy • Thraz Streamer • wave nexus |
| gravitational anomalies | gravimetric distortion • gravimetric eddy • gravimetric interference • graviton ellipse |
| subspace anomalies | subspace compression anomaly • subspace disruption • subspace fissure • subspace fracture • subspace granulation • subspace gravity inversion • subspace gravity spike • subspace tunnel |
| temporal anomalies | Kerr loop • multiphasic temporal convergence • Nexus • quantum storm • reality vortex • temporal distortion • temporal gate • temporal rift • temporal vortex • Tipler cylinder • toroidal continuum fold |
| distortions, rifts and ruptures | dimensional gate • interphase • Janus Vortex • quantum rift • quantum singularity • spatial distortion field • space-time fracture • spatial rift (spacial flexure) • subspace rupture • Tyken's Rift • warp-gate • wormhole |